Chapter 7 — Ex-Wife Reincarnated

"Wait!" He shouted, "Where are you now? Do you have enough money? Hieu Vi said he could send you some..."

“No need.” I interrupted, “I'm fine.”

"How can you be okay! You have no job, no income..."

“Who told you I have no income?”

He froze.

"To Van, don't be too forceful. I know your card only has a few tens of thousands of yuan (several tens of millions of VND), it won't last a few months."

I burst out laughing. “Luc Than Vu, you have never understood me at all.” Hang up and block this number. Continue eating rice. The fried rice is a bit cold, but very delicious. The next morning, I was awakened by the sound of birds singing. It's six o'clock, it's just dawn. I got up, changed into my sports clothes, and went up the mountain to jog. The paved road is very steep, step by step. Running to the top, breathing hard, sweating. Really comfortable. Go home, take a shower, make coffee. Then sit at your desk. Open a new project request. Is a French architectural company, wanting to design a chain of resort villas. The theme is “Rebirth”. I picked up a pen and sketched it on paper. Smooth drawing. There are no other thoughts in my head, only design. At noon, the platform message rang again. Than Tinh Technology. This time it was not the assistant, but the Design Director who contacted directly. The avatar is a cartoon character. Nickname: Vi Vi Architectural Design. I clicked to see. 【Hello Ms. Aria, I am the new Design Director of Than Tinh Technology – Ly Hieu Vi.】 Indeed. I took a sip of coffee and continued reading. 【We greatly admire her works, hope to cooperate in this year's key project. Regarding the quote, is it possible to renegotiate? 10 times is really too high.】 I typed: 【Not high.】 Send. The other side displays "typing..." which takes half a day. Five minutes later. 【Miss Aria, we sincerely want to cooperate. This attitude of yours makes me doubt your professionalism.】 I laughed and replied: 【Director Ly, if I remember correctly, your graduation project "Binh Minh", the third revision of the floor plan, was done by me. At that time, she said, she did not understand the scale of the map.】 Send. The words "typing..." on the other side lasted a long time. Finally sent back a question: 【Who are you?】 I didn't answer, closed the chat box, and continued to sketch my villa. Sunlight streamed in from outside the window, and the pen nib slid across the paper, creating a rustling sound. In the evening, I received a notification from the platform. Than Tinh Technology has accepted the quote. 10 times. Contract has been created, awaiting confirmation. I clicked to see. Project value, followed by a long string of zeros. Ly Hieu Vi also attached a sentence: 【I hope Ms. Aria's work is worth this price.】 I clicked confirm, replied: 【Of course.】 Then turned off the computer. Step out into the yard. The mountain wind blows fiercely. I raised my head to look at the sky, there were so many stars, so bright, like diamond pieces scattered on black velvet. The phone vibrates. It's a message from the bank. 【Your account received an advance payment, amount: 50,000,000.00 yen (50 million yuan)】 50 million. Just the first payment. I stared at that number line, looked for a long time, then burst out laughing, laughing out loud. Luc Than Vu. Ly Hieu Vi. You will never know. The designer you kneeled down to beg, the minister you spent a ton of money to invite, is that To Van's child was kicked out of the house by you people with empty hands. The game has only just begun.

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Chapter 5 The fifth design had just been drawn half way when a white shadow "swooshed" past and jumped onto the desk. The coffee cup collapsed, the brown liquid instantly engulfing my sketch.

“Fuck!” I jumped up. The paper was soaked, the ink was smudged. A mess.