Shen Zhi Qiu nodded; Lu Jia's words reassured her considerably. Although she didn't know exactly what Lu Jia's family did all these years, judging from the scale of the sanatorium, it was certainly no ordinary place.

She recalled a few nights ago when she was chatting with Xiaoyu in the courtyard. It was from Xiaoyu that she learned that although the sanatorium was a high-end facility with very high fees, it was usually occupied by the families of high-ranking officials and wealthy people.

However, in another area behind the mountain, there lived some ordinary farmers from the deep mountains. They received free food and clothing, as well as free medical care. Furthermore, the sanatorium organized medical experts to travel to remote mountain villages every year to provide free medical consultations for the local villagers, all of which Lu Jia paid for out of his own pocket.

She was somewhat surprised and asked Xiaoyu why there were so many elderly people in the nursing home who didn't pay.

Xiao Yu's expression turned somewhat sorrowful at that moment. He said that those old people used to be farmers from the same village as him.

Back then, a plague struck the village. Because they lived deep in the mountains and had poor transportation, and there was only one barefoot doctor in the village, he was among the first to be infected and died quickly. With the death of the village's only doctor, everyone became even more fearful.

Most of the young and healthy people fled with their children. Only the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the disabled remained in the village, unable to escape, so they simply stayed to await their deaths.

He was an orphan since childhood, so there was no one to help him escape, and he gave up and decided to wait to die with the old people.

Just as he lay despairing in his own field, Lu Jia happened to come to their village on business. Witnessing this tragic scene, Lu Jia spent money to hire a medical team from hundreds of kilometers away to come to the village to provide treatment.

The mountain roads were rugged, and there were no roads dozens of kilometers away from the village, so vehicles could not get in at all. The medical team had to carry the life-saving equipment and medicines on foot, eating and sleeping in the mountains. It took them several days to reach the village.

"Sister Zhi Qiu, do you know? In my heart, Brother Lu is like a god. If it weren't for him, I would have died in the field in front of the house long ago. And all the old people in the village would definitely be dead too!" Lu Xiaoyu's eyes reddened, and she stubbornly turned her face away. After a few seconds, she turned her face back.

"So, after saving you, Lu Jia brought you all here?" Shen Zhi Qiu was truly shocked. She never expected that Lu Jia, who was always so roguish, would do such a thing.

"Not all of them. Some elderly people are unwilling to leave. Even after their condition improves from taking medicine, they still want to stay and protect their farmland. Moreover, they fantasize that their children might come back to find them. So Brother Lu only brought back some elderly people who urgently needed treatment. After these elderly people recovered, some wanted to go back, so Brother Lu would have them sent back. But some were too old and it was too much of a hassle for them to travel back and forth, so Brother Lu persuaded them to stay here and live out their retirement."

For the elderly who return home, Brother Lu sends a medical team to provide free medical services every year. Because the roads are difficult to travel, many doctors are unwilling to go, so Brother Lu personally leads the team there every year.

"I never knew any of this." Shen Zhi Qiu listened quietly as Lu Xiao Yu talked about things she could never have imagined.

“Brother Lu has done so much more than that. Every year, he sponsors many children in remote mountainous areas who can’t afford to go to school. Last year, he even donated several buildings to a Hope Primary School! You didn’t see it, the thank-you letters mailed to Brother Lu could fill a small house.” Lu Xiaoyu added proudly, “Sister Zhi Qiu, when I grow up, I want to be like Brother Lu!”

"Then good luck!" Shen Zhi Qiu patted Lu Xiao Yu's head and encouraged her.

"We're here." Lu Jia parked the car on the side of the road, gently patted the absent-minded Shen Zhi Qiu, and reminded her to get out of the car.

Shen Zhi Qiu opened the door and went downstairs. Lu Jia looked at her face and earnestly instructed her, "I've thought about it. I'll fly to Nancheng tonight. You contact the dean and I'll pick up Grandma first thing tomorrow morning. That way, we can come back tomorrow afternoon. You'll be able to see Grandma then. You won't have to worry anymore."

Shen Zhi Qiu was somewhat surprised, but felt that Lu Jia's words made sense, so she nodded.

"While I'm gone, you must take good care of Sister Zhi Qiu," Lu Jia said seriously, looking at Lu Xiaoyu.

"And one more thing." Lu Jia started the car, then suddenly remembered something and turned back to shout to Zhi Qiu, "I've erased the afternoon's surveillance footage, so you won't be seen on the footage. Don't worry."

The main entrance of the scenic area.

"Brother, I told you, she's really gone. I paid someone to check the surveillance footage, but there's really no Shen Zhi Qiu in the footage, it's ridiculous! If I hadn't taken photos and videos for you, I would have thought I was seeing things because I've been drinking too much lately."

Fu Jingran was on the phone with Gu Qingyan, telling her how outrageous this whole thing was.

Gu Qingyan was waiting at the airport. Listening to Fu Jingran's words, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper. He was finally convinced that Shen Zhi Qiu really had a powerful backer, but he didn't know who that person was.

"Beep beep beep..." Gu Qingyan's phone beeped with a call coming in. He glanced at it and saw it was Xiao Wanqing.

"I'll talk to you later, Wanqing is calling me." Gu Qingyan said and hung up the phone.

"Gu Qingyan, are you out of your mind? You're frantically searching for Shen Zhi Qiu, and you're still entangled with Wan Qing. What the hell are you trying to do?!"

Fu Jingran angrily cursed into the phone, his eyes suddenly turning fierce, completely losing his usual carefree demeanor.

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"Zhiqiu, I've arrived in Nancheng. Let's go to the hotel to check in now."

As soon as she got off the plane, Lu Jia sent a message to Shen Zhi Qiu.

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