Chapter 5 — Grandma said in a dream that the numbers were lucky, my husband panicked and asked for a divorce

The next morning, both Chu Minh Hien and her mother-in-law suddenly treated me with unusual "care". Breakfast is made by Chu Minh Hien himself.

"Tem Tham, eat more. You're too skinny these days."

I didn't reply. Just quietly drink each sip of porridge. It seemed he had forgotten all about last night's argument. Also forget my cold attitude. That kind of deliberate ingratiation just makes me feel nauseous. At exactly nine o'clock in the morning, my mother-in-law's phone call came as usual.

"Them Tham, let's go home to eat tonight. Mom has stewed chicken soup, come home to improve your health."

"No need, Mom, I have work tonight."

I refused straight away.

"Is there anything more important than eating with family?"

Her voice immediately mixed with some irritation. I casually made up a reason. As soon as I hung up the phone, I immediately left the house. Hanh Phuc residential area is an old residential area of the city. More than twenty years have passed. I also don't know if the Ly family was still here that year. With the mentality of trying my luck, I walked around the residential area. There are many retired elderly people here. I sat down on a stone bench under the shade of a tree. The old men playing chess next to me quickly attracted my attention. I walked over and pretended to stand and watch the flag.

"Hey guys, can I ask you something?"

An old man wearing glasses still did not raise his head.

"More than twenty years ago, in this area, was there a Ly family whose son fell into the water and was rescued?"

Everyone stopped at once. The old men looked at each other. Then they turned to look at me.

"Girl, why do you ask this?"

The old man wearing glasses pushed up his glasses, his eyes full of caution.

"Ah... I'm a distant relative of that family. We've lost contact for many years so I wanted to try to find them."

Another old man woke up.

"You mean Mr. Ly's house?"

"They moved away a long time ago."

My heart suddenly tightened.

"So do you know where they moved to?"

"Who knows."

The old man shook his head.

"I heard that after being rescued, the child had a severe panic attack and his health was not good."

"Mr. Ly and his wife took their child to another province for treatment."

"And from there there was no turning back."

The clues keep breaking up. I'm a bit disappointed. But still don't want to give up.

"So do you guys remember the person who saved the baby that year?"

"I saw that story was published in the newspaper."

Upon hearing this, the old men immediately became excited.

"Remember! Why can't you remember!"

"That person's name is Chu Huong Tien!"

"His house is right across from ours!"

"Good people are rare."

"What a pity..."

An old man sighed.

"That's right."

"I heard that I will win a big lottery in the future."

"Win 5,000,000 yuan!"

"The result is not favorable."

"People who are healthy naturally say lost is lost."

Another chimed in:

"His wife is also terrible."

"My husband just passed away and sold the house not long ago."

"He took a boy and a girl and disappeared cleanly."

My heart suddenly pounded. Trieu Ngoc Lan... took Chu Minh Hien and Chu Dinh and disappeared?

"But if you've already won 5,000,000 yuan, then there's no need to sell the house?"

I immediately inquired.

"Who knows about that."

The old man shook his head.

"Back then, there were a lot of rumors in the residential area."

"What's the rumor?"

"Some people say that money is not lottery winnings."

"It's illegal money."

"There are also people who say Chu Huong Tien offended someone there."

"People came to the door."

"His wife was so scared that she sold the house and ran away at night."

Illegal money... Offending others... Those words are like keys. Slowly opening up a past that had been buried for many years. That evening. I didn't return to my apartment. But go straight to your mother-in-law's house. As soon as he saw me, Chu Minh Hien was surprised and happy.

"Them Tham, didn't you say you were going to a class reunion?"

I replied calmly. The atmosphere at the dining table was extremely strange. My mother-in-law and Chu Minh Hien both carefully observed my face. I ate and pretended to say casually:

"Today I stopped by the Hanh Phuc residential area."

The chopsticks in her mother-in-law's hand fell straight onto the table. Chu Minh Hien's face immediately turned pale.

"What are you doing there?"

Her voice was sharp and shrill.

"Nothing."

"One of my classmates lives there, I just came to visit."

Looking at the reactions of the two of them, I became even more certain.

"That area is really old."

"But I heard from the neighbors that there used to be a famous hero there."

"The name is..."

I deliberately lengthened my voice.

"Chu Huong Tien."

"A person bravely saved a child who had fallen into the water."

"It's still published in the newspaper."

"Mom, dad is really admirable."

As I spoke, I observed Trieu Ngoc Lan's expression. Under the table. Her hands clenched into fists. Finger joints turn white.

"What do you want to do anyway?"