Chapter 3 — World Chess Game

As soon as my words fell, it was like pouring cold water into a pan of boiling oil, and the whole living room immediately exploded. Uncle-in-law Vuong Cam stopped crying, instead he looked panicked and couldn't believe it.

"Report to the police? Are you crazy?"

“Tham Nguyet, we are family, do you want to call the police to arrest your cousin?”

Uncle Tham Chi Cuong also jumped up, his face red.

"Disturbing! This is too much!"

"Do you know what crime it is to forge a signature? Do you want to put your cousin in jail?"

My father became even more angry, shaking, pointing straight at my face, his lips trembling and unable to speak.

“You… you really are… an ungrateful person!”

I coldly looked at them. Look at the ugly expression that appeared on my face when I was no longer obedient. One person? Now I remember that we are family? When I was planning, why didn't I remember? When you forced me to spend 1,000,000 yuan, why didn't you remember? I picked up the phone, unlocked it, and prepared to call.

“I give you a chance.”

“Right now, immediately go talk to the victim's family.”

“Compensation is your business, it has nothing to do with me or my name.”

“If not… we will meet in court.”

My voice was decisive, leaving no room for retreat. Tham Hao finally collapsed. He made a "thud" sound and knelt down, hugging my legs and sobbing.

"You! I'm wrong! I'm really wrong!"

“Don't call the police, I beg you, I don't want to go to jail!”

"It was my parents' idea! They said to name you as the beneficiary, you won't be able to escape!"

This one sentence would sell out his parents. Vuong Cam's face immediately turned pale, pointing at Tham Hao and cursing.

"Useless thing! What nonsense are you talking about!"

She rushed forward to pull him up, but was stopped by my cold eyes. My father at this time, his face was darker than the bottom of the pot. Perhaps he never thought that the so-called "family" that he was always proud of would be rotten to this extent. Unexpectedly... the daughter who was always treated like a cash machine by him, would show her fangs today. He rushed forward, not aiming at Tham Hao, but at the phone in my hand.

“Give me the phone!”

He wanted to jerk. I leaned away, so quickly that I even surprised myself. Perhaps all those years of repression... have now turned into strength.

“Dad, do you also want to join them in breaking the law?”

I looked straight at him, every word clear.

“For your brother, for your nephew… you can even sacrifice your daughter, right?”

His hand stopped in mid-air. Anger, shame, and emotions I couldn't read flashed in my eyes. The air in the room was as tense as a piano string. Everyone struggled, as if time had stopped. At that moment, the doorbell rang loudly, breaking the dead silence. The bell rang loudly and urgently, not allowing refusal. The faces of several people in the room turned pale. They thought… I called the police. My mother asked in a trembling voice:

“Nguyet Nguyet… who is that?”

I shook my head. It wasn't me who called. Tham Hao's face was pale and he was shaking like a leaf. The eldest uncle and aunt-in-law were also frightened and restless. I walked over, looking through the cat's eyes. There are two people outside the door. A middle-aged man, his face was haggard, his eyes full of pain and anger. Next to him is a woman wearing business clothes. Lawyer Tan. And the other man... must be a member of the victim's family, Truong Vi. Why did they come all the way here? Before I could react, my father opened the door wide. You probably want to see if it's the police. The door opened, the two sides met. Truong Vi looked at the chaotic scene in the room and paused for a second. But when his eyes fell on Tham Hao kneeling on the ground, red, anger immediately flared up.

“Are you the driver who caused the accident?”

His voice was hoarse, suppressing anger like an underground wave. The next second, he didn't say another word. The fist clenched tightly, hitting Tham Hao's face with a force like thunder. And lawyer Tan just calmly pushed up his glasses. Her eyes... fell precisely on me. She looked at me, the corner of her lips curled up in a deep smile.

“Miss Tham, it seems your family meeting… was more dramatic than I thought.”

05 Unexpected witnesses Truong Vi's punch was both fast and strong, no one had time to react. Tham Hao screamed miserably, his whole body was knocked to the ground, and the corner of his mouth immediately bled.

“What are you basing on to beat people!”

Vuong Cam screamed and rushed forward like an animal to protect his child. Tham Chi Cuong also regained his composure, pointed straight at Truong Vi's face and cursed.

"Don't you dare touch me! I'll immediately call the police to arrest you!"

Report to the police? Now they have the nerve to mention those two words. Truong Vi's eyes were bloodshot, his chest was heaving violently.

"My dad is still in the intensive care room, he can barely hold his leg anymore, what if I punch him?"

“I still wish I could kill him!”

His pain and despair were like a knife, cutting straight into the hearts of everyone in the room. Even my father took a step back, not daring to say another word. Lawyer Tan stepped forward and pulled Truong Vi behind him, his expression still calm.

“Mr. Tham, Mrs. Tham, please calm down.”

"My client was just temporarily agitated, but you should understand clearly that the person who caused the incident is your son."

Her eyes turned to me, her voice noticeably softened.

“Miss Tham, I think we can talk now.”

Before I could even speak, Vuong Cam jumped up from the ground, pointed straight at me and screamed.

"Say something! What do you have to say to him!"

"That's it! This comet has caused so much damage to our house!"

"The car was bought by him, the person was stabbed by Tieu Hao, he is responsible! Based on what, he can brush it off as unrelated!"

She turned to Truong Vi and lawyer Tan and began to change black and white.

"Don't be fooled by him! That car originally belonged to him! He was afraid of having to repay the money, so he deliberately transferred it to my son's name!"

"It wants to get rid of responsibility! It has a snake-like heart!"

She cried loudly, acting to the point of going into overdrive. As if… I was the one who was the heinous criminal. My parents stood to one side, their faces sometimes blue, sometimes white, but no one spoke up to defend me. In their eyes, sacrificing me to keep Tham Hao, to keep the so-called "friendship"... is obvious. I looked at them and felt cold to the bone. Lawyer Tan stood and watched this drama without interrupting. On the contrary, Truong Vi frowned tightly. He's not stupid, what kind of person... one look and you'll understand. Waiting for Vuong Cam's cries to subside, I slowly spoke up.

“Lawyer Tan, Mr. Truong.”

My voice wasn't loud, but clear enough for everyone to hear.

"First, the car's name was legally transferred a month ago, the registration and circulation papers both prove that the current owner of the car is Tham Hao."

“Second, the insurance contract… is actually the named beneficiary me, but the signature in there is forged, the person who carried out the procedures is Tham Hao's father, I have kept all the evidence, I can sue at any time."

I stopped for a moment, my eyes fell on Tham Hao who was trembling.

“Third… is also the most important.”

“I suspect… this accident was not simply an ordinary accident.”