Chapter 1 The Sound of Dripping

"Drip… drip… drip… drip…"

The sound of a leaking faucet in the bathroom echoed incessantly. A shallow puddle had formed, constantly seeping.

The downstairs neighbor had come up to knock several times in the past few days, but Wang Shen paid no attention. He was only renting the place; he wasn't foolish enough to spend money repairing it for the landlord.

If the downstairs people wanted to complain, let them argue with the landlord.

As for the deposit, Wang Shen didn't care. A month before the lease expired, he could sublet the apartment as a second landlord. He wouldn't just get his deposit back, he might even make a profit.

It was an easy matter to fool simple-minded freshmen and sophomores. As for what happened later, heh heh, would they come and bite him?

Whether they dared to bite him was one thing; he was about to graduate anyway, and he wouldn't even get his diploma, so what was he afraid of?

Wang Shen felt he was living ahead of his time.

Although he was just a senior in college, he hadn't truly entered society yet.

But Wang Shen always believed that his thinking, his consciousness, and his life experiences had long surpassed his classmates, and even exceeded the average level of society.

He felt that at his young age, he had weathered too many storms, seen too many ups and downs. It was truly remarkable that a young body could bear such heavy thoughts.

He lit a cigarette.

He hadn't been to school in a week. He felt that he couldn't learn anything at school, so it was better to come out and be free.

He exhaled a smoke ring, flicked off the ashes,

Opened his laptop,

And entered a website,

Which displayed a series of balls and numbers.

A new round started every ten minutes, and the battle was in full swing.

He rubbed his hands,

First prayed to Buddha,

Then prayed to Jesus.

The portraits of the Three Pure Ones hung on the wall by his bed.

Then,

He started to recharge his account,

And began to fight!

It was clearly a game of luck, clearly a game of probability.

Even,

Clearly a game where the outcome depended on the mood of the backend programmer.

But the gamblers all had their own "sense of ritual" and firmly believed that this sense of ritual would lead them to success!

They had also summarized and refined many experiences and techniques.

An online gambling game,

In their circle,

Was like a feng shui master using heaven and earth as a chessboard, fighting fiercely!

For a long time afterward,

Wang Shen fell into a state of excitement and focus. His luck hadn't been good these past few days, and he had lost a lot. Fortunately, he had found a new source (online loan) to exploit today.

He had a premonition,

Mending the sky,

Going ashore,

Was today!

"Kill the big dragon! It's going to rise, it's going to rise, it's definitely going to rise, that's right, this is the trend, this is the trend!"

"Chop, chop, chop!!!!!"

"Hahahaha, won, won, won!"

"Keep killing, chase and kill, chase and kill!"

"Hahahaha, won again, won again!"

"6, 7, 8 are coming out, top up!"

"Won again, won again, hahahaha!"

"Today I'm unstoppable, I'll kill anyone who gets in my way!"

"Today good luck shines on me, grab the big dragon and kill, kill, kill, kill!"

"Is it going to be an anti-dragon, go against me!"

"Hahahaha, won again, won again!!!!!"

"Hey, Mom, what's up? School's been busy lately, I'll probably go back at the end of January. Dad's health is acting up again?

Don't worry about the money, your son is a college student now, I can earn money. When I get back, haha, your son is capable, the family won't be short of money."

"Let's check out the periphery, tonight it's all-you-can-eat models at the club, it's time to reward my little brother."

"Comfortable, so comfortable, these girls are so pretty, damn, three thousand, this one costs five thousand, oh my goodness!"

"Hey, the numbers coming out are a bit strange."

"Something's not right…"

"Huh?"

"How is this possible?"

"Am I being hunted?"

"No, no, need to stay calm, stay calm, already made fifty thousand today, can't be impatient, can't be impatient."

"Stay calm, stay calm, wash my face, wash my face, still made forty thousand today, I have to stay calm!"

"Go take a piss, relax, I need to relax, can't get a rush, can't get a rush, already made thirty thousand, it's okay, it's okay!"

"Don't panic, don't panic, already made twenty thousand."

"Fuck his mother, am I being scammed! Bullshit, is the backend targeting me, damn it!"

"Okay, okay, I'm not playing anymore, I'm not playing anymore, already mended the sky five thousand, five thousand, can pay off a little loan, it's okay, it's okay, need to stop, stop, can't get a rush."

"Yes, stop, at least I made money today, I have to control myself."

…………

"Play one more?"

"Not reconciled, only five thousand."

"Might as well play this five thousand, anyway, it's not my capital."

"Okay, place another bet, kill!"

"Damn, lost!"

"Again!"

"Damn, lost again!"

"Dog dealer, you're eating people without spitting out bones!"

"Stupid dealer dog, I'm going to f\*\*k your mother!"

