Chapter 6 — World Chess Game

08 The person behind My words were like an order, echoing in the suffocatingly quiet space. The faces of the eldest uncle and aunt-in-law immediately turned white as paper. Afraid that Tham Hao would say things that shouldn't be said.

"Nguyet Nguyet, Tieu Hao... he's already scared to death, don't force him anymore..."

Vuong Cam gathered all his courage and stepped forward, wanting to protect his precious son. I raised my eyes and looked at her coldly.

“Now you have two choices.”

“One, let him obediently say everything.”

“Two, I will immediately hand over the recording of the recent murder attempt to the police.”

“Let him go in there and explain everything.”

My voice is not loud, but enough to make people not dare to protest. Vuong Cam's footsteps stiffened. She turned to look at my father for help. At this time, my father Tham Chi Cuong's face was so gloomy that it looked like he could cry. He smoked continuously, the smoke covering the whole room. He did not look at Vuong Cam, but stared at me.

“Tam Nguyet, what do you want?”

“I already said it.”

I looked straight at him, not taking a step back.

“I want to know the truth.”

“Not just for me… but also for you guys.”

“Or do you want to spend your whole life being controlled by others and living in fear?”

"Or wait until the next time, the person behind it takes action and drags the whole family to prison?"

My father was silent. You understand, I'm not wrong. That mysterious call, that recording... were like a knife hanging above their heads. At any time it can fall. He slammed the cigarette butt into the ashtray, as if he had just made up his mind. He stepped forward and pulled Tham Hao up from the ground.

"Refuse!"

“Tell me everything you know!”

“Dare to hide a word, I will break your leg first!”

Tham Hao trembled and cried until he cried.

“I… I… I said…”

He stammered and broke off, but finally told the whole story. The beginning... was even more bloody and stupid than I thought. Tham Hao met Ly Thien through an online game. She's young, pretty, has a sweet voice, and spends money very freely. In just a short time, it has made a short-sighted person like him confused and unable to escape. Ly Thien told him that she was the secretary of the general director of a large corporation. Her boss — the victim in this accident — holds an extremely important business secret. A contract. As long as Tham Hao helps her get that contract, she will give him a large sum of money and then leave together. Blinded by greed, Tham Hao agreed without thinking. So Ly Thien outlined the entire plan. She took advantage of her position to understand the general manager's schedule and travel route. Then, she stole the car keys and gave them to Tham Hao. Not only that, she also gradually incited him to create a fake crime scene.

“She said… just grind the brake pads thin, then loosen a few screws on the wheel…”

“That would look like an accident caused by a degraded car…”

Tham Hao's voice trembled to the point of distortion.

“She also gave me a fake maintenance ticket, telling me to leave it in the car to fool the police…”

“After the job is done, you have to get the contract from his briefcase…”

“Then she will wait for you at the meeting point…”

“But… but I didn't expect it to be this serious…”

“I saw him lying there, covered in blood… I was scared…”

“I don't dare take anything… drive away…”

The whole living room was cold. This is a complete conspiracy. A plan that takes advantage of ignorance and Tham Hao's greed to kill people and steal documents.

“What does that bag look like?”

I asked immediately, this is the most important clue right now.

“Black… leather…”

Tham Hao tried to remember.

“On it… there seems to be a logo…”

“A yellow… wolf head…”

Yellow wolf head. My heart beat loudly. This symbol… I've seen it before. It's like a key, opening a door in my memory. I remember now. Dang Duoc Group. Where my ex — Lam Phong — is working. Their logo... is a roaring golden wolf head.