Chapter 13 — One month before the wedding, the doctor gave me a piece of paper

“But if you don't care, its heat usually doesn't last more than three days.”

“But my mother read it.”

"I'll talk to my mother myself."

“Let me see all the evidence.”

“And that article…”

He stopped for a moment.

“I gave the investigator the registration information for that account.”

“What was the result?”

“The name of the registrant is Vuong Thu Phuong.”

Tran Due's mother. I sat in front of my desk and took three deep breaths in a row.

“The other day you said that a cornered animal is very dangerous.”

“Now I understand.”

I looked at the phone screen.

“But I'm very angry.”

“Anger is a good thing.”

“Retain all evidence.”

“That article contained very clear slanderous content.”

“When we sue later, it will become a plus point for us.”

“In other words…”

“They are helping me collect more evidence.”

I hung up. Then go see mom. I spread all the documents on the table. Results of premarital examination. Hospital records. Screenshot of the message. Hotel room rental history. Lawyer letter. Every single thing. My mother sat and watched for half an hour. From start to finish. Finally she raised her head.

“Mom, I'm sorry.”

“What is there to apologize for?”

“When you said you wanted to cancel the wedding, my first reaction was to think you were twenty-nine years old.”

“Mom, you shouldn't think like that.”

She neatly folded the stack of documents and gave them to me.

“You did the right thing.”

“Just follow this through.”

“Mom supports you.”

Coming out of my mother's house. I opened my phone. There are three unread messages. The first news is from Diep Tieu Duong:

"I have already reported that fabricated article. Don't be impatient."

The second news is from Chu Vy Vy:

"I also read that article. I understand very well what kind of person Vuong Thu Phuong is. When she divorced, she also used this same trick on me. To Niem, don't be afraid. I'm here."

The third news is from Co Tham:

“Tomorrow morning at 10 a.m., the court will officially accept the case.”

Three messages. Three people. I don't know if that's called luck or not. I encountered the worst man. But also meet the most trustworthy people. The date the court officially accepts the case. Co Tham and I came together. He wore a dark gray suit. Meticulous to every detail. In the court hallway, I saw him standing and exchanging a few words with the lawyer on the other side. The other person's face was not very pleasant. After returning, Co Tham told me:

“Tran Due's lawyer is from a small office.”

"Looking at it, I know it was his mother who asked for help from a relationship."

“In the hallway, he inquired whether we would accept reconciliation or not.”

“What are the conditions?”

“From their side.”

“Compensate me thirty thousand yuan.”

“Sign a confidentiality agreement.”

“Both sides end all prosecution.”

I laughed coldly.

“I refused.”

“Not only that.”

Co Tham closed the file.

“I also told them that if during the proceedings, their client continued to spread slanderous information online, we would add a lawsuit request.”

“How did they react?”

“That lawyer only said one sentence.”

“'I see.’”

That afternoon. Vuong Thu Phuong's post was deleted. But deleting it is useless. Because Co Tham had previously completed notarization procedures and preserved evidence across the network. The next two weeks. Everything fell into a strange silence. Tran Due no longer directly contacts me. Vuong Thu Phuong also remained silent. But I know this quiet is not normal. Like the calm before the storm. On the thirteenth day. Co Tham invited me to the law office for a meeting. When I entered the meeting room, I discovered there was one more person. A man about thirty years old. Normal appearance. Wear a striped polo shirt. Sitting on the opposite side of the conference table with a tense expression.

"This is...?"

Co Tham introduced:

“Liu Kaiming.”

“Liu Uyen Nhi's cousin.”

I was stunned.

“...What did he come here for?”

Luu Khai Minh looked at me and then looked at Co Tham.

“When lawyer Co found me, at first I didn't believe it.”

“But after he showed me the evidence…”

“What evidence?”

Co Tham pushed a file in front of me.

“During the time I spent with Luu Uyen Nhi.”

“Tran Due used her identity to borrow money from three online lending platforms.”

“A total of seventy-two thousand yuan.”

I was stunned.

“Liu Uyen Nhi just graduated this year.”

“Twenty-two years old.”

“Tran Due used her personal information to register a loan account.”

“Then transfer the entire amount to your account.”

“At that time, Luu Uyen Nhi did not know at all.”

“She thought she was just helping him with some simple procedures.”

“Currently the seventy-two thousand yuan debt is three months overdue.”

“Debt collection calls went straight to her family.”

Luu Khai Minh suddenly stood up.

“My sister did wrong, I know.”

“It's not right to be a third person.”

“But he was cheated out of seventy-two thousand yuan!”

His voice trembled.

“Our house is in the countryside.”

“Seventy-two thousand yuan is enough for my father to work hard for several years.”

I looked at him.

“What do you want to do?”

Luu Khai Minh turned to look at Co Tham.