Richard looked totally lost, his handsome face clouded with confusion as he gently ruffled my hair. “Who told you I’m broke? I run my own business, how could I be poor? I just didn’t want you to hate rich people.” I was overwhelmed. My heart felt like it was about to burst, and for a second, I thought I might actually faint. "Uncle Richard, who would ever hate rich people?!" If I had money, like Ronald-level money, I wouldn’t be killing myself doing odd jobs to scrape by. I wouldn’t have had to bend over backward, humbling myself to squeeze out over two million for your surgery—negotiating with Ronald, dealing with my useless dad. Hating money? Nah, I dream of waking up rich from a lottery win every day! Richard stared at me, lips twitching like he wanted to say somethi

