Chapter 3 — Prosperity Three Jewels

Her words stopped when she saw the content clearly. Her expression was exactly like Tham Thinh Chau's before. First bewildered, then surprised, finally incomprehensible. Her eyes were like a sharp knife, suddenly shot towards me. In those eyes, there was no longer the gentleness from before. Only cold questioning and suspicion remained.

“On Nhuyen.”

She opened her mouth, her voice cold as ice.

“What is this all about?”

“Whose child… is it?”

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Trieu Hue Phuong's voice wasn't loud, but it was like a heavy hammer hitting straight into my heart. My whole body trembled, my face turned pale.

“Mom, I…”

I wanted to explain, but found that any words at this point would become extremely weak. The air in the living room immediately dropped to freezing point. There was a stuffiness in the air that made it difficult to breathe. Trieu Hue Phuong's eyes locked on me. Those were the eyes of someone betrayed by the person they trusted the most, full of disappointment and heartache.

“I was truly blind before!”

She suddenly threw the ultrasound sheet on the tea table, her chest heaving violently.

“On Nhuyen, where did our Tham family mistreat you?”

"Thin Chau cradled her in the palm of her hand, afraid she would fall, held it in her mouth, afraid it would melt. And I considered her like my own daughter!"

“So how do you repay us?”

"You dare to be outside... outside with another man..."

She was so angry that she couldn't speak, her finger pointing at me was trembling.

“You have disgraced the Tham family!”

My tears fell like broken beads.

"It's not... mom, it's really not what you think..."

“I don't have it, I really don't!”

“So tell me!” Trieu Hue Phuong shouted loudly, "Where did this baby come from? Don't tell me it came out of a crevice in the rock!"

I was speechless when asked by her. Yes, how should I explain? Even I myself don't know when these three little lives appeared in my belly. My silence in Trieu Hue Phuong's eyes was like an admission. Her eyes were completely cold, full of contempt and disgust.

“I really looked at the wrong person.”

“I thought you were an honest, reasonable girl, but you didn't expect your intentions to be so deep and your tricks to be so cruel!”

“Did you already know that Thinh Chau could not have children, so you deliberately went out to find wild men, wanting to get pregnant to strengthen your position?”

“Your heart is so cruel!”

Those words were like poisoned knives, cutting into my heart one by one. I shook my head, my whole body trembling.

“I'm not… I'm not that kind of person…”

“Shut up!” Trieu Hue Phuong shouted loudly, interrupting me. “A flirtatious woman like you doesn't deserve to call me mother!”

As soon as her words ended, a cold but strong voice rang out.

“That's enough.”

It's Tham Thinh Chau. He had been silent since entering the house until now, but he finally spoke up. He walked up to me, gently hugged me, blocking Trieu Hue Phuong's pressing eyes. His arms still carry warmth that makes people feel secure. I leaned against his chest, smelling the familiar cedar scent on him, and my collapsing emotions gradually stabilized.

“Thin Chau!” Trieu Hue Phuong looked at him in disbelief. “You still protect it?”

"Don't you see? He gave you such a big horn! The face of the Tham family Everything was lost by it!”

Tham Thinh Chau's face was very gloomy, but his eyes were extremely determined.

“Mom, before everything is clarified, I hope you don't use such harsh words to talk about Nhuy Nhuyen.”

“She is my wife. I won't allow anyone to insult her."

Trieu Hue Phuong was so angry that he was shaking.

“I... I'm really fascinated by this vixen!”

“The truth is before our eyes, what else needs to be clarified? Don't you know the condition of your body?!”

That sentence was like a needle piercing Tham Thinh Chau's sore spot. I clearly felt his arm that was holding me suddenly stiffen. He lowered his eyes slightly, his long eyelashes hiding the emotions in his eyes. The living room fell into dead silence. After a while, he slowly opened his mouth, his voice hoarse.

“I will go to the hospital to get checked again.”

Trieu Hue Phuong was stunned. I was also stunned.

“That pre-marital medical examination report was three years ago.” Tham Thinh Chau's voice was very calm, so calm that there were no waves at all. “Maybe… the diagnosis was wrong at that time.”

When he said this sentence, even he himself did not believe it. Congenital azoospermia is a defect engraved in the genes, how could it be wrong? That was just an excuse he found to protect me, an excuse even he couldn't convince himself of. Trieu Hue Phuong seemed to hear the most ridiculous thing in the world and laughed coldly.

“Wrong? Tam Ting Chau, are you fooling yourself?”

“Because of this woman, you can even say such wild words?”

“I tell you, I absolutely do not recognize this illegitimate child of unknown origin! The Tham family cannot lose face like that!”

After speaking, she picked up the phone on the table and made a direct call.

"Hello, is it lawyer Ly?"

“I am Trieu Hue Phuong. You immediately drew up a divorce agreement and brought it to the villa to sell the paint."

“Yes, immediately!”

My heart followed the movement of her hanging up the phone and fell to the bottom. Divorce agreement... I held Tham Thinh Chau's sleeve tightly and raised my head to look at him. His jaw line was tense, his expression dark and scary.

“Mom!” His voice carried suppressed anger. “What do you want to do, mother?”

“What do I want to do?” Trieu Hue Phuong looked at me coldly. “I want to immediately kick this unclean woman out of the Tham family!”

“I absolutely will not allow the illegitimate child in her womb to tarnish the reputation of the Tham family!”

“Unless you die!” Tham Thinh Chau's voice was not loud, but decisive.

He said every word.

"As long as you don't agree for one day, On Nhuyen is still your wife, the young lady of the Tham family."

“No one can chase her away.”

Your words are like a solid wall blocking my face. I looked at his determined face, my eyes became wet again. While the whole world doubted me and hated me, only you still stood by my side. Even though your heart is probably full of doubts and confusion like me.