Chapter 72 Chapter 72 [VIP]

On the day Arthur went to send Megan off, when they arrived at the special children's care center, they were taken upstairs by the staff. They arrived a little early, and other special children and parents arrived one after another.

Megan was the better-off child, but she didn't seem to like her peers very much and was indifferent to others. When a lively girl who was born with her left arm missing below the elbow came to greet her, Megan ignored her and buried her head as if immersed in her own world.

Arthur squatted beside her chair, his gentle and tolerant eyes fixed on Megan. Too much love was filled in those green eyes. He smiled helplessly and whispered to her, "Meghan..."

"You are all unique stars."

He didn't blame her, but just said something that Megan didn't understand. She turned her head to look at Arthur. Even though she had emotions, they were still weak. Megan had never had self-regulation and control, and her mechanism in this regard was still dull and clumsy.

Megan was a little unhappy because she was only familiar with the small building and Arkham until now, but now she was going to be thrown here - she understood that foster care meant boarding, and she would have to live here in the future and could not leave at will.

There was confusion and a hint of melancholy in her clear green eyes. She stretched out her arms to Arthur and he hugged her, patting her back gently to comfort her.

Arthur was reluctant to leave, but he knew he couldn't compromise. "You have to take good care of yourself here, okay? I'll go to work, and I'll come to see you when I have a day off or when I have time." Do they have to live a life where they have to rely on others for support to survive?

The wrinkles on his face are still deep, all traces of the hardships he had experienced in making a living. Even though his life has improved a lot after receiving the funding, the wrinkles have not faded, because they still have no foundation to be self-reliant. Once the funding stops, they will return to the same life as before. He will have to work very hard to raise his beloved child.

But Megan's condition is gradually improving. She will one day be like other children. If he cannot give her a good life then, will he let her inherit his poverty and experience the pain that he once felt powerless to do?

Arthur had too many beautiful expectations for the future, which contained all the fantasies he had harbored in despair. Now that he had received funding and could entrust Megan to an institution he could trust, he wanted to fight for it, to get those 'good' things with his own hands and bring them to Megan.

He knew that everything they had now depended on the kindness of others, and he wanted to do something himself and not be an incompetent father.

At that moment, he gently kissed Megan's temples, smiled and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, okay? I'm not abandoning you. I'll come to see you when I'm free from work, and I can even take you home on weekends!"

Megan looked at him for a long time, then nodded and said in a low voice, "Okay, Dad."

Only Arthur heard this sound, and he stroked Megan's head again with great affection.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the venue downstairs that everyone saw when they arrived was completed. They stood by the window and saw many reporters coming in. After all, the special children's care center had just opened, and there would be a lot of procedures. In addition to the mayor's speech, the Wayne Group's boss would also come out to speak in person.

Megan was led by Arthur to the window, still with her head down, but she didn't seem to be very interested in what was happening below, her eyes were vague and had no focus. Arthur looked at Wayne sitting at the table, raised his eyebrows slightly, but soon his expression returned to normal.

Because the child next to him was an autistic child, Arthur deliberately chose a place with few people around. He squatted facing the floor-to-ceiling window, patted Megan on the shoulder, and whispered: "Did you notice? There is an old acquaintance of yours downstairs!" Megan's identity was clear to Wayne, and she was the least suspicious person.

Megan blinked slightly, and when she looked at Arthur again, her eyes were full of curiosity, but her father told her: "This is a secret, child, you have to learn to discover it yourself!"

What's the point of revealing the answer? Actually, it's not very interesting, except to amuse children when they're bored.

If the reverse is true—

Revealing Megan's identity to Wayne is incredibly fun! It's worth the wait and the effort, but it comes at a price. He'll be handing Megan over once and for all, and she'll no longer be his... Bats will try to take her away. That's so heartless, little Bat. But the Joker? He'd never let her go! He doesn't want to lose money.

At one point, he showed an extremely ferocious smile, but he retracted it without letting anyone see it. He really gave too much for this child.

Arthur was still squatting, looking downstairs. After the mayor's speech, it was Wayne's turn to go on stage. Even though his image in gossip news was always romantic, amorous and uninhibited, when he was dressed in a suit and tie, showing his aristocratic temperament and a polite smile on his handsome face, he looked focused and rigorous, making his words extremely convincing.

Bruce Wayne is Gotham's wealthiest man. His family has been established in this land for at least a century, accumulating immeasurable wealth. This is why he can afford to lavishly establish a foundation to care for children with special needs, and then open a foster care center. In reality, many people are not optimistic about his success, as the foundation has been plagued by corruption scandals since its inception...

Those people's lives were not that difficult, nor did they have any unaffordable expenses due to force majeure, but when they realized that there was a lot of money, ownerless money, in the foundation's account, they wanted to get a piece of the pie, completely ignoring the children and families who were truly waiting for relief and funding. They were just greedy, so greedy that they had lost their humanity.

It would be bad enough if they couldn't empathize with the suffering of others, but they also wanted to grab the funding given to them. The timid ones who didn't dare to go too far would keep some of it, at least to save face, but the extremely greedy ones would embezzle all the funding.

Bruce couldn't tolerate these parasites, so he cleared out all the latter, sent them to court and made them pay the price. As for the former, he knew that there was no pure land in this world, so he gave those who did not go so far a beating a bit, making them spit out what they had eaten and give the food to the families of those special children.

If these people were cleared out, his foundation would only welcome a new batch of parasites, and the same experience would repeat itself over and over again, but the families in need of funding could not wait.

