Chapter 20 — Mother-in-law Gave Me 500,000 Yuan To Get Away, I Freeze Her Son's 100,000,000 Yuan

Lam Hao lowered his head. Don't say another word. I continued to look at him.

"When your mother scolded me."

"You're quiet."

"When Tham Nhuoc Lam took my earrings."

"I don't care."

"When they set everything up at the celebration party."

"Forcing me to sign a divorce petition in front of more than two hundred people."

"The only thing I said was..."

"'Sign it, it will be good for everyone.'"

Lam Hao clenched his hands. Finger joints turn white. I looked at him. The voice was calm and cold.

"It's not that you don't care about me."

"What I really care about..."

"It's how to live the most comfortable life for yourself."

"As long as I don't ask."

"Don't make a fuss."

"Don't turn around."

"Then you can keep pretending."

"Pretend that everything is fine."

Lam Hao said nothing. It was quiet in the office for a long time. Far below. The sound of construction work echoed. Vaguely like coming from another world. He asked hoarsely:

"These documents..."

"How are you going to handle it?"

"That depends on you."

He raised his head. I said slowly:

"You have two options."

"First choice."

"Proactively report to the management agency."

"Self-declare all acts of falsifying data."

"And misappropriated company money."

"If proactively cooperate."

"The nature of the case will be lighter."

"You may have to repay all ill-gotten gains."

"Pay the fine."

"And banned from the industry."

"But there won't be any jail time."

Lam Hao was silent for a few seconds.

"So what's the second choice?"

"I will submit all the documents on your behalf."

"Until then."

"That's no longer a confession."

"But being denounced."

"What are the consequences?"

"You know better than I do."

The hand on his knee slowly tightened.

"How long will you give me?"

Lam Hao slowly stood up. It's like there's a giant rock on your shoulder. Go to the door. He stopped.

"Van Tinh."

"If that day..."

"If I don't change."

"Will you stay with me forever?"

I looked at his back. Calmly replied:

"But you have changed."

"So this question no longer makes sense."

His shoulders slumped slightly.

"Three more days."

"I will give you the answer."

He opened the door and walked out. After the door closes. Trieu Tue Phuong's voice rang out from the internal radio.

"General Manager To."

"Shall I make you a cup of tea?"

"No need."

"Just give me a glass of water."

A few minutes later. Water is brought up. The heat was still rising slightly. I raised my glass. Take a sip. Outside the window. The city is still that city. It seems nothing has changed. Three days later. Lam Hao did not appear at the management agency. He did something even I didn't expect. He took Tham Nhuoc Lam and fled. Can't run very far. The very next day. Diep Tri Thu has found their whereabouts. High-speed train ticket to a small city in the neighboring province. The hotel registered with Tham Nhuoc Lam's identity card. The phone has just connected. Diep Tri Thu's voice immediately rang out:

"What's wrong with him?"

"You gave him a chance to confess."

"He's not going."

"Led the little man and ran away again?"

"Not running away."

I looked at the documents on the table.

"He's hiding."

"He thought he should just leave the city."

"Things won't catch up with me."

"So what are you going to do?"

"If he doesn't come."

"Then I'll go."

Diep Tri Thu was stunned.

"What do you mean?"

"Documents to be submitted."

"Day Will submit tomorrow."

That afternoon. Chu Vien brought all documents to the authorities. Trieu Tue Phuong's statistics table. 147 emails recovered. The two reports are real and fake. Bank statement. Every single document. All have originals or notarized certificates. Two days later. Hao Vu Technology Company's office was sealed. One more day. Lam Hao was found in a hotel in a neighboring province. When he was brought back. I'm not present. Everything is told by Chu Vien.

"His condition is very bad."

"Mental panic."

"Speaking is not even a sentence."

"What about Tham Nhuoc Lam?"

Chu Vien smiled faintly.

"Before Lam Hao was taken away."

"She checked out and left on her own."

Tham Nhuoc Lam walked very decisively. I heard that after getting in a taxi. No one saw her anymore. Even social media accounts. Also deleted. So clean that it was as if it had never existed in this world. That night Hao Vu's office was sealed. Truong Thuy Lan called me. Her voice. I almost didn't notice. No more high pitched. No more arrogance. There is also no more swagger at the celebration party. Like a broken steel wire.

"Van Tinh."

"You save Lam Hao."

I laughed.

"Truong Thuy Lan."

"Did you call the wrong number?"

"I know you hate me."

"You can scold me or hit me if you want."

"But Lam Hao is your husband."

"You can't stand by and watch it happen."

"He's not my husband."

I replied coldly.

"Divorce agreement."

"You forced me to sign it yourself."

The other end of the line was silent. A few seconds later. I heard a pent-up cry in my throat.

"Van Tinh."

"I beg you."

"He has never suffered since he was young."

"He can't stand these things."

"When he falsified the data."

"Do you know?"

The crying stopped.

"I don't know."

"When he transferred company money to his personal account."

"Do you know?"

"I don't know."

"He has never talked about the company with me."

I continue to ask:

"When he went back and forth with Tham Nhuoc Lam for more than half a year."

"Do you know?"

The silence lasted longer. A long time later. Truong Thuy Lan replied hoarsely: Her voice seemed to come from the bottom of the water.

"I told Nhuoc Lam to come."

I wasn't surprised. She continued speaking.

"Shen Guo Liang agreed to invest."

"But there are conditions."

She stopped. Don't continue talking. I finished speaking for her.

"The condition is for your son to be with his daughter."

On the other end of the line. The crying became heavier.

"Van Tinh."

"You heard me."

"At that time, the company was not going to survive."

"Lin Hao was so stressed that he couldn't sleep all night."

"Shen Guo Liang proactively proposed investment."

"But requires Nhuoc Lam to have a position in the company."

"I still want our two families to be closer."

"I think..."

She choked.

"I think the feelings between the two of you at that time were also..."

"It's already bland?"

Truong Thuy Lan did not answer. I laughed. The smile is very cold.

"Truong Thuy Lan."

"You guys crushed that feeling little by little."

"You guys let her take my earrings."

"Let her sit next to my husband at family meals."

"Let her appear as the hostess at the celebration party."

"You guys stand in front of everyone calling me a yellow-faced housewife."

"Okay now."

"Are you telling me that our feelings have faded?"

The other end of the line. Only the sound of breathing remained heavy. Like finally. She also understands. There are things. Once destroyed by his own hands. It will never be saved again.