Chapter 1: Penniless “Stop… crying!” The man lying on the bed croaked, his voice hoarse, a strained low cry, followed by a fit of incessant coughing, sometimes high-pitched, sometimes low, that he couldn't stop. The young girl, who had been crying non-stop, her face streaked with tears she hadn't bothered to wipe away, suddenly threw herself onto the man, sobbing uncontrollably. “Father! Don’t die, please don’t die, wuwuwuwu…” Hearing the commotion inside, the little girl immediately came…