The story revolves around a boy named Dyn, who befriends a girl named Lina. They grow up together but eventually separate when Lina's father moves to a wealthy part of the city. Years later, Dyn becomes a delivery man who also studies. He meets a mysterious old man who gives him a magical green teapot and a dumpling order. The teapot contains a magical dragon named Long, who can grant three wishes.
Dyn uses his first wish to become an expert in martial arts to escape gangsters who are after the teapot. He then uses his second wish to become a rich young man for 24 hours to attend Lina's birthday party. During this time, he rekindles his friendship with Lina, but their happiness is short-lived as the gangsters, led by a bald expert in kicking, continue to pursue them.
As the story unfolds, it is revealed that Lina's father is the hidden boss of the gangsters and is obsessed with accumulating wealth and power. In a final confrontation, the bald gangster touches the teapot and turns into gold, and Dyn is left to make his last wish. Instead of wishing for something for himself, he wishes to save Lina's father.
In the end, the teapot disappears, and Dyn returns home with his mother. Lina's father is reformed, and he, along with Dyn and his mother, starts a successful soup business. The story concludes with Dyn finding another teapot, this time white, which tells him that he will be punished again and must serve ten years before returning to the spiritual world.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The story is about a boy named Dyn who lives in a humble Chinese neighborhood with his mother.
2. Dyn meets a girl named Lina at school and they become best friends.
3. Lina's father, Mr. Wang, is a wealthy man who decides to move to the rich part of the city, separating the friends.
4. Dyn becomes a delivery man and starts skipping school to make more money.
5. Dyn receives an order from an old man who gives him a mysterious green teapot.
6. The teapot contains a magical dragon named Long who can grant three wishes.
7. Long emerges from the teapot and presents himself as a magical dragon from the desert.
8. Dyn discovers that the teapot is being sought after by a group of gangsters led by a bald expert in kicking.
9. Dyn wishes to be a rich young man for 24 hours to impress Lina and attend her birthday party.
10. Long transforms into a human and helps Dyn navigate the party and evade the gangsters.
11. Dyn and Lina spend time together, and Dyn reveals his true identity to Lina's father, Mr. Wang.
12. Lina's father is revealed to be the hidden boss of the gangsters and is seeking the teapot for himself.
13. Dyn and Lina are chased by the gangsters, and Long helps them escape.
14. Dyn's 24-hour wish ends, and he becomes poor again.
15. Lina's father takes the teapot and makes a wish to turn everything he touches into gold.
16. The bald gangster touches the teapot and turns into gold.
17. Dyn and Long are chased by the gangsters and fall into a river.
18. Long sinks with the teapot, and Dyn is left alone.
19. Dyn wakes up in the sky, transformed into a human, and is received by his grandfather, who is revealed to be a god.
20. Dyn's service as a wishing dragon has ended, and he is given the chance to return to earth as a human.
21. Dyn returns home with his mother and is thanked by Lina and her father for saving them.
22. Dyn's mother starts a successful soup business, and Dyn finds a white teapot in the kitchen.
23. The teapot tells Dyn that he is punished again and must serve ten years before returning to the spiritual world.