Chapter 623: Puncture
He pushed the new document in front of Ji Wan.
"That plan is indeed a test." Fu Chen's eyes became more sincere and serious than ever before. "I need a partner who not only has top-notch business acumen and can see through all the traps in the capital game, but more importantly, she must have a strong enough heart and not be blinded by favors."
Ji Wan paused, lowered her eyes, and looked at the new plan.
On the cover, there is no fancy project name, only a line of simple bold words:
The initiation letter of the “Heart Fire Project”.
She opened it in confusion.
Fu Chen's voice slowly sounded in his ears, carrying a heavy power.
"I want to set up a non-profit foundation dedicated to helping impoverished children with congenital heart disease. From postnatal surgery to full-time follow-up and support for their schooling and employment, I hope every child with heart disease can ignite the flame of life."
Ji Wan's fingers trembled slightly as he turned the pages.
This is a real project! A detailed budget, a professional medical team, a complete support system, and every detail is filled with human warmth.
"Why me?" Her voice was a little dry.
Fu Chen looked out the window, as if lost in distant memories: "Do you still remember that earthquake?"
Of course Ji Wan remembered.
"I saw you on TV at a rescue site, holding an injured child, crying your heart out." Fu Chen retracted his gaze and returned it to her face, his eyes filled with an indescribable touch. "At that moment, I realized that some people in this world have kindness ingrained in their bones. Charity requires more than just money; you also need a truly compassionate heart. And you, Ji Wan, possess both."
"So, that capital trap..."
"This is my pledge of allegiance," Fu Chen said frankly. "I need to prove to you that I'm capable of devising the most complex business scams. This also means I'm capable of avoiding all commercial risks for this foundation."
Ji Wan was completely stunned. She looked at the man in front of her as if she had just met him for the first time.
Being sinister and calculating was just the hard shell that covered him.
And beneath this hard shell, there is such a hot heart.
Ji Wan held the plan in his hand, and his fingertips could clearly feel the thick texture of the paper. Every word on it was like a mark of Fu Chen's burning heart.
She raised her eyes and looked at him again. This man had shed all his disguises, and the sincerity in his eyes was like a deep pool, absorbing all her vigilance and anger.
"Why a heart attack?" Ji Wan's voice still trembled slightly as she asked the deepest question in her heart, "There are so many people in the world who need help."
The curve of Fu Chen's mouth disappeared, replaced by a very faint, very bitter smile. He raised his hand, and gently pressed his slender fingers on his left chest. The movement was gentle, but it carried a sense of fateful heaviness.
"Because I am the child who almost didn't have the chance to ignite the flame of life."
This sentence, like a thunderclap, exploded in Ji Wan's mind.
Her pupils suddenly contracted and she looked at him in disbelief.
"I have a congenital heart disease." Fu Chen's voice was calm and composed, as if he was recounting someone else's story. "When I was little, doctors predicted I wouldn't live past eighteen. My parents spent all their money and traveled all over the world with me, finally, after a very risky surgery, they gave me a beating heart."
He paused, his eyes penetrating the glass window of the cafe and gazing at the distant horizon.
"I understand better than anyone that every heartbeat is a gift. I also know better than anyone how helpless a family feels when faced with such despair. I was saved. Now, I want to use my ability to save the lives of more children like this."
At this moment, all the calculations and tests have the most reasonable explanation.
Because he had experienced that kind of darkness, he longed to create light. Because he himself had climbed out of the abyss, he wanted to use the strongest armor to protect those children who were still in the abyss.
Ji Wan's eyes felt warm. She took a deep breath, closed the heavy plan, and hugged it tightly in her arms.
"This matter is too big." She looked at Fu Chen, her eyes more determined than ever before. "I can't answer you right away. I need time, and I also need to discuss it with the person who is most important to me."
Fu Chen didn't ask any further questions, but just nodded, with a hint of approval in his eyes: "I'll wait for you."
…
When he returned to the Chi family villa, Chi Wenyan was processing documents in the living room. When he heard the door open, he immediately raised his head, and his deep eyes accurately captured Ji Wan's figure.
"I'm back." He stood up and strode to her, naturally taking the bag and coat from her hands, his eyes falling on the documents she was holding tightly in her arms.
"What's this?"
Ji Wan didn't say anything, but handed him the "Heart Fire Plan" proposal.
Chi Wenyan took it, his brows raised slightly. He sat back on the sofa and flipped through the pages. At first, his expression was that of a businessman, scrutinizing and critical, but the more he read, the more his brows relaxed and his eyes grew more serious.
When he saw the last page, the obscenely detailed budget and risk avoidance plan, he fell silent.
"There's nothing wrong with the plan itself." Chi Wenyan closed the file and said in a low voice, "You could even say it's perfect. Whether from the perspective of charity or the logic of business execution, it's impeccable."
Ji Wan sat down beside him and said softly, "This is given to me by Fu Chen."
Chi Wenyan's body tensed up instantly, and his eyes, which had just been filled with admiration, suddenly turned cold and sharp as a knife.
"Did he tell you that?"
Ji Wan told him everything that happened today, from the shell company plan full of traps to Fu Chen's final confession.
After hearing this, Chi Wenyan's expression did not ease at all, but became even colder.
"Ji Wan, don't you think someone who uses such a sophisticated scam to 'test' his partners is dangerous?" He pointed out bluntly, "He may be kind, but wrapped in this kindness is a bottomless well of scheming and calculation. I don't trust him."
"I know you're worried." Ji Wan held his slightly cold hand. "But this project... I can't refuse it. Do you understand? When I saw those detailed rescue plans, I couldn't refuse."
Chi Wenyan wrapped her small hand tightly in his palm, his dark eyes fixed on her.
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