"Ahhhh, fight, fight, fight!"

"Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits!"

"Damn it! All the money I just got from that loan is gone."

"Washed clean, washed clean, washed clean ah…………"

"Mend the sky, I'll mend your mother's sky!"

Wang Shen leaned back in his chair, dejectedly.

A look of despondency on his face.

The feeling of riding a roller coaster, the thrill of money stimulation, was truly intoxicating, like a drug addiction.

Sex, gambling, and drugs, honestly, if you just dabble in sex, unless you're particularly unlucky and get infected directly, as long as you're careful and don't do anything crazy,

The problem isn't actually that big.

But the latter two, once you get involved, it's truly a never-ending cycle of death, not only ruining yourself, but often dragging your family and close relatives and friends down with you to be buried together!

Especially for "gambling,"

Once you have experienced the thrill of placing bets with thousands or tens of thousands of yuan in a short period of time, your entire view of money will collapse directly.

Because most people in this world are still ordinary people, once this worldview collapses, you really don't want to go back to working in a factory and earning a few thousand yuan a month, working yourself to death for that little money, and you're too lazy to do it.

Wang Shen went to the bathroom.

His feet in slippers stepped directly into the puddle.

He splashed his face hard.

There was no hope for club models tonight.

Even a hundred-yuan quickie at the massage parlor down the street had become a luxury.

"Hey, Mom, I need to sign up for an activity here, participate in a competition, need a registration fee, three thousand, yes, it's very important, very important for my development after graduation.

It was the advisor who thought highly of me and gave me this opportunity, it's really rare.

Don't worry, Mom, okay, I'll wait for you to transfer the money, thank you, Mom, when I graduate, I'll let you enjoy life.

By the way, don't believe those text messages and phone calls, they're all scams, yes, they're all scams, to cheat money.

Don't you watch the news, telecommunications fraud is very scary now, how could I owe money.

Um,

Okay, okay,

Mom, hurry up and transfer the money."

He hung up the phone,

Wang Shen stretched, searched in the narrow kitchen, found half a bag of potato chips, and started eating.

His fingers swiped on his phone,

Many online loans were already overdue,

But Wang Shen had long since become thick-skinned and didn't intend to pay them back.

Credit,

Blacklisted, so be it.

At worst, I won't take planes or high-speed trains in the future, what am I afraid of?

Can't get a loan to buy a house?

Heh heh,

I'll buy a house in full cash in the future, f\*\*k your loan!

"Huh, what's this App?"

Wang Shen suddenly noticed that an extra software had appeared in his phone Apps. It was next to his other online loan Apps. The red icon had the letters written on it:

"Que Qian Bei?" (Need Money?)

"Damn, the name of this online loan is so stupid."

Wang Shen clicked into the App and began to fill in and upload his information in a familiar manner.

In fact, Wang Shen had long been blacklisted, and he couldn't get money from many online loans, but some online loans still gave him opportunities due to information sharing and various other reasons. Anyway, he had been trying his luck these days, if he could get a loan, he wouldn't consider paying it back, getting the loan was making money.

However, after he filled it out, the text message actually came immediately.

"So fast, it passed already?"

"Let me see the limit, one, one zero, two zeros, three zeros, four zeros, five zeros, six………………"

Wang Shen felt his adrenaline was being secreted rapidly.

Was this a dream?

How could this be possible?

This, damn it, ten zeros!

If I cash this out directly,

What am I mending the sky for?

I am the sky!

His blood seemed to boil at this moment. Was it a system error? Or some other improper operation?

Wang Shen knew that with his qualifications and current blacklisted status, there was no way he could get so much money!

"I don't care, I don't care, I don't care what the reason is on your side, as long as you let me cash out the money, don't even think about me spitting it back!

You online loan companies are all blood-sucking bastards anyway!

As long as I can withdraw the money,

Want me to pay it back later?

No way!

Anyway, no money, want my life, hehe, sure, take it!"

Wang Shen reached out and clicked the withdrawal option.

In an instant,

A cold feeling swept over his entire body.

"Hiss…………It's so cold, why is it so cold all of a sudden."

………………

On a path in the school living area,

Lawyer An, who was walking with Old Dao, keeping a distance, suddenly stopped,

Turned around abruptly,

And looked in the direction of the school gate.

Old Dao was startled by Lawyer An's movement,

And subconsciously reached for his crotch.

………………

On a long chair outside the playground,

Zhou Ze, who had been sitting there for a long time, head lowered, enduring the cold wind,

Slowly raised his head,

His hat fell backward,

Revealing his face wearing a skull mask.

Zhou Ze's gaze was not directed at the teaching area or the living area,

But in another direction.

"This time, it's outside the school?"