Reborn Before the Demolition, I Pretended to Be Broke to See Their True Colors

Chen Hao is reborn, returning to three days before the 2009 college entrance exam. In his previous life, he scored 511 and spent his whole life as a loser. This time, he has memorized the exam papers, and he also knows that the Jiashu Garden residential complex in Shanghai will be demolished in two months. He makes a bet with his parents: if he gets into Shanghai Jiao Tong University, they’ll buy three apartments in Jiashu Garden. He ends up scoring 745 and becoming the province’s top student. A little over a month later, the demolition notice goes up, and the three run-down apartments earn them fifty million yuan in compensation. While his classmates are still agonizing over their university applications, he’s already made a fortune from the demolition. Chen Hao, however, stays perfectly calm. To help his parents see what their relatives and friends are really like, he has them pretend to go bankrupt and ask those people for loans. Father: “Second Brother, my family’s gone bankrupt. Hao got into university this year, but we don’t have the money to pay for it. Could you return some of the 300,000 yuan I lent you so I can get through this emergency?” Second Uncle: “Big Brother, what nonsense are you talking about? When did I ever borrow money from you? Do you have a loan agreement?” Father: “Lao Zhou, I’m a little short on cash. Could you return some of the 200,000 yuan you borrowed from me to buy your car, so I can tide myself over?” His father’s friend, Lao Zhou: “Lao Chen, didn’t I pay you that money back ages ago? Hello? Hello? My signal’s bad...” Before long, the developer officially moves in. On the day the demolition compensation plan is announced, everyone is stunned: Chen Hao’s family hasn’t gone bankrupt at all, and they’ve received more than fifty million yuan in demolition compensation!