Chapter 1 — I'm No Longer A Substitute

My best friend Giang Ha and I married into the Nguyen family - the richest family in city A. She married Second Young Master Nguyen Tham, and I married First Young Master Nguyen Thanh. The whole upper class praised the two of us for marrying well. But they don't know... We don't value the Nguyen family, we only care about their money! After preparing the escape plan and successfully running away with the money, Giang Ha and I went to the bar, called a row of "brand handsome guys" to watch and enjoy the hot dance performance. EH? But... among them there was a person with outstanding temperament, standing still, face as cold as ice... Why does he look like... My husband—no, my ex-husband, Nguyen Thanh?! 1 I was dumbfounded on the spot, but next to me, Giang Ha was already drunk, still babbling bad things about the two Nguyen brothers: "That guy Nguyen Tham, stupid as a cow! All day long holding a rosary to recite Buddha's name, pretending to be a 'Buddhist in the capital'!" At that moment, a figure appeared in front of the VIP room door. It's Nguyen Tham! Oh ho, that's really fast news. But I think it's right, if I hold a billion of someone's money, even if I'm an idiot, I will chase Giang Ha and me to the ends of the earth. I immediately pulled my friend, who was as drunk as mud, to run away, but before I could run away... There was a wolf in front, a tiger in the back - the two Nguyen brothers, one in front, one behind, blocked us in the room! As for the group of 1m88 tall male models who were just "looking for fun" with us, they quickly slipped away. There was a guy who had just had a drink with me and looked back, full of sympathy. I suddenly woke up — it turned out these two brothers had set a trap! I told you, how can there be such a good thing as a bar that lets you choose handsome guys and also gives ten people for free?! What about "buy one get ten free", I'm really too naive! “Luong Am, what are you running?” — Nguyen Thanh's cold voice rang out from behind. “Just now I saw them shaking their hips and bending their waists so happily?” I shivered. Right in front, Nguyen Tham strode forward, immediately hugged Giang Ha - who was drunk to the point of unconsciousness - and carried her away. Before leaving, he thoughtfully closed the door for me and Nguyen Thanh. …Thank you, remember this debt well, Nguyen Tham! I immediately forced an appeasing smile, turned around and hugged Nguyen Thanh's arm, my voice cooing like a kitten: "Husband~ I didn't intend to run away~ In a place like this I suddenly met you, I... was just shy~" He suddenly pushed my hand away, looked at me sideways, his voice cold as ice: "Stop pretending. You know what I want to ask." I was stunned. Could it be… it's about money?! Speaking of money, I definitely won't pay! I - Luong Am - am the "notorious Pi Xiu" in the world! Whoever puts money in my pocket... only goes in, doesn't come out! Someone once asked me: "You were born into the Luong family, the second richest in city A, why are you so greedy for money?" I just smiled softly. Because… I am an alchemist. The marriage with the Nguyen family wasn't because I wanted it - it's just that Luong Tieu, the biological daughter of the Luong family, claimed to be noble, and ran away for love with a miserable poor man! Otherwise, such a good marriage, how could it fall on me - the girl who was bullied by the "real genius" for ten years? 2 I looked at Nguyen Thanh's poker face and felt cold inside. In My head quickly ran through all kinds of urban rumors about him: how he left his ex-girlfriend to trick money into feeding the sharks, what was black and white in both ways... I had to pretend to be stupid, smiling wryly: "Ha... ha ha, husband, is... what's going on? I really can't remember, you know, I have a low education, poor memory, ha ha..." "Why do you want to divorce me?!" Huh? I was stunned, it turned out I was asking this. Before I ran away, I actually felt a little guilty. In any case, Nguyen Thanh treated me generously. I don't know how many Hermes orange-label leather bags he bought for me. I felt a bit guilty in my heart, guessing that he only married me because of family marriage. Now that Giang Ha and I have achieved our goal, we should let go and let Nguyen Thanh find his true love. Anyway, he himself said: he likes free, independent, highly educated women. As for me—a college girl, only focusing on his money—how could I possibly catch his eye! So, I