Pay off debt

Author: Liu Dongli / Li Jingmin
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: A successful businessman named Lin Ziqiang, who believes in integrity, has three children. His eldest son, Lin Tianming, is a librarian at a university, honest and kind-hearted, and is considered very ordinary or even weak by others. His younger brother, Lin Tianliang, shares his father's qualities—sharp, strong, and daring. He often races with his wild girlfriend, Yadian, in a reckless manner. His younger sister, Lin Tianmei, is a top student at university, and the love and care from her father and brother have become her reliance throughout her life. Unfortunately, on a stormy night, Lin Ziqiang was electrocuted while checking the circuit breaker and died suddenly. From then on, the huge debts left by the company and various misfortunes began to haunt the three siblings, and a struggle against fate began. Due to his personality, Lin Tianliang naturally took on the burden of saving the family and the business. However, the blows of fate did not stop there. Soon after, Tianliang was involved in a major car accident due to fatigued driving, was hospitalized, and became a disabled person. As a result, the pressure of saving his brother Lin Tianliang, supporting his sister Lin Tianmei, and resolving the company's debt crisis—all the overwhelming challenges—finally fell on the eldest brother Lin Tianming, who was seen as a weakling. Forced by reality, Lin Tianming had to step out of his ordinariness and take everything upon himself, accepting the forging of disaster and suffering. His wife, Ma Yan, deeply loved Tianming and was pregnant, but she was deeply frightened by the misfortunes that suddenly fell upon her husband and privately urged him to give up his responsibilities. Although Lin Tianming was naturally timid and cowardly, his honesty and kindness led him to make many "say one thing and mean another" choices. Over time, due to the frequent separations caused by the crises in the family and company, Tianming and his wife grew distant, and with the interference of Ma's mother, their emotional rift grew wider. When Ma Yan went into labor and was in danger, Lin Tianming was unable to arrive in time to attend to his mentally disabled brother, resulting in the death of their child. Heartbroken and disappointed, Ma Yan completely lost faith in Lin Tianming. With her mother's strong persuasion, she eventually chose to have an affair with someone else.
After the car accident, Lin Tianliang became extremely extreme in his personality, becoming increasingly narrow-minded and biased in his dealings, even to the point of despising life and showing no gratitude or affection. He often acted in ways that harmed others or himself. To pay for Tianliang's medical expenses, his wild girlfriend, Yadian, toed dance halls as a dancer. When Tianliang learned of this, he angrily threw Yadian out of the house, causing Yadian to nearly commit suicide and only being saved by others. Meanwhile, to help this couple mend their twisted feelings due to the disaster, the eldest brother Lin Tianming poured his heart into it. To lighten the burden on his brother, Lin Tianmei gave up the opportunity to study abroad. However, the persistent boy who pursued her, Bao Li, to give her a future, took the liberty of telling the truth to Lin Tianming. Without hesitation, Lin Tianming quietly took on the responsibility of supporting his sister's studies abroad. At the same time, after leaving the hospital, the disabled Lin Tianliang started investigating the reasons behind his father's debts, but he was entangled in a series of conspiracies, which led him through trials and made him sink deeper. On one side was the family plagued by disasters, and on the other was the company burdened by debts. Lin Tianming was pushed into a dead end in life. Even worse, he was diagnosed with cancer at this time, and it could be said that his life was nearing its end, plunging the entire Lin family into an unprecedented crisis.
Lin Tianming did not give up. Amidst the escalating conflicts and as all crises converged, the shining side of his humanity finally burst forth! He rose to the challenge, taking a series of heart-stirring and inspiring actions, marking the most glorious moment of his life!