Chapter 24 — The Day You Pulled Your Lover On Stage, I Recovered All My Investment

I looked at him. Honestly, this statement is harder than an apology. Because what Co Trach feared most was bowing his head and working for someone else.

“You should ask Mr. Luc.”

“General Luc said you must agree.”

I was silent for a while.

“Three months probation.”

“If you can't do it, then leave.”

Co Trach smiled slightly. There was some water in his eyes. But don't cry. I shook my head.

“Don't thank me.”

“Thank yourself.”

“Finally, I am willing to pay the debts I owe to others.”

He nodded then turned to leave. At the terrace door. Lam Man is standing there. Seeing her, Co Trach's steps stopped.

“Man Man…”

Lam Man calmly replied:

“Please call me Assistant Lam.”

Co Trach was stunned. She leaned aside.

“Mr. Gu.”

“The road is over there.”

Co Trach looked at her for a long time. Finally, I just nodded slightly and left. Lam Man walked next to me.

“Are you really going to let him work?”

“Luc Thi's factory is short of people.”

“If he is willing to start over, give him a chance.”

“Aren't you afraid he'll get up again?”

I looked at the lights below.

"The person who is afraid of him rising up is the old Khuong Le."

“Someone who needed his recognition to prove his worth.”

Lam Man said nothing. After a while, he quietly asked:

“What about now?”

I turned around and walked towards the banquet hall.

“I'm busy now.”

The outcome of General Manh was told to me by Ms. Tuong. He owes too much. Van Dinh Hotel was also implicated. Finally had to sell off assets to pay off debt. The man who once sat cross-legged in the conference room, blatantly threatening me every day... From then on, he no longer appeared in front of me. Trieu Tue Lan also had to move out of the Co family's ancestral house. The house is sold. Part of the money was used to compensate the family that Co Trach caused an accident ten years ago. The rest is used to pay those who have contributed capital to Minh Chau since the early days. The day she moved out, Co Man came to see her. When she returned, she said:

“My aunt carried two suitcases and stood outside the gate for a long time.”

“Before, she always talked about the Co family's family background.”

"I just realized today that family background cannot protect me from wind and rain."

“Are you softened?”

Co Man immediately shook his head.

“I just feel that people who have been stubborn all their lives... look unsightly when they get older.”

Co Trach went to work at Luc Thi's factory. First day of work. He was assigned to load goods. Mr. Luc sent me a photo. In the photo, Co Trach is wearing a worker's uniform. Gloves covered in dirt. Standing next to the shelf listening to the team leader's reprimand. General Luc's message:

“General Khuong, do you really not need special care?”

I replied:

“No need.”

Three months later. General Luc sent a message again.

“He's been retained.”

“Do it.”

“Don't cause trouble.”

I looked at that message for a long time. Co Man leaned his head over.

“So why did you look so long?”

“I want to confirm something.”

“What?”

“Wanted to see if a person could change.”

“So what's the conclusion?”

I turned the phone face down.

“But that doesn't mean it has to be forgiven.”

Thanh Hoa's first project day was successful. The company held a small celebration. No big screen. No stage. No one introduced who the future boss was. The administrative department ordered a few dozen meals box. Everyone sat in the hall eating and chatting. Chu Du raised his glass of water.

“Sister Khuong, I respect you.”

“Dear everyone.”

Co Man also raised his glass.

"Thank you for finally not having to listen to Co Trach drawing cakes anymore."

The whole room burst into laughter. Lam Man sat at the corner of the table. Slowly open your lunch box. A girl new to the company curiously asked:

“Assistant Lam, are you really the former General Lam in Minh Chau?”

The air suddenly stopped. Lam Man's movement of holding chopsticks stopped. Co Man was just about to speak up to relieve the siege. But Lam Man proactively responded: The girl was immediately confused.

“I didn't mean that…”

Lam Man smiled.

"No problem."

“That's what I used to do.”

“If you want to ask, just ask.”

Little girl:

“So do you regret it?”

Lam Man looked at me. Then he looked at the lunch box in his hand again.

“In the past, I always wanted to sit in the brightest spot.”

“Later I discovered... that location was stolen by me.”

“Sitting up there is not stable at all.”

She picked up a piece of vegetable.

“Now I have to earn my own food.”

“It tastes much better.”

Co Man immediately teased:

“Just a lunch box can express the philosophy of life.”

Lam Man glanced at her.

“If you don't tease me, will you lose any meat?”

Co Man burst out laughing.

“Not lost.”

“But uncomfortable.”

Laughter echoed throughout the hall again. I bowed my head to eat. The phone suddenly vibrated. It's a message from Old Luong. He sent a photo. His granddaughter is standing in front of the rehabilitation equipment.