Saved life, ruined life, ended life

Months passing by without hearing from his father drove the young Li Fei desperate, and it only got worse when his mother's state got worse.

Out of desperation he sold everything of value in their home and borrowed, my father was one of those who gave what he could to the venture despite knowing it was a fruitless task, and when Li Fei, couldn't borrow or sell anymore, he took what he had scrounged up to the Green Dragon General Store, in the hopes that on account of his mother's history and long time service with the store, they could work out a deal or even a structured payment plan.

Things didn't work out as Li Fei expected and he was ruthlessly kicked out by the store clerk Ding Xiaoli. Maybe out of fury at being rejected and the pent-up frustration finally blowing up, Li Fei lunged at Ding Xiaoli to attack him.