Repayment Countdown

Countdown to Repayment tells the story of Chen Yizhou, an ordinary man struggling between desire and reality. Chen Yizhou is an average office worker in Jiangcheng, working hard to make ends meet. He and his wife and son squeeze into an old rental apartment, living a simple but warm life.

At a class reunion, Zhao Yu, the class heartthrob, paints a startup dream so alluring that Chen Yizhou is drawn in. Trying to raise the investment money, he plunges into the world of online loans. Then Zhao Yu disappears, shattering his hopes. Debt collectors and unemployment follow one after another, and his life collapses overnight, tearing his family apart.

Yet Chen Yizhou refuses to give up, even when driven to desperation. He starts out as a delivery driver, then finds an opportunity through writing for social media and gradually makes headway in the cultural industry. Though debt follows him like a shadow, and problems keep cropping up, from his son's serious illness to competition from others in his field, he faces each one with tenacity.

Along the way, Chen Yizhou must not only work hard to repay his debts, but also repair his relationship with his wife and find the warmth of family again. Can he break free from hardship under the pressure of the repayment countdown and get his life back on track? How will he hold on to hope through adversity and redeem himself? This book will reveal all.