The Richest Man in China: A Dream Come True

By Liu Xing

Named after a bad omen, Xing’s childhood is one of sadness and regret. Her father is dead, and her mother blames Xing for every bad thing that has happened. In a world where riches are defined by how much you have and success is defined by how much you earn, Xing finds herself faced with life’s biggest questions: Who am I? What is the meaning and purpose of life? And where is God when I’m in pain?

Things start to change the day before Chinese New Year when Xing is invited to embark on an incredible journey. Between what has happened and what she will do, Xing finds a special place. Here, she meets the Richest Man in China. Together, they discover the gift of Christmas, redefine Chinese New Year, and share a rags to riches story like no other.

• Language: English
• Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
• Release date: Oct 29, 2019
• ISBN: 9781489725981

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A DREAM COME TRUE

LIU XING

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ISBN: 978-1-4897-2600-1 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2019917176

LifeRich Publishing rev. date: 10/29/2019

To those who dare

to see visions and dream dreams.

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs.

Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that.

Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

—Howard Thurman

CONTENTS

Chapter 1 The Broom Star

Chapter 2 Love Is

Chapter 3 The Red Scrolls

Chapter 4 The Telepond

Chapter 5 Journey to the West

Chapter 6 The Good Samaritan

Chapter 7 The Law of Money

Chapter 8 The Borrowed Donkey

Chapter 9 The Man by the Fire

Chapter 10 The Great Awakening

Chapter 11 The Lost Story

Chapter 12 The Father’s House

Afterword

CHAPTER 1

THE BROOM STAR

There was a star danced, and under that was I born.

—William Shakespeare

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C all me Xing. My story began when I was four years old. One night, I saw a big, bright object flying across the dark sky. Immediately, I ran to Mother, pulled her hand, and exclaimed, Mama, come! I saw a falling star with a bright, long tail!

Oh, a comet, Mother remarked, shaking my hand off. "In Chinese, we call it a Saoba Xing. Its big, long tail, like a saoba [broom], sweeps all luck away. Just like you."

You can imagine how quickly my excitement died, and I had nothing else to say. I, Saoba Xing, am a bad omen, named after a broom star? But I do not blame her now. How could I expect Mother to love me when she had never been loved?

I was arranged to marry your father when I was only sixteen! Mother would say. But I have never seen my father. All