Chapter 1 Phone Call From Sister

• Time: 9 p.m. Place: University, boy’s dormitory
• "Chen Hao, go to room 101 on the first floor and bring me my laptop!"
• A guy with blond hair from the dormitory next door kicked Chen Hao's door open. After dropping off a buck, he tucked his hand into his pockets and proceeded back to his room.
• "By the way, Chen Hao, do stop by the supermarket downstairs and grab me a bottle of mineral water while you’re at it!"
• The blonde-hair guy turned around and threw another three bucks on the ground. Two bucks were for the water, and the other was Chen Hao’s errand fee.
• "Hey Blondie, why do the people from your dormitory always ask Chen Hao to run errands for you? Isn’t that bullying?"
• The people in Chen Hao's dormitory asked with a straight face as they could not stand it anymore.
• "Oh! Dear Chen Hao’s roommates, haven't you all noticed? He’s willing to do anything for money! "
• Blondie said with a sarcastic tone and left with a smirk on his face.
• Chen Hao’s face flushed as he ignored the snarky comments.
• He stooped and picked up the few banknotes from the ground. He secretly thought, This way, I’ve earned two bucks. That’s enough for me to buy three steamed bread and a bag of salted vegetables, so I won’t starve any more!
• "Chen Hao... Don't go. If you don’t have any money, we’ll lend it to you. You don't have to pay it back!" said the dorm leader, sympathetically.
• Chen Hao smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Thank you..."
• He turned around and headed out.
• The people in the dorm gazed at Chen Hao's figure from behind and shook their heads with pity.
• The truth was, Chen Hao didn’t want to be an errand boy. He, too, wished to spend his days happily in the university, just like everyone else.
• However, he was lucky enough to even study at a university.
• He was extremely poor!
• His roommates were very nice to him. But the more they helped, the less he wanted their help. Otherwise, no matter how strong their friendship was, there would eventually be a gap between them.
• Apart from his roommates, Chen Hao had almost nothing in the university!
• "Chen Hao, I heard Blondie said that you’re going downstairs."
• An elegantly dressed student came out of the dormitory next door.
• His name was Xu Nan, the leader of Blondie's dormitory. His family ran a factory. He was rich, tall and handsome, and was hugely popular among the females.
• Yet, he had always looked down on Chen Hao. Even on a good day, he would not look Chen Hao in the eye.
• Chen Hao had no idea why he called him.
• Chen Hao nodded, "Yes, I’m going down!"
• Xu Nan smiled nonchalantly. He took out a box of Du*** from his pocket and threw it at Chen Hao.
• "Perfect timing. A friend of mine has some business in the East woods today. Go and deliver this to him. Here, ten bucks for you!"
• Xu Nan was a playboy and he had asked a lot of girls out.
• He also had much riffraff.
• Chen Hao didn't give it a second thought. He was just looking to earn a few extra bucks.
• Chen Hao took it and headed for the stairs. As he turned his back, he seemed to hear Xu Nan's laughter coming from behind.
• Chen Hao went downstairs. He planned to drop off the condom first, then grab Blondie's computer and mineral water on his way back.
• Chen Hao knew all about the small woods outside the campus. It was a beautiful location notoriously known as the concentration camp for ‘open-air activities’.
• In no time, Chen Hao arrived at the place that Xu Nan mentioned.
• At a glance, he saw a man and a woman sitting on the promenade in the woods, talking and laughing.
• Under the moonlight, Chen Hao saw their faces distinctly.
• His whole body trembled!
• It was Yang Xia!
• Chen Hao's eyes turned red at once, and the Durex he held in his hand fell onto the ground.
• Yang Xia was Chen Hao's ex-girlfriend. It had only been three days since they broke up. Of course, it was Yang Xia who dumped Chen Hao.
• When they broke up, Yang Xia said that she needed time alone, and yet, three days later, she came here with another guy!
• Chen Hao’s sudden appearance drew their attention.
• Their reactions were epic.
• "Chen Hao... how could it be you? You... don't get me wrong, Lu Chen and I are..."
• Yang Xia was a little flustered. At least she still had a sense of shame. She lowered her head.
• Lu Chen who was sitting next to Yang Xia let go of her. He looked at the Durex that Chen Hao dropped on the ground, stood up and burst into laughter:
• "Wow, Xu Nan is truly something else. I asked him to send the condom to me, but I didn't expect him to send you. This is exciting!"
• Lu Chen came from a rich family as well. Chen Hao knew that he was Xu Nan's friend. His family operated several restaurants. Usually, he would go to school in his BMW third series.
• Chen Hao's fist clenched tightly as Lu Chen spoke.
• Obviously, Xu Nan sent me here to make a fool out of me!
• Yang Xia broke up with me and got together with his buddy Lu Chen. This breakup... I bet that it is also somehow related to Xu Nan!
• "Xia, I know you think that I'm poor, but you don't have to be with this kind of person. Don't you know how many girlfriends he’s had?"
• Chen Hao shouted angrily.
