Chapter 13 — After All, We All Learn How to Be Better People

"Uncle-in-law said you were ungrateful. Said you had such a big company but didn't help the family, didn't help Huy, didn't help grandpa. He also said that if he knew you were that rich and still let him stay in the hospital without paying, he would be angry with you to death."

Doesn't help. I am so familiar with these words. When they don't know I have money, I'm "useless". When I found out, I became "an ungrateful person who has money but doesn't help". No matter what I do, it's still me who's wrong. At 3 p.m., my dad called. I hesitated a bit, then answered the phone.

“Tieu Thanh… what Minh Huy said… is it true?”

His voice was very reserved.

“What is it?”

"Thinh Hang Technology. Are you a major shareholder?"

The other end of the line was silent for a long time.

“Sa… why have I never heard you say this before?”

“If I say it, will anyone believe it?”

Silence again.

“Your mother… does your mother know?”

“No. Now I know.”

“Tieu Thanh… how much money do you have?”

I laughed.

“Dad, do you care about that?”

“Dad… dad just…”

His voice broke.

“Grandpa… grandpa wants to see you.”

“Why did you meet me?”

“He said… there was something he wanted to talk about in person.”

"What you want to say, I can guess. Other than things like 'you have a big company, why didn't you say it sooner', 'you have money, why didn't you help Minh Huy', 'it's not right for you to hide it from the whole family'. Is that right?"

The other party did not respond.

"Dad, tell grandpa. He said everything that needed to be said that day. 'The Diep family has no children' - he said it himself. Now you remember me?"

“Tieu Thanh!”

"When you gave away 200,000,000 yuan, why didn't you remember me? Now that I know you are worth more than that amount of money, do you remember me?"

“Don't say that about your grandfather… he's old…”

"Aging is not the reason. Having chilled someone else's heart, it doesn't take a few words to erase it."

I hung up. Lock your phone in a drawer. Sitting alone until dark. On the third day, Tien To Phuong came to the door. Not to the studio — she didn't know the address. But to the apartment I live in. At 5:30 p.m., I just came up from the parking lot and saw her standing in front of the building. Next to him is Diep Minh Huy. Compared to three days ago, his appearance clearly deteriorated. Eyes sunken, beard growing jagged. No longer wearing a vest, just wearing a black hoodie, standing behind her mother.

“Diep Thanh!”

As soon as Tien To Phuong saw me, he rushed over.

“Stop for me!”

I stopped. Look at her.

“Tell me, is Thinh Hang Technology finally yours?”

“How much money do you have?”

“That sentence has nothing to do with you.”

Tien To Phuong's face twitched.

"Why is it irrelevant? You are a member of the Diep family! Having such a big company hidden from the whole family, who else are you worthy of? Your grandfather has loved you and raised you all these years, is this how you repay him?"

“Love me?”

I gently rotated the key card on my finger.

"Uncle-in-law, what kind of 'love' are you talking about? Is it the kind that said that night 'why do girls need so much money'? Or the kind that says in front of the whole family 'without the surname Diep, you are nothing'?"

Tien To Phuong choked. Diep Minh Huy stood next to speak. His voice was much lower. There is no longer the same enthusiasm as before.

"That day, you saw the problem in my plan, right? Why didn't you say it directly? You deliberately let Mr. Luc cooperate, step by step push me up, then in front of everyone put me down. Do you hate me that much?"

“I don't hate you.”

“Then why—”

“I told you, every step counts chosen by you. I don't push, I don't trick, I don't block. You want to quit your job, you want to work in an industrial park, you want to surpass the listed company - it's all up to you to decide. I only do one thing, which is to tell you the truth at the end.”

“You can absolutely say it early!”

His voice suddenly rose.

“You can say from the beginning that you are a shareholder of Thinh Hang! Then I didn't—”

“No what? Don't quit your job? Don't set up a company? Don't go around showing off that you have 200,000,000 yuan?”

Diep Minh Huy opened his mouth and then stiffened again. I took a step forward.

“Diep Minh Huy, I ask you a question.”

He didn't answer.

“If I told you from the beginning — I am a major shareholder of Thinh Hang, with more than 6,300,000,000 yuan in hand — do you guess how grandpa will divide the inheritance that night?”

He was stunned.

"Do you guess your aunt-in-law still says 'why do girls need so much money'?"

Tien To Phuong's face turned pale.

"Guess what grandpa still said 'the Diep family doesn't have me'?"

I looked at the two of them.

“Not at all.”

“If I reveal my identity that day, that 200,000,000 yuan — you will find any way to put it in my hands. Is that right?”