268: Chapter 0268: The Forr Dean Bows Again 268: Chapter 0268: The Forr Dean Bows Again “What era is it now?
Who doesn’t know what orphanages are like, they are places where one doesn’t have to worry about food and drink…”
The voice was very harsh, and the atmosphere that i Hanqing had finally managed to evoke was imdiately dispersed.
Upon hearing this jarring voice, Qiu Ruoxi and Ye Xunhuan imdiately looked toward the source of the sound.
They saw a young man with an average appearance, but dressed in extrely luxurious clothes, standing in the middle of the banquet hall, his face wearing a mocking smile.
Instantly, the expressions on the faces of Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Ruoxi turned cold.
i Hanqing’s eyes had already flared with anger.
She had guessed earlier that seeking donations was not going to be an easy task; convincing these wealthy people to part with their money was like cutting flesh from their bodies, and they were not likely to part with it willingly.
Though i Hanqing’s rage was at the brink of erupting, she still had to suppress her anger and managed to squeeze out a smile, saying, “Sir, I don’t know if you have read the news…”
“News?” the man laughed lightly, sowhat disdainfully, “How much of the news is even true?”
“Who here doesn’t know what Huaxia’s news is like?
It’s always about the good, not the bad.
If occasionally sothing bad is reported, it cannot withstand scrutiny for three days, then you find out it was fake!” the man said lightly.
“Of course, so of it is true, but the fake far outweighs the real!”
“The scams nowadays are becoming very sophisticated, and with technology advancing, Photoshopping and such are too common.”
“To give you the simplest example, a flat broad face can be Photoshopped into a pointed chin!”
i Hanqing’s teeth slowly clenched on her red lips: “Sir, if you have ti, you could go and see for yourself, ask around and find out…”
“Is what you see with your own eyes the truth?
Is what you hear from others the truth?” the man spoke dismissively.
“Just like at the train stations, where you often see elderly people with children begging, constructing lies about their circumstances, hoping people will help them…”
Upon hearing the man’s words, even i Hanqing, who was accustod to dealing with all kinds of people and adept at speaking, found herself at a loss for words at the mont.
At this point, everyone couldn’t help but start murmuring among themselves.
The speaker had no intention, but the listener had a mind.
The man’s few words, falling into the ears of the audience, had slowly begun to suggest as if there was so dark undercurrent to the charity event organized by Qiu Ruoxi.
“Sir, don’t you think you are causing trouble without reason?” i Hanqing’s voice suddenly turned cold, and the smile on her face also froze!
“Causing trouble without reason?” the man sneered, “You are i Hanqing, right, the PR Director of the Royal Maps Group!”
“I know you are articulate, a capable general under Miss Qiu, handling all of Royal Maps Group’s public relations and external event planning.
It’s not an exaggeration to say that you alone are holding up all of Royal Maps Group’s external affairs, right?”
“If I am not mistaken, this event was also orchestrated by you…”
“What do you an?” i Hanqing slowly figured out the underlying ssage in the man’s words.
Just at that mont, Qiu Ruoxi suddenly stood up and said, “What, does Young Master Jiang think I am deceiving everyone here?”
The man referred to as Young Master Jiang by Qiu Ruoxi was nad Jiang Kaishan, the second son, ranked just below Xu Mingzhe.
He had previously admired Qiu Ruoxi imnsely but had faced many rebuffs from her, including an incident where she had directly thrown a glass of wine in his face!
This ti, he was clearly here to cause trouble and seek revenge on Qiu Ruoxi.
“How could Miss Qiu possibly be deceiving us!” Jiang Kaishan said with a smile.
“Then what do you an by this, Young Master Jiang?”
“I’m worried that Miss Qiu was deceived by soone, you know there are too many swindlers nowadays.” Jiang Kaishan spoke softly, “By the way, isn’t there a place in Huaxia called sothing-village where everyone is a swindler?”
No sooner had Jiang Kaishan’s words fallen than a sudden and old voice ca out.
“The host didn’t lie, and we didn’t deceive Miss Qiu.
The children at our First Welfare Institute really can’t get enough food or clothing, can’t afford education, let alone dical care!”
The next mont, the old director staggered forward, holding the hands of several children as he slowly erged from backstage, coming into everyone’s view.
The child whose hand was held by the old director was very familiar to Ye Xunhuan; she was Diudiu, the little girl who was chased by Cang Ao.
At that mont, Diudiu was clutching the old director’s hand tightly, her clear eyes filled with unmistakable tension and fear, her lips tightly pressed together.
Seeing this, Ye Xunhuan was stunned.
Why had the director brought the children out?
This wasn’t the ti for them to be onstage, was it?
Under the puzzled gaze of the audience, the old director, holding Diudiu and so other children’s hands, walked up to the podium, scanned the crowd, bowed deeply at 90 degrees, then said with a bitter smile on his face, “Everyone here today is either wealthy or noble, and here I am, an old man, causing you trouble!”
“We’ve been here a while, and according to Miss Qiu’s wishes, we were supposed to appear later, but I really couldn’t hold back anymore, I just had to step up and say sothing…”
“Just now, this gentleman said, how could a welfare ho be like this!”
“Yes, the welfare ho indeed shouldn’t be like this, and any other welfare ho in Jiangzhong City is hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of tis better than ours!”
“But I can tell this gentleman responsibly that our First Welfare Institute has always been like this.
I am the director of the welfare ho, and I have been since its establishnt, for many decades now!”
“At first, life at the welfare ho was passable, but for the past twenty years, our funds have been extrely tight.
I, an unaccomplished old man, could only watch helplessly as the children suffered with , unable to do anything.
I am sorry to them…”
Saying this, the old director couldn’t help but tear up.
“You are all wealthy, I don’t know what kind of life you lead, because that kind of life, to people like us, is paradise, sothing we dare not even dream of or desire!”
“Because of the differences in class, you may not believe the old man’s words, but I can understand that!”
“It may have been inappropriate for to co here today, but I’m worried, worried about these children, and afraid.
I fear, that a hundred years from now, no one will take care of them, that a hundred years from now, the welfare ho will have no money and no one to look after these poor children!” The old director cried silently, “When Miss Qiu appeared before and said she wanted to help us, my heart was filled with an unprecedented sense of gratitude!”
“That way, the children can wear new clothes, no longer have to pick through trash, they can have enough to eat, they can go to school…”
Every word from the old director was laden with tears!
“For so many years, I have begged many people, but no one has ever been willing to help us, only Miss Qiu has co to help us, sincerely helping us…”
“I also know that Miss Qiu can afford to help the welfare ho, but what Miss Qiu wants is for more people to pay attention to these children, to take care of them…”
And just at that mont, i Hanqing was already in tears, “Director, please don’t speak anymore, don’t…”
“No, I must speak!” the old director said firmly, shaking his head.
“It’s my incompetence as the director that the children are suffering, but I cannot allow anyone to doubt us as swindlers.
We’re not deceiving you for your money, nor will we allow anyone to slander our benefactor, the person who wants to help us!”
At that mont, the old director was like a foxtail, unable to blossom brightly, yet he still possessed his own toughness and staunch heart but could also depart at any mont!
In his twilight years, he bowed his head once more, mustering his last strength, so the children could survive, eat their fill.
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