Chapter 16 — From Grandmother to Capitalist Queen

Lam Tri Y closed her eyes, her brain working at full capacity. If Tang Tang's reasoning holds up, this is no longer simply marital infidelity — but a well-designed commercial infiltration plot. Dinh Huy Capital is preparing to appraise Dinh Xuyen Group's capital raising round B. At this critical moment, they installed a woman into the Dinh Xuyen Group, approached Co Dinh Xuyen, became his mistress, and even became pregnant with his child— What is the purpose? Pricing pressure? Appropriating internal information? Or grasp Co Dinh Xuyen's hand during the appraisal process to gain absolute upper hand at the negotiating table? Lam Tri Y opened her eyes, her eyes were as cold as blades.

“Duong Duong, keep digging. I want to know all the interactions between Tham Nhat Minh and To Van Tinh in the last three years — emails, phone calls, meetings, money transactions, everything I can find.”

"Okay. Do you think this is a chess game played by Dinh Huy?"

“Not sure. But there is a possibility.” Lam Tri Y hesitated, "If that's true, then Co Dinh Xuyen is not just an adulterous husband - he's also an idiot who was scheming."

“So you still help him?”

Lam Tri Y was silent for a moment.

"You're not helping him. You're protecting the Dinh Xuyen Group. It includes your money, your shares, your enthusiasm. If Dinh Huy uses To Van Tinh to control Co Dinh Xuyen, forcing the valuation to extremely low during the capital raising process - the person who will suffer is not only Co Dinh Xuyen, but all shareholders, including you."

“So I will fight Dinh Huy?”

“Not yet.” Lam Tri Y started the car, "First let Co Dinh Xuyen know about this. Let him know, his 'true love' To Van Tinh, could be a sugar-coated bullet sent by someone else."

“Are you going to tell him?”

“No.” Lam Tri Y smiled slightly, "I didn't tell him. I wanted him to find out for himself."

“How can he find out on his own?”

"What you find out, compile it into an anonymous document, send it to Co Dinh Xuyen's desk through a reliable channel. Don't let him know it was sent by you."

Duong Duong on the other end of the line was silent for two seconds, then let out a soft exclamation.

“Sister, you really…”

“What is it?”

“That's cruel.”

Lam Tri Y did not deny it. This "cruel" word, she accepted. In marriage, she was "cruel" too late. If she had been a little cruel earlier, a little more alert earlier, maybe she wouldn't have come to this point. But it's not too late now. Thirty-four years old, with money, brains, career, and tricks. She didn't start from zero — she started from negative. Yin is seven years of time, seven years of emotions, seven years of self-deception. After cleaning up those negative assets, what's left is all positive. * Chapter 4: The game is reversed. Three days later, Friday afternoon at four fifty. There are only ten minutes left until the deadline given by Lam Tri Y. She sat in the office of her small apartment, with documents in front of her - Zhiyi Capital's first quarter investment report, financial reports of several invested companies, and a plan for competing for a seat on the Board of Directors of Dinh Xuyen Group that she wrote herself. The phone screen lights up. It's Co Dinh Xuyen. *[Co Dinh Xuyen: I accept the conditions. 5% shares, one seat on the Board of Directors. The following Monday the lawyer met and signed the agreement.]* Lam Tri Y looked at the message and did not reply immediately. She waited two minutes — couldn't seem too hasty, couldn't seem too arrogant. Then she typed exactly one word: *[Received.]* Putting the phone down, she leaned back in her chair, exhaling a long breath. 5% shares. Chair of the Board of Directors. She got it. But this is just the beginning. The real battle — is in the Board of Directors.