Chapter 7 — Live towards the light

Co Thanh staggered, barely standing. Being plotted and betrayed by one's own blood relatives, that pain is enough to destroy a person's entire trust. Luu Ngoc Mai looked at our struggling appearance and laughed even more crazily. She thought she had our entire life force firmly in her hands. She thought she would win for sure. But she didn't see it. After the initial shock, my expression returned to calm. I slowly took out my phone and opened a folder. Then he raised his head and faced her smug eyes.

“Mom is right.”

“On paper, this house is indeed in my mother's name.”

“But it seems mom forgot something.”

“That year when we transferred the deposit to my mother, I asked my father to sign a copy of the paperwork.”

“Furthermore, the conversation at that time… I seem to have recorded it.”

10 Recorder My words are like a stone thrown into a calm lake, immediately creating thousands of waves. The proud smile on Luu Ngoc Mai's face stiffened.

“What…what did you say?”

She looked at me in disbelief, her voice began to tremble slightly.

"Paper? Recording?"

“Don't you dare scare people here!”

Co Vi also loudly chimed in.

"That's right! How many years has it been since my father passed away? Where are you going to find him to sign his name?"

“I see you've been pushed to the edge, so you talk nonsense!”

Only Co Thanh, he suddenly raised his head, a complex emotion flashed in his eyes. It seemed he remembered something. I didn't pay attention to their noise. I just calmly opened a recording file on my phone. It's a copy I saved a long time ago. I pressed the play button. A deep, warm male voice, slightly aged but still full of energy, rang out clearly from the phone speaker. That was the voice of my father-in-law, Co Thanh's father.

"Tieu Nghien, I know this time buying a house has been hard for you and Tieu Thanh."

"Not long after my children started working, I had to take out all the money I had accumulated. I feel very guilty."

My voice rang out on the phone that year.

“Dad, don't say that, this is also for our home.”

“There is no need to differentiate between people of the same family.”

The father-in-law's voice rang out again, carrying a bit of guilt.

“You say that, but what needs to be done must still be clear.”

“Please keep this capital contribution certificate carefully.”

"It clearly states that for the deposit of this house, the children contribute 300,000 yuan, and the parents and their spouse contribute 100,000 yuan."

"Even though due to loan issues, it's only in my mother's name for the time being, but I can rest assured."

"Wait until the loan is paid off, or the policy allows it, I will be the first to add your names."

“This house is the common home of two generations.”

“From now on, it's still yours.”

In the recording, every sentence of his was clear and sounded firmly. He also specifically re-read the entire content of the "capital contribution certificate" once. That was the care I had prepared in advance. After he finished signing, I let him read the content again, then recorded it. At that time I simply thought, people's hearts are unpredictable, it is better to retain a piece of evidence. I never thought this evidence would be presented today, under such circumstances. The sound gradually echoed in the room, followed by a dead silence. Luu Ngoc Mai's face turned from red to green, then finally white as ashes. Her whole body staggered, almost unable to stand. Gu Wei and Wang Le felt like her throat was being strangled, she couldn't say a word. The pride and aggression on their faces had completely disappeared, leaving only shock and fear. As for Co Thanh, he closed his eyes in pain. Two streams of tears silently flowed down. He remembered that day, he was also present. His father held his hand and solemnly handed the papers to me. He told him: "Co Thanh, Tieu Nghien is a good girl, understanding, in the future you must treat her kindly, don't let her suffer resentment." But what has he been doing all these years? He let his mother and younger brother oppress his wife and mistreat his son. Time after time, he chose to give in and compromise. Until today, standing in front of his father's clear recording, Co Thanh truly saw clearly how wrong he was. What he betrayed was not only me, but also his father's deathbed instructions. The recording ends. I turned off the phone and quietly looked at them.

“Now, what do you have left to say?”

Luu Ngoc Mai's lips trembled, she pointed at me, her eyes full of resentment and hatred.

“You… you are such a cruel woman!”

“You started planning my house from that moment!”

“You won't spare even the dead!”

I laughed coldly.

“Mom, in the end, who is planning on whom?”

"If you don't take out the red book today and want to kick us out of the house, this recording will forever stay in my phone."

"It was you guys who single-handedly pushed this house to this point."

“I'll ask again.”