Chapter 9 — I Am Bigger Than The Hurts

"The day she held my sister's hand and said 'it's just the two of us', in that 'two' there was never me."

Tham Gia couldn't say anything more. I watched her face cry uncontrollably on the screen.

“Sister, you have to worry about the lawyer thing yourself.”

“I can't help.”

“But there is one thing I can agree on.”

"I will not include the matter of trust funds and shares in the investigation files of the management agency."

“I just got my money back.”

“I don't want you to go to jail.”

“At least—it's not because of me that you're in jail.”

“As for audit fraud—you reap what you sow.”

I hung up. Sit still for a long time. Outside the window, the Singapore night was so bright it was blinding. Yes, she is my mother. She gave birth to me and raised me. But she was also the one who tricked me, took what was mine, took advantage of me for five years, then turned to ask me "where is my conscience". I don't regret. Hate is so tiring. I just— Don't want to care anymore. The settlement agreement was signed more smoothly than I expected. Lawyer Ma's speed was very fast, but Dinh Huy's legal department, under pressure, did not dare to delay another second. The amount of 8,000,000 yuan from the trust fund was fully transferred to my Singapore account within two weeks as promised, without missing a penny. The 3,500,000 yuan share conversion is divided into two installments, the first installment of 1,750,000 yuan is transferred within the month, the remaining installment is scheduled within six months. From Dinh Huy's side, my request has only one condition - after the agreement takes effect, the two sides will not prosecute each other, and I give up the right to file criminal charges against Co Boi Lan. My mother agreed. She had no other choice. On the day of signing, lawyer Ma asked me if I was sure that just two cases of forged signatures were enough for her to face a prison sentence, but I just shook my head.

“I don't forgive, I just don't want to spend the rest of my life dragging each other to court.”

“I have more important things to do.”

That's important, I thought about it for a long time. Three days after the money arrived, I arranged to have a meal with Tran Kien Quoc and general manager Tham.

“Uncle Tran, General Manager Tham, I want to work on my own.”

The two looked at each other. General Director Tham was the first to speak.

“You have only worked at Thuy Thinh for three months.”

“Three months is enough, I have learned everything I need to learn.”

“Aren't you afraid of going out without any guests?”

"Hoang Kien Dong said he would only work with me in the future, and Lam Thi also proactively asked me about phase two."

He was silent for a few seconds.

“Have you named the company yet?”

“Yuen Thach Consulting.”

“Yen Thach?”

"Abyss is so deep that there is no bottom, rock is solid and cannot be broken."

Tran Kien Quoc burst out laughing.

“This name… looks a lot like your father.”

Then he turned to me.

"Tieu Dao, that year your father also started a business from scratch. I invested 3,000,000 yuan as bait capital. If you see what you can do, do it."

I looked at him.

"Uncle Tran, I don't want to receive money for free."

"It's not for free, it's an investment. If you can do it, you have shares. If you can't do it..."

He waved his hand.

"If you can't do it, it'll be like I'm paying in advance for your father."

General Director Tham stood up and went to the window.

“Tham Dao, if you want to go, I won't stop you.”

"But there is one condition: in the future, when Thuy Thinh and Uyen Thach are opponents, they will just be opponents, there is no respect."

"No problem."

He turned around, holding out his hand.

"Good luck."

I took it. Uyen Thach Consulting—so it begins. The office is located in Chinatown, the seventh floor of an old building, thirty meters away square, a table, two chairs, a computer. Plus me. There's only one person. Really enough. The twelfth day after Uyen Thach Tu Consultant opened, I received my first contract. Introduced by Hoang Kien Dong, a friend of his wants to buy a factory to use as a logistics warehouse and needs appraisal and valuation. The scale is not large, the consulting fee is only 50,000 Singapore dollars. But I took it more seriously than any previous project. Ten days after completing the report, the customer only said one sentence.

“In the future, I will look for you to buy anything.”

Then the second and third projects continued one after another. Not by luck. It's because of reputation. Thanks to what I dared to do to the end. I check each report at least three times before I dare to deliver it. Each customer is treated like a unique person. Two months later, I hired my first employee. Trinh Vien. He quit his job at Thuy Thinh. Actively seek me out.

“Aren't you afraid of General Manager Tham scolding you?”

“I scolded him, but he also said it—go away, according to Tham Dao, at least you won't do anything worse.”

I smiled slightly and didn't say anything else.