Chapter 9 — The Day I Stopped Fasting, They Lost Everything

Because they don't deserve to take up even one more second of my life. I held the key to the new apartment, standing in the middle of the spacious, bright living room of apartment 102. The sunlight through the glass door touched my body, warm and light. This will be the starting point for my new life. At that moment, the lawyer called, his voice could not hide the strange mixture of excitement.

“Miss Hua, I have very… dramatic news to tell you.”

"While investigating the Chu family to prepare lawsuit documents, we discovered a huge secret."

“Liu Ngoc Mai is not just Chu Hao and Chu Le.”

“Before them, she had another son.”

I was stunned.

“And another son?”

"That's right." The lawyer said, "That child had poor health since childhood. She considered him a burden, so when he was five years old, he was left at the gate of the orphanage."

I almost couldn't believe my ears, that sentence rang out like a blow to consciousness. Even ferocious tigers don't eat their cubs, yet Liu Ngoc Mai can be so cruel. The lawyer continued speaking, his voice slow but carrying an unbelievable drama.

“What's more remarkable is that the son she abandoned that year is now extremely outstanding.”

“He was later adopted by a kind couple, taken abroad, and grew up there.”

"Currently, he is the founder and CEO of a very famous domestic technology company, with estimated assets of over a hundred billion."

I was completely stunned by that information, my whole body seemed to be pulled out of reality. In this world, there are things so wild that people don't know whether to laugh or be afraid. I hung up the phone, an indescribable feeling arose in my heart, both heavy and empty. Looking at the traffic outside the window, I sighed deeply, as if letting go of everything that had happened. Everything is finally over. Just as I was about to turn off my phone to enjoy the rare quiet, the phone suddenly rang. It was a strange number, from another city. I hesitated for a second, then pressed the listen button. On the other end of the line was a deep, deep male voice, carrying a slight smile.

“Hello, are you Hua Tinh?”

“My name is Giang Than.”

The man spoke slowly, each word seemed to be carefully considered.

“I think, we have a common… enemy.”

"That person's name is Luu Ngoc Mai, who is also my legal biological mother."

The Chu family completely collapsed, and the news spread like an epidemic throughout the city. From a family preparing to marry the rich, they fell straight to the bottom of society overnight. Chu Hao was fired from the company, and his personal profile was so dirty that it could not be cleaned. He no longer has any chance of finding any decent job. Chu Le was called to work by the school and was suspected of violating academic ethics. Even a diploma becomes fragile. Luu Ngoc Mai became a "famous" figure in the residential area, everyone who saw her avoided her as if avoiding the epidemic. No one wants to be associated with someone with a reputation like her. Their rented house was confiscated by the landlord that night, and their furniture was thrown out on the street like trash. Bank enforcement notices are as thick as falling snow. The debt of 388,000 yuan became a heavy burden on their necks, making it impossible for them to breathe. When They almost had no way to retreat, and were about to sleep under the bridge when an even more shocking news appeared.

"Shocked! Technology entrepreneur Jiang Chen turned out to be a child abandoned by his biological mother."

The article recounts his entire journey, from an abandoned child to the head of a technology empire. From being adopted, growing up abroad, to returning home to start a business and build a company worth trillions. At the end of the article is an old acknowledgment. The mother abandoned the child that year. Three words appear clearly. Luu Ngoc Mai. The entire social network exploded. At first Luu Ngoc Mai didn't believe it, she thought it was just the same name. Until I saw Giang Than's childhood photo, his face looked seven parts like Chu Hao. She went crazy. Not because of regret. It's because of joy that I lose control.