Don't Bet on Human Nature

《Don't Bet on Human Nature》 At forty, crushed by debt, friends avoiding him, relatives giving him the cold shoulder, and gossip about kicking a man when he's down filling the streets. Wang Yanzhou's past failures all came from valuing personal ties too much and trusting verbal promises too easily—time and again scammed by acquaintances until he lost everything. After being worn down by the ways of the world, he casts off empty face completely and stops gambling on whether people are good or bad. Grounded in the bottom rungs of city life, he starts over from small business—reading people, calculating risks, seeing through traps. Neighborhood disputes, relatives' moral kidnapping, rivals' open attacks and hidden arrows—he deals with them one by one, putting down roots step by step. Even in the mud, one must strive for the blue clouds. No sudden windfalls, no charity from benefactors. Watch a down-and-out middle-aged man use grit and life experience to fight for a stable future for his family. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Don't Bet on Human Nature — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