Chapter 27 — Seventy-Eight Billion And The President Has No Heir

The two-day deviation caused everything to open up again.

Father Vu may have signed the will after the time recorded on the death certificate. If true, the person who edited the civil status records concealed the time he was forced to sign.

Vu doesn't want to bring up his father's death, but I think that's the final key.

We find the doctor who signed the papers. He is retired and lives in a coastal district. He remembered that the patient did not die at the hospital, but was brought in later and was cold. The person who brought him here was Quoc Tai.

“I was told to sign quickly,” the doctor said. “I thought they needed insurance.”

Hoang Nam asked for forensic records. The results did not confirm murder, but the time of death did not match the records.

Khai used the early death certificate to take over control, then sent someone to take Vu's father into a private room to sign the will. That's not enough to convict of murder, but enough to prove the transfer of rights was illegal.

Vu sat alone outside the doctor's room. I didn't ask if he was okay. People say “fine” too much when there is no way to be okay.

“Do you want to stop?” I asked.

“No. But I want to remember him as a father, not just as a signature.”

I called Khang. He was busy delivering meals, just said:

"Eat when you come home. Don't let the dead take away the living's meals."

Vu heard that sentence and laughed clearly for the first time.

At the special shareholder meeting, we presented a chain of evidence: wrongly dated death certificate, original will, bail documents, server data and Vinh's testimony.

Khai was summoned. He still denied it, but Quoc Tai began to testify to reduce his sentence.

“I was just following orders,” Tai said. “The person who gave the order was Father Vu.”

The meeting room was buzzing.

Tai released a recording of Vu's father telling employees to "push money to North and South to save the subsidiary". Khai used that statement as a cover for embezzlement.

I asked:

“Is there the following part in the recording?”

Tai is quiet.

Khai looked at him, showing fear for the first time.

Hoang Nam plays the remaining part. Father Vu clearly stated that the money must go back to the salary fund and cannot be transferred abroad.

Tai cut the last sentence.