"Bang!"
A muffled thud.
Shen Yan was roughly thrown out of a van by several burly men in black, like a broken sack, landing heavily at the entrance of his dilapidated rental room.
The bones all over his body felt as if they had come apart, his face was bruised and swollen, and there were traces of blood at the corner of his mouth.
He watched helplessly as the van drove away.
They had searched him thoroughly, leaving not a single valuable item.
The Patek Philippe watch he had specifically rented to show off, the fruit phone he was still paying for in installments, and even the few crumpled coins left in his pocket… Now, in the true sense of the word, he was penniless.
No, that's not right, he still owed a lot of money to relatives, friends, and online lenders… Shen Yan struggled, using all his strength to barely get up from the cold ground.
He fumbled around, took out the spare key hidden under the doormat, opened the door, and stumbled inside.
He could no longer hold himself up, his heavy body losing all support and collapsing onto the cold bed.
His body trembled slightly from the pain and the deep-seated humiliation.
But at least… it was temporarily over.
He breathed in the familiar air, his nerves, stretched to their breaking point, finally relaxed a little.
However, the scenes from that room last night were seared into his mind like a brand, replaying repeatedly.
Tang Yurous! That bitch!
She actually appeared there, looking so high and mighty.
Pointing to that overbearing clause, printed in tiny font, which he hadn't even looked at closely at the time!
Not only did she demand he repay the 390,000 principal and interest he had borrowed.
She also demanded a penalty of five times the amount, which was 1.5 million in liquidated damages.
The 1.5 million balance he had just received and hadn't even looked at for a few minutes was forcibly taken by them, completely plundered.
And… he still owed the money lender over 300,000.
When he stated that he was already penniless and couldn't produce a single cent.
Tang Yurous's face, which he both knew and detested, showed a malicious smile.
She leaned down and said with a chuckle:
"Seeing as you used to be my most obedient little dog, big sister will give you a chance."
"Now, crawl a few circles on the ground."
"Then bark a few 'woof woof woofs', make it sound nice, and make big sister happy."
"This remaining money… perhaps, big sister can consider it at her discretion?"
At that moment!
Shen Yan felt all the blood rush to his head!
He, Shen Yan!
A dignified reincarnator!
The chosen one who would start from scratch and become a rich first-generation in the future!
How could he endure such a great humiliation?
He wanted to resist! He wanted to slap this vile woman to death!
But when he saw the hostile gazes from the burly men in black beside him, it instantly sobered him up considerably.
Resist?
What good would it do, besides bringing on an even harsher beating?
To survive… to… have a chance for revenge in the future… He… Shen Yan painfully closed his eyes, tears of humiliation silently falling.
He recalled how he had… humiliatingly knelt down amidst the unbridled laughter of Tang Yurous and the burly men.
He really crawled a few circles on the cold, dirty ground.
And let out a dry, even to himself, disgusting… "Woof… woof woof…"
At that moment, he felt all his pride, all his dignity, utterly crushed!
Tang Yurous's sharp, piercing laughter still echoed in his ears… "Ah—!!!"
Shen Yan suddenly opened his eyes, letting out an uncontrollable, low growl filled with endless hatred!
He lay on the cold bed, his fists clenched tightly, his fingernails digging deep into his palms, oozing traces of blood!
His eyes burned with monstrous hatred!
"Tang Yurous!!"
"You bitch! You vile spawn!!"
"I, Shen Yan, swear! If I don't tear you to pieces and scatter your ashes in this life, I swear I'm not human!!!"
He cursed wildly.
However, after the anger came a deep sense of powerlessness.
Reincarnation… What exactly did I reincarnate into?
Why is the plot completely different?
Could it be… could it be that I am destined to be a failure… He felt an unprecedented sense of confusion and despair, as if he had fallen into a bottomless abyss.
The information about the charity auction he had thought of earlier reappeared in his mind.
An antique porcelain… sold at the auction for only two million as a starting bid.
Later, it was identified as a Ru ware treasure, with a true value of over a hundred million… This was the only chance he remembered in recent times that could turn his fortunes around!
As long as he could obtain that porcelain… all of this would be reversed by him.
By then, even Lu Cheng, he would have the confidence to contend with him.
But… he was penniless now!
Not only that, he still owed 20,000 yuan to relatives and friends he had painstakingly gathered from!
Auction tickets… deposit… starting bid… The hope that had just ignited was extinguished by the cold reality.
Was he just going to watch his last chance slip away?
Shen Yan fell into deeper despair and anxiety, feeling like a fly caught in a spiderweb, no matter how he struggled, he couldn't escape his predetermined, tragic fate… In Lu Cheng's study.
The system's prompt sounded in Lu Cheng's mind at the opportune moment.
"Ding! Son of Destiny Shen Yan encountered a contract trap and humiliation from his ex-girlfriend, losing all dignity, and his Dao Heart was severely impacted! Villain points +3000!"
Three thousand points, a little less powerful.
These newly recruited subordinates are quite efficient, aren't they?
And that woman Tang Yurous, although she was only a minor villain in the original plot, she was indeed a very useful tool for disgusting Shen Yan.
In fact, Tang Yurous's appearance there and her vigorous efforts to humiliate Shen Yan were naturally Lu Cheng's doing.
Tang Yurous was not an easy person to deal with to begin with; she had previously owed a considerable debt to that underground money lender due to her extravagant spending.
Under Lu Cheng's instruction, the people from the underground money lender found her and offered her a deal she couldn't refuse—
As long as she could severely humiliate Shen Yan and make him lose face, her debt to the money lender would be written off!
Tang Yurous was already looking for an opportunity to get revenge on Shen Yan!
In her opinion, Shen Yan was a dog she had raised, and now this dog was not only disobedient but even dared to block her, his owner!
Now that she had such an opportunity to both clear her debt and fiercely get revenge on Shen Yan, she naturally agreed wholeheartedly and couldn't ask for more!
She even overperformed when humiliating Shen Yan, unleashing her accumulated meanness and viciousness to the extreme!
She had no idea that she was merely a whip in Lu Cheng's hand, used to strike Shen Yan, this "treasure-hunting rat."