Despite being incredibly wealthy, I want to be a prosecutor.

Samut Prakan, the capital of Samut Prakan Province in the country, is also known as the River Mouth City by the Chinese and has the second largest Chinese community.

It is located at the mouth of the Mekong River and was once the most important trading port of the Kingdom of Siam.

Assumption University in Kawaguchi City was one of the few institutions with Chinese students at the beginning of the century.

Located just 25 kilometers from Bangkok, Hekou City boasts popular tourist destinations such as the Old City of Siam. For foreign tourists visiting Bangkok, Hekou is almost a must-see, making this port city thriving and extremely prosperous.

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Near Assumption University, there are many language schools, including the "New Century Language School" where Zhou Hong is studying.

There are even internet cafes that specialize in using the Chinese XP system, mainly catering to Chinese students studying abroad and those attending language schools.

March is the hottest season in Elephant Country, and the sky is as hot as fire.

In a simple two-bedroom student apartment shared by six roommates, Zhou Hong was eating instant noodles with an egg, enjoying the delicious meal while the fan was blowing.

In the past, I mostly ate steamed buns with pickled vegetables.

Yesterday was his birthday, and today he's become a millionaire, so Zhou Hong decided to treat himself to a nice meal.

Instant noodles: you should make one box and throw it away. Eggs: I added two.

Zhou Hong suddenly chuckled. By domestic standards, he was a millionaire, and a millionaire from the early 21st century.

Is this all there is to my life as a millionaire?

However, he had never seen much of the world, came from a rural background, and was from a poor family. That's just how he was.

She got up and went to the mirror.

My bare upper body was quite tanned. I've been going to the countryside to tap rubber lately, and my hands have a lot of bloody cuts. I just quickly covered them with band-aids. Although I help with farm work in China, the north and south are different, and I've never done rubber tapping before.

As an undocumented worker, and because the job was introduced by a distant relative I relied on, I had been working very hard to learn the craft of rubber tapping.

He caused trouble in the country, disrupting his family's peace, which forced him to come to Vietnam to study.

Not wanting to hurt his parents any longer, he worked day and night in the dark, hoping to earn more money so he could pay off his student loan as soon as possible, achieve financial independence, and return home.

And now, I'm suddenly feeling a bit excited.

I need to rethink my future plans, including language classes. Should I continue? The system's language package uses standard Bangkok accent, even more accurate than the Thai spoken by local teachers with accents.

The cell phone rang.

I saw a missed text message; it was a birthday greeting from my goddess "Sister Yu'er" last night.

Because of the system issues, I hadn't noticed this message.

The phone was ringing. Zhou Hong smiled. It was a call from the student loan company, asking him to pay the first installment of interest.

You might have worried before, even though you've worked yourself to the bone to make enough for the first installment, but what if you had to live like this from now on? Wouldn't that be living on the edge of disaster? One wrong step and you'd be doomed.

The agency quoted a tuition fee of 100,000 RMB for language courses and a comprehensive university service.

I told my family I asked for 3 RMB, but even that meant my parents had to borrow from all sides, and they couldn't bring themselves to ask for more.

He also has an older brother who is an excellent student and just graduated from university. The family just built a house for him to get married, and the family's savings were already exhausted.

It has to be my sister-in-law who is virtuous. Like my brother, she is a college student, but she returned to the county town and was willing to get married with just three bungalows.

It was already quite difficult for my parents to find 3 yuan for me. For the remaining 7 yuan, I got a "study abroad loan" through a distant relative here, "Big Brother Ping".

The total loan amounted to 35 baht, which was divided into 48 installments. Each installment was for interest of 3000 baht, and the principal and interest were paid off in one lump sum in the final installment.

Basically, 1 RMB is roughly equivalent to 5 baht.

It's time to pay the first installment of interest these next couple of days.

"What, 5000 baht?" Zhou Hong was taken aback when he heard the fierce tone on the phone.

The other party was a guy named Xie Laosan, covered in tattoos and scars, clearly the kind of thug. Now he was making outrageous demands, saying he would charge 5000 baht in interest per period.

"Yes, 5000 baht," Xie Laosan replied casually into the microphone.

"But the loan agreement states that each installment is 3000 baht, and that's what my elder brother Ping told me back then!" Zhou Hong frowned. He had money now, but he didn't want to be taken advantage of.

Xie Laosan chuckled disdainfully, "Look back at Article 3, Section 1 of the loan agreement. You agreed that we could adjust the loan interest rate after assessing your qualifications. We didn't know you were a high-risk individual before!"

Zhou Hong's voice turned serious: "That's not what my elder brother Ping told me."

"Zhou Ping is a load of rubbish! Going to him won't do you any good!" Xie Laosan sneered. "Fine, if you don't agree, the principal and interest will be paid off in one lump sum. The principal is 35 baht, and according to the agreement, there's a penalty of 5 baht for early repayment, making a total of 40 baht. Pay it off by tomorrow night!"

"Kid, I can find you anytime, don't try anything funny!"

After saying that, Xie Laosan slammed down the phone.

Zhou Hong gritted his teeth and slammed his hand on the coffee table angrily, yelling, "Bastard!"

With a "bang," the coffee table tilted and fell apart. Zhou Hong was stunned for a moment, then gave a wry smile.

The table leg was already damaged, and having just received "physical enlightenment," I didn't have much control over my strength. In my anger, I accidentally used too much force.

