Chapter 19 — Staying at Thanh Ba Host

"It may be related to property appropriation, blackmail, and forging debt papers." "We also have to preserve the evidence as to the child's slander." Hearing these words, my mother's face became increasingly pale. I sat down next to her. "Mom, why didn't you tell me that year?" She bowed her head. "I was afraid that after I got married, I wouldn't be able to lift my head." "I was also afraid that my husband's family would think that you were causing more of a burden for me." Co Tue Cam walked out of the room, just in time to hear. She walked up to my mother. "You're in-laws, you're hiding it from the wrong person." "Duong Nhan married into this house, not to repay a debt of gratitude to anyone." "We gave her things, not for outsiders to take on debt." My mother's tears immediately fell. "I was confused." Co Tue Cam sighed. "It's okay to not be confused anymore." At half past ten, the police contacted Lam Tranh again. There are clues to Old Qin's location. He continuously used information provided by Phuong Dung to probe us. The police asked Phuong Dung to continue coordinating contact. This time, he changed locations again. Not the old tea shop in the south of the city. It's the back door of the old vegetable market two streets away from the apartment complex. He asked me to take the phone there alone. Lam Tranh said frankly: "No way." The police said: "We will not let the person in danger alone." "But we need Ms. Duong to cooperate in recording a sentence." I took the phone. According to the content the police had written, I tried to keep my voice calm. "I must see the bracelet with my own eyes." "The original debt paper must also be brought along." "If not, there won't be a penny." My voice sent out, and the living room fell into silence for half a minute. Old Tan replied with a recording. "That's quite tough." "Okay, you come." "Don't bring a man." "I know your husband." Lam Tranh's eyebrows furrowed tightly. My heart also jumped. Does he know Lam Tranh? This statement is extremely unusual. Old Tan was just a pawn shop employee in the past, how could he know Lam Tranh? Lam Tranh immediately asked my mother. "On the loan note that year, was your name written?" My mother shook her head. "No." Lam Tranh asked her aunt if she had ever mentioned our family situation. The police quickly transmitted the information. Phuong Dung admitted that during the past half month of staying there, she took pictures of the living room and also told Lao Tan about Lam Tranh's business trip. She originally intended to ask Lao Tan to help her prepare a set of documents. Unexpectedly, Old Tan turned around and bit her. I closed my eyes. Phuong Dung is not only evil. She was stupid enough to hand over all my family information to someone else. Before eleven o'clock, the police deployed surveillance forces near the old vegetable market. We couldn't go to the scene, we could only stay at home and wait for news. Every minute passed like a long time. My mother couldn't sit still and kept walking back and forth in the living room. Co Tue Cam poured her a cup of warm water. "Drink some." My mother took it and said in a low voice: "Thank you." This was the first time tonight that they sat next to each other quietly. At five minutes past eleven, Lam Tranh's phone rang. The policeman's voice was very steady. "The subject has been controlled." I breathed a sigh of relief. The other party said: "But his belongings were not on him." "He declared that the bracelet and the original debt paper were given to another person to keep." Lam Tranh asked: "Who?" The other end of the line paused for a second. "Phuong Dung's father." 18 The cup in my mother's hand fell on the table, water splashing. She raised her head to look at Lam Tranh, her face pale and scary. "He kept it?" Lam Tranh did not answer immediately. The police on the other end of the line continued to say that when being controlled, Lao Qin was carrying an empty jewelry box. The box is real. The bracelet has been relocated from

before. That 300,000 debt note was not kept by Old Tan. Mr. Tan confessed that in the past, his uncle brought my mother's false signature to find him. Initially, we intended to leave a retreat path. Later, when Phuong Dung pawned my gold bracelet, my uncle and Lao Tan decided to conspire together. The bracelet did not enter the formal pawning process. Old Tan kept the real bracelet. Uncle took part of the money. Phuong Dung took an old bracelet that was almost the same to return to me. As for the 300,000 debt note, my uncle later filled in the amount himself. I haven't taken it out in the past years because my mother has always been patient, and the Tang family has always respected kinship. They don't need to withdraw their weapons. With just the mention of a word of kindness, my mother will give in. After Lam Tranh hung up, the living room fell silent. My mother covered her face with her hands. "I've been giving in for so many years." "It turns out it's not about repaying a debt of gratitude." "It's about raising wolves." Co Tue Cam patted her shoulder. This time, she did not say any more harsh words. I walked to the window and looked at the lights downstairs. I suddenly remembered when I was little, Phuong Dung took away my new schoolbag. My mother said, forget it, don't calculate with relatives. Later, my computer was borrowed, almost delaying my thesis.