Chapter 10 — My Parents Were Kicked Out of the Wedding Table, I Announced the Wedding That Night

“Don't blame it all on me!”

“I locked the door!”

“I'll take the medicine!”

“The message was sent by you!”

The entire meeting room immediately fell silent. Co Dinh turned his head and glared at her.

“Shut up!”

I calmly pushed the USB towards the police.

“In here are all the camera videos in front of the storage room door, pictures of him taking my father's life-saving medicine, and a copy of the message from the smart housekeeping system.”

“Do you really think you can escape?”

“Crime of intentionally causing injury…”

“Go to prison and slowly regret it.”

Two policemen immediately stepped forward. Co Dinh no longer struggled like before. He stared at the number eight handcuffs. Finally... My whole body started to tremble. First, he turned to look at his mother in bewilderment.

“Didn't mom say we could reconcile privately?”

Co's mother retreated in panic. Immediately afterwards, Co Dinh frantically shook his head.

"Cannot."

“Shen Am won't really send you to jail.”

“She was the softest back in the day.”

I lowered my head to look at the long scar on my arm.

“Tham Am of the past...”

“You locked yourself to death in that storage room.”

Co Dinh's legs were soft. He knelt down.

“Yin Yin... you are wrong.”

“I really know it's wrong.”

Right after that. He started banging his head. Forehead continuously banged on the ground. Time after time... Time after time.

“Please look at me one more time.”

“If I had known that you were really sick that day…”

“I will definitely give you medicine.”

“I thought you lied to me.”

“I thought you just wanted to force me into the water.”

By the end... His voice was hoarse.

“Seven years…”

“We've been together for seven years.”

“I can't be that cruel.”

I quietly looked at him. During those seven years... He couldn't remember what medicine my father had to take to stay alive. But I remember clearly every hobby, every habit, every little sulking of Lam Kieu Kieu. There are people... Not deceived by others. From the beginning, they never put you in an important position in their hearts. Co's mother also knelt down and repeatedly bowed her head.

“The Co family cannot collapse.”

“If Dinh goes to jail…”

“The Co family will truly be finished.”

I slowly stood up.

“Take them away.”

“Don't let this kind of person dirty Chairman Huo's eyes.”

Co Dinh suddenly raised his head. He reached out to grab the hem of my dress. But he was immediately detained by the police. The handcuffs locked his wrists tightly. At that moment... Co Dinh really burst into tears.

“You really know it's wrong!”

I never turned around. On the other side. Creditors have surrounded Lam Kieu Kieu. Someone pulled her hair straight.

“The items you bought with Co Dinh's supplementary card…”

“It's all our company's money.”

Lam Kieu Kieu cried and begged for forgiveness.

"I have no money!"

“I'm just an ordinary woman!”

“I am also a victim!”

A creditor laughed coldly.

“When buying designer handbags…”

“Why don't you say you're just a normal woman?”

Lam Kieu Kieu was dragged out of the meeting room. A high heel shoe also fell behind. When the court door closes. Co Dinh's desperate cries were also blocked inside. One year later. The first day of the snow season. The old villa of the Hoac family is as warm as spring. On TV, news is broadcasting about the results of Co Dinh's trial.

“Defendant Co... is guilty of intentionally causing injury and many other crimes related to economics.”

“The court imposed a sentence of eight years in prison.”

My father held the remote and conveniently turned off the TV. Mr. Hoac, sitting across from the chessboard, burst out laughing.

“Come on now…”

“It's your turn to play chess.”

“It's your turn.”

After a period of convalescence, my father's health recovered and his face became much rosier. He calmly placed down a chess piece.

“Checkmate.”

Mr. Hoac immediately slammed the table.

“Old Tham, this move of yours is truly a fraud.”

My mother sat peeling tangerines and smiled.

“He was like that when he was young. On the outside, he's honest, but on the chessboard, he won't give in to anyone."

I sat in front of the ground-level window, attentively completing the design drawing. Hoc Phong wrapped his arms around me from behind and gently rested his chin on my shoulder.

“Mrs. Hoac, did I bother you today?”

I gently stroked my belly. There was a small curve raised there.

“You are very good.”

Huo Feng placed a file in front of me. I opened it to see. Inside is a blueprint to restore a jade bracelet. The bracelet was once broken into many pieces, but has now been reconnected with delicate gold threads. Every crack remains intact. But it all came together into a complete circle. Hoac Phong said softly:

“What was once broken…”

“I will patch everything up for you.”

My fingertips lightly stopped on the photo. The bridge of my nose suddenly stings. Huo Feng gave me a velvet box again. I opened the lid. The jade bracelet lies quietly inside. The slender gold welded lines winding on the body of the bracelet are both delicate and heart-stoppingly beautiful. My mother walked over and recognized me immediately with just one look. She quickly covered her mouth with her hand and silently turned away. My father also put down the chess pieces, unconsciously rubbing his hands on his knees.

“Restore like this... it must take a lot of effort, right?”

Huo Feng smiled.

“Worth the effort.”

Mr. Hoac sitting next to him snorted softly.

“The Huo family's granddaughter-in-law's things…”

“Of course we have to fix it to make it perfect.”

I held the jade bracelet in my palm. The cracks are still there. But it... It's no longer a discarded item. Hoac Phong gently held my hand.

“From now on, every family meal…”

“The chair position will always be reserved for parents.”

I raised my eyes to look at him.

“Huo Feng.”

He bowed his head and smiled. I said softly:

“Thank you.”

He immediately frowned.

“Change to another name.”

I thought for a few seconds. Then smile. Only then was he satisfied, leaning down and placing a gentle kiss on my forehead. Outside the window, snow was still falling quietly. In the living room, my father secretly made another move and was immediately discovered by Mr. Hoac. The two old men argued bitterly, neither one willing to give in to the other. My mother smiled gently, finished peeling the tangerine and stuffed it into my hand. As for Hoac Phong's hand... Always gently protecting my belly. That wild bet that year... Ruined Co Dinh's entire life. But from that day on... I regained the life that belonged to me. A brilliant, full and happy life.