Chapter 5 — 38 Million Yuan and Family Drama

Law — more powerful than I thought. Under the strong intervention of the lawyer, I quickly won the right to inspect the company's accounting books. Looking at the financial reports that are as dense and complex as heaven, I clearly understand - if I only rely on myself, I can't discover anything. I'm no business genius, but I know how to leverage the power of professionals. Thanks to my brother's introduction, I boldly spent a large amount of money to invite one of the best auditors and legal officers in the industry: Ms. Linh. She is in her forties, has short hair, wears gold-rimmed glasses, sharp eyes and an extremely calm and cold demeanor. Ms. Linh led a professional team to the company - Like a precise scalpel, they began to "anatomize" the financial situation of Tinh Dieu Group in the past few years. At first, everything seemed perfectly reasonable. Hua Dao does the books very well - at first glance there are almost no loopholes. But I believe - no matter how clever the fox is, sooner or later it will show its tail. Ms. Linh's team and I almost ate and slept in the conference room for three days and three nights. We reviewed the entire company's books for the past 5 years, checking each item and each transaction line. And finally, at dawn on the third day, Ms. Linh spoke up:

“Hua Niem, look at this.”

She pointed to the series of data appearing on the computer screen.

“Starting three years ago, every year the company transferred money to an entity called ‘Global Trade Consulting Company,’ registered in the Cayman Islands.”

“This amount is recorded as a consulting fee — about 800,000 to 1,000,000 yuan each year, broken down into quarters, and is easily considered normal operating costs so almost no one notices.”

“But the accumulation is small — in just three years, that amount has exceeded 3 million yuan.”

My heart skipped a beat. Three years ago — that's when I started dating Giang Triet. It was also the time when Hua Dao had just graduated from university, entered the company, and began to "reveal her talent". It's all... too coincidental.

“Can you investigate the background of that company?” – I asked Ms. Linh.

She gently pushed her golden glasses and said calmly:

"I've already hired someone to work for them. But offshore companies like this, especially those registered in foreign countries like Cayman, are quite difficult to trace and need more time."

Pausing for a moment, her eyes became colder:

“But… I found something even more interesting.”

She opened another document - the large cooperation project that Hua Dao was directly in charge of, and also the project I had paused with the blockade.

“Look here – in the profit division of this project, there is a company called ‘Thinh Hoa Thuong Thuong’ appearing as an intermediary, which will be divided 8% of the total profit.”

“This dividend is unusually high, and the company has just been established not long ago, has no track record, no reputation, no industry foundation.”

I tapped my fingers lightly on the table. A very bold hypothesis is gradually forming in my mind.

"Miss Linh, help me look up... who is the legal representative of Thinh Hoa Thuong?"

An hour later — the results were sent. The legal entity holding the company's name is a name that is completely unfamiliar to me. But thanks to some special relationships, we quickly tracked down personal information and the person's family background. He is a distant relative on the mother's side of... Giang Triet. At that moment — the truth suddenly became so clear that it left people cold. If the offshore company in Cayman was a channel that sucked the company's blood in a trickle, silently, then this time... it was a blatant bite into the company's throat. This big project is their "key blow". They plan to use Thinh Hoa Thuong as a "ghost intermediary company", to siphon off 8% of profits right before the money officially flows to Tinh Dieu. Given the scale of the project, 8% is equivalent to tens of millions of yuan. And this money - will flow straight into the pockets of Giang Triet and his relatives, smoothly - without anyone knowing. I was so angry that my whole body was shaking. It turns out... Hua Dao didn't just want to appropriate 20% of my shares. She also intends to bring in outsiders, step by step emptying the legacy that my grandfather spent his whole life building. She wants to turn Tinh Dieu Group... into her and Giang Triet's private ATM. I stared at Ms. Linh, my eyes almost sparking:

“Continue investigating.”

“That consulting company in Cayman — they also have to get their money out.”

“Every penny they swallowed over the past few years… I want to make them vomit twice as much.”

Ms. Linh did not show any surprise, just nodded slightly, her eyes full of appreciation:

"Don't worry. Leave it to me."

A giant net was quietly spread out. But my "good sister" and "ideal lover" - are still engrossed in the main role of that paranoid play.