Chapter 275: Chapter 275 Sister Tiger Has Something On Her Mind?
“Sister Danchen, how much does it cost to renovate the school?”
Zhu Danchen was busy scolding the government. When she heard what I asked, she simply replied in pa.s.sing, “Because it is a boarding school, the dormitory must also be renovated. So it would at least cost one million. Haha, one million. You can at most buy a flat with three-bedroom and one living room in Bei Tian City with that money. But it can also allow two hundred and eighty-six children to have a place to read books and study. In Bei Tian City, there are so many rich people who can afford to drive luxury cars, wear branded watches and designer clothes, even their meals can cost tens of thousands of Yuan a day, but unless it would be reported, none of them wanted to spend any money…”
From this, it could be seen that Zhu Danchen had already tried to gather money through fundraising, but the result wasn’t great…
“I have one million.”
Zhu Danchen didn’t realize the hidden meaning behind my words. She chuckled, “that’s your money, not mine…”
“I will lend you… I mean, I can donate the money to you.” I was surprised at my generosity. I didn’t even spend much time thinking about donating this one million.
“Hehe, you want to donate it to me… huh?” Zhu Danchen first thought I was joking, then she was taken aback. She suddenly straightened her body, and asked again, “What did you just say? You have one million?! Aren’t you a white-collar worker who is fresh out of college? And you have just lost your job recently, right? How can you have one million?!”
‘Lost my job?’ This comment really hurt my self-esteem…
I didn’t expect that Sister Tiger was a nosy woman. She even told Zhu Danchen that I had recently lost my job. But looking at Zhu Danchen’s reaction, Dong Xiaoye didn’t seem to mention where I got one million from.
After all, Zhu Danchen and I were not familiar with each other, so even though she was suspicious, she turned her head to look at Dong Xiaoye; she wanted to get confirmation from Dong Xiaoye, “Dong Dong, didn’t you say that his father is a teacher, and his mother runs a fast food restaurant?”
“Yes…”
“I’m sorry, Mr. Chu,” Zhu Danchen didn’t wait for Dong Xiaoye to finish her words at all. Unexpectedly, she suddenly pulled a cold face and said seriously to me, “I thought you were a good person, maybe you also think you are a good person too, but we are all wrong. People once told me that nowadays, many rich people like to pretend to be ordinary people to pick up girls. I didn’t believe it at that time. But I didn’t expect it to be true. But I’m telling you now that there is no way I would allow it! School is very important to me, but I will not sacrifice my sister’s happiness for the stubborn ideals of the previous generation! Don’t you dare think that you can use this method to get Dong Dong! Also, I want to tell you that Dong Dong will not fall for your trick! Because in this world, what she hates most is the bad man who likes to lie to women like you!”
I was completely speechless… Reality made me once again see how imaginative a woman could be, but… her imagination was really ridiculous, right?
Dong Xiaoye was also lost for words. After a while, she finally responded with a blushing face, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, “what are you talking about? Sister Danchen, Chu Nan is not a rich person, he is just a young white-collar worker who has just lost his job, but he does have one million, one and a half million, to be exact.”
Sure enough, Dong Xiaoye was thinking about the “dirty money” I had.
“Huh?” Zhu Danchen frowned, still not convinced, “Where did he get so much money?”
“I saw him extorted… earned it with my own eyes.”
She definitely wanted to say that I extorted that money from someone!
However, the word “extorted” was not an exaggeration. I had indeed extorted one and a half million from Zhang Mingjie. However, I didn’t do it for the money, but just to let him know that I was not someone who he could easily mess with, so that he would not dare to make advances to Liusu. So for me, who had no material pursuits, this money had always been just a number. I have never planned how I should use it, so there was no concept of reluctance, especially…
I unconsciously touched the wound on my thigh. Since I survived the danger in Crouching Dragon Mountain Resort, I seemed to have understood the meaning of life better… Using my limited life to help as many people in the society as possible? No, I was not that n.o.ble. In my opinion, the meaning of living was to do fewer things that would make you regret and more things that would make you happy, so that you could live comfortably and happily every day.
The reason for my willingness to help was very simple: Zhu Danchen, like me, had a father who was a teacher. I could understand more or less how much she respected and admired her father’s dream, so I wanted to help her, and it just happened that I had the ability to help her. Besides… I glanced at the nervous Sister Tiger and smiled. Perhaps the reason may be even simpler.
I didn’t want to justify how I got the money, but to be able to get the money, Sister Tiger had also offered her help, so since she wanted the money, there was no reason for me to reject it, right?
Seeing me looking at her, Dong Xiaoye hurriedly said, “Little Chu, you are a man! A real man needs to keep his word. You have said that you are going to donate this money to our school, you can’t go back on your words!”
“Do you think I was you?” I teased her playfully, “No wonder you agreed so readily when I asked you to find a place for the old woman, it turned out that you have some other plans.”
“I…” Dong Xiaoye didn’t know how to refute me, so she could only lower her head and stopped talking.
