Who wouldn't want a windfall, waking up every day with spending money as the first thing on their mind?
Her name was Xin Yizhou. The Xin in her name meant hardship.
Many people said she was born unlucky.
Her parents died young, and her gambling-addict uncle and alcoholic aunt took her in for the three hundred yuan monthly government allowance.
She had little education and did the hardest, lowest-paying jobs in society.
When she was eighteen, her uncle and aunt forced her to earn money by becoming a "maid" for a divorced man. When she realized something was wrong, she tried to grab her household registration papers and run, but they caught her. Her uncle and aunt starved her for three days.
Why? Why was everyone in the world happier than she was?
Why was she the only one living like this?
The only answer came when her aunt pushed open the door to check if she'd given in. "Oh! Why isn't this girl breathing?"
She didn't want to die.
But she didn't want to keep living in such a miserable, helpless way either.
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When she opened her eyes again,
Xin Yizhou found herself back on the day her uncle and aunt had planned to "arrange her marriage."
A very thick notebook had appeared beside her pillow. A stack of pages beneath the top one couldn't be turned. All she could see was the first line: "Guo Zichen, will drown three days from now."
That was the name of the neighbor's son, who had looked after her since childhood.
Three days later, just as the notebook had said, he fell into the water. Fortunately, Xin Yizhou found him in time. After he was rescued, Xin Yizhou discovered a ten-yuan banknote tucked inside the notebook, and she was able to turn to the second page...
...When the last page finally opened,
Xin Yizhou, now worth tens of billions, stood on the top floor of the skyscraper she'd named after herself. She looked down at the magnificent commercial empire she'd built from the ground up, raised a glass of red wine, and toasted a beautiful tomorrow.
Theme: Cherish life.
