Chapter 213 - 138: Daily Earnings of 4.48 Million!

Beijing.

In the hallway of the pediatric hematology department of the Children’s Hospital.

Ring ring, ring ring—

Jiang Hai looked at the unfamiliar number displayed on his phone, and a sense of helplessness instantly arose within him.

He swiped his finger to hang up and blocked the number.

This was already the eighth debt collection call he had received today.

Over the years, he had spent all his savings to treat his daughter’s illness.

He had borrowed over fifty thousand yuan in online loans from several lending platforms.

Initially, he managed to scrape by by robbing Peter to pay Paul.

But under a year, the gap widened, and this month, it completely blew up.

He had only used fifty thousand yuan, and now he needed to repay over seventy thousand.

Not to mention the seventy thousand in principal and interest, he couldn’t even repay the fifty thousand principal now and simply gave up.

All he wanted now was to raise money to save his daughter, creditworthiness be damned, it didn’t matter anymore!

To raise as much money as possible for his daughter,

he even contemplated finding a luxury car on the street and staging an accident to extort four or five thousand.

But his inner morality and conscience made him dismiss this plan.

Ring ring, ring ring—

Less than five minutes after hanging up, another unfamiliar number called in.

Faced with the daily bombardment of calls from debt collectors, Jiang Hai wanted to turn off his phone but feared missing important calls from the doctor or Waterdrop Fund.

With a long sigh, he hung up again and squatted down with a face full of exhaustion.

He pulled at his greasy, messy hair with both hands to keep himself awake and rational.

He constantly reminded himself that his daughter needed him now, and he couldn’t afford to act impulsively or do anything foolish.

Ring ring, ring ring—

The continuous ringing of the phone plunged Jiang Hai into an unbearable emotional turmoil.

He mechanically took out his phone, just about to hang up, when he noticed it was a call from his sister.

Seeing the word "sister," the expression on Jiang Hai’s face immediately softened.

He took a deep breath and composed himself.

Only then did Jiang Hai swipe his finger to answer the call.

"Hey, Xiaoyi, what’s up?"

"Brother, a friend just lent me two hundred thousand for emergencies."

Hearing Jiang Yi’s words, Jiang Hai’s expression instantly turned somewhat bewildered.

Jiang Yi continued on the other end of the line:

"I’ve already transferred the money to your account. Quickly contact the doctor to arrange An’an’s surgery."

"It’s hard to find a successful match, don’t miss this chance."

"I’m on my way to the hospital now, should be there in about half an hour."

"Transferred, transferred to my account?"

Upon hearing his sister’s last sentence, Jiang Hai’s bewildered expression turned into panic, and he thought to himself, "Oh no!"

Sure enough, when he opened the bank app on WeChat to check his phone balance, more than seventy thousand had already been deducted by several lending platforms.

In that moment, Jiang Hai felt a pang of heartache.

"What’s wrong, brother?"

"Oh, nothing, nothing, Xiaoyi, what kind of friend lent you that much money?"

While happy to hear his sister borrowed two hundred thousand, Jiang Hai had vague worries.

He feared his sister had taken out online loans too, or...

Jiang Hai shook his head; he knew what kind of person his sister was.

His sister was certainly not that kind of person.

"It was one of my former students, now a student’s parent."

"He saw the Waterdrop Fund post I made in my friend circle and reached out to me..."

Jiang Yi explained to her brother in detail how Jiang Tao lent her the money.

When Jiang Hai heard that Jiang Tao lent his sister two hundred thousand without even asking for interest, he felt a wave of gratitude, repeatedly saying they met a good person this time.

Less than twenty minutes after the siblings ended the call, Jiang Yi arrived at the hospital.

Fortunately, besides the money deducted by the online loans, there was enough left on Jiang Hai’s phone to cover the surgery costs.

...

"Who knows where we should go~"

"Who understands what life has become."

"Make excuses to continue struggling~"

"Or spread wings in anger and fly high."

The high-pitched song played on the car stereo of the Mercedes GLS.

Jiang Tao nodded along to the rhythm of the song as he drove.

Of the three pieces of intel triggered last night, aside from one being utterly worthless, the other two were of high value, so he was naturally in a good mood.

Although he still didn’t know when the two hundred thousand lent to Jiang Yi would achieve the promised 10,000% return.

But having such hope was already something, it could be considered a long-term investment.

After lending the money and leaving Jiang Yi’s house, he first drove to clock in at Pan Garden.

Then he took a walk around the securities exchange on Financial Street in Beijing.

He also dropped by some lottery shops along the street.

His daily routine now was to visit as many money-making places as possible.

If he could trigger a single piece of valuable information, the day wouldn’t be wasted.

Ring ring—

The car phone rang suddenly.

Jiang Tao glanced at the central control screen and saw it was Du Enan calling.

He immediately felt a sense of something good coming his way.

Could it be some progress on the Mercedes side?

"Hey Enan."

Jiang Tao answered the call with a smile, greeting Du Enan on the other end.

"Jiang Tao, can you come to the mall over here when you have time?"

Du Enan’s voice came through the car stereo, sounding quite textured.

"Sure, but I’m still over in Chaoyang right now, it’ll take about half an hour to get there."

"Alright, no problem, I’ll wait for you in my office. Just come straight to my office when you arrive."

"Can you give me a hint on what it’s about?"

"Haha, you’ll know when you get here, it’s good news. Bye."

Du Enan chuckled, teasingly keeping Jiang Tao in suspense before hanging up before Jiang Tao could ask more.