“Anyway, that one and a half million yuan aren’t mine either, so I have no problem donating all of them to Sister Danchen. You can also buy some computers for the children…”
Zhu Danchen still didn’t know what was going on. Her eyes widened in disbelief, and she didn’t even notice that she had knocked over the alcohol gla.s.s. “Donating all of them to our school? One and a half million?!”
“Mhm, but…” I deliberately prolonged my voice for a while before carrying on with a smile, “I have a condition. After the school is renovated, you must give a bigger room to Ku’er and her grandma. The room must have good lighting, and it must have an air-conditioner and television. Summer is coming, this matter must be the top priority. Mhm, that’s it, if you agree, I will transfer the money to you tomorrow.”
Although I was doing it for a selfish reason, obviously Zhu Danchen and Dong Xiaoye, those two people, didn’t think I was serious. After all, the condition I made wasn’t difficult to meet. She nodded her head in a hurry, fearing that I would change my mind at any time. After knowing that she had been thinking too much earlier, her face flushed red in embarra.s.sment. But realizing that her father’s dream could finally be continued, she was moved, delighted, relieved; all kinds of feelings merged into a complicated expression, making her unable to speak for a while. Behind the gla.s.ses, two crystal teardrops fell down from her eyes honestly. She filled my half cup of tea with alcohol with her trembling hand and then raised her own gla.s.s to me…
The taste of tea after mixing with alcohol wasn’t great, but as a courtesy, I couldn’t reject the toast of Zhu Danchen. When I tried to drink, I was surprised to find that the alcoholic Sister Tiger did not raise her gla.s.s but stare at me in a daze…
This slight distraction almost made me choke on the drink.
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The car stopped under a red light. After this intersection was the Dazhongma community where I lived. After glancing at me secretly for the eighth time, Dong Xiaoye finally couldn’t help but speak, “If you want to scold me, then just do it. Don’t you feel awkward holding it back?”
Only a guilty person would feel awkward, right? I deliberately stayed silent to tease Dong Xiaoye. I wanted to see how she would react. For other people, what I was doing might be very boring, but to me, it was very interesting.
“Scold you? I’m scared that you will hit me.”
“I won’t hit you!” Dong Xiaoye hurriedly said, “today you can scold me however you like. I definitely won’t hit you. If you are not satisfied with that, you can hit me.”
I finally couldn’t help but burst out chuckling, “I am playing with you, why do I want to scold you or hit you?”
Sister Tiger still had a serious expression. Like a kid who made a mistake, she honestly admits her mistake, “you genuinely wanted to help the old woman and Ku’er, but I agreed to your request for other reasons…”
“For other reasons?” I asked with a smile, “Xiaoye, if you were me, and when you saw what happened to Ku’er and her grandma, would you help me?”
“Of course I would!” After Dong Xiaoye responded, she lowered her head in shame, “But I tricked you to donate your money to the school…”
“I know, I was aware of it before I made the decision, but I still decided to donate money, so it doesn’t count as being tricked by you, it was my own decision.”
“Why?” Dong Xiaoye raised her head, frowning in confusion, “You aren’t angry at me? That’s one and a half million…”
“It’s not my money anyway,” it would be a lie if I say that I didn’t feel distressed after donating that amount of money, but I still replied with a smile, “that is Zhang Mingjie’s money. But if you still think that you owe me, then, you can find a way to pay me back. For example…” I paused with a lecherous smile.
What I said was suggestive, Sister Tiger immediately blushed. “Bah! I knew you were thinking something dirty.” Dong Xiaoye scolded me while chuckling. Although she felt embarra.s.sed, she was relieved a lot. “Don’t you dare think that after you donated one and a half million, I would fall in love with you. There is no way I would be interested in a womanizer. I am not a foolish woman!”
Whether it was Mo Fei or Shu Tong, the repeated misunderstandings had shaped my image in Sister Tiger’s mind. I didn’t bother to continue arguing with her, “Yes, yes, I know you are very smart, there is no way you will be able to fall for me. That money doesn’t come from the legal channel, so I am scared that you will expose me in the future, so I decided to donate it to the school. Are you happy with this answer?”
“That’s more like it.” Sister Tiger’s face was really thick. She shamelessly said, “actually, I was doing it for your own good as well. You see, you are young, but you actually used that kind of method to earn that much money. Once you got used to making money using this kind of method, you may not want to earn money from honest work again. Then you would be committing some serious crimes… I’m not trying to be an alarmist. Do you know how many such criminals we caught every year?”
This actually made some sense. If my old man knew that I had extorted one and a half million from Zhang Mingjie, he would definitely beat the s.h.i.t out of me…
I smiled, not saying a word to respond to Dong Xiaoye. Dong Xiaoye seemed to have something to say, but after our eyes met, she immediately looked away.
“What’s the matter? Is there something else you want to say?”
Dong Xiaoye’s body trembled suddenly, and she fl.u.s.tered, “No…I didn’t want to ask anything…”
I was confused, why did Sister Tiger suddenly become so nervous?