Chapter 5 — Never Look Down on Women

10 The last scream Co Thanh... went completely crazy. That's what Khuong Ninh told me. After On Nha was taken away, Co Thanh locked himself in his office, smashing everything he could. Then he started calling me frantically. Once, twice, a hundred times. I blocked one number, he changed another number. In the end... he even used Co Vien Son's phone to call. I looked at the name flashing on the screen, thought for a moment... then still picked up the phone. I want to hear what the last howl of a dog that lost its home... would sound like.

“Tham Nguyet.”

His voice… was no longer screaming. Only a dead zone remained. Like a putrid puddle of stagnant water.

“Do you hate me that much?”

“Hate so much that… you want to destroy us all?”

I laughed. Laughter came through the phone, every bit as clear.

“Co Thanh, you misunderstood again.”

“I never hated you.”

“Because… you're not worthy.”

“Hate… is for equal opponents.”

“And you, in my eyes… are just an annoying insect.”

“I simply… didn't want to see it anymore, so I just stepped on it to death.”

On the other end of the line, a heavy gasp sounded, like a torn bellows.

“Insects…”

He muttered, as if crushing those two words in his mouth.

“In your eyes… I am just an insect…”

“So… you never loved me?”

He asked the most ridiculous question in the world. I burst out laughing until I could barely breathe. I asked back.

“You asked me… love?”

“Co Thanh, try looking back at our three years of marriage.”

“Have you ever… given me what you call love?”

"You gave me... the endless abuse, the coldness in the late nights, the disgusted eyes every time Wen Nha was mentioned."

"It's the fact that I used the Tham family's money... to buy bags and cars for my bright moonlight... without feeling guilty."

"It's that you enjoy everything I have to offer... while silently looking down on me as a strong woman who doesn't know how to be gentle."

“What do you give me… and dare to ask me what I have to give you?”

Every word I said... was like a poisoned knife, stabbing straight into his heart.

“No… that's not…” He weakly argued, “At that time… I was just…”

“Just blinded by the bright moonlight, right?”

I finished speaking for him, my voice full of sarcasm.

"Co Thanh, until now I still think... I just loved the wrong person, and I am innocent?"

“Let me tell you a more interesting story.”

I paused for a moment, then used the gentlest... also cruelest voice, slowly speaking.

“Actually, Wen Ya's stories... I knew from the beginning.”

The other end of the line... was completely silent. Even the breath... seemed to disappear.

"From the moment you held the divorce papers, stood in front of me acting like a lover, telling about your ten-year love affair with her..."

“I already have all of her documents in hand.”

“How many times has she been married abroad, how many people has she known, how much money has she conned…”

“I know everything.”

"I stood there looking at you... like a clown, acting out your so-called deep feelings in front of me."

“Look at you… turning a professional con man into a pure saint.”

“Look at you… because of someone like that, you threw away the wife who gave you everything.”

“You know… that time, was the happiest time I had in the past three years.”

“Because… look monkey Circus performance, it's really fun.”

Co Thanh's voice... was finally tinged with fear. That is the fear when faith collapses, when the whole worldview crumbles.

“So… from the beginning, you were standing there looking at me like I was a joke?”

"That's right."

I admit, neatly and decisively.

"Not only do I watch you act, I also wait."

“Waiting for you to organize a grand wedding.”

“Wait until I invite all the media.”

“Waiting for you to stand on the highest stage, declaring your happiness to the whole world.”

“Then… with my own hand, I kicked you from heaven to hell.”

“That… is enough stimulation, right?”

There was a muffled sound on the other end of the line. Immediately after, there was Co Vien Son's panicked scream.

“A Thanh! What's wrong with A Thanh?"

“Quickly call someone! Call an ambulance! It… it vomited blood!”

I quietly listened to all the chaos on the other side. Then gently... Co Thanh... vomited blood. What a pity. I don't see. 11 The return of the Tham family News of Co Thanh's hospitalization... quickly spread throughout the internet. The title is sensational to the point of being melodramatic.

“General Director of Co Thi Nghi Group was so shocked that he vomited blood and fell into a coma! The company faces the risk of bankruptcy and liquidation!

Online, there are all kinds of opinions. Some people say he deserves it, and is stupid to the extreme. There were also people who scolded me cruelly, forcing people to die. I don't pay attention to all those words. Public opinion... has always been a tool written by the winners. Wait until I win completely, and someone will automatically stand up and praise me. I turned off the news page and called Khuong Ninh.

“Book me a plane ticket home tomorrow.”

Khuong Ninh was stunned.

“Are you really back? That fast?”

"YES." I looked out the window, my voice calm, "It's time... to go back and clean up the mess."

“Clean up the mess?” Khuong Ninh was a bit confused.

I smiled softly.

“The Co Group now… has holes in it.”

“I have to go home… give it a final blow.”

“Let it… belong entirely to me.”

Khuong Ninh took a cold breath.

“Nguyet Nguyet… you mean… you want to take over the Co clan?”

“Not a takeover.”

I corrected it.

“It's taking it back.”

“The foundation of Co Thi... is the money of the Tham family.”

“Now, I only take back what belongs to me… both capital and interest.”

The next day, I boarded the earliest flight, returning to the city I had left for so long. Don't notify anyone. I went directly to the lawyer's office that my father trusted the most. Lawyer Vuong saw me and was clearly a bit surprised. But very quickly, he understood what I meant.

“Miss Shen, are you planning to…”

“I want to start a new investment company.”

I pushed the prepared plan in front of him.

“Then… in the shortest possible time, conduct a hostile takeover of Co Thi Group.”

Lawyer Vuong pushed up his glasses and read the plan attentively. The more he read... the more surprised his eyes became.

"Miss Tham, although Co Thi's stock price is plummeting... but after all, it is a large enterprise, you are sure of your capital..."

I interrupted him.

“What my father left behind… is not just what you see.”

The Tham family has stood firmly in the business market for decades... how could they not leave a way out? My father anticipated the storm early on and prepared everything for me. He transferred most of the Tham family's liquid assets to an overseas trust fund. That money… always in my hands. That's why I was able to definitely leave empty-handed. Because I know... what I have is much more than what Co Thanh can give. Co Thanh thought he had figured out a plan for the Tham family. But I didn't know that... my father had plans for the whole family from the beginning. After Lawyer Vuong listened, his eyes showed understanding and respect.

“I understand, Miss Tham.”

“This matter… I will handle it immediately.”