Chapter 16 — Your Own Face

The whole hall was completely silent. Khuong Van Van cried as she spoke.

"Stop talking."

"Dad can't stand it."

I turned to look at her.

"Don't you like speaking in front of people the most?"

"Today..."

"Why don't you let me say more?"

Khuong Van Van's cries immediately choked up. Right at that moment. Pho Nghien Tu stepped onto the stage. Give me a file.

"Board of directors..."

"...just signed."

I take it. Director Vuong stood up and announced.

"After the board of directors held an emergency meeting."

"Decision to temporarily suspend Khuong Thanh Hai from his position as a board member."

"Simultaneously."

"The disputed shares will officially enter the confirmation process."

"Miss Khuong Nam So..."

"...as the actual owner of these shares..."

"...will temporarily serve on the board."

The whole hall immediately shook. Khuong Thanh Hai staggered back a step. Khuong Van Van could no longer support him. She shouted.

"You guys..."

"Can't do that!"

Mr. Luong stood up.

"If Van Hoa still wants to continue to cooperate."

"You should have invited people like this to leave a long time ago."

Ms. Luong also said coldly:

"Turning girls into tools."

"Turn your stepson into a knife."

"It's unsightly."

Khuong Thanh Hai pointed straight at me.

"Are you satisfied now?"

I calmly replied. I turned to Khuong Van Van.

"You still owe me an apology..."

"...still haven't said it yet."

Khuong Van Van rolled her eyes at me.

"I'm not sorry!"

I nodded.

"Then..."

"Watch the screen."

The image on the screen immediately changed. That is a video shot in the lobby of Thanh Lam Investment Fund. Khuong Van Van's voice rang out very clearly.

"There are women... who are more suitable to stand behind men."

The whole hall immediately stirred. Trieu Minh Le was also present. He stood in the partner area. His face was extremely unsightly. Khuong Van Van just saw him. Everyone immediately panicked.

"Mr. Minh Le!"

"It's not like that!"

Trieu Minh Le looked at her coldly.

"Decided to annul the marriage..."

"...it is indeed true."

Khuong Van Van's tears immediately fell. She rushed off the stage. Want to run to hold you. Trieu Minh Le took a step back. With so many eyes watching. No one stepped forward to help Khuong Van Van anymore. I stand on stage. Calmly look at her.

"Khuong Van Van."

"A position that you rely on others to get..."

"...one day someone else will take it back."

Khuong Van Van burst into tears. The whole person knelt down. Lieu Van quickly rushed forward to hug her.

"You're too cruel!"

I looked at her.

"We..."

"...not as good as you guys."

Van Hoa's anniversary party. In the end, it became a public humiliation for the entire Khuong family. The very next day. News that Khuong Thanh Hai was suspended from his position as a board member spread throughout the business world. Partners who used to interact closely with him. One by one, contact was cut off. Khuong Van Van ran to the Trieu family's house. Rejected right out the door. She went to Van Hoa again. The receptionist politely invited her to leave. Khuong Van Van stood in the middle of the hall. Crying and making noise. Right at that moment. I came down from upstairs.

"I beg you."

"Let me go back to the project team."

She stopped in front of me. All the surrounding staff stopped to look. I asked calmly.

"Rely on it where?"

"I can study."

I looked at her.

"Before."

"You've had a lot of chances."

Khuong Van Van tightened her bag strap.

"I really know I was wrong."

I shook my head.

"What do you know..."

"...I lost."

"But it's not my fault."

Her face immediately turned white. I continue.

"If you really want to go to work."

"Go apply yourself."

"Van Hoa..."

"...there is no separate path for you."

Khuong Van Van cried and shook her head.

"My profile is very bad now."

"No company will accept me."

I looked at her.

"Then..."

"...starting as an assistant."

Khuong Van Van opened her eyes wide.

"How can I be an assistant?"

I looked straight at her.

"See."

"For now..."

"...you still think you have to stand above everyone else."

There was immediately chatter around. Khuong Van Van covered her face and ran away. Lam Thu stood next to me and asked.

"Do you really ignore her?"

I calmly replied.

"I'm not her mother."

That saying quickly spread throughout Van Hoa. And became the most widely spread word of mouth of the day. The decline of Khuong Thanh Hai. Slower than Khuong Van Van. He absolutely refused to hand over the books. I stopped asking relatives to advise me. Looking for old friends to put pressure on me again. She even told Lieu Van to bring gifts to my house and wait at the door. I don't open the door. Pho Nghien Tu asked.

"You really haven't seen each other?"

Lieu Van still called loudly.

"Auntie cooks soup for you."

I stand behind the door. Calmly replied.

"Bring it back for President Khuong to drink."

"Brain nourishment."

There was immediate silence outside the door. Pho Nghien Tu burst out laughing. I glanced at him.

"What are you laughing at?"

"I just see..."

"...you're very good now."

"Was I not good before?"

"It was very good before."

He looked at me very seriously.

"It's just..."

"Now I live more like myself."

I turned away.