Lin Fan took action again, buying all the unsold vegetables from the market and donating them to the school. The vegetable vendors were moved to tears and almost wanted to kneel before him.
In their eyes, Lin Fan was simply their savior, repeatedly extending a helping hand and rescuing them.
This is the true aning of being wealthy. As the saying goes, when soone is poor, they should maintain their integrity, and when they are rich, they should benefit the world. One shouldn’t be just a ruthless money-making machine, even harming others for profit. Instead, they should have a sense of social responsibility.
Although Lin Fan earned the gratitude of the vendors, he knew this couldn’t fundantally solve the problem; he couldn’t clear the vegetable market every day.
Perhaps he could handle one or two, but if the Wei Family’s project spreads, with thousands of markets and countless vendors, can he buy that much!
The fundantal solution to this problem is to let the Wei Family’s project fail, but this isn’t sothing Lin Fan can accomplish alone.
"Little Fan, you’ve done all you can, and that’s enough. Let’s go ho, tonight I’ll cook sothing delicious for you."
Liu ngjie smiled and said.
Lin Fan nodded, gathered his thoughts, and said with a smile, "I really want to taste Sister ngjie’s cooking."
Liu ngjie giggled, "Don’t worry, I won’t let you down."
So, Lin Fan went back to Lijing District with Liu ngjie.
In the car, Liu ngjie suddenly seed to rember sothing and asked, "Little Fan, do you mind if I turn on the radio?"
Lin Fan said, "Of course not, go ahead."
Liu ngjie turned on the radio and tuned to the financial channel, where a program featuring a stock market expert was playing, and she listened intently.
Lin Fan was a bit surprised and said, "Sister ngjie, are you interested in this?"
Liu ngjie said, "Yes, I’ve recently developed an interest in financial managent. I want to learn more about it. As they say, if you don’t manage your finances, your finances won’t manage you. There’s nothing wrong with learning a bit about it."
Lin Fan, with his top-notch insight, sensed sothing unusual and asked, "Sister ngjie, are you facing so problem?"
Liu ngjie quickly said, "No, no, Little Fan, don’t overthink it. I really just want to learn more about investnt and finance. Even though I’m a school principal, I only earn a fixed salary. I’m just thinking of earning a bit more for myself."
Lin Fan smiled and said, "Alright, Sister ngjie, if there’s any trouble, feel free to let know."
Liu ngjie simply replied, "Okay, I will."
Ring, ring, ring...
Liu ngjie’s phone suddenly rang.
Liu ngjie answered the call, "Hello, President Chen. Dinner? I’m really sorry, President Chen, I would love to et, but tonight isn’t possible. How about we schedule another ti? How does tomorrow sound? I’m truly sorry, I have sothing to attend to tonight. Alright, President Chen, tomorrow it is. See you."
After hanging up, she seed worried Lin Fan would ask and proactively said, "It’s an old friend, haven’t seen them in a while, invited for dinner."
Lin Fan acknowledged with an "Oh" and said, "Sister ngjie, if you have urgent matters, feel free to attend to them. We can have a al anyti."
Liu ngjie imdiately said, "No, last ti we couldn’t eat because of sothing else. This ti, no matter what, it can’t be postponed. Tonight, I want to have dinner with you. Everything else can wait."
In Liu ngjie’s eyes, dining with Lin Fan was very important, more so than other matters. She had been looking forward to it since the last missed opportunity.
Lin Fan listened and didn’t say anything further.
Soon, the car arrived at Lijing District.
Upon entering the district, they suddenly saw a crowd of people blocking the road, making it impossible for the car to pass.
The crowd was buzzing with discussion, all looking upwards.
Following their gaze, Lin Fan and Liu ngjie looked up and, shockingly, saw four people on the rooftop of a building in front: a man, a woman, a young girl, and a young boy. They seed like a family of four.
Both children were crying loudly, appearing terrified.
The couple was crying as well, but compared to the children, their faces showed more of an adult’s despair.
"Son, what are you doing? Why are you taking your wife and children to the rooftop? Don’t scare your mother; your mother is old and can’t handle it!"
An elderly woman in a dance outfit was incredibly anxious and frightened downstairs.
As it turns out, this evening, like usual, the elderly lady ca to the community square to dance with a group of seniors. While enjoying herself, a senior man noticed four figures on the rooftop. Upon closer inspection, weren’t they her son, daughter-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter?
This family of four on the rooftop was about to jump.
The community imdiately beca chaotic, with residents all running over to watch.
On the rooftop, hearing the elderly lady’s words, the man, sobbing uncontrollably, emotionally broke down: "Mom, I’m sorry, I really can’t do it anymore, I can’t live anymore!"
The elderly woman’s face turned pale: "Son, what’s happened? Don’t scare your mother."
The man said, "Mom, I’ve failed in life, in business. I couldn’t live up to your and Dad’s expectations!"
The elderly woman was bewildered: "Son, what are you talking about? You’ve always been my pride. You’re a top university graduate and built your company with your own hands. The seniors in the community always envy , saying I’m blessed, my son is successful, and I have a harmonious family. What exactly has happened?"
The man said, "I’m sorry, Mom, I’m going to disgrace you. Your son is useless, he’s nothing."
The elderly woman said, "How can that be? My son could never be useless. What’s going on? Tell your mother. If you jump without saying anything, dying without a clear reason, you can’t tornt your mother like that!"
The man lowered his head and cried, seemingly at a loss for words.
The elderly woman said, "Daughter-in-law, if he won’t speak, then you do it. You’re the company’s CFO. What happened?"
The woman cried, "Mom, I’m sorry, it’s my fault, I dragged Ah-Cong down. In the past two years, the company’s performance has been declining, and we’ve been struggling to hold on."
The elderly woman stomped her feet: "Why didn’t you tell ?"
The woman said, "We didn’t want to worry you, Mom. It wasn’t easy for you to nurture Ah-Cong to success, and now that you’re older, we just wanted you to enjoy your later years, dancing daily without worries, but we really can’t hold on anymore."
"To help the company out of trouble, I suggested to Ah-Cong to let my old schoolmate, who’s in investnt, manage our finances. So, we took the company’s funds and invested in the stock market. Who knew, our stocks plumted, and we’re on the verge of losing everything, thinking it might be better to be dead."
Only then did everyone understand, it was that the failed investnt led to despair and thoughts of suicide!
"Which stock did you buy?"
At this mont, a voice suddenly asked. Following the sound, everyone saw Lin Fan step forward.
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