Chapter 13 — Prosperity Three Jewels

She is my nominal mother, the landlady of the Wen family Truong Que Lan. Since I married into the Tham family, we no longer have contact. It's not me accidentally. That year, for two hundred thousand dowry money, they wanted to marry me to a violent divorced man over forty years old. If I hadn't threatened death and accidentally met Tham Tinh Chau, my life would have been ruined. Afterwards, Tham Thinh Chau paid off all my family's debt and even gave me an additional amount of money to buy me out. From then on we completely cut off relations. I didn't expect her to come here today.

“Smooth… Nhuy Nhuyen…”

Truong Que Lan saw me, his eyes lit up, and he cautiously called out. Her voice carried sympathy and guilt. I didn't answer, just looked at her coldly. The nurse saw this and immediately stepped forward to block it.

“Madam, who are you looking for?”

“I... I'm looking for my daughter, On Nhuyen.” Truong Que Lan quickly said.

"Sorry, our lady is resting and cannot receive guests." The housekeeper is polite but distant.

“I'm not a guest, I'm his mother!” Truong Que Lan became frantic and her voice became louder.

She wanted to rush in but was stopped by the nurse.

“Let me in! I want to see my daughter!”

"On Nhuyen! Nhuy Nhuyen! It's mom!"

Her noise caught the attention of Tham Tinh Chau in the office. He frowned and walked out.

“What's going on?”

When he saw Truong Que Lan, there was clear disgust in his eyes.

“How did you find your way here?”

His voice was cold as ice. Truong Que Lan saw him like a mouse saw a cat, and immediately bowed her head, not daring to look.

“I... I heard that Nhuy Nhuyen was hospitalized so... I came to visit her.”

“Visit?” Tham Thinh Chau smiled coldly. “I feel more like a yellow weasel coming to celebrate the New Year of the Rooster.”

Truong Que Lan's face turned red and then white.

“I… I actually came to visit my daughter.” She held up the bag of apples. “See, I even brought him apples.”

Tham Thinh Chau didn't even look.

“The Tham family doesn't lack many of your apples.”

“Tell me, what do you want?”

“Don't have any more money or is your favorite son causing trouble again?”

A statement that directly exposed her purpose. Truong Que Lan's face became even more unsightly. She hesitated for a long time before stammering.

"It's... it's Tieu Kiet..."

My younger brother On Kiet was spoiled and spoiled from a young age, didn't study, and played around all day. A few years ago, because of gambling, I was in debt. It was Tham Thinh Chau who paid for him. Unexpectedly, he did it again not long after.

"It... it owes money..." Truong Que Lan's voice was as small as a mosquito.

“How much this time?” Tham Thinh Chau was full of impatience.

“Five… fifty thousand…”

“Fifty thousand?” Tham Thinh Chau smiled coldly. “Do you think the Tham family's money comes from the wind?”

“Last time, out of respect for Nhuyen Nhuyen, I helped her pay once.”

"The money I gave you is enough for you to live your whole life without worrying about food and clothing. Is it because you don't know how to appreciate and pamper your son that you're still here?"

Truong Que Lan was talked about and couldn't lift his head.

"Son-in-law... I know it's wrong... but this time it's really different..."

She suddenly knelt down.

“The loan sharks said that if you don't pay in three days, they will... cut off one of Tieu Kiet's hands!”

"He is our only son. If something happens to him, the On family will be finished!"

She cried bitterly. I looked at her coldly, without the slightest wavering in my heart. Knowing that, why did you still do it before? If they had known how to educate On Kiet instead of pampering him so much, how could he have ended up like this?

“Son-in-law, please help us again!”

"As long as you save Tieu Kiet, I can be a buffalo and a horse!"

“Nhuye Nhuyen, please tell me quickly!”

Seeing that Tham Nhinh Chau's prayers were not working, she turned to me.

"Tieu Kiet is your younger brother! Can you bear to see his hand cut off?"

"You are now the young lady of the Tham family, isn't fifty thousand to you just like a drop in the ocean?"

“Can you pity us a little?”

Those crying words made me feel extremely ironic. Sibling? When they forced me to marry that violent man, did he consider me his sister? When the whole family scolded me, did he stand up and say something for me? Are not. He just stood next to me and laughed at my pain, hoping I would quickly marry him off in exchange for two hundred thousand dowry. Now something happens to him and he remembers me. It's ridiculous. I held my stomach and slowly walked to the door. Looking down at the woman kneeling on the ground.

“Why should I help you?”

My voice is cold.

“That year for two hundred thousand you were able to sell me.”

“Now that your beloved son owes fifty thousand, you want to sell me again?”

“Truong Que Lan, do you think that I, On Nhuyen, am a fool, letting you take whatever you want?”

Truong Que Lan was speechless. She looked at me like I was a stranger. In her impression, I was always a weak, obedient daughter who did not dare to protest. She didn't expect me to be so sharp and cold today.

“Nhuye Nhuyen, how can you say that… I am your mother…”

“I don't have a mother like you.” I coldly interrupted.

"From the moment you decided to sell me, On Nhuyen, I no longer have any relationship with the On family."

“What does Wen Jie's life or death have to do with me?”

“Miss!” Truong Que Lan was so angry that he was shaking. "You ungrateful daughter! I raised you this much!"

"I tell you, if you don't save Tieu Kiet, I will sue you! Sue you for abandoning your parents!"

“I will also go to the press and television to tell everyone what a heartless and meaningless person you are, On Nhuyen!”

“Let's see if you can still be the young lady of the Tham family!”

She started to riot, showing her ugliest face. Tham Thinh Chau's face completely turned cold. He stepped up to shield me from behind.

“It seems like the last time I taught you wasn't enough.”

His voice was cold like a devil.

“I give you one last chance.”

“Pawn your things and then immediately disappear from my sight.”

“If not, I don't mind letting you and your beloved son reunite in prison.”