NovelEnglishLaying on the ground weakly, Joey stared at the taxi driver who walked towards him with his fearslook. His arrogant expression when he threatened the driver had long diminished. 1 He grimaced in despair and pleaded, "Boss, I just went bankrupt, I am penniless and I have a lot of debts! And I was beaten up too! Please, I really have no money to pay you, please letgo!" 1 The driver growled furiously, "Do you think you're the only one with a debt?! Do you think I would still drive a taxi if I were rich? Do you think that forty-five dollars is easy money? It can fill my stomach for two days, for f*ck's sake! Hurry up and pay me!" 1 Joey wailed in desperation, "Boss, I really have no money nor any valuables on me. Please have mercy and letgo!" 5 "Argh, drop the act! I'll call the police if you don't pay u p!" Joey struggled to get on his knees and cried, "Boss, I really don't have any money even if you want to killright now! Please, I beg you, please letgo! Is it not enough that I'm bowing to you? Please seeas your son who bows his head to you during Christmas! Like my father, you still have to givea present, don't you?" 8 The driver trembled with anger, shocking to see such a shameless person. "You...why are you so shameless? Do you have no parents? What will your parents feel if they know you bow your head to a stranger like a servant just for forty-five dollars?" Joey sobbed, "Frankly, I've been an orphan since I was a child. I grew up in an orphanage. After years of hard work, I managed to save a hundred and twenty thousand dollars, but I was cheated by my friend from the orphanage. That b*stard had not only defrauded my savings but he had also luredto take a five hundred thousand dollar loan from various online money lender platforms. I'm at a dead end now..." 1 The driver was very shocked since Joey seemed to be genuinely sad. "What the heck? Why are there such unlucky people in a prosperous era like this?" He shook his head, feeling sorry for Joey, and deciding not to force him anymore. "Alright, kid, since you are so pitiful, I'll let you slip this time! Consider yourself lucky to have a free ride today." 2 Joey kowtowed again and said gratefully, "Thank you, you're such an angel, you're my reincarnated father!" 7 Then, he raised his head and pleaded, "Anyway, since you've already givena free ride, could you givefifty dollars, please? I need smoney for lunch." 6 The taxi driver rolled his eyes in great dismay. He kicked him away and cursed, "God d*mn it! Are you f* eking serious? How could you say such a shameless thing? The audacity! It's no wonder they say 'chickens have chto roost"!" s He walked back to his taxi, started the car, and left.
Joey struggled to get up from the floor. He muttered to himself while patting the dust off his body, "Well, despite the misfortune shenanigans, I ultimately saved forty-five dollars!" 5 Joey's mood was uplifted slightly after taking advantage of the taxi driver. 4 He limped to his girlfriend's house, thinking that the first thing he must do when he saw his girlfriend was to throw himself into her embrace and cry. 7
His girlfriend lived in a shantytown in the city, which was an illegal housing area in a dire and dilapidated condition.
Despite its dire conditions, Joey saw it as a gold mine. It was because the was m government was managing the town's reconstruction and was NO demolishing the illegal housing area.
The residents of the demolished house would be given a house as compensation and sometimes, they would even be given two to three houses at a time. 6
This was also why he was eager to marry his girlfriend soon. He hoped that he could be their live-in son-in-law and share sof the profits after the demolition. X
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