Chapter 10 — Tuition Fees for Other People's Daughters

Tong Nhiem immediately stood up: "I don't have it!" Chu Duong looked at her: "No one mentioned your name, what are you in a hurry?" Hua Tong Nam knocked on the table: "Everyone, please pay attention to the situation." The door was suddenly pushed open. Luu Tinh walked in, holding an old tablet in her hand. "I can testify." Tong Nhiem shouted: "Why did you come again?" Luu Tinh didn't even look at her and said to director Qin: "This is the tablet that Tong Nhiem used to use. She told me to throw it away, but I didn't throw it away. Inside there is a history of conversations between her and Tham Kien Quoc. She said as long as Uncle Tham continues to take money from the fund for her, she will be filial to him like her own daughter in the future." Tham Kien Quoc stood up and tried to grab it. The security guard held him back. Luu Tinh handed the tablet to the staff: "There are also voice messages. Tong Nhiem said that if Tham Chi finds out the truth, he will expose his mother's old story, making him no longer have the face to go to school." Tong Nhiem sat down on the chair, no tears left on her face. Hua Tong Nam looked at the documents and his fingers paused for a long time. He raised his head to look at me: "Brother Tham, the council will re-check all the books. Before the results are announced, suspend all cooperation status of Tham Kien Quoc and suspend applications related to Tong Nhiem." Tham Kien Quoc shouted: "You can't do that! I've been working for the fund for so many years!" I looked at him: "Every step you take, you step on my mother's name." He gasped and suddenly burst out laughing. "Tham Chi, do you think your mother is innocent? Do you know how Co Minh Xuyen died that year?" Director Tan shouted: "Tham Kien Quoc!" He stared at me, saying every word: "He died to save your mother. Your mother married me out of guilt, giving me money to compensate me. Now you pressure me to this extent, she will not be at peace even on the ground." I grabbed the back of the chair. This time Chu Duong spoke first: "Using a dead person as a weapon, you are so despicable." Tham Kien Quoc was about to speak when an old voice rang out outside the meeting room door. "Co Minh Xuyen did not die because of Giang Van." Everyone turned their heads. A gray-haired old woman stood at the door, a cane in her hand. The person supporting her is Ms. Lam. Ms. Lam raised her chin at me: "The witness found it on the street." The old lady looked at Tham Kien Quoc: "He died saving a car of people. You were also in that car that year, Tham Kien Quoc." Tham Kien Quoc's face immediately lost all blood. The old lady was helped to the front of the meeting table. When she sat down, she took out a yellowed newspaper from her cloth bag. "My last name is Co, I'm Co Minh Xuyen's biological aunt." She said, "After the accident that year, I always nursed elsewhere. Two days ago when I saw the video online, I learned that someone used the names Minh Xuyen and Giang Van to trample the child." I looked at her: "Are you my father's aunt?" The old lady looked at me with tears in her eyes: "You look a lot like Minh Xuyen when he was little." Tham Kien Quoc suddenly said: "She's talking nonsense! She hasn't appeared in so many years!" Ms. Co used her stick to tap the ground: "I didn't show up because Giang Van begged me not to bother Tham Chi. She said the child was too young and didn't want people to point at him because he had two fathers. But she never told me to stand by and watch him bully the child." Director Tan received the newspaper and gave it to Hua Tong Nam. Hua Tong Nam read the headline: "Before the bus fell off the bridge, young man Co Minh Xuyen smashed the glass window to save seven people, but he himself died from severe injuries." Ms. Co said: "Tham Kien Quoc is one of the seven people. That year at the hospital, he said he owed Minh Xuyen his life, and then said he was willing to take care of Minh Xuyen's daughter. Giang Van believed him." The meeting room was silent. I looked at Tham Kien Quoc: "So you didn't marry my mother because you love her

harm her.” Ms. Co continued: "He targeted Giang Van's embroidery factory and store. Giang Van felt guilty and had a small child, so he tricked her." Tham Kien Quoc stood up: "What evidence do you have?" Ms. Co took out an old letter from her pocket: "This is the letter you wrote to Giang Van that year. He said he would treat Tham Chi as his own daughter and raise her to finish college, otherwise he would not be allowed to use profits from the stores. Director Tan received the letter, his face cold and scary: "This letter is very important." Hua Tong Nam also could not sit still: "Mr. Tham, if this letter is real, you are not only impersonating propaganda but also suspected of violating the trust agreement." Tham Kien Quoc's hand reached towards the glass of water, knocking it over. Water flowed on the table in front of Tong Nhiem. Tong Nhiem hated it and stood up to avoid it. The movement was very light, but Tham Kien Quoc saw it. He stared at her: "You hate me too?" Panic flashed across Tong Nhiem's face: "Uncle Tham, I didn't have it." "When I spent your money, I wasn't like this." Tham Kien Quoc smiled unsightly, "You said Tham Chi was not filial, I will be filial to you. Now that something has happened to you, I can escape faster than anyone else."