Chapter 6 — Live towards the light

Co Vi was as frantic as an ant crawling on a hot pan.

"Just take the money to save me first! The family division will come later!"

He doesn't care if this house is destroyed or not, what he cares about is whether he can escape or not. Vuong Le standing next to him also nodded repeatedly. In her eyes, as long as she gets 30,000 yuan, it's okay even if we move out immediately. Anyway, in the future, he can still find an excuse to continue soliciting money from Co Thanh. Liu Ngoc Mai glared at the two of them, her eyes full of anger. Two people who only know how to look at the immediate benefits! She took a deep breath, trying to force herself to calm down. Then he turned to me, his tone began to carry the authority of an elder.

"Division family? That sounds so gentle!"

“You guys have moved out, what should I do?”

“I worked hard to raise you guys, so you repay me like that?”

“Do you want to leave this old woman alone in the house to die?”

She started to play friendly games again.

“Mom is not alone.”

I spoke calmly, my eyes turned to Co Vi and Vuong Le.

“Don't you still have your youngest son whom you love the most?”

“There is also the youngest daughter-in-law.”

"There are four of them. They will definitely be filial to their mother."

Vuong Le's face immediately fell, a flash of panic flashed in his eyes. Let her raise such a harsh and harsh mother-in-law?

“Khuong Nghien, don't divide!”

Liu Ngoc Mai screamed in anger. At this moment, Co Thanh also spoke, his voice was clearly tired.

“Tieu Nghien, stop talking.”

"He didn't agree about dividing the family."

"As a family, there's something we can't sit down and talk about properly. Do we have to go to this step?"

I looked at him, disappointed to the bottom of my heart. Having come to this point, he still dreams of the so-called "family harmony and prosperity".

"Co Thanh, does he think this house is still 'drawn' now?"

I asked back.

“He looked at them, then he looked at us.”

"His son in this house doesn't have enough to eat, doesn't have enough clothes, and can't bear all the pain."

“My hard-earned money was spent by them like water.”

"His younger brother caused trouble, didn't think of a way to take responsibility, and forced us to take money to clean up."

“His mother, for money, would kneel before him without hesitation.”

“Is that the house he wants?”

Every sentence and every word of mine was like a knife stabbing deep into Co Thanh's heart. He closed his eyes in pain, unable to refute. That's right, this house has long been rotten. It's just that all this time, he's been deceiving himself. Seeing Co Thanh wavering, Luu Ngoc Mai completely panicked. She knew that Co Thanh was her last straw. If even he agreed to divide the family, then she would truly lose everything. Her mind was spinning, searching for any card that could turn the tide. Suddenly, I thought of something. Her eyes lit up. A cold, calculating smile slowly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Divided family? Moving out?"

She laughed coldly, stood up straight, and her face returned to its noble and noble expression.

“Khuong Nghien, I advise you not to dream.”

“You guys can't go anywhere.”

“Unless you want to sleep on the streets.”

Her words made everyone stunned. I looked at her, not understanding.

“What do you mean?”

Luu Ngoc Mai looked up chin, walked to the TV cabinet in the living room. She pulled out the drawer and took out a red book from inside. Then with a "pop" sound, the notebook was slammed down on the coffee table.

“Open your eyes wide and see clearly!”

“Whose name is written on the documents for this house?”

My heart suddenly sank. Co Thanh's expression also changed and he quickly walked forward. He picked up the notebook and flipped it open with trembling hands. When he saw that in the household head section, the three words "Luu Ngoc Mai" were clearly written, his face immediately turned pale.

“Why… why is it like that?”

He muttered, as if severely attacked.

“Why is it only mom's name?”

“When we bought the house, didn't we say we would put our names on it?”

I also remember. That year when we bought this house, Co Thanh and I took almost all of our savings and paid a large deposit. His parents said they would contribute a portion so the whole family could live together. When the procedure was done, it was his father who went to work. Later, he said that because of loan problems, he was only in Luu Ngoc Mai's name for the time being, and later on, when it was convenient, we would add our name. At that time we were too young, too trusting of our family members, not even the slightest doubt. For many years, we struggled to pay each loan every month, but it turned out that we were just building for others to enjoy. Co Vi and Vuong Le looked at each other, there was no surprise in their eyes, but on the contrary, they also carried unconcealed pride. Obviously, they all know this. It turns out that from the beginning, it was all a perfect deception. Their whole family joined forces to dig a bottomless pit for us.

“Do you understand now?”

Luu Ngoc Mai looked at our frightened and painful faces, and felt a happy feeling of revenge in her heart.

“This house is mine!”

“Not a half cent has anything to do with you guys!”

“Every month you pay the loan, consider it as rent for me!”

"Want to split family? Okay!"

“You guys get out of here immediately!”

“I want to see, leaving this house, where can you go with a child!”

Those words were like poisoned ice needles, piercing straight into our hearts.