Chapter 6 — Two Houses and One Border

His face darkened and said: "Duong Hoa, you either take out eight hundred thousand today, or you sign to acknowledge this debt." I stared at that debt paper. A date is already written at the bottom of the debt note. It was literally the second day after I won the prize and went to receive the money. 07 I stared at the date at the end of the loan note and suddenly felt a cold chill down my spine. That day I had just returned from the city, the money had been in my account in less than twenty-four hours. I didn't go back to my hometown, I didn't meet them, and I didn't borrow eight hundred thousand from anyone. But this debt note deliberately chose that exact date. I raised my head to look at Duong The Xuong. “Who writes these days?” The muscles on Duong The Xuong's face twitched. “The money you borrowed yourself, you asked me?” I reached out to get that piece of paper. He immediately withdrew. The police took a look at him. “Put the documents on the table.” Duong The Xuong unwillingly put down the debt paper. I didn't touch it, just lowered my head to look. The paper is very new, the handwriting is also new. The so-called reason for borrowing money is written as revolving money for old age care for parents. The borrower box is blank. The signature space is also left blank. They didn't come to give evidence. They came to force me to add a signature on the spot. I burst out laughing. "You guys don't even have my signature, yet you dare to come to my company's door and scream that I owe you money." Duong Khai immediately said: "If you sign now, don't you have it?" As soon as the sentence came out, he himself stiffened. The policeman raised his head and looked at him. “What did you mean by your last sentence?” Duong Khai's face turned red. "That's not what I meant. I said she should have accepted it." I put the phone on the table and opened the screenshot Manh Dao sent. “This is your secondary account, right?” Duong Khai glanced at him, still speechless. "Not." "The profile picture is my car, the license plate is seven twenty nine." His throat rolled. “There are a lot of cars like this on the road.” I opened the camera photo from the management board again. “At six o'clock the other day, you used your ID to check into my apartment complex.” "You followed the car into the basement and used your phone in the elevator lobby to point it at me." “Is this someone else too?” Duong Khai's face completely changed. Ha Ngoc Mai next to her quickly opened her mouth. "Daughter, your brother only cares for you. It's not safe for a girl to live out alone." I looked at her. “So he took your photo and threatened you to protect you?” Her lips trembled, unable to speak. I pushed the sales center's stamped explanation to the police. “This is the sales department admitting that someone pretending to be a relative came to ask for information about my building.” “This is a recognition from the management board.” “This is a photo of him threatening my friend.” "This is a video of them coming to my company today to cause trouble." "As for the last sentence, he asked me to sign the debt paper on the spot, everyone here heard it." The mediation room was so quiet that only the sound of the air conditioner remained. Duong The Xuong's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. In the end he stopped pretending to be an elder. “Duong Hoa, don't take things to the extreme.” I asked: "Who quit first?" He banged the table. “Your parents raised you this far, you have money to buy a house, but you let your family lose face.” I looked towards my father, Tang Jianguo, who kept his head bowed. “Dad, do you also think I owe eight hundred thousand?” He raised his eyes a little, then looked down again. “It's really difficult at home.” These four words hurt more than Duong Khai scolding me. I nodded. “So tell me clearly, how are you giving these eight hundred thousand to me?” "Cash?" "Transfer?" “What year?” "Where?" “Who is present?” Duong The Xuong opened his mouth and said: "Of course it's cash." I immediately asked: "Who withdrew?" He choked. Duong Khai continued. “My father has saved money for many years.” I smiled at him. "Last year, my uncle's family bought a car for you and had to borrow money from my mother. Now suddenly we can take out eight hundred thousand in cash?" Duong Khai panicked. “Don't bring up old stories.” The police knocked on the table. “Answer the question.” Duong The Xuong's momentum finally dropped a bit. “It's been so long, who can remember clearly?” I said: "So you remember clearly only one day." I pushed the IOU back. “This day is a

i tell you? Ha Ngoc Mai's face turned pale. Duong Khai avoided my eyes. At this moment, the phone he placed on the table rang. The screen is facing up, the call note has only two words. Ms. Phuong. Duong Khai panicked and wanted to turn it off. The police spoke first. “Listen to the phone.” Duong Khai gritted his teeth. “This is my personal phone.” I looked at the call and slowly said: "Tan Phuong, right?" The phone still vibrates. Every person in the mediation room stared at it. Finally, Duong Khai pressed the button to listen, but his finger mistakenly touched the speaker. A very low forced female voice came from the phone. "Don't panic, I've deleted all the documents, she can't get to me." 08 As soon as the woman's words fell, the mediation room felt like someone had pressed the mute button. The blood on Duong Khai's face drained away. He rushed forward to hang up the phone.