After pooling together what little I earned from my part-time job, I was finally able to buy my girlfriend a cake for her birthday and surprise her. Little did I know that I was the one in for a surprise-- I found my girlfriend cheating with another man right in front of me! She trampled all over my dignity and humiliated me. All because I was a common pauper. I walked home with a shattered heart, not knowing what was waiting for me at home. The butler of the country's richest man showed up at my door. It was only then that my mother had told me the shocking truth-- I was the heir of the Nelson Group. The Nelson family was known for owning numerous luxurious properties around the country, and I was going to inherit it all. This was my opportunity for revenge and to take back my dignity. After buying a designer suit and hopping in a luxury car, I appeared before my ex-girlfriend. When she saw me, she knelt down and begged for mercy. She cried, "I am so sorry for betraying you. Can you please give me another chance?" It felt good to see that those people who once belittled and insulted me now bowed at my feet and scurried to flatter me. But I was even more satisfied when I turned around and ignored them, heading to my new home that was worth millions. From now on, money was nothing more than a string of numbers to me. A reporter asked me once, "Mr. Nelson, do you love money?" I put down my cigar and said the words that would take the world by storm, "I don't love money. I just like spending it."
Chapter 1 Depths of Despair
In the Second Hospital, Glouland.
Patrick sat with his back against the door of his mother's ward, his arms wrapped tightly around his knees. The doctor's cold and ruthless words kept echoing in his mind.
"Your mother has advanced leukemia. Pay the hospitalization fee immediately. Treatment will cost around one hundred thousand dollars. Get the money ready. Otherwise, you should start making funeral arrangements for your mother."
Patrick squeezed his eyes shut and clamped his hands over his ears. His mother was diagnosed with leukemia!
A hundred thousand for treatment! Where would he get the money so soon?
It was undoubtedly an unbearably large sum of money for a college student.
His living expenses amounted to no more than five hundred dollars a month. How much could he save despite his remarkably frugal existence?
The immense pressure weighed down on his shoulders like a boulder. For a moment, Patrick felt so suffocated that he could hardly breathe.
"Ahem..." He heard his mother coughing faintly.
Patrick's heart skipped a beat. He quickly leapt to his feet and placed his trembling hand on the cold doorknob.
Through the glass panel on the door, Patrick could see the situation inside.
The ward was dilapidated and disgusting. Cracks crawled along the walls and the lights constantly flickered, as though they'd go out completely at any given moment.
His mother was lying in one of the beds with an IV hooked onto her arm and a breathing mask strapped to her face.
She looked haggard, her forehead creased with wrinkles.
She was only forty-three years old but her hair was grey and grizzled. She looked around a decade older than she was.
"Mom... I swear I'll get you the money!" Patrick made up his mind with fierce determination.
He took out his phone and dialed his girlfriend, Elissa.
He was relieved when the call connected.
"I still have a few thousand dollars in your account, right? My mother's really ill and she's in the hospital. Can you give me back the money as soon as possible?"
To his surprise, he heard a disdainful snort from the other end of the line.
"Your mother's illness has nothing to do with me. Besides, she's so old. If she's going to die, she'd better die sooner rather than later and save her son some money. I'm your girlfriend, Patrick! We've been together for three years and yet you never bought me a single designer handbag. You're such a loser!"
Without waiting for a response, Elissa hung up on him.
Her cruel words left Patrick chilled to the bone.
What a bitch! How stupid he was to have fallen in love with such a shallow, cold-hearted woman!
Patrick gripped his phone so tightly that his knuckles turned white. Ferocious anger was brewing inside of him.
But his anger ebbed as soon as it came. He had no time to dwell on Elissa. He had to think about his mother.
Patrick shook his head and sighed heavily. He decided to go to the office of the attending doctor, Percy Carter. He intended to beg Percy for a little more time for him to get the money ready.
In his office, Percy was wearing a lab coat.
He was a lean, gaunt man with sunken cheekbones and a flat nose. It could be said that he looked like a thin ape.
He was sitting comfortably in his chair with his legs crossed, chatting with someone on his phone.
He had just received a price list of all kinds of organs.
They were all very expensive. Percy's lips curved upwards in a satisfactory smile.
Suddenly, he heard a knock on the door.
Irritated, Percy put his phone away in a hurry and shouted, "Come in!"
"Dr. Carter..." A sullen-looking Patrick opened the door carefully.
A trace of joy flashed across Percy's face when he saw who it was. But he instantly put on an irritated look and snapped, "Didn't I just tell you to get the money ready? Why are you still here?"
Patrick begged in a low voice, "Can you treat my mother first and give me a few more days to come up with the money? I... I swear I'll find a way to pay you!"
Hearing this, Percy sneered at Patrick with open disdain.
"This is a hospital, not some charitable organization, okay? Do you know how much it costs to use our state-of-the-art medical equipment? If all our patients were like you, we'd go to bankrupt. Get out of my sight!"
Patrick's anger flared up again, but he held it in. He lowered his eyes and turned to leave, his heart sinking to the depths of despair.
"Wait." Percy suddenly stopped Patrick.
When Patrick turned around, Percy smiled at him faintly. "I might have a way for you to get easy money."
Patrick's eyes widened in surprise. His face brightened up as a glimmer of hope was sparked in his heart.
"Really? How? I'll do anything to save my mother! Just name it!"
Chapter 1 Depths of Despair
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Chapter 2 A Glimmer Of Hope
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Chapter 3 The Selfless Love Of A Mother
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Chapter 4 Military
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Chapter 5 Mr. Nelson
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Chapter 6 Retribution
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Chapter 7 A Gift Of A Five-Star Hotel
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Chapter 8 The New Chairman
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Chapter 9 A Dramatic Story
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Chapter 10 Rewards And Punishments
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Chapter 11 Get Fired
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Chapter 12 Donation
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Chapter 13 A Groundless Punishment
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Chapter 14 Vicious Curse
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Chapter 15 Get Kicked Out
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Chapter 16 Who Do You Think You Are
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Chapter 17 Extremely Rich
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Chapter 18 Make An Enemy
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Chapter 19 A Basketball Game
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Chapter 20 Know His Enemy
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Chapter 21 Punish The Vicious Manager
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Chapter 22 A crisis hidden in the dark
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Chapter 23 Turn Against Each Other
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Chapter 24 A Life Sentence
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Chapter 25 The Poor Neighbor
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Chapter 26 Ruin His Whole Family
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Chapter 27 The Owner Had Been Changed
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Chapter 28 Punish The Wicked
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Chapter 29 Shock
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Chapter 30 The Car Show
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Chapter 31 Ex-girlfriend's Contempt
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Chapter 32 The Lucky Guest
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Chapter 33 A Vicious Woman
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Chapter 34 A Good Subordinate
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Chapter 35 Poor Acting
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Chapter 36 Going Abroad
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Chapter 37 Kick Him Out Of School
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Chapter 38 Attacked On The Street
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Chapter 39 Both Parties Suffer Great Losses
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Chapter 40 Nora
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