Chapter 8 — Mother-in-law Slaps Me, I Make The Whole Family Pay

On the other end of the line, Co Vi's voice rang out, cruel as the devil.

“Lam Van, it was you who forced me to this step!”

"I'm not at peace, you don't want peace either! Your mother's company... is over! This is just the beginning!"

"Now I give you the last chance. Withdraw the divorce petition, close your torn studio, return everything you're keeping! Otherwise... we'll both die!"

I tightened my grip on the phone. Hands trembled uncontrollably. Not out of fear. But because of extreme anger. My voice was scary calm again.

“You are not only stupid… but also evil beyond measure.”

“You succeeded.”

“Success made me decide… not only to take it all back, but to put you in jail myself.”

I hung up the phone and immediately ran into my mother's office. She is calmly meeting with the legal and finance departments to discuss how to proceed. Seeing my face turn pale, she smiled again.

“Did you call to scare me?”

I nodded, my voice still shaking.

“Mom… I'm sorry, I implicated you.”

My mother walked over and patted my shoulder. Her gaze was as steady as a mountain.

"What are you talking about? I'm your mother, if I don't help you, then who will?"

"Furthermore, I've been doing business for so many years, and I've never encountered any storms before? Are these guys trying to knock me down? Dream on."

Her calmness... was like a strong medicine. I immediately sent the call recording to lawyer Vuong.

"Lawyer Vuong, this is Co Vi's recent call. He admitted to anonymously denouncing and threatening me. Can it be used as evidence?"

"Of course!" His voice was clearly filled with excitement. "This is extremely beneficial evidence! We can immediately report and prosecute the charges of intimidation and extortion!"

Before it could subside, the storm arose again. But this time… is an opportunity. Chu Hao contacted me again. Sang Vi Company owed two months' salary, causing internal turmoil. Leaders tried to withdraw capital, employees panicked and ran away. Chu Hao and a few core engineers decided to quit. And… they were willing to go to court to testify for me. They could prove, from a technical perspective, that I was the one who created the entire core product. Not only that— They also brought stronger evidence. Recording of internal meetings. In it, Co Wei openly appropriated my design, and at the same time suppressed those who knew the truth. But what stopped me... was the next secret. A year ago, because he wanted to make money quickly, Co Wei secretly sold the core code of an unregistered project - the project that I developed with him. He sold it to a competitor of his own company. The price is unbelievably cheap. That behavior… It's no longer a personal dispute. That is commercial appropriation. Is revealing business secrets. Is a criminal. This evidence alone... is enough to put him in jail until his bones rot. At the same time, my mother's side also had good news. Based on her network of contacts, she traced the entire chain behind the denunciation. Not only did we confirm that the person behind it was Co Vi— but we also found evidence that he bribed tax officials through an intermediary. Another crime. In just one night... The situation completely reversed. Every card. Every deadly weapon. It's all in my hands. Before the trial, Co Wei's lawyer team finally panicked. Proactively contact for reconciliation. They accept to give up all their assets. I just hope I withdraw all criminal charges. Lawyer Vuong relayed his words to me. I only answer in four words.

"Meet each other in court.”

I'm not here to negotiate. I came… to see him off the cliff.