Chapter 29 — The Former General's Ex-Wife Was a Genius Advisor

Looking closely, I saw that his dark circles under his eyes were very heavy, and under his chin, he had unshaven stubble. Looks like you've been having trouble sleeping lately.

“Thank you.” he said.

“No need to thank me. I told you, it's not because of you.”

“I know.” He paused for a moment, “But still —— thank you.”

The elevator arrives. I walked in, pressed first floor. Before the door closed, I saw him standing in the hallway, one hand leaning on the wall. Exactly like the appearance standing in front of the Civil Affairs Department's door a while ago. It looks so lonely. But this time —— My heart did not waver at all. * The weekend after the shareholder meeting, I was cleaning out my closet at home. The phone rang. To Mien Nguyet. Not the old number —— the old number has been added to my block list. A new phone number.

"Lam Van Tinh, let's meet and talk." Her voice no longer pretended to be gentle. Cold, harsh, like a piece of broken porcelain.

“Where will we meet?” I don't refuse. There are some things that, sooner or later, have to be faced and told clearly.

She met at a hotel cafe. When I arrived, she was sitting there. Wear a beige trench coat, no makeup. Her bare face looks a lot more haggard. I sat down. “Say it.” She looked straight at me: "You won. Are you satisfied?"

“I never thought this was about winning or losing.”

“Isn't it about winning and losing?” She laughed, her smile sounded very stiff, "My studio lost all its investment, IPO was suspended, reputation collapsed overnight - if it wasn't you, then who?"

"Hoa Tin suspended the IPO because her finances had problems. Her reputation collapsed because her designs were fake. Those things were not caused by me."

“You gave the documents to Hoa Tin ——”

“I'm just adding the information you should have provided but kept it hidden.”

To Mien Nguyet's fingernails gripped the paper coffee cup cover tightly.

"Lam Van Tinh, you've been annoying me since high school. Because Co Ngon Chu likes me but not you, you always ——"

“Always what?” I interrupted her. "Always help him handle the company's crisis? Always use your anonymity to prop up his career? Always silently be a wife who doesn't complain every time he gets angry at you?"

Her mouth opened and closed again.

“There are too many things you don't know, To Mien Nguyet.”

I put down the coffee cup. "Do you think Co Ngon Chu married me just because we had an engagement? No. He came to find you, you rejected him the second time. The night he came back and decided to marry me, he drank a lot of alcohol. He said —— 'Forget it, anyone can'." I said these words in a tone devoid of emotion. Extremely calm. So calm that a confused look appeared on To Mien Nguyet's face.

“Do you think I don't know why you rejected him?” I continued, "You don't really feel like the distance between you two is too big. You're just waiting for him to use a bigger price to pursue you. In high school, college, and then when he returned home - each of your rejections was 'very well-timed'. Just enough to make him crazier, but not make him give up completely."

To Mien Nguyet's face was extremely unsightly: "You don't understand me at all ——"

“I don't understand you?” I stared at her, “Your private class tuition is here Who plays Marangoni? Who arranged the studio's first customer? Who created the ghost company structure Star Bridge Holdings for her? Behind every step of her 'doing it with nothing', there is Co Ngon Chu's back - she is not a person with nothing, she just enjoys it while pretending she has nothing."

“That's enough!” Her hand slammed on the table. A cup of sparkling coffee. The next table all turned to look.