"Zhou Hong! Are you trying to wreck the house?! Calm down! Calm down!"

The fat guy who just opened the door and immediately yelled was Zhou Hong's language classmate and roommate, named Wang Lei, nicknamed Big Fatty.

"Calm down, calm down..." Big Fatty walked over and sat down next to Zhou Hong, looking worried. Seeing the mess on the ground, he went to clean it up.

"There are plenty of fish in the sea." After quickly tidying up, Big Fatty sat back down next to Zhou Hong, sighed softly, and patted Zhou Hong on the shoulder.

"What?" Zhou Hong, who was plotting how to deal with Xie Laosan, was somewhat puzzled.

"I know everything. Liu Ying broke up with you. It seems that Bin Baiwan is pursuing her..." The fat man said with a comforting expression. Bin Baiwan is the second-generation rich kid of the language class. It is said that his family has assets of millions. In the early 2000s, he was definitely a rich man. It's just a mystery why he didn't go to Europe, America, Japan and South Korea to study, but instead came to Xiangguo to study in a language class.

Hmm? Liu Ying...

Zhou Hong was helpless.

Liu Ying was the prettiest girl in the language class. Of course, she couldn't compare to her goddess, Sister Yu'er, but she was still quite pretty and charming.

Between Liu Ying and himself, if she was considered the class beauty, he could be considered one of the class heartthrobs. With some encouragement, Liu Ying took the initiative to approach him, and they had eaten together and watched movies together a few times.

But then she realized that her current circumstances were not suitable for dating.

Liu Ying later asked him out, but he made various excuses not to go, and their relationship cooled down.

But in the eyes of his classmates, she was already his girlfriend.

"There was nothing between her and me, it's not..." Zhou Hong was about to explain to Da Pang.

The door opened, and the fat man turned to look.

The guy in front of me was skinny with a pointed face and monkey-like features. His name was Wang Dacheng. He was nicknamed "Wang the Runner" because he was very clever in CS and knew how to move around the map. He was from the next dorm and was Bin Baiwan's follower.

Following Wang Paopao in came a fresh-faced young woman in a floral dress, looking very innocent. She was none other than Zhou Hong's "ex-girlfriend," Liu Ying.

"Xiao Hong, feelings are such a thing..." Liu Ying sighed softly and sat down in the seat that was originally opposite the coffee table, which was now empty.

Big Fatty turned off the TV with the remote, but because his view was blocked, he kept staring at Liu Ying's oval face, which was very impolite.

"It's alright, Fatty. Look at you, did I bother you? I'm sorry." Liu Ying smiled apologetically at Fatty, her smile carrying a hint of flirtation.

The fat man blushed and said, "It's okay, you guys chat." He got up and went into the bedroom.

Zhou Hong looked at Liu Ying with some helplessness. He felt that his mind was much clearer now, and he was no longer as confused as before.

How come I never noticed her manipulative nature before? She flirts with everyone, hoping that all the male classmates will fall for her.

Of course, I didn't have much affection for her before. It was just that I was getting older, and since everyone was making a fuss about it, and she was being somewhat proactive, I just started getting along with her casually.

In the language class, I was definitely the most handsome guy in the class. I was a head taller than many of my peers and I was also considered quite good-looking.

If she could make him want to die for her, she would probably feel a sense of accomplishment.

"Xiao Hong, I... I can't really say for sure whether I like you or him... " Liu Ying said softly. Da Pang was gone, so no one could hear her. She reached up to wipe away her tears.

My heart is in turmoil...

"But my father and his father are colleagues. The two old brothers agreed that we must get together..." Liu Ying's tears flowed even more.

Zhou Hong didn't know what to say. His mind was as still as water, and he didn't have anything to say to her, so he let her perform.

"Sigh..." Liu Ying sighed, a few tears falling as she turned and left.

Standing far away at the entrance to the living room, Wang Paopao's eyes were full of condemnation for Zhou Hong.

Big Fatty left the door a crack, then opened it and came out, sitting down next to Zhou Hong. He patted Zhou Hong on the shoulder, "Sigh, you couldn't handle our class beauty..."

Zhou Hong was taken aback. He turned to look at the unfathomable fat man and was about to speak when his phone rang. It was his elder brother Ping's number.

My eldest brother Ping is a distant cousin of mine. His ancestral home is in my village. His grandfather went to Southeast Asia in the 1940s.

They had completely lost contact, but in the early 1980s, during the reform and opening up period, the eldest brother Ping's grandfather returned to the village for a visit, which fulfilled his wish. He passed away soon after.

The eldest brother Ping's grandfather and his own grandfather were brothers. His own grandfather passed away a few years ago.

When his grandfather passed away, his eldest brother Ping came on behalf of his father, thus establishing a connection with his father.

With his family in complete disarray, his father called his eldest brother, Ping, and sent him to work in Xiangguo.

In reality, his elder brother Ping didn't really care about him. He just helped him find a loan company to apply for a student loan when he wanted to attend a language class, but then problems arose.

"Xiao Hong, come over for dinner tonight. Your sister-in-law wants you to come so she can celebrate your birthday. Don't go back to work!" Big Brother Ping said and hung up the phone, sounding quite angry.

"Okay..." Zhou Hong replied casually, feeling puzzled. His sister-in-law, Liu Wei, had specifically called him? That was rather unusual.