Chapter 3 — My Children Suffer, You All Pay the Price

Everyone involved in that house. I dragged them all to the blacklist one by one. The world immediately became quiet again. I leaned on the sofa, tiredly closing my eyes. Images from the past quickly flashed through my mind. Trieu Thien likes a designer bag worth 20,000 yuan. Vuong Que Phuong only needs to make one call. I will obediently transfer the money. Trieu Loi's father has a mild illness. All hospital fees, medicine, and compensation. All paid for by me alone. The 150 square meter three-room apartment they live in now. I'm responsible for the monthly installment payments. Electricity, water, gas, management fees. It's all me paying. I used to think that my sacrifice and patience would be exchanged for a little bit of the sincerity they had for Noan Noan. Now that I think about it... I was just a joke from start to finish. They are not my family. It's a bunch of parasites clinging to my body, sucking my flesh and blood to survive. I open the banking app. Look for automatic transfers on the first day of every month. Recipient: Vuong Que Phuong. Amount: 20,000 yuan. Without hesitation, I pressed:

"Cancel and delete."

After doing all that, I opened my assistant's WeChat. Send a message.

"Tieu Tran, help me contact lawyer Ly."

"Tell him to come see me tomorrow morning."

"The sooner the better."

Putting down the phone, I walked to the bed. Look at her daughter's peaceful sleeping face. There were still traces of tears on that small face. Even in my sleep, I still felt uneasy and startled. I gently stroked her cheek.

"Sorry, baby."

"It was my mother who was wrong."

"From now on..."

"I won't let anyone hurt you again."

That moment. My eyes became steadfast like never before. For my daughter. I will take back everything that belongs to me. Early the next morning, the hotel room doorbell was violently pressed repeatedly. I look through cat eyes. Sure enough, it was Trieu Loi and Trieu Thien. Both of them had angry expressions on their faces, clearly coming to question me. I adjusted my clothes, took a deep breath and opened the door. As soon as the door opened a small crack, Trieu Loi immediately tried to squeeze in.

"Liu Thong, have you caused enough trouble?"

"Quickly follow me home!"

As he spoke, he reached out his hand to pull Noan Noan who was standing behind me. Noan Noan was so scared that she burst into tears. The baby hugged my leg tightly.

"Get away!"

I shouted coldly. The voice was cold to the bone.

"Trieu Loi, don't you dare touch my daughter one more time!"

My cold gaze stunned him. It was an appearance that he had never seen in me before. Trieu Loi instinctively withdrew his hand. Standing next to her, Trieu Thien immediately turned on sarcastic mode. She crossed her arms over her chest and smirked.

"Oh my, my sister-in-law is really terrible."

"If you stay in a five-star hotel, will you turn around and not accept your relatives?"

"Haven't you thought about what you eat, what you wear, how many things are thanks to our Trieu family?"

"What you have today was given to you by my brother!"

"You're such an ungrateful white-eyed wolf!"

Looking at her face distorted with jealousy, I just felt funny.

"Zhao Qian."

"Did you forget about your Chanel jacket?"

"Last month you took 30,000 yuan from me to buy it."

"And the bag LV in her hand, her boyfriend's Apple phone..."

"Is there anything I didn't pay for?"

I'm too lazy to argue with her. Take out the phone directly. Open a folder that I've been up all night organizing. Inside are all records of family expenses over the past two years. Each account is transferred to Vuong Que Phuong. Each amount of "pocket money" for Trieu Thien. Each electricity, water, and gas bill. Even their entire family's travel expenses. All are clearly recorded. I brought the screen in front of her.

"This is the entire cost for the past two years."

"A total of 780,000 yuan."

"Average 32,500 yuan per month."

"There's still no mortgage payment for the house you're living in."

"Now you tell me..."

"In the end, who is spending whose money?"

Looking at the dense string of data on the screen, Trieu Thien immediately became speechless. His face was sometimes red, sometimes white. Couldn't say a word. Trieu Loi's face also became extremely unsightly. Maybe he never thought I would write everything down so clearly. Seeing that he couldn't stand it, he immediately changed his attitude. Trieu Loi stepped forward, trying to hold my hand.

"Wife, I'm wrong."

"It's your fault."

"Mom and everyone are older, they think differently than us."

"Don't accept them."

"I promise to take care of my mother from now on and absolutely not let her treat Noan Noan badly anymore."

"Is that okay?"

He started apologizing. His tone was sincere, as if he truly knew he was wrong. If it was before yesterday... Maybe I would have softened. But now... I just feel fake and disgusting. I coldly pushed his hand away.

"Want to apologize?"

"Okay."

I looked straight into his eyes. Slowly state your terms.

"This afternoon, exactly three o'clock."

"Bao Vuong Que Phuong took his father, his sister and her boyfriend to the central square of the residential area."

"In front of all the neighbors..."

"Bow my head and apologize to my daughter."

"Admit how they treated Noan Noan."

"At the same time, we promise not to do it again in the future."