Chapter 13 — The Husband's Secret

Lawyer Trinh still hadn't returned, she immediately signaled us to keep quiet. Outside the door came Tham Nghien's voice. "Dip An, open the door." I hugged Vien Vien, not moving. He knocked twice on the door. "I know you're in there." "Tham Du has to go to the emergency room." "I'm not arguing with you." "Let me just take a look at Vien Vien." My mother whispered softly. Lawyer Trinh took out his phone and prepared to call the police. Suddenly another old voice came from outside. It's my mother-in-law. "You're in-laws, let's talk kindly to each other." "Sick children need to be saved, whose family would be so cruel." My mother couldn't bear it anymore. She walked to the door. "You guys leave for me right away." "If you don't go, I'll call the police right now." My mother-in-law said. "You go ahead and report it." "When the police come, you have to explain the reason." "Tham Nghien is the biological father, why don't you let him see your child?" Tham Nghien's voice was very low. "Diep An, Tieu Du is in the emergency room." I replied. "Go save him." "But don't use Vien Vien to save him." There was silence outside the door for a moment. Tham Nghien said. "She just did a screening." I said. "The teething ring has been checked, right?" Outside the door was completely silent. A few seconds later, I heard my mother-in-law take a cold breath. "You even know about this?" I hugged Vien Vien tightly. "Yes." "I also know that tomorrow you have scheduled an initial screening for the half-sibling donor." My mother-in-law's voice suddenly became shrill. "It's a life-saver!" I said. "Vien Vien's life is not something for you to spend." Suddenly a noise rang out outside the door. strong. It was like Tham Nghien had just punched the wall. He said. "Diep An, are you sure you want me to hate you?" I looked at the child in my arms. The girl was startled awake, her wet eyes looking at me. I gently patted the child. "Then you can hate it." "As long as you don't touch her." The next second, there was the sound of a key being turned in the lock outside the door. 13 The moment the key turned, my whole body felt cold. The spare key to my mother's house, only me and my mother have it. But that key turned in the lock very smoothly. The lock makes a "click" sound. Lawyer Trinh immediately rushed forward and used his body to block the anti-theft chain. The door opened a crack, held back by a chain. Tham Nghien stood outside the door. His eyes were bloodshot and scary. In hand holds a key. My mother looked at that key, her voice trembling. "Where did you get it?" My mother-in-law stood behind him and said coldly. "Once upon a time, my in-laws gave it to Tham Nghien." "Say they're family, so it's convenient to take care of." My mother's face was pale. That happened when Vien Vien was born. I was in the hospital, my mother was afraid that no one in the house would take the things, so she gave one to Tham Nghien. Then she forgot to take it back. No one expected that the key would be inserted into the lock at this moment. Lawyer Trinh said in a serious voice. "Mr. Tham, opened the door arbitrarily in the middle of the night, we have called the police." Tham Nghien did not look at her. His eyes passed through the crack in the door, falling on Vien Vien in my arms. "Diep An, give me your child." I said. "Never." He said. "Tieu Du is in the emergency room." I said. "I heard it." He said. "He keeps calling for dad." "He's scared." My heart ached. A scared child, of course, makes people feel sad. But Yuanyuan was also scared. The girl was startled by the knock on the door, her tiny hand grabbed my shirt tightly. She is also just a child. I said. "Tham Nghien, go take care of him." "Don't continue to force another child." The pain in his eyes instantly turned into anger. "Why can't you understand?" "That's my son." I said. "So Yuan Yuan is

What?" He was speechless. I looked at him. "Is it your daughter, or a backup plan for your son?" The air outside the door seemed to freeze. My mother-in-law finally couldn't help but speak up. "Don't say Tham Nghien is so bad." "She's stuck between two children, it's already very difficult." I said. "He's difficult, because he lied." "Not because I protect my daughter." Downstairs, the sound of the elevator was heard. Very quickly, the two police officers left. Lawyer Trinh immediately opened the door, but still stood between me and Tham Nghien. She briefly explained the situation. The police officer looked at the lock and the key in Tham Nghien's hand, her face became serious. "It's midnight." "The other person clearly refused to let you in." "It's not appropriate for you to do that." Tham Nghien grabbed the key. "I'm the child's father." The police officer said. "As a father, you can't force him in." someone else's residence." "The child is currently under the care of the mother." "The two of you have a dispute, it can be resolved by legal means." My mother-in-law immediately said. "We are planning to follow the law." "There is also an application for a kinship assessment." The police officer looked at her. "Assessment is not a reason to take the child away."