It led to a terrifying experience that involved incensed thugs barging into Emily's household and attempting to abduct her.
In order to reduce the family's burden, Emily actively sought scholarships and worked everywhere to repay her father's debts.
Finally, as she wished, Emily won the first runner-up of the Malaysia Miss ASTRO Chinese International Pageant and paid off part of the debts.
Emily's beauty and attractive performance in the pageant caught the attention of the audience and commercial advertisers, and TV drama producers began to invite her to participate in their projects.
After discussion and encouragement by her boss of the engineering company, Emily decided to quit her full-time high paid salary job.