Lin Chen stood outside Starry Light Orphanage, looking at Grandma Zhang inside as she coughed without pause. The words “acute leukemia, surgery required immediately” on her diagnosis hit his heart like a sledgehammer. The 300,000 yuan surgery fee was an astronomical sum for him, a recent graduate scraping by with odd jobs. A message popped up in his part-time work group chat: “Su Group CEO Su Wanqing is seeking a high-paying ‘contract partner.’ One-year term, one million in compensation. Details to be discussed.” Lin Chen gripped his phone and rushed into the rain.