• He loved this girl very much. He loved her with all his heart.
• Yang Xia was anxious when she heard Chen Hao's rebuke. "Chen Hao, who are you to criticize me? We’re not together anymore. I can be with whoever I want. I don’t need a poor bloke like you to intervene in my life!”
• "Chen can buy me expensive cosmetics and skincare products. He can also buy me an iPhone and branded bags. Can you afford those?"
• "Also..." Yang Xia was furious. She looked at the condom that Chen Hao dropped on the ground. "You came here just to piss me off, didn’t you? Get lost!"
• Slap!
• Yang Xia went up and slapped Chen Hao in the face!
• Lu Chen laughed even louder. "Haha, Xia, don't ask him to get lost. Let him stay and watch!"
• Yang Xia blushed. "Chen, I lost the mood after seeing this poor fellow!"
• She broke free from Lu Chen’s arms.
• Chen Hao did not know how he left the woods. His mind was a complete blank.
• It was all about money, after all. This all happened because Chen Hao had no money!
• “Hahahaha…”
• As Chen Hao arrived at the dormitory’s entrance, he was awakened from his trance by his classmates’ laughter.
• Xu Nan was all curled up, his face turned red from laughing too hard.
• Apparently, Xu Nan had told everyone about what happened.
• "Haha, Chen Hao, what did you see when you were dropping off the condom just now?"
• Blondie asked while laughing.
• "Geez, Yang Xia is such a pretty girl with a nice figure. I think, by the time he arrived, Lu Chen had already started the show!"
• Xu Nan smiled grimly.
• Chen Hao clenched his fists, his eyes turned red. He wanted to kill Xu Nan and go down together!
• "Why? Why do you have to treat me like this?" Chen Hao bawled.
• Xu Nan laughed even louder. "Look, the poor fellow is so angry, I'm so scared!"
• "Tell you what, you are just a broke fellow. Out of this bunch, I despise you the most. People around you are stained by your existence. It's such a waste for lovely Yang Xia to be with you. It’s better to let my brother play with her for a few days..."
• "By the way, I don't think you know this yet, but Yang Xia, whom you took a whole year to court, fell for my brother Lu Chen within half an hour of chatting on WeChat. Haha!"
• Everyone was laughing. Nobody spared Chen Hao his dignity!
• “I’m gonna kill all of you!”
• Chen Hao charged at Xu Nan.
• But all he got was a beating from Xu Nan’s buddies!
• In the end, Chen Hao was pulled back into his dorm by his roommates.
• Lying on the bed, Chen Hao covered himself with his blanket and sobbed profusely.
• "Why? They all bullied me and trampled on my dignity! Why?"
• "Just because I am poor, they don’t even consider me a human being!"
• Chen Hao pulled at his hair, agonized. He could vividly remember the days with Yang Xia.
• After crying for a very long time, he drifted off to sleep.
• Perhaps he could only find peace during such a dark and silent night.
• When he woke up early the next morning, the dormitory was empty.
• He picked up his mobile phone. Chen Hao knew that the dormitory leader did not want to wake him up. The dormitory was a better place than the classroom for him to process what happened last night. Chen Hao found many text messages and missed calls on his phone.
• What surprised Chen Hao was that the calls were all from foreign phone numbers.
• There was also a text message from the bank!
• "[China Bank] Year 2019... Your account balance with the ending number 107 is 10,000,005.00..."
• Looking at the series of numbers, Chen Hao's mind turned fuzzy.
• 10 million!
• Who transferred 10 million to him?
• Chen Hao immediately called the bank to verify. After the confirmation, he was completely stunned.
• At that moment, the phone rang again.
• It was a foreign phone number.
• Chen Hao picked up at once.
• "Hao, did you receive the money? It’s me, your sister!" A familiar voice came from the phone speakers.
• "Sister! What is going on? Aren't you working overseas with mom and dad? Where did the money come from?
• Chen Hao could feel his heart coming out of his throat.
• "Although I still have to keep this secret from you for another two years according to our dad's intention, I found out that you’re being bullied at school, so I wanted to show you that our family is rich. Besides, our Chen family’s property spans the globe. Do you know where Africa is? Let’s put it this way, 80% of Africa’s gold and oil mines belong to our family!"
• "Not including those properties in China and overseas!"
• Gosh!
• Chen Hao gulped hard. If it were not for the 10 million transferred into his account, he would never believe it.
• He would absolutely think that his sister was crazy!
• “I know you don't believe it, Hao. You should take your time to digest this news. I grew up in a poor environment, too. Now, I'm slowly getting used to the life of the rich. By the way, a courier should have arrived at your school this morning. Inside the package are some things that I wanted to give you. You shouldn’t have to worry about money.”
• "I don't know how the market in China is like now, but you can spend the 10 million first, and I will transfer some more next month!"
• After hanging up the phone, Chen Hao could not calm down for a long time.
• He had only known life as a penniless person since birth.
• But now…
• I don’t have to be poor anymore?