Chapter 9 — I Tear Up The Script They Wrote For My Life

Truong Chan's voice became heavier.

“The opponent is extremely careful.”

"He used encryption software from abroad, all traces have been erased."

"Currently the only clue we have is a chat account provided by Trieu Dinh."

“But that account…”

“Canceled just half an hour after Chu Minh was arrested.”

The clue is broken. My heart also sank. An enemy hidden in the dark... A hundred times more terrifying than Chu Minh and Trieu Dinh. He understands me. Know me well. Know all my weaknesses. Like a ghost that's always silently peeping into my life... And taking pleasure in manipulating me. Thinking about that, a chill ran down my spine. After hanging up the phone, I pulled my suitcase and left the apartment that made me nauseous. I have nowhere to go. Can't go home. My mother is still there. I also don't want to bother Tuong Anh. Finally, I found a nearby hotel to stay temporarily. I need a space that is absolutely safe and private. I plugged the hard drive containing the surveillance video into the hotel computer. I have to watch it again. No matter how nauseated and angry I was... I still tried to force myself to watch each frame. I must find traces of “The Gardener”. He must have revealed a loophole somewhere. Time passes minute by second. I watched all night. It was starting to get dim outside. My eyes were dry, red and filled with blood. Still couldn't find anything. In the video, besides me, Chu Minh, Trieu Dinh and my mother... There was no fifth person. There were also no suspicious sounds or conversations. Trieu Dinh lied? Did she intentionally invent a “Gardener” to alleviate her own guilt? Just when I was about to give up... My eyes accidentally stopped at a corner of the video. It's a video taken on my birthday last month. Chu Minh and Trieu Dinh organized a "surprise party" for me at home. In the video, I laugh happily. Just like an idiot. In the corner of the living room there was a birthday gift they gave me. A teddy bear nearly half a person tall. At that time, I just thought this gift was so normal that I didn't pay attention. But now… Through the computer screen, I stared into the bear's eyes. Black glass eyes. In one eye there seems to be a tiny reflective dot... Exactly like a camera lens. My heart suddenly skipped a beat. I immediately enlarged the image. It's definitely a super small camera! This camera is more hidden than all the other cameras. What it records... Is a dead angle that other cameras cannot record. Also the most important secret of this entire trap. I immediately checked the other files on the hard drive. In a hidden folder, I found the video taken from that camera. There is only one paragraph. The time was late at night after the birthday party ended. I opened the video. In the picture, the living room lights are turned off. Only the crack in my bedroom door let out a little weak light. Maybe I was already asleep at that time. Chu Minh and Trieu Dinh sat on the sofa, talking in low voices.

“What does the Gardener say?”

Trieu Dinh's voice rang out.

“Still following the old plan.”

Chu Minh replied.

"He said that Hua Dien's emotions are very stable right now, which is the most appropriate time to collect the net."

“Can that house really be taken?”

“Don't worry, her mother's side has been handled Already."

Chu Minh's voice carried a bit of pride.

“That old lady is more impatient than us.”

“That's good.”

Trieu Dinh seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. She leaned her head on Chu Minh's shoulder.

"Wait until we get the money, we'll leave here and go abroad to get married."

Chu Minh hugged her, his voice was artificially gentle.

“Whatever you want to buy in the future, I will buy it for you.”

“I really don't want to live secretly like this anymore.”

Chu Minh said softly.

“Just try to hold on a little longer.”

Their conversation... Completely confirmed Trieu Dinh's testimony.

“The Gardener” really exists.

At that moment, Chu Minh's phone rang with a text message. He picked up the phone and glanced at it. Then rotate the screen for Trieu Dinh to see. Because of that move... The camera hidden in the teddy bear's eye captured the content on his phone screen extremely clearly. It's a chat interface. The person pinned at the top... is the account with the codename "The Gardener". That person just sent a photo. It's a family photo. There are three people in the photo. A middle-aged man. A middle-aged woman. And a young son. He was about seventeen or eighteen years old, his face was quite bright. But her eyes have a gloomy look that doesn't match her age. The smile is also extremely forced. And the middle-aged man standing next to him... My pupils immediately contracted. I know him.