Chapter 20 — Transfer Rate Changed

Co Thua suddenly rushed forward: "Khuong Ninh, do you absolutely have to completely destroy me to be satisfied?" Security stopped him. I said: "It's because you hide too much dirt from yourself." He struggled to look at me, his eyes as if he wanted to devour me alive. Luong Lao stood up: "Then turn on the light to brighten it a little more." The search for records that year happened faster than anyone imagined. Not because the hospital was efficient, but because that missing page of records was never actually thrown away. The next afternoon, Trieu Khai Minh placed an old file bag on the Disciplinary Committee office table. His voice was hoarse: “I kept it.” I sat opposite, not saying a word. Thieu Thanh Hai's eyes looked at him as if he wanted to devour him: "Did you already know that back then?" Trieu Khai Minh bowed his head: "Partly I know. The transfer of Co Thua's support to Khuong Ninh was approved by the Head of the Department. Co Thua wrote a request for transfer. Tran Ngoc Lan also went to the office to make a fuss. Later, Khuong Ninh's father became seriously ill and needed a hospital bed, Co Thua said this was a joint decision between the couple." I asked: "Was my father's hospital bed also used by him as a condition of exchange?" Trieu Khai Minh didn't dare look straight at me. My hand clutched the edge of the table, the hard wood corner digging into my palm.

“Say it.”

Trieu Khai Minh gritted his teeth: "At that time, hospital beds were very scarce. Co Thua agreed to go to support, the hospital gave priority to arranging beds for family members. After that, he didn't go anymore, changed to you, the hospital bed was still kept." I suddenly remembered the moment before he passed away, my father held my hand and said: Ninh Ninh, don't blame Tieu Co, he's busy. At that time, Co Thua was standing in front of the hospital room, buying a bowl of white porridge for me, so gentle that it seemed like he really felt guilty. The female disciplinary team officer opened the file bag, inside, in addition to the application for replacement, there were also several handwritten notes. One of them is Co Thua's handwriting. *Khuong Ninh has a gentle and easy-going personality, suitable for ideological work. The list of reinforcements should list her name first, I will arrange the transfer later.* Thieu Thanh Hai slammed his fist on the table: "What a nonsense!" Liu Tieu Man stood at the door, angry to the point of tears: "Isn't this a trick kiss?" Trieu Khai Minh took out another USB: "And this one. The backup copy of the office camera from that year only had pictures outside the door. I kept it, originally just in case something happened." Thieu Thanh Hai angrily shouted: "Afraid of something happening, you still hid it for seven years?" Trieu Khai Minh raised his head, his eyes also red: "I admit I'm a coward. But today I took it out, I don't think about hiding anymore." The video is opened on the computer. The image is very old, the sound is unclear, but I can still see the scene of Tran Ngoc Lan pulling Co Thua's sleeve outside the office door and cursing: "Khuong Ninh is my wife and children, if she doesn't go, then who will?" Co Thua did not refute, just lowered her head to smoke. The next scene, the image of my younger self walked in holding my father's medical records. Co Thua immediately put out her cigarette, took the bag in my hand, smiled and patted my head. Liu Tieu Man looked at it and cursed: "Beasts also know how to turn their faces." I looked at my reflection on the screen. At that time I was still wearing a pure white shirt clean, eyes filled with hope, thinking that marriage is two people sharing each other's hardships. It turns out that some hardships were intentionally brought down on us from the beginning by others. The room door was pushed open. Co Thua was brought in by the staff. He clearly still didn't know the file had been found. As soon as he opened his mouth, he said: "Director, I would like to request that you stop spreading information to the outside. This has seriously affected the hospital's reputation."