Chapter 6 — Twenty Years of Payment

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something— But suddenly he spat out a mouthful of blood. The body convulsed violently. The machinery sounded a shrill alarm. Doctors and nurses rushed in. I stood still to one side. Quietly look. Co Dinh walked up behind me and gently placed his hand on my shoulder.

"Let's go. He won't make it."

I turned around and left the hospital. The sunlight outside... is so bright it hurts my eyes.

“Co Dinh,” I said. “Do me a favor.”

“Hand over the evidence that To Man hired someone to kill my father.”

“I want… her in there… for life.”

I walked out of the prison gate. Take a deep breath. Doa Doa ran over and jumped into my arms. I hugged her tightly. Tears... finally fell.

“Where is dad?” She raised her head and asked.

“Dad... has gone away,” I said softly. “He went to pay his debt.”

I held Doa Doa's hand and walked forward with her. That money… I'll still leave it in the bank. It's no longer the money that buys my life. But... the ending of Tham Tu and To Man. Twenty years later— When Doa Doa grew up. I will tell her everything. That in this world… Justice may come late. But retribution— Never absent. Tham Tu finally... did not die in the hospital. Co Dinh said his life was too tough. Or maybe... God saw that what he had to pay was not enough. He became a vegetable. Lying motionless on the prison hospital bed, barely alive thanks to life-sustaining intravenous fluids. As for To Man— After learning that Tham Tu had revealed himself... he went completely crazy. She harmed herself and sought to be taken out for treatment. But Co Dinh stopped him. Currently, every day she screams in hallucinations. Said that my father, his head covered in blood... was standing by the bed looking at her. I sat in the office, flipping through the latest report that Co Dinh brought.

“Lam Khe, are you really planning to lock that money forever?” He sat opposite, turning the pen in his hand.

“I will lock it.” I took a sip of coffee. “That is their hope… also their despair.”

Co Dinh looked at me, his eyes flashing with a smile.

"Recently, a person named Tham Dai Cuong came looking for you. I heard he was a distant relative of Tham Tu."

I frowned slightly.

“Does he still have relatives?”

"When he was still prosperous, he cut off all his poor relatives. Now when he heard the news that 'he died and left behind money', everyone came back." Co Dinh's voice was full of sarcasm. "Tham Dai Cuong is a thug, once in prison. Very difficult to deal with."

“Why is he looking for me?”

"What else do you do? Ask for money." Co Dinh curled his lips. "He said Tham Tu is dead, he is the only male member of the Tham family, that money must be his share."

I laughed coldly.

"Not quite dead yet, but assets have already begun to be divided."

At that moment, the receptionist called. Said there was a man named Tham Dai Cuong who was causing trouble downstairs.

“Send him up.”

I put down the coffee cup, my eyes turned cold. A few minutes later— The office door was pushed open. A man barged in.

"Are you Lam Khe? Tham Tu's wife?"

Tham Dai Cuong sat down on the sofa, took out a cigarette and tried to light it. Before I could turn it on— Co Dinh's eyes forced me to put it away.

“Speak quickly.” I looked at him, my voice cold.

"Haha, sister-in-law, don't be so nervous." He rubbed his hands, his eyes full of greed. "I heard that Tham Tu died, leaving behind a lot of money. The Tham family is now the only one left... should you help him a little?"

“Tham Tu's money is locked inside bank. Term 20 years. No one can withdraw.”

“Don't lie to me!” He jumped up and kicked the tea table hard. “Is the bank your house? You said you don't withdraw, you don't withdraw?"

He pointed straight at me.

“I already asked. That amount is several million yuan. If you don't give me 500,000 yuan today... I will go to your daughter's school gate and wait every day."

My eyes... immediately turned cold.

“You just said…where will you stand?”

“Not at school.” He smiled crookedly. “She looks a lot like Tham Tu. What if something happens…”

Before he could finish his sentence— Co Dinh appeared in front of him.