Chapter 4 — Love After Ruin

The signing ceremony ended, I prepared to leave. Co Hoai Canh called me over: "Let's have a meal together... consider it a farewell meal." I agree. It's still the same restaurant, it's still the same private room. He ordered the dishes I used to like to eat. "How do you... plan to deal with Mrs. Co?" – he asked. “Take it off, sell it all.” His hand shook, the wine in the glass spilled out. “Do you really want to sell it?” “Is it possible to let it lay eggs?” “That was my father's lifelong passion!” - he jumped up, his voice shaking with excitement. "My father's heart... was destroyed by your own hands." He was silent again. A long time later, he said: "Nien Nhien, I know I was wrong. I give you a chance... to redeem yourself." "How to redeem yourself?" "I withdrew from Co Thi, transferred all my shares to you, and left empty-handed. Just please don't sell it, okay? I'm begging you." "No." I looked straight at him: "Co Hoai Canh, you still don't understand." "I came back... not for Co Thi, nor for money." "But is for you to witness with your own eyes what you cherish most... bit by bit... turning into ashes right in front of you." "Just like in the past, I had to open my eyes to see my father's lifelong enthusiasm... buried by you." For the first time, a look of complete despair appeared in his eyes. That meal, once again, ended in silence and gloom. I thought this was the end of everything. Unexpectedly, Tham Nguyet came to the hotel where I was staying. She stopped me in the hallway, no longer crazy, just looked at me quietly. "You win." – she said. “I've never seen this as a competition with you.” “On Nhien, you're so pitiful. You spent five years destroying him, and destroying me too. So what have you achieved?” “Do you think by doing this, your parents can come back to life?” “Do you think doing this will make you happy?” “Look at your current appearance, you're nothing more than a monster!” I looked at her, suddenly feeling extremely tired. Are you done? With that said, go away." I opened the door. "You won't have a good ending!" – she shouted outside the door. I slammed the door. Will I have a bad outcome? I went down to the eighteenth level of hell five years ago. I started liquidating Co Thi. First step: purge the remnants. All those who participated in the downfall of the Wen clan in the past - no one was spared. Step two: sell assets, dissolve all non-core divisions, and reallocate all resources. I even posted a sign for the Co Thi's symbolic headquarters building. The entire business world was shocked. Everyone said I was crazy, saying I didn't have any love at all. Co Hoai Canh came to find me, rushed straight into my office, eyes red. "On Nhien! What do you want to do?!" "Don't you see?" "You're destroying Co! This is not a procurement, but a massacre!" "That's right." – I admitted calmly. He was so angry that his whole body trembled: "Just to take revenge on you? Is that worth it?" "Worth it." He looked at me as if he saw my true self for the first time. "Why don't you know... you have become like this..." "Thanks to you." He still wanted to say something, but in the end he just quietly turned away and left. His back made me feel a bit sad for the first time. But I'm not soft-hearted. Once the bow is drawn, the arrow cannot be retracted. Everything I do, is for my dead parents. It's also to say goodbye to the naive and stupid girl named On Nhien in the past. The following days, I was so busy that I felt like a worm. Luc Tram has always been my strongest supporter. He mobilized all of Thien Ha's relationships and resources to help me clean up the mess that Mrs. Co left behind. One time I worked late into the night and fell asleep in the office. When I woke up, I had a vest on me, along with it

His familiar cigarette smell. Luc Tram was sitting across from me, looking at documents. "Are you awake?" "Why are you here?" "Not sure about you." He gave me a portion of breakfast: "Eat something." I don't have any appetite. "Nhuan Nhien, everything is about to end." – he said. “Um.” “After finishing, what do you plan to do next?”