Chapter 5 — I Don't Need This Family Anymore

“What conditions?”

"She made Dad sign an agreement, clearly stating that this one hundred thousand was what she voluntarily gave, and had nothing to do with the six million compensation."

"In the future, you can't use any excuse to ask for the remaining portion."

Calculate carefully. Using one hundred thousand, completely cut off Tu Ve Quoc's power over the remaining five hundred thousand. At the same time, he paints himself as a reasonable person who knows how to think about the big picture.

“So have you signed yet?” I asked.

I can imagine the moment he put pen to paper, how humiliating and helpless he was.

“Tieu Tham, I'm sorry.” he started again.

“Dad won't give me a complete family.”

“Now… even the house is finally sold.”

I heard him rambling on, but saw only noise.

“Are you done talking yet?” I interrupted.

“Done… done.”

"Grandma needs someone to sign the paperwork and take care of her after surgery. You can take care of it yourself, don't call me anymore."

I hung up. I think that family drama has finally come to an end. But unexpectedly, trouble came from a completely different direction. That afternoon, while I was at work. A woman dressed splendidly, wearing a lot of jewelry, leading a girl about my age, rushed straight to the desk.

“Are you Hua Tham?”

She evaluated me from top to bottom, her eyes filled with contempt.

"I'm here." I frowned.

“I am Tu Khai's mother, Duong Le.” She introduced herself, her tone full of arrogance.

Tu Duong's wife, my sister-in-law. The woman also has no position in that family, but she desperately clings to it to blend in.

"What is up?"

"What is up?" She laughed coldly, throwing the branded bag down on my table.

"Hua Tham, you're really good. You made a mess of my whole family. You feel very happy, right?"

I looked at her, said nothing.

"I'm telling you! My son, Tu Khai, has received an invitation from a noble school in England!"

“My whole family sold land and houses, all to send him to school!”

“Now it's great, you sold your father's broken house, and forced your mother to take out 100,000!”

“My family's money was just destroyed by you!”

The more she spoke, the more agitated she became, pointing straight at me and cursing.

"You can't stand seeing my Khai getting better, can you? You're jealous!"

The whole office turned their eyes to this direction. I looked at the girl standing next to her. Daughter of Tu Duong and Duong Le, my niece, Tu Tinh. Two years younger than Tu Khai, this year he is in ninth grade. The girl bowed her head and played with the hem of her shirt, as if everything before her eyes had nothing to do with her. The only person in that house, like me. Considered non-existent.

“Are you done talking yet?” I asked Duong Le.

"Unfinished!" she shouted.

“Hua Tham, I came today, I want you to release that hundred thousand!”

“That's money for my son to go to school, you can't touch a penny!”

Duong Le's scream rang out in the quiet office, so deafening that it made the surrounding air seem to freeze. Manager Vuong walked out of the room, his eyebrows furrowed, his eyes unable to hide his discomfort.

“Sir, please keep order, this is a workplace.”

“Keep order?”

When Duong Le saw him, not only did she not lower her voice, but she became even more agitated, as if she had found a place to explode.

"What kind of company do you manage? Let your employees destroy other people's families and rob my children's school money?"

She started talking nonsense, The logic is confusing, the voice gets higher and higher. I stood up and looked straight at her.

“Duong Le, let me ask you a question.”

“Have I ever taken a penny from your family?”

She paused, her eyes blinking.

"So what is that one hundred thousand? Didn't you instigate your father to ask for it?"

“First, it is property between Tu Weiguo and his ex-wife, and has nothing to do with me.”

“Second, that money is currently in the hospital account, used for grandmother's surgery costs, and is not in my hands.”

Her throat was blocked and she couldn't continue speaking.

“Third,” I looked straight into her eyes, every word clear.

"The money for your son to go to England to study... was saved from me."

“Using the money to save my life in exchange for your son's future, this transaction... you guys are too profitable.”

My words were like a slap, hitting her straight in the face.