Zhang Fan's parents were both laid-off workers, and he had a younger sister who was 7 years younger than him. Their family life was inevitably difficult financially. When he received his university admission notice that year, he only managed to scrape together his tuition fees with the help of relatives and friends.,His father had just been discharged from the hospital, and his mother developed a perforated appendix. The surgery was successful, but this meant Zhang Fan's tuition fees were now uncertain.,A number of bored and gambling-prone students started a gambling game in their dormitory.。