Chapter 3 — The Bride Strikes Back: Exposing the Liar

The corner of Trieu Khai's lips curled up into a twisted, malicious smile. He slowly took out his phone, scrolled a few times, then turned the screen towards me: "See for yourself." In the photo is me, the background is the hallway of a five-star hotel, I am helping a man in his forties wearing a neat suit but passed out drunk, still swiping his card to open the room door. The angle of the photo was extremely dangerous. At first glance, it looked like I was intimately helping a drunk man into a hotel room. The atmosphere was so dark that just one look was enough to misunderstand. My heart stopped for a beat, then anger flared up, I looked straight at him: "This is what you call my bad thing?" Trieu Khai looked at me smugly: "If not, then what else?"

“To Du Du, do you have anything else to say?”

"Who is this man? Why did you open a room with him in the middle of the night?"

A series of questions rushed in, I burst out laughing, the smile was so cold that even I felt strange: "Trieu Khai, are you following me?" His eyes blinked slightly: "Don't care how I know."

“You just need to tell me how you plan to handle it.”

I looked at that face and suddenly felt that my two years of love were ridiculous. It turned out that this man had never trusted me even a little bit. I took a deep breath, restrained my anger: "So how do you want to solve it?" Trieu Khai thought I was scared, so he immediately leaned forward and started making conditions as if he were bargaining for an item.

“First, you must follow me home and apologize to my mother.”

"Admit it yesterday at the wedding that you were wrong, that you caused unreasonable trouble."

I listened silently to everything, not reacting.

"Second, the wedding must be held again, but this time there is no need to sneak around, both families can eat a meal, it can be considered as compensation for the ceremony."

"The bride price must be returned to your family. After all, you annulled the marriage first, causing honor and economic loss to my family."

I looked at him, my voice calm: "Are you finished?" Trieu Khai was slightly stunned: "It's done."

“This is my condition, if you agree, I will permanently delete this photo.”

“If not…”

He shook the phone in front of me, his voice full of menace: "I will send it to your parents, send it to your company."

"Let everyone see, what kind of person is behind this girl who looks clean on the outside?"

I picked up the coffee cup, took a sip, the cold bitter taste drifted down my throat, making my mind more alert.

“Trieu Khai.”

I put down the cup, looked straight into his eyes: "Do you think you won?" He leaned back in his chair, crossed his arms, his voice full of confidence: "Isn't that right?" I smiled, a smile without any warmth.

“First of all, let me introduce the person in the photo.”

"He is President Ly, my company's most important customer."

"The day the photo was taken, the department director and I went to receive guests. He drank too much. The director, I'm a woman, couldn't help it. I just helped take him back to his room."

"The room card was his own, I just brought it to the door, handed it back to the assistant and then left. The director was present throughout the entire process, and the hotel hallway also had cameras."

With every sentence I said, Trieu Khai's face became a little worse. By the time I finished speaking, the smug expression on his face had completely disappeared, leaving only surprise and confusion.

“You… you talk nonsense!”

“Do you think I'll believe you by making up a story?”

I'm not Feeling sad about arguing, he directly took out his phone, opened the chat with the director, and played a video placed in front of him. In the video, I stood in the hotel hallway, handing General Ly over to my assistant, who even turned to thank me, the angle was clear and undeniable. The video was filmed by my director. At that time, she saw that I was working hard so she took the opportunity to record it and joked that she would give me a reward. I didn't expect it to become evidence today. Trieu Khai looked at the video, his whole body turned to stone, his face was pale and bloodless.

“No… why…”

I took back the phone, my voice calm: "Do you still think this is my bad thing now?"

“Trieu Khai, you are not only stupid, but also cowardly.”

“To achieve your goal, you are willing to use dirty tricks to slander me.”

“What do you have left to say?”

His lips trembled, unable to utter a word, but his hands under the table clenched into fists. He still hasn't given up, because he knows that if he can't force me today, the Trieu family will lose everything.

“Even if this is a misunderstanding, so what!”

He suddenly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot: "You ruined the wedding!"

“You hit me and made my mother lose face in front of so many people!”

“You have to give us an explanation!”

He started to play tricks. I looked at him, my eyes cold as water: "Explain? What do you want me to explain?" He finally said what he wanted.

“You must return all the bride price and the money my family spent on the wedding!”

“Otherwise, even if there is no evidence, I will spread this photo everywhere!”

“I will make you lose your reputation!”

He is trying to drag them both down the same hole. Looking at that crazy appearance, my heart felt strangely calm. I know, he's panicking. The more you scream like that, the more it proves that the Trieu family has a problem. Something big must have happened that I don't know about.

"Okay."

I nodded, my voice as light as the wind.

“Just send it out.”

“By the way, I will also post the full video and my director's testimony.”

"At that time, let's see who the paralyzed relatives are."

“By the way, I will report you to the police and accuse you of slander and extortion.”

Trieu Khai stood still. He didn't expect me to be that hard, and he wasn't scared at all. I stood up and looked at him one last time.

“Trieu Khai, our story is not over yet.”

“Whatever you and your mother owe me, I will reclaim every item, both capital and interest.”

Having finished speaking, I turned around and left without any hesitation. Stepping out of Starbucks, the sunlight was so bright that it made my eyes sting a little, but this time it wasn't from tears. I called a car and went straight to Chu Duyet's house. As soon as she saw me, she ran out: "What's wrong? What did that bastard say to you?" I told you everything. Chu Duyet was so angry that he jumped up: "Oh my god, spying, cutting and collage photos to slander, does this guy have any limits!"

“Du Du, absolutely do not forgive him!”

I nodded, my eyes cold but firm.

“I will not forgive.”

“Yeu, do me a favor.”

“You say it!”

“There is definitely something wrong with the Trieu family.”

“It's a big deal, related to money.”

"Otherwise, they wouldn't have dared to act like an empty envelope right at the wedding, then turn around and frantically demand money from me like that."

“I want to know what they are hiding.”

Chu Duyet frowned: "But what kind of investigation? We are not the police." I took out my phone, my eyes slowly deepening down: “My dad has a way.” My father used to wander around society, knew all kinds of people, and wanting to investigate something was not too difficult. I told him all my speculations. The other end of the line was silent for a long time.

“I can rest assured.”

“Let me investigate this matter clearly.”

“The Trieu family dares to touch you, I will make them pay.”

Hanging up, my heart feels a little better. But Trieu Khai's crazy eyes still lingered in his mind like a ghost. He won't stop. I have to be one step ahead. Chu Duyet looked at me and suddenly asked: "Do you think... their lack of money is related to your family's bride price?" My heart jumped slightly: "What do you mean?" Chu Duyet slowly analyzed: "Your family gave 188,000 yuan in bride price."

“And what did they give you in return?”

“Apart from some cheap jewelry, is there anything else worth mentioning?”

"The car worth more than 200,000 yuan you brought as a dowry is now in Trieu Khai's name."

“As for the wedding house, they said they paid a deposit, but the documents listed two people's names.”

She looked straight at me, her voice slowed.

“Don't you see… maybe from the beginning, they were targeting your assets?”

Those words were like a knife tearing through the chaotic thoughts in my head. I jumped up. Wedding house! That's right… that house has problems!