Chapter 10 — My grandmother tore up my admission notice, and tore up my status as a Thien Kim Hao Mon

Trieu Lan was stunned. My father immediately panicked.

“Why do you ask that?”

I calmly replied:

“The money belongs to the Tham family.”

“Must be returned.”

Grandma immediately cried out:

“It's all gone!”

I looked at my father.

“Your motorbike.”

“Newly built house.”

“And your bride price.”

“It all comes from that money, right?”

People standing around the station began to whisper. My father's face turned red.

“Do you have to make us lose face?”

I looked at him.

“I didn't force you to accept that money.”

Trieu Lan burst into tears. She trembled and took out a savings book from her pocket.

“There are 20,600 yuan left.”

Grandma immediately rushed forward and tried to rob him. Trieu Lan quickly dodged.

“We can't be any more wrong.”

My father angrily scolded:

“Are you crazy?”

Trieu Lan took the savings book and brought it to Mrs. Tham.

“I know this is not enough.”

But Mrs. Tham did not accept. She looked towards me. I said softly:

“Keep it.”

“For now, just consider it as evidence.”

Trieu Lan was stunned. Tears welled up again. For the first time in many years. She understood that. What I need is not an apology. Which is the truth. I add one more sentence:

“Retaining it as evidence does not mean leaving a way out for you.”

My father's face immediately darkened. At that moment, the train entered the station. The whistle sounded for a long time. Everyone started preparing to board the train. But at that moment, Tham Duyet suddenly walked out from the crowd. In her hand she held a stack of photos.

“Before I go, I have a gift I want to give you.”

Having finished speaking, she threw all the photos to the ground. Photos were immediately scattered all over the station platform. I bent down to look. Those are all photos of me meeting Trieu Lan at the old bus station. Extremely cunning shooting angle. In the photo, Trieu Lan is giving me the cloth wrap. At first glance, it looks like I secretly received money. Behind Tham Duyet. Hua Tinh is standing there. A trace of gloating appeared on his face. Tham Duyet smiled.

“If these pictures appeared on the school forum...”

“What will everyone think?”

I calmly looked at her.

“Do you want to say that I adopted relatives for money?”

Tham Duyet shrugged.

“I just wanted to remind you.”

“People in Kinh Thi are much smarter than people in town.”

I bent down and picked up a photo.

“The photo is quite nice.”

Tham Duyet was stunned. I continue:

“Just found out that my adoptive mother gave me my birth certificate that night.”

Teacher Tran immediately took out a file from his pocket.

“The cloth wrapper, birth certificate and silver lock have all been recorded by us.”

“There are all the time, place and witnesses.”

Hua Tinh's face immediately changed. Tham Duyet turned to look at her.

“Didn't you say no one knows?”

Hua Tinh was frantic.

“I... I thought...”

I looked at Tham Duyet.

“Before finding someone to follow me…”

“Didn't you think that I would have a teacher with me?”

A few bursts of laughter were immediately heard around. Tham Duyet's face was sometimes red and sometimes white. Mr. Tham's voice was cold:

“Tham Duyet.”

She immediately fell silent. After arriving at Kinh Thi. I just learned that the Tham family is more complicated than I imagined. Mr. Tham has two sons. My biological father, Tham Minh Vien, is the eldest child. Second uncle, Tham Minh Thanh, manages part of the family's property. As for Tham Duyet... Actually, he is not the biological child of anyone in the Tham family. That year after I passed away accumulation. Ms. Tham was mentally depressed for a long time. The family was afraid that she wouldn't be able to bear it, so they took Tham Duyet from her relative's house to raise her. Nominally my parents' daughter. Uncle Tan told me that story in the car.

“So she knows my identity?”

Mrs. Tham nodded slightly.

“When she was eighteen, we told her.”

I laughed. Now I understand. Why is Tham Duyet so afraid of my return? Admission date. Tham Duyet also appeared at school. She brought along a few friends from Kinh Thi to stand next to the new student reception area. Just saw me. She immediately smiled brightly.

“Tri Ha, this side.”

The voice was intentionally friendly. Many people turned their heads to look over. Tham Duyet smiled and said:

“Let me introduce to everyone.”

“This is my sister, just came from town.”

A curious girl asked:

“Are you the valedictorian of the entire province?”

Tham Duyet nodded.

"Right."

“But before, her life was quite difficult.”

“Many rules in Kinh Thi are not clearly understood.”

“Everyone, please remember to sympathize.”

I put down my suitcase.

“For example, what are the rules?”

Tham Duyet paused. I looked at her.

“Is it a rule not to steal someone else's admission notice?”

“Or the rule that you can't use photos to make up stories?”

The friends next to him were immediately stunned. Tham Duyet forced a smile.

“Sister, why do you still care about that?”

I calmly replied:

“If you have a good memory, you can get first place in the exam.”

I don't know who laughed first. Soon a few other people also laughed. Tham Duyet's face immediately stiffened. A male student standing next walked out.

“You just talked too much.”

“Yeu Duyet also has good intentions.”

I looked at him.