Chapter 1 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“24 thousand dollars a square meter, floor area is 75 square meters…”

“40% down payment, 20 years of mortgage (240 periods).”

“The interest rate is 4.9%.”

In the living room, a little boy was lying on the table, holding a pen and paper and seriously calculating a long string of numbers.

After completing his final calculations, the little boy widened his eyes in shock.

“I have to pay back 7068 yuan a month!”

“But I’m… just an eight-year-old child!”

The boy’s name was Xu Le. He was a transmigrator.

A few days ago, Xu Le was still an ordinary university student playing games in the dormitory.

But now he has transmigrated to become a primary school student living in an ordinary family of Jingan Garden in Shanghai.

His parents both worked as cooks.

In pursuit of the true essence of culinary skills, the two of them had taken a plane to France for further culinary studies the day before.

Hence, Xu Le and his three-year-old sister were the only ones left in the house.

Xu Le still remembered his father’s last words before he left. “Son, you have already grown up. You should bear the responsibility of a man – become financially independent, feed yourself and raise your sister!”

At that time, Xu Le clenched his fists and nodded solemnly.

After all, he was a college student who had transmigrated here. It should be easy for him to fill their stomachs. He was very confident about this.

After his parents left, he tragically realized that his parents had left him and his sister a house, as well as a million-dollar mortgage loan.

Xu Le had a mental breakdown instantly.

“I understand everything, but before you guys leave, pay the mortgage first!” He thought to himself.

In other words, Xu Le was now bearing a heavy responsibility.

Having to be financially independent, raise his sister and pay off the mortgage.

Even an ordinary person would feel so pressured by such matters that they could not breathe.

Not to mention an eight-year-old child.

After Xu Le did his calculations, he realized that he had to pay 7,000 yuan a month for the mortgage. He became even more frustrated.

The average salary in Shanghai was only about 10,000 yuan a month.

He and his sister were just two mouths to feed. Eating for 2,000 yuan a month was not too much, right?

Adding on the 1,000 yuan tuition fees for kindergarten and the 7,000 yuan mortgage.

It was exactly 10,000 yuan.

But he was only an eight-year-old child. Where could he find a job that would earn him 10,000 yuan a month?

The Chinese law prohibits hiring child labor.

Children under the age of sixteen are not allowed to engage in labor with paid income.

Even if Xu Le wanted to work to earn money, no company would dare to hire him.

Just as Xu Le was thinking, he heard a mechanical voice.