Chapter 6 — The Light That Calls Me

"I have everything."

She gritted her teeth.

"Even if the design is yours, so what?"

"Now the brand belongs to Tram Chu."

"All customers only receive Te Quang Furniture."

"But I won't accept you."

"So..."

"You guys want to kick me out of there."

"Don't consider yourself so important."

She bent down. Lower your voice.

"The person Tram Chu really loves..."

"And you..."

"It's just his choice during the most difficult start-up period."

I quietly looked at her. Seemingly satisfied with my silence, she continued:

"Before you two got married, he still couldn't forget me. If you hadn't spent money to help him, he wouldn't have married you. But now that he's successful, of course he'll choose a more suitable person to stand by his side."

"Stand next to him?"

I pointed to the compensation agreement on the table.

"You mean to steal my designs, steal my shares, and then casually take my work to stand next to him?"

Tham Uyen Ninh's face immediately became ugly.

"To Duong, don't be unreasonable."

"Is this also what Co Tram Chu taught you?"

She suddenly raised her hand. It seemed like he wanted to slap me. I didn't avoid it at all. Her arm stopped mid-air. Finally... Still slowly descending. I looked at her. Calmly said:

"Shen Uyen Ninh, I will save all of today's conversation."

"But I won't repay you in the same way as you guys."

"It's not because I'm afraid."

"And because I want you to remember clearly later..."

"You were the one who stood in my studio..."

"Take my blueprint..."

"Then ask me to admit that you are the author."

She turned around to leave. I spoke up from behind.

"Bring back the agreement."

She stopped walking.

"After the shareholders' meeting ended..."

"I'll send you a new agreement."

"Notice determining responsibility for the company's suspected act of infringing on design copyright and abetting the unusual processing of documents."

Tham Uyen Ninh turned around. For the first time... There was panic in her eyes.

"Are you threatening me?"

I closed the computer.

"This is an announcement."

Not long after, Co Tram Chu discovered... Public opinion did not develop according to his plan. Amid the overwhelming wave of criticism... Other opinions began to appear. Someone realized... The Moon Thuc lamp in Tham Uyen Ninh's hand had appeared in photos from the time when Te Quang Furniture was first established. Someone dug up my design work from college. Then I discovered that some of those sketches had almost identical structures to the Lunar Eclipse lights. Someone found an interview of Co Tram Chu from five years ago. At that time he once said:

"The most important original design of Te Quang Furniture was done by my wife, To Duong."

That interview at that time... Only had a few hundred views. Now after being cut and reposted... The number of shares has exceeded one million. Co Tram Chu immediately stood up to explain. He said it was just a "personal word of encouragement for his wife" and could not prove that I had ownership of the work. But netizens... Have begun to have doubts. 【If To Duong did not participate in the design, why did Co Tram Chu five years ago? said the design was his wife's?】 【Shen Uyen Ninh just returned home two years ago, how could he be the author of a product released five years ago?】 【If it was really theft, why didn't Co Tram Chu directly report it to the police?】 I did not continue to speak up. The real drama... It hasn't even started yet. Exactly 9 am. The shareholders' meeting convened by Co Tram Chu took place on time. Location... Is the meeting room on the top floor of Te Quang Furniture headquarters. He invited the media. Investors. The same number of people are called "core employees". He wanted to announce in front of everyone... That I had lost all my shares and management rights. I will also let everyone know something. He can erase my name from the posters. But my signature cannot be removed from the company's incorporation documents. He can steal my work. But it is not possible to delete the timestamps saved in each original file. He could announce in front of the livestream that our marriage was over. But he... Has no right to decide who deserves to stay. 8:50 am. Duong Ninh and I went to Te Quang Furniture headquarters. The receptionist girl just saw me. His face immediately changed. She picked up the phone. Say a few words in a low voice. Not long after... Co Tram Chu's assistant walked out of the elevator.

"Miss To, Mr. Co said that today is an internal meeting of the company, it is not convenient for you to attend."

I looked at her.

"He called a shareholders' meeting."

"You are no longer a shareholder of the company."

Duong Ninh handed a file towards her.