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Adventure Creative Nonfiction Crime

Chen is an ordinary working man with an uneventful life. He lives a routine life every day, feeling that there is no hope in life and not knowing what he is living for every day.Until one day, he accidentally found a stray cat when he was walking. The cat was a bit old and looked very poor, so Chen felt compassion and decided to adopt it.

Chen named the cat "Dahuang" and it soon became an important part of his life. He and Rhubarb would walk together every morning and evening, and Rhubarb quickly adapted to this peaceful life. However, he did not expect that this simple decision would bring him great trouble.

One day, Chen received a call from a lawyer. It turned out that the cat he adopted turned out to be the beloved cat of a wealthy man who made a will before his death, leaving his entire estate to the cat, and Chen became the cat's legal guardian. This huge inheritance causes the rich man's family to fight for it, and Chen is involved in it, with relatives fighting and scheming against each other. Faced with all these troubles, Chen is at a loss as to what to do. He would love to leave this fortune to Rhubarb, but it is not easy.

In addition, Chen finds that his adoption has attracted the attention of the tax bureau. Because the property was so large, Chen was soon targeted by the tax office for investigation. His home was repeatedly searched, and Chen was forced to answer various questions. However, he always insisted that the estate was for Da Huang, not for himself.

In the end, Chen succeeded in leaving his inheritance to Da Huang, but he himself fell into a deeper crisis. He keeps receiving all sorts of mysterious phone calls and emails, suggesting that the truth about this fortune is not simple. Chen begins to wonder if there is a darker secret hidden behind this estate. He wonders how much longer he can hold on and whether this story will have a happy ending.

While sorting through the wealthy man's fortune, Chen begins to discover something surprising. He discovers some large flows of money hidden in the company's accounts that are so vague and difficult to trace that they seem to involve a lot of unspeakable secrets. Chen began to doubt the legitimacy of the rich man's source of wealth and investigated it deeply.

He consulted a large number of documents and information, and spent countless days and nights before finally discovering some suspicious transaction records. It turned out that the tycoon had conducted some illegal transactions and money laundering activities together with some people who colluded with politics and business. These people often held secret meetings in places not known to outsiders, and went out of their way to protect their actions from being revealed.

When Chen thought of this, he began to panic a bit, understanding that if these secrets were revealed, his own safety and that of his family would be threatened. But he also understands that if these wrongdoings are not revealed, then more people will be compromised.

However, behind all this, there are more untold secrets. Chen begins to wonder if the old cat he adopted is really just an ordinary pet cat and not an animal with mysterious powers. He begins to search for more information about the old cat and gradually falls into a dark game about supernatural powers.

Chen knows nothing about Old Yellow's life, except that he was once the beloved cat of a wealthy man and was sent to a pet store unattended, so he was taken in for a long time. However, this does not matter to Chen. He had an indescribable affection for Lao Huang, and even considered him the closest companion in his life.

By chance, Chen learns about Rich's past. It turned out that Rich was once a drug lord who had accumulated a large fortune by smuggling drugs. Knowing that his life could be threatened at any time, he decided to leave his fortune to his beloved cat, Da Huang, who, as a police cat, performed well in a gang operation and was thus chosen by the tycoon and inherited his fortune. He believes that only Lao Huang can understand his heart, while his family and relatives will only covet his money.

Chen is shocked and disturbed by this secret. He began to doubt whether he should inherit the ill-gotten wealth. He began to think about his own moral bottom line and the distortion of his humanity. He even began to worry whether he would be drawn into the dark life the rich man once led.

After a few days of agonizing, Chen made a decision. He decided to donate all his inheritance to charity as a way to clear his conscience and get rid of the shadow of his past. However, when he went to collect the funds to make the donation, he found that the money was not as clean as he thought. It turns out that the black money the tycoon had laundered during his lifetime had been transferred to Lao Huang's name through various channels as a way to avoid investigation by the tax authorities. This put Chen in a difficult position, as he had to face tax problems and might even be involved in financial fraud and money laundering charges.

Chen began to feel desperate and helpless, and he began to regret his decision. He found that the distortion of human nature and the temptation of money were everywhere, and he himself could not escape from this temptation and distortion. He begins to doubt whether he is qualified to judge the morality and humanity of others, and he begins to believe that there is no such thing as justice and fairness in this world, everything is just power and money.

Power and money are things similar to Medusa, everyone is tempted in their own life path, how to make a choice is a personal matter, we have no way to evaluate whether a person has lived their life well or not, but we have the opportunity to choose to be an ordinary and good person.

February 27, 2023 10:34

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