I Just Want to Raise Turtles, Not Become a Billionaire

At the start of 2024, Lin Huan is laid off and mortgages his house, sells his Mercedes, and sets out to make his fortune in the turtle business with two million yuan in cash.

He goes all in on fruit turtles, invests heavily in razorback musk turtles, and places his bets on giant musk turtles, all so he can make a name for himself as a professional middleman in the turtle trade.

But who could have guessed that before he even got started, things would go wrong?

The secretary-general of the pig-nosed turtle association preorders fruit turtles at a low price. Lin Huan buys in at 630 yuan each at the start of the year, but within a few months the price crashes below 300, leaving him with a tearful loss of 500,000 yuan.

After losing money on fruit turtles, Lin Huan goes all in on a thousand razorback musk turtles for resale. But the fruit turtle crash drags down their prices too, and then a scorching summer, with temperatures reaching 40 degrees, wipes out the entire stock in a herpes outbreak. He suffers another tearful loss of 300,000 yuan.

With his spirits crushed, Lin Huan pours another 400,000 yuan into giant musk turtles, only for their prices to fall as well. The high-grade hatchlings he reserved at 1,800 yuan each turn out to be mostly ordinary stock when delivered.

To repay his mortgage, Lin Huan sells and ships out his stock day and night. After staying awake for three days straight, he dies suddenly from anxiety.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Huan is reborn in 2015!

That year, egg turtles have yet to become widespread, native Chinese turtles dominate the market, and import-export trade is thriving.

Looking at the mighty tide of change rolling toward him, Lin Huan vows to become the King of Egg Turtles and the founder of the turtle trade.

Of course, the first thing to do after being reborn is take down the secretary-general!!