Chapter 15 — Reclaim My Company

He raised his head to look at me. Scary red eyes.

"I'm here."

I stood at the door.

"What do you want to do?"

He smiled softly.

"I just wanted to come here and look back a bit."

The old engine room was very cold. Dust covers the machinery. Just a light touch will turn your entire hand black. Luc Hanh Chu gently stroked the keyboard.

"Do you remember?"

"The first system version officially went live last night."

"The server crashed."

"The two of us sit here editing until morning."

"I was so sleepy that I collapsed on the table."

"I even took a coat to cover you."

"That coat..."

"...later I'll give it to Hua Man."

His hand immediately stiffened. I looked at him.

"She used to wear it during a livestream."

Luc Hanh Chu bowed his head. Shoulders trembled slightly.

"A Hanh..."

"Are you..."

"...is it really rotten to the core?"

I don't answer. He kept talking to himself.

"You weren't like that before."

"When Khai Minh first started."

"I really just want to build a company with you."

"But later..."

"Everyone calls me General Manager Luc."

"Investors just look at you."

"The media only asked questions about you."

"So I started thinking..."

"I'm really more suited to standing in the front than you."

I listened quietly. Humans... When they are rotten. Always like to find the windiest place. Then said... I was just blown away by the wind. Luc Hanh Chu continued.

"Hua Man admires you."

"Her eyes looked at me..."

"...makes me feel like I can control everything."

"You're too strong."

"Just you stand there."

"I will always feel..."

"...I'm just a shadow behind you."

"So..."

"...you choose to steal."

He raised his head. Tears filled my face.

"I just want to prove..."

"...without you..."

"...you can still do it."

"...have you proven it yet?"

His face immediately turned white. I entered the computer room. Under my foot, I carefully stepped on a piece of old network wire.

"Luc Hanh Chu."

"The thing I should hate the most..."

"...it's not because I'm too strong."

"...you're so empty yourself."

His breath suddenly trembled.

"You took my things to paint yourself."

"Pretending for too long..."

"...to the point where I actually thought they were my bones."

"Now I take those things back..."

"...so I can't stand anymore."

He hugged the keyboard tightly. Mouth constantly mumbling.

"You are wrong."

"You are really wrong."

I looked at his appearance. There was a time... I thought that if he just turned around and admitted his mistake... I would collapse. Will soften. Will remember those rainy nights in the old office. Remember the boxes of instant noodles that year. But now... He sat among a pile of old machinery. Just like a torn piece of paper. The only thing I feel... I heard footsteps behind me. Trinh Nghien led the lawyer and security guard up. As soon as he saw them, Luc Hanh Chu immediately panicked.

"Are you still bringing someone?"

"You've been missing for three hours."

"Tomorrow is the General Meeting of Shareholders."

"I can't let anything happen to you."

His laughter was more unsightly than crying.

"Now even my life and death..."

"...do you count it as a risk?"

Just that one word. Like hitting him straight down. Luc Hanh Chu's entire personality completely collapsed. He bowed his head. Tears fell onto the old keyboard.

"Tham A Hanh, I beg you."

"Do not put you in jail."

"You can return the entire amount."

"You can publicly apologize."

"I'll listen to whatever you say."

I turned to ask the lawyer:

"For the act of appropriating company money and appropriating assets while holding a position..."

"...if I refund in full, will it affect the amount of pictures?"

The lawyer replied:

"It will be considered a circumstance for consideration."

"But it does not affect the prosecution."

Luc Hanh Chu suddenly raised his head.

"Did you really report it to the police?"

I looked at him.

"When you spend the company's money..."

"...you should have thought about today."

He staggered to his feet. He reached out to hold my hand. Trinh Nghien immediately blocked in front of me. Luc Hanh Chu missed. The expression on his face immediately distorted.

"Trinh Nghien, who are you?"

"I just know how to take advantage of someone else's accident and step in!"

Trinh Nghien's voice was very calm.

"At least..."

"...I didn't steal her things."

Luc Hanh Chu stiffened as if he was nailed to the spot. I walked around Trinh Nghien. Go in front of Luc Hanh Chu.

"Tomorrow is the General Meeting of Shareholders."

"Are you coming or not..."

"...it's up to you."

"But what you are responsible for..."

"...not a single thing will be lacking."

His lips trembled constantly.

"A Hanh..."

"Don't call me that."

The last light in his eyes... Completely extinguished. As I walked out of the old research building.