A Gift from Fate

For twenty-two years, Chen Long had suffered one misfortune after another. His mother died when he was three, his father when he was five, and he was abducted and sold when he was seven. He struggled to survive in an orphanage, and was bullied at school throughout elementary, middle, and high school. At last, he graduated from college, only to be dumped by his girlfriend. Then, just when he finally found a job, he was exploited by a crooked, heartless boss. Yet Chen Long never complained that life was unfair. Like a weed, he stayed optimistic and proud. But during the rare alignment of the nine stars, as he stepped outside his office building after working overtime, a fat middle-aged man who had embezzled company funds and was now forced to jump from the roof fell on him and killed him. Chen Long could take no more. At the moment his soul left his body, he cried out, “You rotten heavens! You can’t keep shearing the same sheep!”

“Crack!” A bolt of thunder sounded, and Chen Long’s soul returned to his body. Darkness swallowed him!

“Ding! The Heaven-Gifted Destiny System has been bound and is now activating...”