Zhuang Ran looked slightly stunned. So his father had bought a home here all those years ago so he could attend school in central Pingzhou.
Looking at it that way, his father did not seem all that bad.
"But after buying the home, your father changed."
Noticing Zhuang Ran's reaction, the silver-haired woman smiled bitterly. "He stopped working properly and spent every day dreaming of getting rich overnight instead. That was how he got hooked on gambling."
They had originally been a very happy family. Although they were not particularly wealthy, they had not been too strapped for money.
"Some things are hard to shake once you get hooked."
Lin Fan said softly, "Besides, the place they bought was haunted. Didn't you see a rocking chair in the apartment yesterday? A spirit body used to inhabit that chair."
"Your father was tempted. That spirit body told him that making a fortune was easy. He only had to give him half of everything he owned."
"If he hadn't gotten hooked on gambling, your father naturally wouldn't have agreed."
As it happened, Zhuang Ran's father had already gambled away everything and even run up a mountain of debt.
The debt collectors had even threatened several times to take the apartment.
Nearly consumed by his obsession, Zhuang Ran's father agreed to the spirit body's terms. Just one day after agreeing, he won practically every bet he made. He even won a grand prize, receiving a million in prize money outright.
[Su Su: Incredible. Making a deal with a spirit body is pure idiocy.]
[May Peace Bring Great Fortune: Giving the spirit body half of everything? Anyone who thought about it carefully would realize something was wrong!]
[Xiao Li Loves Fighting: I think I've figured it out. Don't tell me the spirit body took