Chapter 8 — On a 5-day business trip, I called the police to kick my husband's entire family out of the house

I blurted out.

“For the past three years, electricity, water, and management fees have been paid by me.”

“The house was repaired before marriage, I hired someone to do it myself.”

“He never spent a dime.”

“Is the evidence still there?”

“Receipt of payment of fees, repair contract…”

“Then there's no need to be afraid.”

Tu Manh spoke very decisively.

“His request has almost no chance of being accepted.”

“But there is something I need to remind you of.”

“What?”

“The lawyer he hired is Vuong Duc Thuan.”

I've never heard of this name before.

"He has been working on marriage cases in Cam Thanh for many years."

“Nicknamed ‘The King of Turbid Water’.”

“His strategy is not to win the case.”

“But it makes the case extremely complicated and prolongs the time.”

"Pull until the opponent is tired and then proactively give in."

“He wants to last?”

“The possibility is very high.”

“He has no cards left in his hand right now.”

“The only way is to pull.”

“Pull until you get bored.”

“Pull until you are willing to let go of something to make him disappear.”

I was silent for a few seconds.

“So what do we do?”

“Face-to-face confrontation.”

Tu Manh replied very briefly.

“Smash all the evidence down firmly.”

“At the first instance, the judge must clearly see this human nature.”

“One more point.”

Tu Manh stopped.

“In his counterclaim there is a rather interesting item.”

“He said you were also at fault for the broken marriage.”

"My bad?"

"He said that you worked overtime for a long time, neglected your family, and were cold to your husband, which caused the couple's relationship to break."

I almost laughed out loud.

"Okay."

“Let's meet in court then.”

A week before the trial date, another thing happened. The company director called me into the room to talk.

“Van Tinh, sit down.”

I sat down and looked at the woman in front of me. Zhao general. Over fifty years old, working in the design industry for over twenty years, a famous figure in the world.

“Your recent condition is not good.”

She got straight to the point.

"The plan for the Thien Ty Hoa Vien project was returned by the partner last week."

My heart sank. I followed this project for two months. The last five days of business travel were to discuss details with partners. Obviously when we returned, the plan had been approved. Why was it suddenly returned?

“What did the partner say?”

“They said there were some serious errors in the plan.”

“Miscalculation of floor height.”

“No way.”

I immediately denied it.

“I checked and rechecked that plan three times.”

General Manager Trieu pushed a set of printed documents towards me. That's exactly my plan. But there are a few places circled in red. I only looked for three seconds and discovered the problem. This is not the final version I submit. In the final version, those numbers are completely accurate. But on the paper in front of me... The data has been edited. Someone touched my files.

“General Zhao, this is not the last copy I sent.”

“What do you mean?”

“My final version is saved on my personal cloud.”

“The data inside is completely different.”

“Someone edited the data after I submitted the file.”

Director Trieu's expression immediately turned serious.

“Are you sure?”

“I'll open it right away for you to see.”

I opened my laptop, logged into the repository, found the backup file and opened it. All data are accurate. General Manager Trieu took a look and frowned.

“So who edits the files in the company system?”

"I'm not know."

“But I was on business for five days without logging into the internal system.”

“Let me tell the IT department to check the login history.”

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the results were sent from IT. Last Tuesday night, at 1:00 a.m. - the same night I was locked out of my house - someone using my work account logged into the company's internal system and edited the Thien Ty Hoa Vien project file. Login IP address… Phi Thuy Loan area. That night, at one o'clock in the morning, I was still standing in the hallway waiting for the police to arrive. And my computer... The computer that was "removed from the office"... At that time it was in Chu My Ky's bedroom. Chu Hao Nam knows my work account and password. He edited my work file. The answer appears after two minutes. General Manager Trieu's assistant knocked on the door and entered.

“General Trieu, Thien Ty Hoa Vien's partner just called.”

“They said they had their own contact person and recommended another design company.”

“The quote is twenty percent lower than ours.”

“Which company?”

“Gia Hoa Design.”

Gia Hoa Design. Company of Phuong Bach Lam — college friend of Chu Hao Nam. Last month, when we had dinner together, Phuong Bach Lam asked me how the Thien Ty Hoa Vien project was progressing. At that time, I thought it was just a courtesy question. Is looking for information. This is no longer just a divorce. He's ruining my career.