He spoke sincerely on the stage, describing his past neglect of children with special needs and his later understanding of them. He said those children were simply ill, with many mental illnesses, brain injuries, and disabilities that were incurable. However, as members of society, they should be recognized and treated with kindness and friendliness.

He said the Caring Fund will continue to support children with special needs until their families can truly become financially independent, while foster care centers will be responsible for caring for some of these children. Psychologists and teachers will also be available to teach them knowledge and skills to ensure that every child can make a living for themselves when they grow up.

In the future, the Caring Fund may open some exclusive positions to provide them with employment opportunities.

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In the eyes of many people, Wayne is a naive rich man and playboy as reported, but he is at least a good man. He donates to churches and welfare homes that take in the elderly, the weak and the disabled almost every year. Even if someone makes a profit from it, he will watch some of the supplies being distributed and see that they have a full meal, and there will be someone to supervise the follow-up.

He's a kind-hearted idiot, but he's a good guy.

Bruce's speech was deep and sincere, whether it was real or fake. When he finished speaking, the audience burst into applause. The moved expression on his face faded, and he regained his aristocratic and polite smile, symbolizing that all pre-opening ceremonies were over.

He talked with the mayor backstage and sent him away, but he stayed here and continued to greet the old acquaintances who came to support him and said goodbye to them one by one. In addition, there were some people who wanted to find other ways to deal with him and build relationships with him who needed to be sent away. Fortunately, he was in a higher position, and when they showed that they were not willing to continue socializing, they left on their own.

Being already adept at dealing with people, after finishing these things, Bruce calmly watched as the people stranded in the venue outside were asked to leave. It was now past eleven o'clock, and he stayed here because of the last part of the opening ceremony.

After the irrelevant personnel left, the special children and their parents upstairs came to the venue together. Several intellectually impaired children cried loudly because they felt uneasy, and someone immediately came forward to comfort them, bringing paper, candy or toys. It was obvious that they had anticipated this kind of emergency and were well prepared.

The person in charge of the special children's care center is a middle-aged woman named Judith Taylor. She is not the type of person who does charity work all year round, and she is even smooth in her dealings with others, but she is very suitable for this position.

She arrived at the venue early in the morning and almost never left. Her sense of responsibility was impeccable. When talking to Bruce, she explained her arrangements and the current situation of the nursing home in just a few words.

The venue of the nursing home is not small. After all, it is funded by the Wayne Group, and the facilities and equipment are also subsidized by the foundation. Logically, it should be financially well-off, but in fact it is almost out of money. Fortunately, people from all walks of life donated money at the opening ceremony.

Ignoring those who do odd jobs and cleaning, first of all, a psychologist is a considerable expense. It is not a separate position. There are also child behavior interventionists, and nutritionists are indispensable. Teachers who can teach children various skills are also needed. Most importantly, children have different conditions, such as mental illness, blindness, deafness, limb disabilities, etc., and the teachers they need are also different.

It is easy to think about helping others, but it becomes difficult and tedious to put it into action.

Wayne was able to achieve this thanks to his wealth, but this was a project that only saw investment but no returns. Any shrewd businessman would not invest a lot of effort in doing this. For them, losing tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of dollars at one time was easy, but long-term losses were totally unacceptable.

Taylor was talking and Bruce just nodded whether he understood or not. After all, he was a well-known idiot who would even skip shareholder meetings. When he heard that the actual expenditure was so high, he couldn't help but look surprised.

As Taylor watched, he sighed and said, "Okay, okay, it's all done." But his expression seemed to say that if he gave up suddenly, he would definitely be laughed at.

Rich people care about face.

But considering the wealth owned and controlled by the Wayne family, it should not be a big deal to him. Otherwise, how many people would give up everything for someone who has nothing to do with them?

Bruce didn't intend to give a speech to the crying children after they calmed down, but since everyone was here, they should have a group photo.

When everyone was arranging themselves in order, he saw a child.

She has black hair and green eyes. Even her father next to her has black hair and green eyes, a rare sight.

Bruce recognized Arthur, and Megan had changed so much that he looked at her for a while longer. It was obvious to the naked eye that she was well taken care of. Compared to her previous skinny appearance, she was much healthier now. Her black curly hair was braided after growing longer, but it was still fluffy and her cheeks and body finally seemed to have some flesh on them.

Neither the father nor the daughter noticed his gaze. Megan lowered her head, still withdrawn, and only looked up in response when Arthur spoke to her.

After the group photo, a small incident occurred. A reporter somehow sneaked in and took pictures of the special children admitted to the foster care center.

Someone discovered this and told Bruce, who immediately asked the reporter to delete the negatives and not to disclose the children's appearance and other information. He then asked Taylor to strengthen the management of the foster care center and to protect the children.

He was almost telling everyone that this was not a place where some trash could do whatever they wanted and conduct dirty business. At least that was how he acted. He would not allow the special children here to become commodities or be used for profit.

The author has something to say:

Bruce is a complete idiot (×) Two acting greats face off on the same stage (×)

By the way, I would like to recommend my friend's article "【UK-US】Will Cyber ​​Aquaman also become a good person? "CP Dick

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Zhan Lanxie, his neighbor whom he met for the first time after four years, was the object of his one-night stand.

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Why do I always run into the "corpse doctor" and get teased by him?

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He has big ambitions and ulterior motives.

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(Batman who was innocently shot:?)