Chapter 1 — Love After Ruin

When my fiance mentioned his sister who was in a bad family situation for the third time, I laughed and teased him. "You treat her so well, aren't you afraid that I'll be jealous?" He immediately turned serious and said to me in a very serious voice: "Nien Nhien, don't say such harsh words. Her family just went bankrupt, we should help, don't lose the dignity of our On family." I pouted, looking resentful. In the end, he used our On family's core bid to bring her family's project back to life. As for our On family, our working capital was cut off and declared bankruptcy. I threw away all my clothes, went abroad, and started again from zero. The rich love stories had gone up in smoke. That day, I returned to my country as a representative of the acquiring party. He invited me to eat rice and peeled shrimp for me. I reflexively threw that shrimp on the table. He was silent for a long time. When the plane landed, I didn't tell anyone. 【General Manager Wen, the location of the Co family's welcome party has been sent.】 【Received.】 I only replied with two words. As soon as the hotel elevator opened, I saw Co Hoai Canh. Haven't seen him in five years, he hasn't changed much, there's still a group of people surrounding him. He held flowers in both hands, Tham Nguyet stood next to him holding his arm. Tham Nguyet saw me, the smile on her face immediately stiffened. Co Hoai Canh followed her gaze and his pupils immediately shrank. He wanted to step forward, but his feet remained still. I'm the one who goes first. Tham Nguyet squeezed his hand tighter, leaning closer, as if declaring sovereignty. A man walked over, intending to talk to Co Hoai Canh. But his eyes were still fixed on me, not paying attention to the other person. Finally, he pushed Tham Nguyet's hand away, walked towards me, stopping two steps away from me. "Nch Nhien Nhien, you're home." I nodded slightly. "When are you coming? Why didn't you tell me in advance?" – his voice was low. “Necessary work.” – I replied. His hand slightly raised, intending to touch me but stopped in mid-air, then slowly lowered. "Have you lived well these past few years..." "Mr. Co." – his assistant appeared, just in time to interrupt: "The representative of Thien Ha Capital is here." Co Hoai Canh frowned deeper: "Tell her to wait." I took the business card from my hand and brought it in front of him. Black color tone, only one English name – Nian. Thien Ha Capital - Founder of Asia region. "No need to wait, Mr. Co. It's me." He stared at the business card, as if he was seeing a strange creature. His hand reached out and took it. "I..." - he could only utter one word. I stopped looking at him, walked around, walked to the main chair in the meeting room. "Let's discuss the acquisition deal, Mr. Co." My voice was not loud, but enough for everyone around to hear. He followed. Tham Nguyet also hurriedly ran over, timidly stood next to him, calling softly: "Sister Nhien Nhien..." I did not respond. I sat down on the chair, opened my documents. "Currently, the total market value of Co Thi Group is thirty billion yuan, Thien Ha Capital offered thirty twenty billion, buying the entire thing." As I spoke, Co Hoai Canh's breathing became heavy. "Nran Nhien, do we have to go to this extent?" – he asked. "This is a work matter." "What about personal matters?" "Between us, there are no personal matters." He remained silent. The dishes were fully prepared, but no one touched their chopsticks. The atmosphere became awkward and awkward. Suddenly, he picked up a shrimp for me, his movements were extremely natural, just like five years ago. He placed the peeled shrimp on the bone plate in front of me. When the On family still existed, he often did that. I picked up my fork and pushed that shrimp onto the tablecloth. His hand stopped in the middle

in the air, looking at me intently, not saying anything. Tham Nguyet suddenly spoke up to conciliate: "Hoai Canh, Nhien Nhien just came back, she probably isn't used to the atmosphere here. Let me do it, she likes to eat fish." She stood up, intending to pick up the fish for me. I raised my head and looked straight at her for the first time. "Miss Tham, what status are you sitting here in now?" Her face immediately turned pale. "I... I am Mr. Hoai Canh's girlfriend." "Girlfriend?" – I laughed – "He is the general director of Co Thi, what about you? A shareholder? Or a senior leader of Co Thi?" She bit her lip, unable to say another word. I turned my eyes to Co Hoai Canh: "General Co, this is a trade negotiation, I don't want unrelated people here." Co Hoai Canh's face was extremely dark. He took one look at Tham Nguyet, her eyes immediately turned red, tears welling up in her eyes. He was silent for a long time. "You go home first." – he said to Tham Nguyet. Tham Nguyet's tears fell to the ground, she turned and ran. Only the two of us are left. “I hate you, I know.” – Co Hoai Canh spoke. "I told you, this is work." "Just because you wanted to take revenge on me, did you sell yourself to Thien Ha?" – his voice was cold – “Do you know who they are? They are blood suckers who don't spit out bones!” “Know.” “And yet you still…” “I need money. They gave me money. It's that simple.”