Chapter 319: Explosive Internal Scandal

All the children in the village have to go to school in the town. Although the mountain road is not steep, the distance is very far. Xiaoxia said that it takes her nearly four hours to walk to and from school, and it takes even longer on rainy days.

On weekdays, I get home from school at around seven or eight o'clock.

I thought Xiaoxia just left school early today, but unexpectedly, Xiaoxia looked disappointed and whispered, "Sister, I don't want to go to school anymore."

"ah?"

Chen Li was startled, and even Xiaoyun and Apan stopped what they were doing.

The villagers in the village were very wary of outsiders like them. They usually just watched them filming from a distance. Whenever someone approached them and started chatting with them, they would just shake their heads and turn away, unwilling to talk any more.

Only these children were willing to actively communicate with them, especially Xiaoxia, who was the only local person they knew in the village.

"Why don't you go to school? Aren't your grades very good?" Chen Li quickly leaned over and asked Xiaoxia seriously.

I chatted with Xiaoxia while washing clothes by the river and learned that she is currently in the fifth grade. Her grades have always been excellent and she has been the top student in the class every year.

She also told Ali with great anticipation that she wanted to go to college and become a doctor in the future, and leave the mountains. She was full of expectations and hopes for the future.

It’s only been a few days and she said she doesn’t want to go to school anymore?

Xiaoxia seemed sad when she mentioned this. Her eyes immediately turned red as she choked up and said, "My brother is going to high school, and my younger brother and sister are also going to school. Our family doesn't have enough money for us to go to school together. My brother is a boy, and my father said he should go to college. I'm a girl, so I just want to find a good family to marry in the future."

Chen Li frowned when she heard this. Xiaoxia was so young, but her father had already instilled such ideas in her.

But Xiaoxia was very strong. She fought back her tears and instead thought more about her parents: "I understand them. They work very hard outside. If they were not really short of money, they would have let me continue my studies."

"Then you want to study, right?" Chen Li asked with red eyes.

Xiaoxia slowly lowered her head, neither nodding nor shaking her head.

The three words "I want to go to school" could no longer be uttered at this moment, because for her it was already impossible, and even thinking about it was a luxury.

"Don't be afraid, I'll support you and send you to school!"

Xiaoxia raised her head when she heard that, and looked at Chen Li in disbelief with her eyes as bright as a deer.

Chen Li touched her face distressedly: "You can't accept your fate. If you accept your fate now, you will never be able to get out of this mountain in your life. Sister believes in you, and you have to believe in sister too, okay?"

Almost in an instant, Xiaoxia's eyes were filled with tears. She tilted her head slightly, and tears dripped from the corners of her eyes, falling drop by drop like beads with broken strings into Shen Li's heart.

She reached out and held the poor girl in her arms, giving her silent strength.

But Chen Li knew clearly that there were countless girls trapped in the endless mountains and fields around here. Not only were there girls like Xiaoxia who had to accept their fate because of reality, but there were even countless "Yan'er" who were abducted from outside.

"Yan'er" is the abducted girl she played in this movie.

*

Li Group, Chairman's Office.

"How long are you going to delay this?"

Ji Yongxiu stood in the middle. Li Wanchang stood in front of him and asked gloomily, "How many days has it been? Hmm? Any progress?"

“Chairman, I have been contacting Miss Shen every day, but she doesn’t answer my calls or reply to my messages.”

"Then can't you find her in other ways?" Li Wanchang suddenly shouted, scaring Ji Yongxiu so much that he trembled.

"Can't you find out where she lives? Even if you can't find out where she lives, her school is there. Can't you find her dormitory? Can't you find her class? Why can't you see her?"

Li Wanchang's patience had obviously run out, and the barrage of questions and anger scared Ji Yongxiu so much that cold sweat broke out on his back.

"I'm afraid that being too radical will backfire." Ji Yongxiu explained carefully.

Li Wanchang was now extremely disappointed in him and wanted to punch his head off.

"Do you think you are the only one who can do this?" Li Wanchang stared at him and asked with gritted teeth.

Ji Yongxiu shook his head repeatedly.

Before Ji Yongxiu could say anything, there was a sudden knock on the office door, and the knock was very urgent.

Li Wanchang, who was already furious, shouted impatiently, "Get in here!"

The door opened, and it was the company's general manager Chen who came in. His face was even uglier than Li Wanchang's. When he saw Ji Yongxiu standing in the chairman's office, he was stunned, and his expression was obviously strange.

"What's the matter?" Li Wanchang didn't observe Manager Chen's expression, but asked in a cold tone.

Manager Chen moved his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know how to start talking about this matter.

Li Wanchang was already in a state of irritation. Seeing this, he glared at him and shouted, "Are you mute? If you have anything to fart, fart quickly. I have no patience today!"

"Chairman, something's wrong." Manager Chen quickly organized his words and spoke timidly, while glancing at Ji Yongxiu uncontrollably: "An anonymous file has been sent to the mailboxes of all company employees. Inside... inside is a video."

"Video?" Li Wanchang frowned and asked in confusion, "What video?"

Manager Chen couldn't bring himself to say it in front of Ji Yongxiu, so he simply walked over to Li Wanchang and whispered in his ear, "Manager Ji's obscene video."

In one sentence, Li Wanchang was completely stunned.

"W-what?" The volume instantly rose ten octaves.

Manager Chen nodded awkwardly, "The whole company saw it. If this gets out, it will have a huge impact on the company."

Li Wanchang only felt a hot current rushing to the top of his head, as if he was going to have a cerebral hemorrhage in the next second.

He glared at Ji Yongxiu with his eyes. If looks could kill, Ji Yongxiu would have been crushed to ashes by Li Wanchang's eyes by now.

How could such an explosive internal scandal be covered up? If it were to spread, the company would inevitably be affected, and a drop in its stock price would be a foregone conclusion!

Just as Li Wanchang was about to lose his temper, the phone suddenly rang in the quiet office.

It was Ji Yongxiu's phone ringing.

Ji Yongxiu cursed inwardly for causing trouble for him at this time, and hurriedly took out his cell phone to hang up, but paused when he saw the caller ID.

Then his face lit up with joy.

"Chairman, it's Miss Shen!" He excitedly raised his phone in front of Li Wanchang: "She contacted me on her own initiative, she must have figured it out!"

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(End of this chapter)