Chapter 6 — After Divorce, I Made My Husband's Family Bankrupt

Friday. Dinh Vi's first batch of goods has covered the market. General Director Vuong sent a text message, and seventeen stores responded very well.

"General Director Diep, your raw materials are truly strong enough. Next week, will you hold a meeting to expand production? I want to bring in the whole system from outside the province."

“Okay, I will follow your arrangements.”

I hung up the phone and opened the workshop's weekly report. Stopping supply to the Chu family for six days, the Diep family's output not only did not decrease, but thanks to orders from Dinh Vi and Tu Huong Cac, it increased by forty percent. The factory now runs three shifts, the line operates twenty-four hours.

“General Manager Diep, what about this matter?” Uncle Tran flipped the book. “Yesterday, the judge executing the sentence came to the Chu restaurant and sealed it.”

“Is it all sealed?”

"Yes. Seven stores are locked. The total account balance is less than eight thousand yuan, not enough to pay the interest."

He would rather put money into the apartment than pay for the goods.

“Where is Chu Khai?”

"I'm not sure. Some people said they ran away to the Bach family, and others were seen loitering near the train station."

I closed the report and was about to stand up when the door opened. Uncle Ngo walked in holding a bag of documents, looking a bit strange.

“General Manager Diep, look at this.”

I take it. This is an application to change the legal entity of Chu's restaurant from last year. Submitted by: Chu Khai. Content: transferring legal entity from Chu Dai Phuc to... Diep Thanh. Date: November last year. Note below: incomplete application, not approved.

“Where did this document come from?”

"The court searched the records and discovered. Last year, Chu Khai secretly applied, wanting to promote her to become a legal entity. But her signature and documents were missing, so it was rejected."

I looked at that paper. November last year. At that time, I was still running the supply chain, sleeping less than four hours a day. Chu Khai called and said the restaurant lacked capital and wanted me to borrow money. I refuse. Then he found another way. Make me a legal person. As long as I succeed, all debt, loans, money... will fall on me. And he pulled it all out.

“What if the records are complete at that time?”

"He didn't have her papers, so he couldn't do it."

I folded the paper and put it in my file bag. Outside the window, the sky began to get dark.

"Uncle Ngo, keep this carefully. Use it later when going to court."

At that moment, my phone rang. Strange number. Not a member of the Chu family, nor Bach Anh.

“Excuse me, is this Ms. Diep Thanh?”

"I'm the assistant to General Director Vuong, Dinh Vi Group. Just now, Chairman Bach from Bach Thi called and wanted to make an appointment with you."

“Chairman Bach?”

"Yes. Bach Tung Dao. Bach Anh's father."

I leaned back in the chair.

“What does he want to talk about?”

"He said he wanted to discuss with you directly about the next steps of the Chu restaurant. If you agree, the time and location are up to you to decide."

“Tell him to call me directly.”

I read the number, then hung up. In less than two minutes, the phone rang. The man's voice was calm, slightly hoarse in an experienced way.

“General Manager Diep, I've heard about it for a long time.”

“Chairman Bach, why are you looking for me?”

"My daughter, Bach Anh, has been getting quite close to a person named Chu Khai lately. Do you know about this?"

“I want to ask you... Chu Khai, what kind of person is he?”

I paused for a second.

“What does Chairman Bach mean by asking that?”

"The story is like this. She said Chu Khai works in the culinary industry, yes Own restaurant, exclusive formula, very bright future. But yesterday he suddenly asked me for 2,000,000 yuan, saying he wanted to invest in the Chu restaurant."

His voice was still steady, but every word was carefully considered.

“I have been in business for more than thirty years, and my intuition is that this is not right. Someone should go check.”

He stopped for a beat.

“After checking, I found out that the Chu restaurant had been sealed. The so-called exclusive formula, the owner is her. As for Chu Khai…”

He lowered his voice.

"I'm in so much debt that even people can't find me."

Outside the window, rain began to fall. Small, thick raindrops tap evenly on the glass.

“What does Chairman Bach want me to do?”

“Not to do anything, but to do me a favor. Since childhood, she has been pampered and does not understand people's hearts. I said, he didn't believe it."

He breathed lightly.

"He said Chu Khai was sincere with him, and you - his ex-wife - were the one behind the trouble."

“I want you to meet him, talk directly. Let him understand, not everyone in the world revolves around him."

I was silent for a few seconds.

“Okay. I choose the time and place.”

"Thank. I owe you a favor.”

I hung up the phone and looked at the rain outside the door. Bach Tung Dao. Chairman of the city's real estate association, with tens of billions in assets, is famous for calculating every step. In his eyes, girls are just easy prey for others to target. As for Chu Khai... His stupidest mistake was reaching out to the Bach family.