Chapter 15 — There Are Wounds That Only Truth Can Heal

Trieu Boi Dao... Received the prescription from my pharmacy in January. Tran Dich found the door. Distance between two events. Just two months. Someone deliberately waited? Waiting for Trieu Boi Dao to die. Then let Tran Dich appear. Why must we wait for her to die? As long as Trieu Boi Dao is still alive. She can still speak. Tran Dich can tell many more truths. Can cause variables to appear in the entire plan. But when she died. In the hands of Tran Dich. Only the iron box remains. A letter. A photocopy of household registration book. And that letter itself... Trieu Boi Dao only knew part of it. She did not know the whole truth. The thing that caught my attention the most... was the prescription. Trieu Boi Dao uses my pharmacy. That thing itself... It's a trap. If one day. I was really cornered. Just bring out that prescription. Then associated with the death of Trieu Boi Dao. They can absolutely make up a story.

"Co Van Ninh's pharmacy prescribed the wrong medicine."

"Caused an old man to die."

Just need that story to spread. Even if there isn't enough evidence. My three pharmacy chains. Will also be destroyed. I closed my eyes. One last time. Piecing together the whole incident in your head. This is a trap. Arranged extremely sophisticatedly. Lasted for many years. Even... It started before I married into the Ha family. No matter how tight the plan is. There will still be loopholes. They think. Trieu Boi Dao's death will become a weapon. But in my hands. That prescription sheet. It's a completely different direction of investigation. It proves. Someone intentionally led Trieu Boi Dao to my pharmacy. Why do we have to take her there? That's what's important. Tran Thuc Phan. Tran Quoc Binh. Trieu Boi Dao. Three people were directly involved in the incident. All are dead. Tran Nhuoc Mai... Also gone. Those who are still alive. Only left... Doan Kim Ba. I will receive Doan Kim Ba's report. Until then... I will officially take action. Doan Kim Ba's report was sent just after nine o'clock the next morning. He himself rode his bicycle and brought it there. A paper envelope. Inside was a five-page handwritten report. The writing is not good. But every detail is recorded very clearly. I sit in the office. Read and reread from beginning to end. There are two important points... Which I never knew before. The person who brought Tran Thuc Phan to meet Doan Kim Ba for the first time... was someone he called "the Ha family's daughter-in-law." In the report, Doan Kim Ba wrote: He used to know that woman. Previously the two were neighbors. Later, she got married and married into a well-off Ha family. The specific name... He no longer remembers. The day Tran Thuc Phan came to ask for household registration. Two people go together. The household registration application that year... was not signed by Doan Kim Ba. Tran Thuc Phan himself brought a set of pre-filled documents. In there... The signature bearing Co Van Ninh's name was written before. He only accepts applications. Do the procedure. That means... My forged signature... Was prepared in advance. And the person who prepared it... It was my mother-in-law. She assigned Tran Thuc Phan to bring it. I separate those two details. Copy onto another sheet of paper. Place in evidence folder. I texted my cousin.

"Have you looked up Tran Quoc Binh's story yet?"

Return message The word came very quickly.

"Looked it up."

"February 2007."

"This person died from a traffic accident."

"The case has been closed since that year."

"The conclusion was an unintended accident."

"You sent me the file."

Right after that. A scanned copy of the case file was sent. The photo is quite blurry. I zoom in little by little. It is clearly stated in the file. Tran Quoc Binh. Time of death: February 6, 2007. An intersection in the West area. The accident happened at night. There are no witnesses. The car that caused the accident fled. The culprit has not been found yet. I looked for a long time at the timeline. Tran Quoc Binh passed away. February 2007. Tran Dich was born. April 2007. That means... Tran Quoc Binh... Never saw his child born. When he passed away. Trieu Boi Dao. Tran Thuc Phan. In front of them there was only... A pregnant woman about to give birth. A child not yet born. An unsolved escape case. Right at that moment. Someone came to Tran Thuc Phan. Talk to her. The child can still have a household registration. Can still grow up normally. Use a specified name. A person who has been cornered... Will not refuse. I save a scanned copy of the file. Arrange with all the evidence. Combine into one complete set of documents. The phone rings.

"Thank you."

The other end of the line was silent for a few seconds.

"Van Ninh."

"This..."

"How are you going to handle it?"

"Can you ask?"

"I plan to find a lawyer."

Before I finish. He lowered his voice.

"Before seeing the lawyer."

"In my arms..."

"How much evidence is there now?"

He was silent. Then speak.

"Enough is good."

"If you still need help investigating anything."

"But Van Ninh."

"You also have to protect yourself."

"Understand?"

"I understand."

"Thank you."

I sat still for a while longer. Then open contacts. Click to call a phone number. The bell rang three times. The new line picks up the phone. It was the voice of a middle-aged woman.