Money truly is something else.
Especially in this capitalistic society of ours, money pretty much makes the world go round.
It is a fact of life that one is treated differently depending on how much one is worth.
Even Xinghe, who once had everything at her fingertips, suffered tremendously because of the sole reason that she had no money.
It was the same for Xiao Mo then.
Life was a series of hardships because he was short on money. Having to look after a mentally-impaired sister only made it worse.
His sister, Xiao Lin, in a sudden fit of distress accidentally set their old rental house on fire. The landlord demanded 20,000 RMB as compensation. For the past two weeks, he had scratched his head raw thinking about ways to amass the money.
He had considered robbery but what would happen to his sister if he was caught.
Suffocated by despair, he even contemplated suicide.
