Chapter 1
Chapter 1 — Returning to Hao Mon I Choose Cash Flow
Returning to the family home, my younger sister, a fake genius with a congenital heart disease, and I celebrated our coming-of-age ceremony in one day. To show fairness, parents prepare two big gifts. One item is the business rights of "New Ky Nguyen Shopping Center" which makes the most money under the group. One dish is "Van Dinh Son Trang" located halfway up the mountain, worth connecting to the city. Let us choose for ourselves. I have been killing fish at the market for five years and understand very well that cash flow is life. Without thinking, I immediately chose "New Ky Nguyen Shopping Center". Khuong Vu Nhu's face turned pale and he nodded and said okay. But when it was time to sign the transfer agreement, she clutched her chest and fell to the ground, crying and saying her body was not good and she didn't have the strength to manage the estate. Dad mercifully helped her up, turned his head and frowned at me:
"Khuong Ninh, since you're home, go to the mountain village and enjoy the happiness. That's something many people can't achieve in their entire lives."
My mother and brother also took turns blaming me for not knowing how to sympathize with my sister's health. Okay, whatever you say, that's it. I don't really care too much, as long as it gets what it deserves. It wasn't until I took the key to enter "Van Dinh Son Trang" that I discovered that the electricity and water had been cut off here, weeds were overgrown, and the bright red seal of the court was still stuck on the gate.
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“Van Dinh Son Trang” sounds good, but it is a dead property, each year the maintenance and taxes are a bottomless black hole that is frighteningly expensive.
As for "New Ky Nguyen Shopping Center", that is the goose that lays golden eggs of the Khuong family. Holding it is like holding the momentum to hold your head high in this house. My father, Khuong Kien Quoc, pressed the road and said: "These two properties are of equal value. Ninh Ninh just returned, to be fair, Ninh Ninh chooses first." Without hesitation, I placed my finger on the file on the left.
“Dad, I choose the shopping center.”
Khuong Vu Nhu sat opposite, her voice as small as a mosquito.
"This is the best choice for me. The shopping center is close to the company. In the future, I can help my father shoulder more burdens, which is a good thing."
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly coughed violently, her entire face turning red.
“Vu Nhu!”
The mother, Trieu Nha Lan, screamed and rushed to hug her, "Medicine! Quickly get the medicine!" After a fight, Khuong Vu Nhu leaned weakly on Trieu Nha Lan's arms, tears falling silently like a broken string of beads.
"Mom, I'm fine... I just feel like my body can't stand it, and it's so far from the city center. If I get sick, the ambulance won't be able to make it..."
Trieu Nha Lan's eyes immediately turned red and she turned her head to glare at me.
"Khuong Ninh, you know your sister's health is not good! You go to the village, Vu Nhu must stay in the city center!"
Khuong Trach's brother also looked at me coldly: "That's right, someone like you who only knows how to kill fish, what does he understand about financial reports? Giving the shopping center to you will only destroy it. It's better to give it to Vu Nhu, he's also an excellent student at the business administration department of a prestigious school." Everyone forgot who swore three minutes ago that it was "fair" and who told me to "choose first". Finally, Khuong Kien Quoc threw the thick red book in front of me.
"Okay, it's decided. The house has already been renovated, you can move in right away, besides that, dad I will give you an extra card. As a human being, you have to be generous, don't be mean to your brother."
That afternoon, I alone called a car to "Van Dinh Son Trang" located halfway up the mountain. The big gate was locked tightly, on the rusty iron door were two diagonal blockades, the stamps were from ten years ago. The yard was overgrown with weeds, and the fountain that was said to be luxurious was now filled with black dead water, emitting a foul smell. At that moment, I stood in the cold wind and laughed. Friendship? Damn friendship. The next day at dinner, Khuong Kien Quoc indeed gave me a black card. "You take this card, buy whatever you want, don't let people say that the Khuong family treats their daughters poorly." If they have priced our friendship in money, and even used deception to chase me away, then I won't be polite anymore. I reached out to receive the card, without saying thank you, just a faint "yes". Khuong Trach stood next to him and coldly snorted: "Showing your funeral face to whom? Just now, Vu Nhu wanted to give you her share of this quarter's profit share of the shopping center, but I stopped her. People like you, who only have money in their eyes, are not worthy of Vu Nhu treating you so well." I picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in my mouth, chewing slowly, not even bothering to glance at him. "I'm poor and afraid, unlike you, growing up with a golden spoon, I don't understand the hardships of the world, and I don't understand what it means to be 'a person under execution'." Khuong Trach's face stiffened and he was about to get angry when he was stopped by Khuong Kien Quoc's stern eyes.