hand-wrote a farewell letter to leave him. Luckily, he hasn't found out about the money yet, making me breathe a sigh of relief. Rumor has it that an ex-girlfriend once stole all his money, ran away, and was finally ordered by him to kill her. People say, that "senior" is now in the belly of a shark in the ocean. I absolutely do not want such an outcome! Thinking so, I risked my life to comply with his question, stammering: "Oh... husband, it's because... because you... are so fast!" I tried to squeeze out a few tears, showing a pitiful appearance. He was also stunned, seemingly in disbelief: "What did you say?" I gritted my teeth, mustered all my courage, grabbed the microphone next to me, and shouted loudly: "Nguyen Thanh! You said I don't satisfy you! Don't you know?! During the day I'm a young lady, and in the middle of the night I still have to act in front of you, I'm so tired!" When I finished screaming, I closed my eyes, not daring to look at Nguyen Thanh's face. It's definitely... pale, pitch black. "Okay. Then tonight I'll show you... whether I can or not!" I opened my eyes and immediately saw Nguyen Thanh's handsome face magnified right in front of me. He followed his younger brother's movements exactly and picked me up horizontally. …Eh, what else can I do now? {Read the full story at Van Ha Tuong page} Well, let's see if he really "gets it" and then decide. Anyway... the pain is better than being fed to a shark! 3 When I woke up again, there was no longer Nguyen Thanh next to me. I immediately took advantage of the opportunity and hurriedly contacted Giang Ha. As soon as she picked up the phone, her voice was hoarse. Me too. "Yesterday... Did Nguyen Tham ask you about money? Such a large amount of money, how could they not find out?" Giang Ha replied, her voice low: "No, yesterday... we were busy... doing other things. What about you?" Me: “I'm also... busy doing other things.” The two sides immediately fell into a magical silence. Giang Ha coughed lightly, then reassured me: "Don't worry, trust my technique. They certainly haven't discovered it yet... But... if it's left for a long time, it won't be certain." Don't doubt, Giang Ha's hacking techniques are truly top-notch in the world. She and I are the same, we are both "fake gold" in the rich family. Back then, I could completely reunite with my biological parents. But just one sentence from Luong's biological mother made her fall asleep That dream was shattered: "Our family still lacks someone to be Luong Tieu's classmate. Please follow him and obediently stay by his side." So the Luong family quickly sent my adoptive parents abroad and cut off all contact between us. Luong's father coldly told me: "Staying in City A with the Luong family is already your luck. You must be grateful!" But that "favor"... was to let me be bullied by Luong Tieu - the true genius of the Luong family - for ten years. Initially, I was also given a scholarship by a prestigious school abroad. But Luong Tieu played dirty tricks, used money to bribe others, spread the news that I cheated, causing the school to cancel the scholarship. As a result, I could only study at a domestic college. Giang Ha is not much better than me. She could have returned to her biological parents, but because the Giang family had few descendants and had no daughters to carry out the marriage alliance, the Jiang adoptive parents gave a large sum of money to her biological parents. Giang Ha's biological parents... were so cruel that they completely cut off their relationship, letting her become a canary locked in the cage of the Giang family. According to the arrangement of the Giang family, Giang Ha set off to study at a prestigious foreign school, then joined all kinds of circles of famous young ladies. But I know clearly that she never wanted to be a rich lady at all. What she wants is just a life in a foreign land, free to love, not tied to marriage, and free to have fun. We were discussing the specific time of action when there was a familiar sound of footsteps outside the door. I was startled, quickly turned off the phone, lay down and pretended to sleep. Nguyen Thanh's footsteps were getting closer. Then a familiar low voice rang out: "Luong Am, stop pretending, get up and have breakfast." I quickly pretended to be sleepy and vaguely replied: "Ah... husband, what time is it now?" The corner of Nguyen Thanh's lips curled slightly, with a smile: "Don't pretend anymore, I heard it all." "Huh? Hear... hear what?"