My Family Went Bankrupt, Then I Got an Old Phone That Predicts the Future

After his family goes bankrupt, Zhang Chen heads to his best friend's house to borrow money. On the way, he does a good deed and helps an old man up, who gives him an old-fashioned phone that has been working faithfully for decades.

His best friend refuses to lend him money and even humiliates him. Just then, a message arrives on the old phone.

To Zhang Chen's astonishment, the phone can predict the future. Thanks to it, he earns returns a hundred or even a thousand times over.

Still, Zhang Chen keeps asking the people around him for loans, because borrowing money reveals a person's true character.

"Bro, I'm broke too. My girlfriend wants to buy lipstick, and all my money's with her."

"Bro, I'll give you some when I get paid next month. Next month, or the month after, I promise."

"Hey, bro, the signal's bad. Gotta go."

"Come on, bro, I borrowed that money fair and square. I have to pay it back too?"

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.