Chapter 4 — Trust is not for others to take advantage of

"What's the point of wasting words with her? If she wants to report it to the police, just report it. With so many relatives today, does she still dare to drag the bride out?"

Trieu Khai Thanh says:

"Miss Tham, everyone, don't make things difficult for each other. In the future, if you want to rent this house, you still have to rely on me. Seriously, stressing it won't do you any good."

I hung up. I'm not knocking. Knocking on the door is useless. I stood in the hallway, opened the rental app, looked up the name of the apartment complex and the correct type of apartment. On the third page, I saw my own house. Title reads:

"Beautiful river view apartment, brand new furniture, first time renting, just bring your suitcase and move in right away, preferential annual payment."

The photos are all a set of photos I took right after completing the house renovation and sent them to Trieu Khai Thanh. Living room. Main bedroom. Working room. Even the painting hanging at the entrance to my house is not covered. The rental price is 16,000 yuan a month. Two months deposit, twelve months advance payment. Contact person: I stared at that text. The fingers tighten little by little. What he borrowed was never just for one night. I returned to WeChat. Last night, after eleven o'clock, Trieu Khai Thanh also posted a circle of friends.

"Finally, we have a roof over our head. I'll take you home tomorrow."

The photo is him and Co Man standing in my living room. Behind is my TV wall. Below there are comments.

"The house is really big, Khai Thanh is so good."

"Sister-in-law is truly blessed."

"The new house is so beautiful."

Trieu Khai Thanh replied:

"After so many years of striving, I finally gave her a home."

I laughed. How many years of striving? Strive to the point of taking someone else's house as your own. I saved the entire screenshot. Then open Co Man's Tieu Hong Thu account. Last night she posted nine photos.

"Renovated the house for half a year, and finally moved into our French-style bridal apartment."

The description is even more outrageous.

"Every detail was personally supervised by me and my husband. From cabinets, lamps, sofas to floors, we had to choose like crazy. All the hard work was worth it."

Someone asked:

"How much is the finished part?"

Co Man replied:

"Just over 700,000 yuan, not including household appliances."

I spent 780,000 yuan on the finishing part. She said the sentence "not including electrical appliances" in a very natural way. I collected all the screenshots and sent them to my lawyer friend Hua Lam. Hua Lam is my college friend, specializes in civil and commercial cases, and also knows many criminal lawyers. Not long after, she replied:

"Don't be hasty. Preserve evidence first. Do you still have a secret camera at home?"

I replied:

"There's one in the office's smoke detector, and there's one in the wall cabinet in the lobby area."

That is the system I installed following the construction team leader's reminder when renovating the house. Two external cameras for cleaning staff and brokers to see. The two secret cameras only filmed the lobby area and the cabinet in the office, not the bedroom or bathroom. This is also clearly stated in the appendix of the authorization agreement. I opened the camera software. The two external cameras are offline. The camera in the smoke detector remains online. The camera in the wall cabinet also remains online. On the screen, the lobby area is filled with red suitcases. Someone passed by the living room. Co Man was wearing a white bathrobe, holding my thermos in her hand. In the kitchen, Trieu Khai Thanh's mother called out:

"Man Man, the bird's nest stew is done."

That's the bird's nest box I bought. Until now, I haven't had time to open the seal yet. I stared at the screen. There is only one word left in my heart.

"Everything must be recorded."

"Account by account."

At ten o'clock in the morning, Ha Minh finally arrived. As soon as he saw the two words Hy still stuck on the door, his face was very ugly. I showed him the posting link and all the screenshots.

"Your employee posted my house for rent and said this was his own wedding room."

Ha Minh lowered his head to watch for a few seconds then immediately said:

"Maybe the system posted a mistake."

"The contact person is Trieu Khai Thanh's personal phone number."

He said:

"The company will investigate."

"How long does the investigation take?"

"Miss Tham, calm down first."

I looked straight at him.

"Stop telling me to calm down."

"Now you immediately tell Trieu Khai Thanh to open the door."

Ha Minh called. Trieu Khai Thanh picked up the phone. Ha Minh walked towards the stairs and talked in a low voice. I still stood in place. Soundproof fire doors are not good. I can still hear a few sentences.

"First stabilize her."

"Don't let the wedding happen today."

"The contract side let me think of a way."

"Are the tenants coming this afternoon? Tell them to come a little late."

Tenants. I immediately turned on the recording function on my phone. When Ha Minh walked out, he smiled like a manager.

"Miss Tham, Khai Thanh said that this afternoon they will hold a wedding procession and will move out before 3pm."

"Is the person coming this afternoon a tenant?"

Ha Minh's face immediately changed.

"Which tenant?"