Chapter 17 — From Abandoned Bride to Tycoon's Nanny

And now, she has found a new bargaining chip — it's me. Two days later. Lam Di San asked me to meet at a coffee shop. The housekeeper did not agree to let me go. Luc Canh Tham also did not agree. But I said: "If I don't go, she will think I'm guilty." Luc Canh Tham looked at me for a few seconds.

“Let Assistant Qin follow you.”

Cafe. Lam Di San sat next to the window, wearing a white dress and sophisticated makeup. She is very beautiful. Cold beauty, and very strong attack.

“To Van.” She smiled at me, "Finally, I get to meet a real person."

“What did you ask me to come out here for?”

“Get straight to the point. I like it.”

She took a sip of coffee.

"To Van, I know everything about you. You were sold out by your biological father, betrayed by your fiance, and had to become a nanny at the end of your life. It's quite tragic."

“So what?”

“So I give you one piece of advice — leave the Luc family.”

"Because if you stay there, it will only bring trouble to Niem Niem. You see, your father is involved in crime, and your family relationship is a mess. Sooner or later, these things will be brought to light. At that time, what will the media write? 'The nanny of a billionaire in Kinh Bac has a criminal father' - do you think that's good for Niem Niem?"

Her words are very reasonable. But her eyes were saying something else.

“What do you really want to say?”

Her smile faded.

"I want to say - leave Luc Canh Tham. He is my ex-husband. Niem Niem is my son. You are an outsider, don't interfere in our family matters."

"You gave up custody when Niem Niem was only six months old, leaving him alone in a shopping center for three hours. What right do you have to say this is your family's business?"

Her expression changed.

“It was an accident —”

"An accident? Because you wanted to go abroad with your lover, you abandoned the child. That was not an accident, it was abandonment."

"Lam Di San, I'm not going anywhere. If you want to sue, just sue. But you have to know, Luc Canh Tham has the best team of lawyers in Kinh Bac, and you - even for the last lawyer fee you had to swipe your credit card to pay."

Her face was pale.

“How do you know —”

"I don't need to know how. I just need to know that you can't lose."

I stood up.

"If you really care about Niem Niem, you won't use him as a tool to threaten me to demand money. What you care about has never been Niem Niem. What you care about is only yourself."

I walked away. Behind him, there was the sound of a coffee cup crashing. I don't turn around. Assistant Tan was waiting outside. When he saw me coming out, he asked, "How's it going?"

"It's okay. She won't come again."

“How do you know?”

“Because she's out of bargaining cards.”

Reality has proven that Lam Di San has indeed never appeared again. A week later, she withdrew her lawyer's letter. The housekeeper said she had gone abroad. Specifically where to go, no one cares. The case of Professor Tran Thu Chinh came to fruition three weeks later. To Kien Quoc admitted to giving false testimony and was sentenced to two years in prison. Trieu Minh Vien was sentenced to three years in prison. Professor Tran's honor was officially restored. Kinh Bac University released a public statement, acknowledging the investigation that year If there are mistakes, publicly apologize to Professor Tran. At the same time, my academic performance was also restored. Kinh Bac University compensated me with a certificate of honor and a scholarship. Three leading medical research institutes extended invitations to me. The largest Children's Hospital in Kinh Bac also sent an invitation to be a special advisor to the Department of Child Psychology. The day this news spread, I was in the manor painting with Niem Niem. Niem Niem paints a picture. In the painting there is a house, a tall person, a small person. And a gray rabbit. But this time, next to that little person there was another figure.

“Who is this?” I pointed at the newly added figure.

“Aunt Van Van.” The boy said.

Then the boy pointed at that tall person. The boy pointed at himself.

“Nem Niem.”

The boy pointed at the rabbit. Then the boy took a pen and drew a crooked circle around all four images.

“My family.”

I looked at that picture, my throat choked.

“Nem Niem.”

“You draw very well.”

I don't know how long Luc Canh Tham stood outside the door. But when he walked over, he gently picked up the painting and looked at it for a long time. Then he squatted down, looking straight at Niem Niem.

“Nien Niem, do you want Aunt Van Van to stay here forever?”

Niem Niem nodded vigorously. Luc Canh Tham glanced at me.

“So let me ask her, does she agree?”