Chapter 17 — I Can't Be Patient Anymore

"Are you planning to kick me out of the house again? Or let Trieu Thien move in? Chu Minh, your tricks are over."

“What exactly do you want?!”

“Sign the divorce papers.”

"At 3 o'clock this afternoon, in front of the marriage registration office. If you sign, my brother's business will only stop at the company. If you don't sign, I will submit proof of misappropriation of wages to the economic investigation. 287,000 yuan, how long do you think is enough?"

“Where...where did you get the evidence?!”

“Your computer automatically backs up and connects to your old phone's cloud account.”

I speak slowly.

"I once told you not to mix personal matters with public matters, but you didn't listen."

“Lin Uyen Thanh!!!”

He almost shouted.

“Do you have to push me into a corner to accept it?!”

“You were the one who cornered me first.”

I hung up. The second call was from the mother-in-law, crying intermittently, her voice cracking with panic:

"Uyen Thanh! I beg you! Please take back the emails in the family group! All my relatives have called to scold me! I have lost all face! I beg you, please forgive me..."

“Once an email is sent, it cannot be retrieved.”

"Besides, your property destruction case has already been prosecuted. You'll be in court next Wednesday. Be on time."

"I won't go! I won't go to court! I'll be so humiliated!"

“If you don't go, the court will forcibly take you away.”

"Let me add one more thing, I already know about your son's misappropriation of public money. If he doesn't sign a divorce, I will report to the police. At that time you... may have to go to the camp to visit your child."

The crying on the other side immediately stopped. There was a long silence. Then hung up. The third call was from Chu Dinh, his voice was both urgent and angry to the point of trembling:

"Sister-in-law! Why did you send those things to my husband?! He asked to divorce me! Are you satisfied?!"

“When you incited your mother to break my things, did you think about the consequences?”

"I... I'm just talking nonsense! Because you always act superior and look down on us!"

“When did I look down on you?”

“You make a lot of money, study well, look at us like we are trash!”

I laughed.

"Chu Dinh, low self-esteem is your problem, not mine. Your husband wants a divorce because you are stupid, because you are ugly, not because of me."

"Also, the vase your mother broke is worth 30,000,000 yuan. You're an accomplice, you can't escape compensation. Prepare to sell the house."

I hung up. The fourth call was an unfamiliar number, a middle-aged woman's voice, full of aggression:

"You are Lam Uyen Thanh? Why do you send emails to my daughter?! I tell you, my daughter and Chu Minh truly love each other! You are the one who interfered! Get a divorce quickly, don't get in my child's way!"

Trieu Thien's mother.

“Mrs. Trieu.”

I speak slowly.

"Your daughter knows very well that Chu Minh has a wife, keeps going back and forth, is pregnant, is that called love? That's knowing and still doing it. In addition, the money Chu Minh spent on her is common property of the couple, I have the right to reclaim it. I will make a list of those bags and jewelry, and the court will request repayment."

"You're talking nonsense! That was voluntarily given by Chu Minh!"

"Voluntarily giving to a third person is also a violation of the wife's property rights, which the law does not protect."

"Also, the child born in your daughter's womb is also illegitimate. Chu Minh can't even take care of himself now, so how can he raise him? Your whole family helps me destroy other people's families and still wants to take over the house, aren't you afraid of retribution?"

“You— you dare—”

I hung up. I looked at the time, it was half past ten in the morning, the sky outside the window was bright but inside my heart was quiet So quiet that there wasn't even a ripple. The phone rang again, this time it was Chu Minh's boss calling. I looked at the screen for a second then pressed answer, my voice maintaining the familiar calmness.

"Hello Ms. Lam, I'm Vuong, I'm sorry to bother you in this situation."

His voice was serious, carrying the caution of someone who clearly understood the seriousness of the problem.

"The company has learned about Chu Minh's story. We will immediately open an internal investigation. If it is true, he will be suspended from work and the file will be transferred to the authorities. On behalf of the company, I apologize to you."

"You don't need to apologize, that was Chu Minh's personal behavior, not related to the company."

I replied, my voice still steady.

“But… this incident somewhat affects the company's image. Can you handle it a little more discreetly?”

“I may not make it public.”

I speak slowly.

“But internal handling must be transparent, fair, and the money he appropriated must be fully recovered.”

“Of course, of course.”

He immediately agreed.