Chapter 5 — The Day I Take It All Back

My mother looked through the doorbell screen with the camera and her face immediately turned cold.

“They've arrived.”

On the screen, three members of the Tran family - Tran Chinh Duc, Vuong Lan and Tran Hao - stood in front of the door like three statues of gods. My father walked over and pressed the dialogue button directly. His voice was low but full of spirit.

"In-laws! It's me! It's Duc!"

Tran Chinh Duc immediately changed his face to a flattering expression, bowing his head in front of the camera.

“We came to find Niem Niem!”

“We came to apologize to her!”

Vuong Lan stood next to her and tried her best to squeeze out tears but could not cry. In the end, I could only scream:

“Nim Niem!”

“I know it's wrong!”

“Open the door quickly!”

My father laughed coldly.

“My daughter is resting.”

“Besides, I think you guys are wrong about something.”

He stopped for a moment. Every word is clearly transmitted through the speaker.

“I, Tu Ve Quoc…”

“There are no in-laws like you.”

Having finished speaking, he directly disconnected the connection. Tran Chinh Duc's face outside the door immediately turned pale. Vuong Lan's screams also stopped. Immediately after that, they started frantically ringing the doorbell, banging on my door.

“Tu Ve Quoc, please open the door for me!”

"Tu Niem! You white-eyed wolf! Come out here!"

My father directly pressed the emergency call button for the building management. In less than three minutes, two security guards ran up panting.

“Mr. Tu, what's going on?”

“These three people are causing trouble in front of my house.”

“Please ask them to leave.”

“If they resist, report directly to the police.”

My father's voice was cold as ice. As soon as the security guard saw the situation, he immediately understood.

“Mr. Tran, Mrs. Tran, please leave here immediately!”

The chaotic drama finally ended with the Tran family's unwilling curses and strong enforcement from the security guards. I looked at my father's straight back. That's when I realized... It turns out that feeling like someone has your back is like that. At nine o'clock the next morning, I showed up at the lawyer's office on time. Lawyer Truong is a long-time friend of my father. He wears gold-rimmed glasses and looks elegant and polite. But in the world, he is famous for his "fast, accurate, ruthless" style and is a famous ace lawyer. You have finished reviewing all the documents I brought, including the recording.

“Miss Tu, I understand the situation clearly.”

He gently pushed his glasses, the reflection on the glass was cold and sharp.

“In terms of law, our side has the absolute advantage.”

"The contract in the household's name and the terms for adding pre-marital assets are extremely strict."

“It's all been notarized.”

“The ownership of those nine properties, without any dispute, belongs entirely to your father.”

“What I want…”

I looked at him.

“It's not just about getting real estate back.”

“I want a divorce as quickly as possible.”

“And I want him to pay for what he's done all these years.”

"I get it."

Lawyer Truong nodded. He pulled out a notebook from the pile of documents.

“This is a preliminary audit that I asked my friend at the accounting firm to do overnight based on the clues you provided.”

“For the cash flow of nine shophouses in the last three years…”

“The results were more serious than we thought.”

He pushed the notebook towards me.

“As a manager, Tran Hao has the right to receive it every year ten percent of the total rent as management fee.”

“This amount ranges from 900,000 to 1,100,000 yuan per year.”

“But according to the books…”

“Every year he withdraws more than 2,000,000 yuan from the company account.”

My heart sank.

“He withdrew that difference in many ways.”

“Falsely declaring repair costs, exaggerating advertising costs, creating yin and yang contracts…”

“This is no longer a matter of unclear books.”

“Which constitutes the crime of usurpation of position.”

“The amount involved exceeds 1,000,000 yuan.”

“Once prosecuted, at least a prison sentence of over five years will result.”

Lawyer Truong looked at me, his eyes extremely cold.

“Currently, all the initiative is in our hands.”

“We have two options.”

“First, report directly to the police and follow criminal procedures.”