Chapter 4 — The 20,000,000 Yuan Villa and the Tham Family's Secret

I watched that name flash seven or eight times, but didn't pick up. He hung up the call and called back. Three times in a row, I didn't listen. Then he switched to texting. First news:

“Open the door, let's talk.”

Second news:

"You know how much this house is worth. If you really make it big enough to go to court, it won't be in your favor."

Third news:

"I didn't come to argue. Open the door first, let's meet and talk."

I looked at those three lines of messages for a long time. Then slowly type a sentence and send it over.

“Tham Nghien Tri, when your mother brought the realtor to see the house, did you think about meeting me and telling me first?”

The other side immediately displays the text "entering a message". He entered for a long time. In the end, I only sent back one sentence.

“I didn't know she wanted to sell the house.”

I laughed. He doesn't know. He always doesn't know. Not knowing my mother was leading another woman to our wedding bed. I didn't know my mother forced me to sign a divorce paper empty-handed. Not knowing that after the divorce, she quickly sold the house. He doesn't know anything. Because he never wanted to know. A high-level director with a yearly salary of millions of yuan, yet in his own family, he is like a blind man with his eyes open.

"Don't know."

“Not paying attention.”

“I sympathize a little.”

That's my entire three-year marriage. I won't reply to any more messages. He stood outside the door for another ten minutes then finally turned and left. His walking appearance is still the same as before. Back straight, shoulders wide, each step is neither fast nor slow. As if nothing in this world could make him panic. But before getting in the car, he turned around and looked back once. Those eyes are very deep. It's like wanting to see through the whole villa. After he left, Giang Niem called me.

“Dien Chi, what are you planning to do next?”

There was concern in her voice.

"You understand what kind of person your mother-in-law is. She certainly won't let it go. The lawyer has already called, there must be another trick behind it."

“Nem Niem.” I interrupted her. “Do you remember what I told you before?”

The other end of the line was silent for a few seconds.

“You mean… that thing?”

“Are you crazy, Co Dien Chi?!”

Giang Niem's voice immediately rose.

"Are you really going to take that out? Do you know what that means? The Tham family will risk their lives with you!"

I looked at the quiet villa on the camera screen. His eyes slowly stopped at the office on the second floor. That room had been converted into a storage room by her mother-in-law, filled with all kinds of miscellaneous items. But no one knows... Beneath that pile of clutter, there is a secret compartment hidden in the wall. And inside that secret compartment... There's something.

“That thing has been in that house for three years.”

I said softly.

“It's time for it to see the light.”

Giang Niem was silent for a long time. Finally, he lowered his voice and asked a question.

“Dien Chi… why did you marry him before?”

That question made me pause. It was getting dark outside. Dark clouds pressed low in the distance, like it was about to rain. I held the phone and thought for a long time. Finally, just say one sentence.

“Maybe because at that time I thought… that chair proved that he understood me.”

After hanging up the phone, I sat alone in the rented room for a long time. The phone screen is still bright. In camera supervision, the villa was coldly silent. The sensor light in the yard automatically turns on, illuminating the empty lawn. Tomorrow, the Tham family will definitely make bigger moves. Mother-in-law will not swallow this anger. And Tham Nghien Tri will not stand by and watch my 20,000,000 yuan assets be strangled like that. They will find a lawyer. Will find a relationship. Will use every means to force me to hand over management rights. But they don't know... The trump card of this chess game, from beginning to end, was never behind that door. Which is in my hands. I opened the photo album on my phone, scrolled down to a hidden folder. After entering the password, more than a dozen photos and several scanned documents appeared inside. I opened one of them and enlarged it. In the photo is an agreement that has yellowed over time. Above are two bright red seals and four signatures. It was ten years ago. Every word on that agreement... was enough to make the Tham family shake heaven and earth. I turned off the photo and locked the phone screen. It finally started to rain outside. Raindrops pounded on the glass, creating tiny, shattering sounds. I stood up and walked to the window, watching the lights of the whole city gradually fade away behind the rain. In a very far corner, there is a light still shining in the yard of Van Khe Son Trang villa. It is a solar-powered light that I installed myself. As soon as it gets dark, the light automatically turns on. It will stay bright all night. Even though that house is now empty.