Independent Extra 3: All for Her①
After graduating from university, Xia Cheng had no worries about food and clothing because Xun Sheng's steel company was doing well. She also successfully passed the business competition and was admitted to the graduate school of Ocean University.
She had good grades and received a scholarship of 10,000 yuan at the awards ceremony of Ocean University. At that time, 10,000 yuan was as light as a feather to Xia Cheng. She valued this honor more and it made her feel proud.
But Xia Cheng didn't expect that Xun Sheng participated in this award ceremony as an outstanding alumnus. There were fifteen people who received the 10,000 yuan, all of whom were sponsored by Lando. He took photos with them one by one.
When it was Xia Cheng's turn, she stood beside him and smelled the familiar scent on him.
His arm rubbed against Xia Cheng's arm, and it felt soft and furry. Xia Cheng moved to the side, and when the photo was taken, there was only enough space between her and him for another person to stand.
Xia Cheng found out that Xun Sheng had completely taken over Landu. As the nominal eldest son of the Xun family, he had the right to do so.
After the solo photo was taken, Xia Cheng looked across the crowd at Xun Shengluo sitting in the first row. Whenever he was outside, he was always very well-dressed, with his hair combed meticulously. Even when wearing the simplest white shirt, he was more eye-catching than others.
Xun Sheng turned his head and Xia Cheng lowered his head.
He stood up and his eyes fell on the person next to her. It turned out that someone had submitted a resume on the spot. Xia Cheng heard him answer the questions seriously, as serious as a sculpture. The voices of the people around him were shaking. He didn't say a word of comfort, answered with a cold face, and sat back.
Xia Cheng felt familiar yet unfamiliar. Xun Sheng was just like that. To outsiders, he always seemed cold, but if it was someone he cared about, he would want to give his heart to them.
After receiving the scholarship, they had to take a group photo. Xun Sheng was still surrounded by a group of leaders. The leader who knew that Xia Cheng was Xun Sheng's sister pushed Xia Cheng to the front. The leader wanted to use this to get closer to Xun Sheng, but he didn't want to take a photo. Xun Sheng and Xia Cheng both behaved very unnaturally.
Xia Cheng took a photo with him reluctantly.
"I heard that you were admitted to graduate school. What are your plans for the future?" Xun Sheng suddenly spoke. Before Xia Cheng could think of how to answer, the photo taken by the two of them was over.
Before she could answer, Xun Sheng was surrounded again, and his clear voice disappeared. Xia Cheng followed the others off the stage and saw Xun Sheng being surrounded and taken to the car.
Finally, Xia Cheng looked over from a distance and could only see the back of his car.
During her graduate studies, Xia Cheng established her own goals. She planned to continue her studies and stay in the school to become a teacher in the future.
The reason why Xia Cheng wants to be a teacher is actually because her schedule is more flexible and she needs to make time to do volunteer activities.
Ever since she moved into the graduate dormitory, she has been paying attention to these volunteer activities, first in the community, then in Haishi. Later, she accidentally met the head of the Peking University Poverty Alleviation Institute, a gentle and elegant man in his forties. After learning about the situation of children in the mountainous areas, Xia Cheng directly donated one million.
After that, she often went to the countryside with people from the Peking University Poverty Alleviation Institute.
At first, this would have delayed her studies, but the director of the Peking University Poverty Alleviation Institute was a friend of Xia Cheng's tutor. With his help, Xia Cheng dropped out of school and re-examined, and was admitted to the Agricultural Economics and Management program at Peking University, becoming the director's student.
In this way, Xia Cheng officially started his journey to the countryside.
In fact, with the support of the state in recent years, the rural economy is slowly developing, and more and more financial aid is being provided to students. However, when economic development does not match the cultural level, what is even more terrifying is the backward villagers.
When Xia Cheng was out with her teachers and seniors, most of the communication work was done by the boys. Because a female student from a poverty alleviation group had been detained by local villagers before, the female students in the group were not allowed to go out alone.
At first she couldn't understand it until the villagers raised their shovels and refused to let them send their children to school unless they sent a few female students to be their wives.
It's too poor here to keep women.
Greedy eyes swept over every female student. The teacher protected them behind her and felt deeply disgusted with this group of people who wanted everything.
"impossible."
This is the teacher's answer.
Then he was beaten.
The police arrived quickly and the incident was reported in the social news. The teacher was not only a teacher but also a well-known social figure.
While Xia Cheng was taking care of him in the hospital, she heard that the largest sponsor was going to cancel its funding.
The teacher specifically told Xia Cheng to talk to the sponsor. Although he had been beaten, the children were innocent. If they weren't helped, they would be trapped there for life. Especially the girls, who would probably be married off at thirteen or fourteen.
Xia Cheng didn't understand why the teacher had to go by herself, but after she took the green train for dozens of hours and returned to Hai City to see that person, she knew why.
The man was Xun Sheng, and it was Xun Sheng who specifically asked to see her.
Xia Cheng realized later that the teacher knew her identity.
Xun Sheng left her in the reception room for nearly an hour before finally coming back. Xia Cheng had already finished all the tea, water, and fruits in the reception room.
But she didn't dare lose her temper, because their relationship was different now.
She could only compliment him and praise Xun Sheng's success over the years. Xia Cheng knew Xun Sheng very well. He looked cold and indifferent, but he was actually very reserved and might be very happy in his heart.
But after Xia Cheng finished praising him, Xun Sheng didn't react at all.
He just crossed his legs and raised an eyebrow.
"You think you know me well? Do you think I'll change my mind just by saying these things?"
"That's not what I meant..."
"Go back."
He didn't hear what he wanted to hear, so he ordered her to leave and left in a cool manner, leaving Xia Cheng alone and disheveled.
Xia Cheng had no choice but to take the green train for dozens of hours to go back.
When the teacher found out, he sighed with some regret.
"Then you can only try to reduce your expenses. It's okay, don't blame yourself, you've done a good job."
"Teacher, how much money did Xun Sheng invest?"
"Not much, maybe 10 million."
“!!!”
"It's a pity that it's all gone now."
"So much money? Why?" Xia Cheng didn't understand. She had never heard of Xun Sheng's involvement in charity work before. That was ten million! Enough to build a road to the train station for this village, and enough for those children to go to college.
The teacher gave her a meaningful look.
"Maybe it's because I have too much money and I'm burning it."
I didn't know for a moment whether the teacher was joking or insulting me.
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The largest amount of funding is gone, and although poverty alleviation work will not be interrupted, spending will be significantly limited.
For example, some questionnaires used to be asked by students and answered by villagers, and each person was paid for completing one. Even so, it was not easy to produce academic results, not to mention that now no money is paid.
The only comfort is probably the smiling faces of the children.
Xia Cheng could feel that they were very happy at school.
Without school, they would go to the fields at an early age to care for their younger siblings, wash clothes, and cook. More importantly, they could only eat enough at school, so that they would have the energy to cut grass for the pigs and collect firewood after school.
Later, as the number of students increased, the teacher went back to look for funding. Xia Cheng and several of his senior students stayed to continue their work, but they encountered an accident.
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