Chapter 21 — The House She Left Behind

Just want employees who are owed wages to receive money soon. But scanned IDs, copied signatures, cropped videos and accounts constantly transferring money cannot be covered up with a single sentence of advice. Ha Tam, Luu The Binh, Trinh Khai Minh and Manh Thu respectively confessed. Everyone says they are just an intermediary link. Everyone has received benefits. They are not born to harm anyone. But at some stage, everyone chooses to consider other people's houses as bricks that can be removed arbitrarily. Tuong Thua Trach was hospitalized for five days, and after being discharged, he was subjected to legal action. When he met me, he had lost weight. he said. “Duong Duong, I don't ask for your forgiveness.” “I just want to slowly pay back what is due.” I looked at him. “First you must clearly realize what you need to receive.” “Payment is not the whole atonement.” He nodded. This time I didn't say I was just temporarily confused. Because I'm temporarily confused, I won't search my drawer. Won't use my mother's weakness as a key. Nor will I forge my name when it is clear that I do not agree. After handing over two hundred thousand yuan in a cloth bag to the police for registration, Ha Ngoc Mai also sold a small store in her name to compensate for the salary the Tuong Thua Trach company owed its employees. Money is not enough. But at least she no longer reached out to us. The day she came home to apologize, she stood outside the door for a long time. Ha Ngoc Tran did not immediately open the door. Finally she spoke through the door. “Eldest sister, I can't continue like before.” Ha Ngoc Mai stood outside the door crying. “I know.” “Before, I always thought you gave in a little because you weren't calculating.” “Now I know that you took my concession for granted.” Ha Ngoc Tran opened the door. But don't let her in to eat. She only gave a bag of medicine. “This is the blood pressure test I forgot last time.” "If anything happens in the future, take the main road." Ha Ngoc Mai received the letter, crying and nodding. The wound between two sisters will not heal immediately just because of one incident. But at least from that day on, my mother no longer shouldered the burden for everyone. La Khai also came once. He brought with him the official withdrawal of the request and an apology letter from Hang Thai Assets. He said the company would pursue responsibility internally and would also coordinate with the police to investigate other projects Luong Van Bach left behind. I asked him. “Will you guys still block other people's doors in the future?” La Khai was silent for a long time. “In the debt collection profession, there are methods that we have previously found to be effective.” “Looking back now, many ways just pushed the risk to weaker people.” He placed his business card on the table. “This time I owe you a formal apology.” I don't accept business cards. “I heard the apology.” “Business cards are not needed.” He smiled bitterly then turned and left. Finally, the renovation project of the old area paused the process related to my house for two months. After all disputes were clarified, Ha Ngoc Tran and I came to re-sign. An addendum page for caregiver accommodation has been found. That year, my grandmother actually left my mother a portion of the rights to arrange accommodation for caregivers. She did not write loudly in her will. Only sign and fingerprint on the appendix page. When the staff gave the copy to her mother, she looked at it for a long time. Each drop of tears fell to the edge of the paper. “I thought she only remembered you.” I said. “She misses both of us.” “It's just that she knows mom always doesn't fight for herself.” Ha Ngoc Tran carefully placed the paper in the file bag. “Later I will compete.” The day the old house was demolished, my mother and I stood downstairs. The peeling hallway, the leaking kitchen, and the rattan chair my grandmother used to sit in are all about to become memories. Mom asked me. “Duong Duong, do you blame me?” I watched the crane slowly lift up. “Already blamed.” She bowed her head. I said again. “But I also know that it wasn't that mom didn't love me before.” "It's just that I'm so used to sharing love with everyone that I eventually forget that you also know pain." Ha Ngoc Tran's eye sockets turned red. “It won't be like that anymore.” I'm not saying it's okay. There are relationships that are healed without relying on a word of forgiveness. That's expected

a goes in again and again and chooses again. After signing the new resettlement agreement, compensation money is transferred to the custodial account. Salaries owed to employees are also gradually resolved through the liquidation of Tuong Thua Trach company, Ha Ngoc Mai selling assets and collecting later. No one mentioned the matter of forcing my family to pay an advance. Because suffering cannot become a reason to steal other people's things. A few months later, I received a letter from Jiang Chengze from the detention center. The letter is not long. He said he finally understood, the company collapsing was not the scariest thing. The scariest thing is that to support an empty shell, he stuffed his whole family inside. I put the letter back in the drawer, no response. In the drawer there is still a piece of peace jade left by my grandmother. That night it was taken away. Later, the police found it under the corner of the table at Chinh Phuong Graphics and returned it to me. The string broke, I replaced it with a new one.