Chapter 25 — The Former General's Ex-Wife Was a Genius Advisor

The magazine "Business Insight" published a very long article, the title hit the nail on the head: [The collapse of To Mien Nguyet's "Made with nothing" myth: All startup capital comes from ex-boyfriend's affiliated company]. The article never mentioned my name, but the data was extremely complete and the logic sharp. At a glance, you know there are experts providing them with information. To Mien Nguyet's Weibo dropped 200,000 followers in just one day. The comment area changed from "Come on Mien Nguyet" to "It turns out you're just someone who relies on men". She then posted a response on Weibo: [For any doubts, I will use my work to respond. Every design stroke I draw is drawn by myself, every trophy I win is based on my true bravery. The origin of capital flows does not mean the origin of capacity.] This article has been shared more than ten thousand times. Half of it is mockery.

“The money is not mine, but the work is mine —— So whose paints did you use to create your work?”

"The designer built it with nothing, using his ex-lover's 20 million yuan startup capital. This game of catching the enemy with nothing is truly blatant."

I don't care about that news. Because that afternoon, I received a phone call from Trinh Nghien.

“Van Tinh, there is something you should probably know.”

“Say it.”

“This afternoon, To Mien Nguyet went to look for your mother.”

“What?”

"This afternoon your mother went to the beauty spa, To Mien Nguyet ran straight there. The two of them talked in the VIP room for more than an hour."

“Who told you?”

“A friend of mine is a shareholder of that spa.”

I hung up Trinh Nghien's phone and immediately called my mother. The bell rang for the 6th time before she picked up the phone.

“Mom, did you meet To Mien Nguyet today?”

Silence prevailed.

“Mom?”

“See you.” My mother's voice sounded angry. “He came to his mother to talk about something.”

“What?”

Silent again.

“Mom, tell me.”

"He said... I deliberately suppressed his project in Dinh Huy, and even linked up with people from Hoa Tin to cut off his funding source. He said I was always targeting him, because I couldn't accept the fact that we were divorced ——"

“Mom.”

“Wait, let me finish.” My mother's voice trembled slightly. “He also said that while I was still a daughter-in-law of the Co family, I used a fake identity to gain access to the Group's trade secrets, then smuggled the information to Dinh Huy ——”

“She said you were W?”

The other end of the line suddenly went silent. “You… how do you know about W?”

“Because W is you.”

Absolute silence. It was so long that I thought my mother had thrown the phone aside.

"Mom, W is me. I used an anonymous identity to act as a strategic consultant for the Co Group for 5 years —— not to leak trade secrets, but to help them analyze investment decisions. Those analyzes saved the Co family from at least three fatal mistakes. Co Ngon Chu already knew about this."

My mother's voice finally returned. More trembling than before.

“That To Mien Nguyet… is he lying?”

“Yes. He was robbing and shouting at the same time.”

“That girl ——” My mother took a deep breath. “I almost believed him, he cried so pitifully ——”

"Mom, To Mien Nguyet's best skill is crying. It's been like that since high school."

“I know.” My mother's voice was abrupt suddenly stiffened. "Don't let me see that woman again. Otherwise I will ——"

“Mom, you don't need to do anything. I'll handle it myself.”

I hung up the phone, I sat on the sofa, my fingers tapping the phone case. To Mien Nguyet ran to find my mother. This move shows that she is already very frantic. A person who is sliding downhill will usually do two things: First, attack the weak point of the opponent with the highest damage. And my mother is my weakness.