Chapter 10 — My Cousin Used My House To Swindle 11,800,000 Yuan, But Didn't Know The House Was Cleared

Finally stopping at a kind of calculating calm.

“Nhuoc An.”

Her voice no longer had the fake friendliness from before.

“Listen to what auntie has to say.”

“This case can be withdrawn.”

"I came to tell the police that this was just a misunderstanding, the family will resolve it internally."

“If you really send Tu Hien to prison, do you think you won't be affected?”

"You work as an exterior designer, if the customer knows that your cousin is a criminal who cheated on loans, do you still want to maintain your reputation?"

“Are you threatening me?”

"Auntie is analyzing the pros and cons for you."

“Then I will also analyze something for you.”

I took the phone out of my pocket and placed it on the table.

"From the moment I entered the house until now, this phone has been recording."

"The words I just said, including forcing you to sign a 'voluntary debt repayment agreement', including hinting at you withdrawing your criminal complaint... have all been recorded."

On the phone screen, the red sound wave of the recording app is still flashing. Duration: twenty-three minutes and seventeen seconds. Vuong Tu Lan's face immediately turned red and purple like pig liver. She reached out to grab my phone. But Chu Man is faster. She held the phone and pulled it towards her.

“Touching a phone is considered robbery of evidence.”

Chu Man's voice was not loud, but very hard.

“Mrs. Wang, I advise you to calm down.”

Tham Tu Hien stood frozen in place. Tham Quoc Luong hugged his face with both hands.

“You ungrateful thing!”

Vuong Tu Lan's voice was both high-pitched and trembling.

“How old were you when your parents died?!”

“How did the eldest uncle's family take care of you?!”

“Cooking for you, paying your tuition, and giving you lucky money for Tet!”

"Now that the wings are hard, should you turn to recording to deal with me?"

“Tham Nhuoc An, has your conscience been spared by a dog?!”

Every sentence she said hit the nail on the head. Not the truth. It's about hitting the mark that makes outsiders soft-hearted. I stood up, pushed my chair under the table.

“What you just said, which is true, you yourself understand best.”

“You've cooked for me less than ten times.”

“My father paid the university tuition two years in advance.”

"The lucky money I gave you was two hundred yuan, but at the beginning of the year I borrowed three thousand from your mother and still haven't paid it back."

“My conscience is not spared by dogs.”

“However, my house book was taken by someone else.”

"The matter of when you borrowed my papers for a week and what you did at that time, I have not yet investigated."

“But if you continue to pressure me…”

I looked straight at her.

“I don't mind handing over the entire chain of evidence to the police.”

“Let them check the signature on that 'authorization paper'... who actually wrote it.”

Vuong Tu Lan opened his mouth. But no sound came out. Authorization letter. The authorization letter that Tham Tu Hien used to impersonate me. If the handwriting is examined... It can be determined whether it is Tham Tu Hien's handwriting or that of another person. My words are not heavy. But she understood. If that note was written by her. Or maybe she taught Tham Tu Hien to fake his signature... Then the nature of the incident would be completely different. I turned to talk to Chu Man. Then turned around and walked out the door.

“Tham Nhuoc An!”

Vuong Tu Lan shouted from behind. I didn't turn back.

"If you step out of this door today, don't ever come back to the Tham family again!"

“Don't you regret it!”

The door closed behind him. Go down to the floor Below, Chu Man opened his mouth.

“Who do you think that authorization letter was written by?”

"Vuong Tu Lan's reaction just now... doesn't look like guilt."

Chu Man looked at me.

“More like fear.”

“Afraid of what?”

Chu Man glanced at me.

“I'm afraid you'll really investigate to the end.”

On the way home, we passed a bank. I suddenly slowed down. A year ago, after receiving the release compensation, I did two things. The first thing is to take out some money for living expenses. This amount is not large. Enough for me to rent a house, maintain my daily expenses and current freelance work. The second thing... I invested all the remaining money. Not digital money. Not stocks. Not even the type of getting rich overnight full of risks. It's about investing in a person. One of my college seniors, named Luc Thua. After graduating, he created an online interior design platform called "Te Cu". Two years ago, when he called for angel capital, he asked me if I wanted to join. I don't participate. But I saw his business plan. Also see user data. That platform does something very simple. Accurately connect independent designers with customers in need of home repairs, cutting out the middleman. The commercial model is extremely clear. The user growth rate is also very fast. After the money was released to my account, I proactively found Luc Thua and invested in "Te Cu" as an individual. That sum wasn't the biggest in his funding round. But for me… It's all assets. In return, I received 8% of the shares of "Te Cu". When I contributed capital, the platform was valued at 20,000,000 yuan. And now, after two new rounds of capital raising... The latest valuation of "Te Cu" has reached 80,000,000 yuan. The 8% shares in my hand currently have a book value of 6,400,000 yuan.