Chapter 6 — 58 Lakhs And His True Face

The other end of the line immediately became choked. There was only the sound of rapid, rapid breathing. Obviously she didn't expect me to answer like that. According to her experience, girls who are threatened like this will either back down or immediately get angry and argue back. My calm "please go ahead" style... left her with no room to exert her strength. It's like putting all your strength into a blow and falling into cotton. She choked forever, unable to say a complete sentence. In the end, I just threw back a forced sentence.

"Just you wait! The Qin family is not the type to be bullied!"

After speaking, he hung up the phone. The loud thumping sound was deafening, like a panicked heartbeat as she hastily retreated. I put down the phone, went out and stood in front of the living room window. Darkness fell, the center was brightly lit, but there was no warmth at all. The smell of instant noodles in the kitchen was still there, but I was no longer in the mood to eat. The little ripples that were stirred up by the threat gradually subsided. Like a stone thrown into a lake, the water ripples out and then returns to silence. Instead there is a more solid feeling. It seems that wanting to break up peacefully is impossible. In their eyes, I had become someone who let them squeeze me dry and was forced to take money. If that's the case, I don't need to be polite anymore. It is impossible to have any more softness. The first thing is to hold on to this money tightly. I returned to the sofa, picked up the tablet, and logged into the bank. With just a few steps, I transferred all 58 thousand yuan from my checking account to a one-year term deposit. Then change the password again, only I can remember, complex enough. The password is mother's birthday plus father's hardware store opening date. So, no matter what tricks they come up with, they won't be able to touch this money in a short time. Even if it's just one penny. I turned off the screen, my heart gradually calmed down. If you want to withdraw term deposits before maturity, you must go to the counter and bring identification documents. The procedure is both slow and annoying. On the contrary, that gives me more time to manage. Next, I have to keep all the evidence I can, in case something goes wrong. I took a screenshot of all the previous messages from Tan Dieu forcing me to transfer money, saved them to the cloud, and then backed them up in a few other places. I also classified the recording of today's call with his mother by time, subject and content. Save one copy in your phone, one copy in your computer, and one copy on an external hard drive. Thinking for a moment, I called my cousin Trieu Minh Vien. He is five years older than me, a lawyer at a fairly prestigious law firm in Hangzhou, specializing in civil and commercial disputes. Normally very busy, but for me I'm always interested. As soon as he picked up the phone, his voice carried a bit of fatigue after working overtime, and there was also the sound of typing on the keyboard behind him.

"Hieu Ninh? It's so late, is something wrong?"

“Brother, I have some trouble and want to ask you something.”

I recounted everything from beginning to end, from dad transferring money, to the incident at the showroom, to the breakup, and to the recent threatening call from Tan Dieu's mother. No embellishments, just telling the truth. After listening, he was silent for a few seconds. Then I heard him curse softly: "That's too much." The voice was not loud, but full of suppressed anger.

“Hieu Ninh, don't panic.”

His voice immediately became serious, the sound of typing stopped, he was probably completely focused.

“The way I'm handling it now is right, the money must be kept In advance, it is very reasonable to send by term to buy time.”

"They don't have any rights to touch this money, this is my personal property before marriage."

“And their threats…”

He paused for a moment, then began to speak very clearly step by step.

"First, if there is a similar threatening call in the future, you must record it, it's best to say a sentence in advance, or at least don't violate the law."

“Messages, WeChat, all remain intact, cannot be deleted.”

"Second, if they really come to my company or go back to their hometown to cause trouble, that is disorderly conduct and can be reported to the police."

"Third, if they fabricate and defame you, you can send a lawyer's letter first, and then consider suing for defamation."

“Is it to that extent? Do we still have to sue? I didn't expect it could go this far.

“There are things that have to be stopped from the beginning.”

His voice was steady.

"Hieu Ninh, I've met many people like that. They specialize in choosing people who are easy to talk to to pressure them."

“The more I retreat, the more they advance.”

“You have to toughen up, let them know you're not someone who's easy to bully, then they'll know to stop.”

“I understand, brother, thank you.”

“Family, why be polite?”

His voice softened.

“If necessary, I can prepare a lawyer document for you, fully stamped.”

"Or we'll have dinner at your house over the weekend. My sister-in-law has reminded me several times. It's a change of pace."

I agree. We agreed that I would come over on Saturday night. After hanging up the phone, my heart calmed down quite a bit. Like a person lost at sea suddenly seeing a lighthouse, at least he knows where to head. Having my family behind me and understanding the law a bit more, I no longer feel like I'm alone. I am no longer the girl at the 4S showroom that day, who was scared to death and could only turn around and run away. The following days, everything was strangely quiet. Tan Dieu's family did not appear to cause trouble. Maybe his mother was just making empty threats. It is also possible that they are secretly calculating, preparing a move that is even more difficult to deal with. I still go to work as usual, trying to get my life back on track. The quarterly report was completed on time, and my boss praised me for my clear thinking. At noon, I went to try a new noodle shop that opened under the company with my colleagues. It was so spicy that the whole table had to drink ice water continuously.