Chapter 4 — The Wrong Ring, The Right Deception

I raised an eyebrow and shot the question right back at her. Tran Vu Han looked deeply wronged, the rims of her eyes instantly turning red.

Sister An Vi, you cannot look down upon me simply because I come from a small town. I have also made significant contributions to this company.

Chu Yen Thoi took a deep, heavy breath. Vu Han managed to get in touch with the overseas director of the Dinh Thinh Group and secured an opportunity, scheduling a meeting this afternoon to discuss cooperation. Can you accomplish something like this? I suppose you have been sitting idly in your position for far too long, so idle that your sense of self-importance has bloated out of control.

I dragged out my voice in a prolonged sigh of mock realization, then let out a light laugh. If I could not even handle this, who else possibly could? I looked at Tran Vu Han with a gaze overflowing with exaggerated admiration.

It seems to me that the time you two agreed upon is rapidly approaching. Why do not you make a phone call and ask how far along that person is? Let me broaden my horizons a bit as well, shall we?

Tran Vu Han looked slightly flustered and uneasy. Very well then, I will call and ask if they are almost here.

She picked up her phone and pressed the call button. The very next second, my own phone began to ring. I leisurely answered the call. Hello there!

My voice traveled directly through Tran Vu Han is phone call, echoing loudly inside the conference room. Chu Yen Thoi eyes widened in sheer disbelief.

You... why do you have his phone number?

Sudden realization dawned on Tran Vu Han. Sister An Vi, you... you did not climb into that director is bed just for the sake of your so-called vanity, did you? Otherwise, how else could you possibly be answering his phone?

The moment those words left her mouth, Chu Yen Thoi slammed his hand down heavily onto the table in a fit of rage. Tham An Vi, in order to exact your revenge on me, you actually went and slept with another man?

Seeing that I offered no denial, Tran Vu Han is eyes instantly flooded with triumph and malice. She foolishly believed she had firmly grasped my fatal weakness. Furthermore, by exposing this in front of everyone, she thought I would be trampled down into the mud, completely unable to ever crawl back up, while Chu Yen Thoi would grow to detest me. Once I was ruined like that, I would no longer pose any obstacle on her path upward. I let out a helpless sigh.

Chu Yen Thoi, did you not claim to have the contact information of that director? Whether it is true or false, you will know the moment you look at it.

Tran Vu Han burst out into a loud, mocking laugh. Since you are the one who seduced the director, naturally any information can be fabricated however you please, right? What is the point of using fake information to verify identity? It holds zero credibility whatsoever.

As soon as Tran Vu Han added those words, Chu Yen Thoi expression darkened by yet another shade. Tham An Vi, you truly disgust me to the core. Security, drag her out of my sight immediately.

I took a deep breath and hurriedly retrieved my phone from my pocket. Before the security guards could rush over, I initiated a video call. My academic advisor, who also happened to be the CEO of the Dinh Thinh Group, appeared on the large screen.

Hello, how is everything going? Is the acquisition negotiation proceeding smoothly?

I shrugged my shoulders. Not smoothly at all. They fundamentally refuse to believe that I am the actual foreign affairs director of the Dinh Thinh Group.

My advisor expression instantly turned stern. Since when did matters concerning the Dinh Thinh Group become subject to whether they choose to believe it or not? Hurry up and wrap this matter up, then return so we can roll out the new project.

After the call disconnected, Chu Yen Thoi stuttering voice rang out in the quiet room. You... you are genuinely the foreign affairs director of the Dinh Thinh Group?

There is not an ounce of falsehood. I think we should discuss replacing the company CEO now.

Chu Yen Thoi looked as though he had just heard a hilarious joke. Even if you are a director at Dinh Thinh Group, you have no right to interfere in our company internal affairs, do you?

I nodded in agreement. That is indeed true. Therefore, a long time ago, I quietly bought up all the scattered retail shares of this company as well as the shares held by some of the former executives. Right now, I hold a controlling sixty percent of the shares. In other words, I am the one who makes all the final decisions for this company.

Chu Yen Thoi was so furious that the veins on his clenched fists were bulging violently. Tham An Vi, why on earth did you have to go this far?

I opened a presentation slide on the screen. That is an exceptionally good question. Three years ago, right before the company went public, I was demoted to an administrative position. You told me that I was exhausted and should rest, and right around that time, Tran Vu Han was hired to serve as the CEO secretary. You gave me one hundred thousand a month, an amount I accepted for three years, totaling three million six hundred thousand. Yet behind my back, you bought Tran Vu Han a luxury villa worth sixty million and paid her a monthly salary of one hundred thousand. I was not even worth a fraction of her pocket change. On the day the company went public, the custom-made ring you ordered was not my size, yet it slid onto her finger with absolute perfection. And then there are the intimate photographs of the two of you—shall I continue flipping through them?

Chu Yen Thoi slammed the table and stood up abruptly. Tham An Vi, did you hire someone to stalk me?

I admitted it with straightforward frankness. Indeed I did. Otherwise, I would still be kept completely in the dark, acting as a convenient stepping stone and emotional supplement for the two of you. Considering our past relationship, I will buy back the shares currently in your hands at fair market value. Since the two of you love each other so deeply, you should just lock yourselves together forever. Stop going out into the world to prey on and harm other people.

The very first thing I did after taking over the management of the company was to thoroughly purge every single parasite and sycophant that Tran Vu Han had brought in. Following that, I restructured and rectified all the problematic projects. Finally, for the sake of operational convenience, I directly merged the entire company under the direct umbrella of the Dinh Thinh Group. Days simply flowed by, one peaceful and orderly day after another.