Chapter 5 — Take Back Your Life

“Didn't you say it was a misunderstanding?” “Didn't you say I was in a bad mood?” “Didn't you say I had considered Nam Thanh?” I pointed at the screen. “Chu Kinh Trach, now say it again.” His eyes were intensely red. “Thi Vi…” “Don't call me.” I looked towards HR. “I request to freeze Liang Shuyi's reserve process, restore my core position assessment, and hold Zhou Jingze responsible for account impersonation and signature theft.” HR's voice is serious. "Accepted. Classmate Tham, your documents are enough to go into an official investigation." Luong Thu Y's phone called Chu Kinh Trach's phone at this exact moment. It was so quiet in the office that her voice came out from the receiver. "Kinh Trach, absolutely don't say I told you to do it. I really don't know anything..." Chu Kinh Trach's whole body stiffened. At that moment, his face drained of all blood. I looked at him, suddenly feeling sarcastic. Because of Luong Thu Y, you ruined my future. Luong Thu Y's first reaction was to let him bear the crime alone. Luong Thu Y quickly deleted that long post. But the screenshots have gone viral. She posted a new status. "I have never told anyone to do those things for me. If someone lost control because they loved me, I would also be very miserable." One stroke of the knife cuts cleanly. Chu Kinh Trach turned from a loving protector into a one-sided madman. He went to find Luong Thu Y. Hua Hang told me this story. He said Zhou Jingze stood in the hospital hallway all night. Luong Thu Y's fiance arrived and directly told the security guard to kick him out. Luong Thu Y did not meet him. Just sent him a text message: "Kinh Trach, we should all return to our correct positions." I looked at that sentence and felt nothing. Retribution came too quickly. So fast that I didn't even have time to gloat. The results of the school's handling are also available. Zhou Jingze violated school recruitment integrity, recruitment at Nam Thanh was suspended. He then wanted to reapply for the Beijing position, but because the school's recruitment integrity profile was flagged in red by the system. Before, you secretly corrected my choices. Now it's the system's turn to close its doors to you. Luong Thu Y's reserve status is frozen, pending further investigation. My Beijing position was reinstated, but the quota went into the final round of appeal. When HR called, his voice was very polite but cold. "Classmate Tham, we recognize that the situation is unusual, but the core position is not only to restore the process, but also needs the person in charge of operations to re-evaluate whether you are suitable or not." I asked: “When?” “Before noon tomorrow.” “How do you rate it?” “Final technical interview. Online, forty minutes.” I hung up the phone, my fingers still shaking. Lam Diem put his hand on my shoulder. “You can do it.” I looked at the screen filled with dense code. “I definitely have to do it.” Zhou Jingze sent more than twenty messages. “Thi Vi, I didn't know she would say that.” “I really know it's wrong.” “I can go explain it to you.” “Don't bear this burden alone.” The last message was: “Don't leave me.” I stared at those four words for a few seconds. Then block him. Before, I used to wait for him to bow his head, wait for him to explain, wait for him to turn around and look at me. Now he kneels down to offer, I also feel dirty. At two o'clock the next afternoon, the final technical interview began. The person on the other end of the screen is Giang Nghien Le. He didn't comfort me, nor did he ask what had happened in the past few days. The first sentence was: “Tham Thoi Vi, I don't care how bad your ex-boyfriend is.” I was stunned. He continued: "The core position will not accept you just because you are the victim. If you answer one wrong question today, I will not keep you." I tightened my grip on the mouse. "I know." “So?” “So I don't intend to rely on the fact that I'm the victim to stay.” Forty minutes. He asked eleven questions. From model structure to data cleaning. From system overhead to unusual rollbacks. Finally, he asked: "If the project fails on the first day on the system, what will you bear?" My throat is so dry

au. “Suffer the consequences, summarize the causes, and do it again and again.” He looked at me. “What if the team suspects that my emotions are unstable?” I said: "Use the results to shut them up." Jiang Nghien Le finally laughed a little. "Very good." After the interview ended, my back was wet. Half an hour later, the HR message appeared. "Classmate Tham, after re-evaluation by the professional team, your status as a candidate for the core position has been restored. Please complete the confirmation before ten o'clock tomorrow morning." I stared at that text, tears immediately falling onto the screen. Not because of Chu Kinh Trach. It's because Tham Thoi Vi almost had his life stolen, but still strongly regained himself. I immediately logged into the system. Core location of Beijing headquarters: Confirmed employment. The moment I pressed confirm, an unknown number sent me a text message. “I'm downstairs.” I went to the window. Chu Kinh Trach stood under the dormitory.