Chapter 10 — Grandma said in a dream that the numbers were lucky, my husband panicked and asked for a divorce

Ton Le saw me off to the door of the bank. Then suddenly I stuffed the thick envelope back into my bag.

"I cannot accept this money."

I looked at her. Her eyes were extremely complicated.

"What can be said."

"I've said it all."

"What does that woman named Vuong Phuong have to do with you?"

"I don't want to know."

"But I want to remind you something."

Her voice dropped very low. So low that only the two of us could hear it.

"Old stories have been buried for many years..."

"It's best not to dig it up."

"From the first time I met that woman."

"I had a very strange feeling."

Ton Le stopped for a moment. Like trying to find the right words.

"That woman..."

"With that baby..."

"No matter how you look, you don't look like a good person."

She gently tightened the bag strap. Finally, I said the unfinished sentence.

"They look like..."

"Come to collect debt."

Those two words were like two steel needles stabbing straight into my ears. I returned to the hotel in dismay. As soon as he entered the room, he fell onto the bed. My mind is as chaotic as a jumble. In the end, whose creditors are Vuong Phuong and that son? Is it Chu Huong Tien's? Or is it the entire Chu family? I opened my phone. Click on the family photo secretly taken from inside the iron box. Trieu Ngoc Lan, when young, was holding young Chu Dinh. Chu Minh Hien stood next to him. And Chu Huong Tien sat in the middle. The atmosphere is brilliant. The whole family smiled brightly. Who would have thought that... Hidden under that picture of happiness were such fierce underground currents. I can't wait any longer. Must be immediate. Right now. Confronted with Chu Minh Hien. I called him.

"Where are you?"

My voice was so cold that there was no emotion left.

"Permeate?"

"I... I'm at the company."

His voice hesitated.

"Within thirty minutes."

"Go to the hotel you're staying at."

"The address I sent via WeChat."

"Them Tham, listen to my explanation..."

"I don't need an explanation."

I interrupted.

"I need answers."

I hung up the phone directly. Half an hour later. Chu Minh Hien appeared out of breath in front of the hotel room door. Just saw me. He immediately wanted to come forward and hold hands. But I took a step back. Avoid that hand.

"Absorbent..."

The expression on his face was exactly like that of a child who had just made a mistake. I said nothing. Just put the phone in front of him. On the screen is a photo of the account opening application form. Name Vuong Phuong. Address of Hanh Phuc Residential Area. Clearly visible before your eyes. Chu Minh Hien's eyes just touched the screen. In the blink of an eye. His face was pale. The blood on his face drained away. It's like someone drained all my strength. He staggered back two steps. The back hit the wall hard.

"Where...where did you get this?"

His voice trembled so much that it was almost distorted.

"It doesn't matter where you get it."

I walked towards him step by step. Like a cold judge.

"What you need to do."

"Answer me."

"Who is Vuong Phuong?"

"Who is that child who calls your father 'Dad Chu'?"

Chu Minh Hien's body slowly slid along the wall. Finally sat down on the floor. Hold your head with both hands. Painful choking sounds came from his throat like a cornered animal.

"I don't know..."

"I really don't know..."

"Don't know?"

I laughed coldly.

"I didn't know, but I woke up in the middle of the night and hit my phone mine?"

"I didn't know but you and your mother teamed up to trick me into a so-called broken home?"

"Chu Minh Hien."

I squatted down. Make him look straight into your eyes. In those eyes. I see fear.

"Tell me."

"More than twenty years ago..."

"What happened in the end?"

"How did your father die?"

My questioning is like a sharp blade. Pierce his last line of defense. Finally broke down. A man in his thirties. Cry like a baby again.

"My father..."

"He's not a hero."

Between sobs. He finally said his first true statement.

"The story of saving people that year..."

I was stunned.

"The article published that day..."

"It's all fake."

"It's because my father paid to hire someone to write."

"The baby fell into the water..."

"Absolutely not the neighbor's child."

"But Vuong Phuong's son."

"He's not out to save people."

"But to find the mother and her child."

Chu Minh Hien's narration is fragmentary. But it was enough for me to piece together a complete picture. I looked at him. Dry voice.

"Vuong Phuong is the woman my father raised outside?"

He nodded painfully.

"And that baby..."

"Is he your father's illegitimate child?"

He nodded again. His face was filled with shame.

"After winning 5,000,000 yuan."

"My dad was so happy like crazy."

"He said his family could finally live comfortably."

"The first thing he wanted to do..."

"It's to welcome them home."

"He said."

"Gotta give your mother an explanation."

"You must also give that woman a status."

I can almost imagine it. That money fell from the sky. How it ignited a man's suppressed desire for many years.

"My mother..."

"Of course I don't agree."

"You two had a huge argument."

"At that time you were standing outside the door."

"Hear every sentence clearly."

"My mother said."

"Unless she dies."

"If not, absolutely do not allow that woman and her illegitimate child to step foot into the house."

"And your father said."

"He owes them both so much."

"This whole life must make up for it."

"And then what?"

Chu Minh Hien closed his eyes in pain.

"Then my father came up with a plan to save that person."

"A stupid plan."

"He wanted to create an opportunity."

"A chance for everyone to accept the arrival of mother and child."

"He thinks."

"Just be a hero."

"Then say that child is an orphan that I rescued."

"Bring it home to raise."

"Then your mother and I will be forced to accept."

Listen here. I just felt cold down my spine. What a carefully thought out plan. It is also true that he is a selfish man to the extreme. For the sake of satisfying one's own desires. Don't hesitate to deceive everyone. Chu Minh Hien's voice began to tremble violently.

"He didn't expect it."

"Your mother is even crueler."

I raised my head.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean your mother knew all about that plan."

"Right when my dad took that kid to perform a life-saving act."

"I thought everything was under control."

"So my mother..."

"Found Vuong Phuong."