Chapter 6 — The Retribution of the Crown Prince's Treachery

He put down the teacup, his deep eyes staring at me. "Her husband." "I have not agreed to marry you." I protested. "If you enter my coffin, then you are my person." Tham Yen stood up and walked towards me step by step. As he approached, the surrounding temperature dropped rapidly. "The Co family owes the Tham family a debt, it's time to pay it back." He walked in front of me, his cold fingers lifted my chin. "That useless guy has the blood of the Tham family flowing in his body, but he did things that were not as good as animals. I want to borrow his life to recreate my body." I was startled in my heart. "Borrow my life? You mean... you want to kill him." Me?" "It's too easy for him to kill him." A red light flashed in Tham Yen's eyes. "I want him to see with his own eyes everything he owns turn into nothing. I want him to live without anything, even if he wants to die." "And that woman..." The corner of his lips curled up into a cruel smile. "The blood of the Tham family cannot be tainted. Mac Even though that evil species is dead, the mother's body is still there. She will become the best sacrifice." I heard it until my scalp was numb. This man is more dangerous than I imagined. "What about me?" I asked. "What are you keeping me for?" Tham Yen bowed her head, her cold lips pressed against my forehead. "You are my guide." "Only you can lead me out of the bondage of that ancient house. Only you can help me complete the final rite." "What rite?" "Blood sacrifice." He looked at me, his eyes suddenly becoming softer. Easy but strange. "Using the blood of the entire Co family to sacrifice the souls of the Tham family for three hundred years."8 Co Tham went completely crazy. He ran out of the hotel, his clothes were torn, and he rushed to bite anyone he met on the street. He kept shouting: "I am the eldest young master of the Co family! I am the crown prince! You all must listen to me!" The police took him to a mental hospital. When I visited, he was tied to the bed, his eyes dull. As soon as he saw me, he immediately got excited. "An Ninh! An Ninh, help me! There's a ghost! There really is a ghost!" "That blind old woman... she's under the bed! She's laughing! She's eating you!" I lowered my head to look under the bed. Empty. "Co Tham, you saw wrong." I calmly said. "No! I didn't see wrong! She said it was you who told her to come! It was you!" Co Tham desperately struggled, the leather strap tightened his wrist until it bled. "Khuong Ninh, you were wrong! You shouldn't have an affair, you shouldn't choose So So! Please forgive me! Give me the antidote!" "What antidote?" "Tattoos There... That tattoo is alive! It's eating my heart!” Co Tham screamed until he was hoarse, the bandage on his chest seeping out black blood. I walked over and turned over a corner of the bandage. I almost vomited. The tattoo had rotted through his chest, and one could faintly see the beating heart inside. But on that heart grew a human face. That is... the face of the person who died because of Lam So So. That face closed its eyes, its mouth continuously opened and closed, as if it were sucking blood from Co Tham's heart. "This is retribution." I put down the bandage and took two steps back. "Co Tham, enjoy your last days." When I left the mental hospital, I received a phone call from Lam So So. She ran away from the hospital. The voice was dark and scary. "Khuong Ninh... Even if we die, we have to die together." "I'm waiting for you at the old house. If you don't come, I will reveal all the secrets of the Co family, including how your father annexed the Co family's assets that year!" I frowned. My father annexed the Co family's assets? It's truly baseless. But I know now

Lam So So is a crazy person. Crazy people can do anything. Furthermore, Tham Yen once said that the final rites would take place at the old house. Looks like it's time to end it all. I drove to a hundred year old house deep in the mountains. The sky is gloomy, dark clouds weigh heavily. Before entering the village, I saw a layer of black gas covering the old house. I pushed open the heavy gate. In the shrine, Lam So So wore a red wedding dress and sat on a black coffin. Her face was pale, she held a pair of scissors in her hand, and was rubbing her stomach. "You're here." She raised her head and smiled at me strangely. "Look, I'm also wearing a wedding dress. I'm also a bride." "Tham Lang said that as long as I sacrifice myself, he will marry me. At that time, I will be able to be with you forever." Shen Lang? Tham Yen? My heart sank. Did Tham Yen trick her? "Lam So So, calm down. He's a ghost, you're a human." "So what about ghosts? Humans are scarier than ghosts!" Lam So So shouted. "Co Tham is human, but what did he do to me? He sees me as a toy, sees me as a tool to give birth! Only Tham Lang... Only Tham Lang wants me!" She suddenly raised the scissors and stabbed her thigh fiercely. Fresh blood spurted out, splashing onto the black coffin. The coffin shook violently. The coffin door covered in charms slowly opened.