Chapter 10 — The Mysterious Heir

Thoi Canh Tham's voice was low and strong, transmitted through the microphone to every corner of the hall.
“Tonight, in addition to meeting old friends, I also have something extremely important to announce.”
Everyone's hearts jumped to their throats. Here we come! Mysterious heir! Phuong Nhu was so excited that her whole body trembled, her eyes stared at the stage, imagining that she could be noticed by that billionaire.
"I, Thoi Canh Tham, have never been married in my life, and have no children under my belt."
Thoi Canh Tham's eyes slowly swept across the entire hall, finally. Passing through layers of people, stopping exactly on me. His normally decisive and cold eyes were now filled with unbridled affection and pride.
“But sixteen years ago, I adopted a daughter.”
“She is the only miracle in my life, and also my only heir, Thoi Canh Tham.”
Thoi Canh Tham put down the microphone, turned towards me, and spread his arms wide.
“Come here, Am Am.”
“Go to Dad.”
“Boom!”
This statement is like a nuclear bomb thrown directly at the heads of Phuong Chinh Hoa, Chau Uyen and Phuong Nhu. The entire world before their eyes instantly collapsed. Phuong Chinh Hoa's legs looked like they had been stripped of their bones and suddenly staggered. If Chau Uyen hadn't tried to catch him, he would have collapsed to the ground.
“No… It can't be…”
Phuong Nhu's face was as white as paper, her lips trembled violently, she couldn't even say a complete sentence. She opened her eyes wide and looked at me. Looking at me amidst the awed eyes of all the noble people in the hall. Looked at me as the top four crown princes respectfully gave way. Step by step leisurely walk to the position representing the absolute pinnacle of power of Kinh city. I went up on stage and stood next to Thoi Canh Tham. The old man smiled and patted my shoulder, his voice carrying a bit of reproach.
“After experiencing low-class life for a few days, why do you feel like I've become thinner?”
I reluctantly smiled.
“Maybe it's because twenty-five hundred yuan of pocket money is really not enough to eat king crab.”
My voice is not loud. But through the microphone, it transmits clearly to every corner of the banquet room. The guests below may not understand this story. But the three members of the Phuong family standing in the outermost area looked like they had been pierced through the heart by ten thousand arrows. Two thousand five hundred yuan. That was a "large amount of money" that on the day of receiving relatives, Phuong Chinh Hoa brought with him a feeling of grace from above transferred to me. At that time, Phuong Nhu still smiled and said:
“The two thousand five hundred yuan outside is enough.”
The smile on Thoi Canh Tham's face immediately disappeared. His deep eyes looked at the three members of the Phuong family at the edge of the crowd like they were looking at dead bodies.
“Two thousand five hundred yuan?”
Thoi Canh Tham's voice was as cold as ice.
“My daughter, Thoi Canh Tham, did you Phuong family only use two thousand five hundred yuan to drive away?”
“And use poor quality foam mattresses and outdated uniforms to humiliate her?”
Each word was like a resounding slap, fiercely hitting the Phuong family's face. All the guests immediately sucked in a cold breath. Their eyes looking at the Phuong family were no longer like watching a drama, but like looking at a few insects about to be crushed. Finally, Phuong Chinh Hoa also could not stand this terrifying pressure.
“Thud” sound.
He knelt straight down on the ground, his whole body trembling like sifting rice.
"Mr... Mr. Thoi! Misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!"
Phuong Chinh Hoa cried in despair, tears and runny nose running down his face, completely losing the majesty of his father at home before.
"We don't know! We really don't know Am Am is your daughter!"
“If we knew… If we knew, even if we had a hundred more guts, we wouldn't dare delay her!”
Chau Uyen also knelt down and desperately bowed her head.
"Am Am! Am Am, please help us pray! You are the flesh and blood that my mother gave birth to ten months ago!"
"Blood and love are deep! I can't stand by and watch the Phuong family die!"
I stood on the stage, looking from above at their ugly lives. Deep blood and love?
“Mrs. Phuong.”
I picked up the microphone, my voice was calm and without any fluctuation.
“The day you came to claim your loved ones, the navigation app took you to a mountain road with no street lights.”
"Phuong Minh Trach posted on his friends circle, mocking me for growing up in a poor, remote countryside."
“But you don't know.”
I looked at their suddenly frozen expressions.
“The unlit road is a private road outside my manor, a total of six kilometers long.”
“Because I felt the light was blinding, the old man specially ordered someone to remove all the street lights.”
“You guys told me to stay in that storage room with peace of mind, saying that my miserable days were over.”
The corner of my lips curled up into an extremely cold line.
“But the little fortune that you Phuong family is always proud of, can't even buy a toilet in the twelve adjacent villas at the end of my manor.”