Ye Chen had already guessed the reason, but still asked, "Oh?"
"In the beginning, I was too naive. I thought I could pay off that usurious loan just by working a regular job. I never imagined that the principal would compound daily, piling up higher and higher every single day! And just a week after I started working, they forcibly injected me with drugs, getting me completely hooked. They left me with no choice but to buy drugs from them. On one side, there were the drugs; on the other, the compounding interest. Do you think I could ever pay that off?"
Unaware of the tears streaming down her face, Xiao Ya's choked voice was filled with utter despair.
Chapter 16