Chapter 156 156 Lu Xuan: So, where did the money go?
Pei Qi was panting like a dying fish, his red eyes glaring at Lu Xuan in frustration.
Lu Xuan couldn't help but pinch his cheek and said jokingly, "Pei Qi, your physical strength is too poor."
Pei Maomao: “!!!!!”
Don’t give me that!
Pei Maomao glared at him angrily, accusing him dissatisfiedly, "Is this my problem? It's clearly your problem. From the living room to the room, you even didn't spare the stairs, you pervert!"
Lu Xuan smiled. He was not ashamed of it, but proud of it.
"Your physical strength is too poor, stop acting like a spoiled brat!"
Pei Maomao: “????”
You are the one who is acting like a spoiled child!
Your whole family is acting like a spoiled brat!
Pei Maomao, so angry that Qiqiao was fuming, immediately bit his arm. Lu Xuan's lips curled slightly, looking at the biting kitten in front of him, and joked, "Great, our Pei Qi still has the energy to bite people. Looks like he can do it again."
Upon hearing this, Pei Maomao immediately opened his mouth and wrapped himself up in the quilt, looking like a furry cat.
Lu Xuan scratched his nose lightly and scolded him with a smile, "That's all you can do!"
Pei Maomao stiffened his neck and said confidently, "It's not that I'm so weak, it's that you're always trying to suck my blood out of me, wanting to drain every ounce of my strength!"
Lu Xuan propped his chin up with one hand and asked, "Why? Am I a juicer? How can I squeeze so much?"
Pei Maomao: “…”
He stammered, "You're the male ghost in Liao Zhai who sucks people's essence. You're very evil!"
Lu Xuan was amused by his words and hugged the cat and bug. Lu Xuan touched his lips with his index finger, "So, are you feeling better now? Are you still upset about the competition?"
Pei Maomao snorted softly and responded, "What's the point of me holding on to it? I don't have a time machine, and holding on to it won't change the facts. Although I'm very unwilling, I've lost. I'm not as skilled as my opponent, so I have to admit defeat."
"But I can only defeat him temporarily, not forever. Besides, there's more than one national competition, there's always another! Worst case scenario, I can just come back next time!"
Seeing Pei Qi's energetic look, Lu Xuan's icy blue eyes softened. "Our Pei Qi is amazing. He's not afraid of failure at all. You make me so proud. I love your vibrant look. You are my sun."
Pei Maomao's ears turned red, and he turned his face away unnaturally, "Stop it, you're taking advantage of me, but your mouth is like honey, you only say nice things!"
"clang."
Lu Xuan flicked his forehead and said, "You're really allergic to romance!"
Pei Maomao turned her head away. Maomao didn't understand and chose not to listen.
Even though the two of them are bickering all the time, in fact, the more they bicker, the better their relationship becomes.
After this incident, Pei Qi completely put the failure of the competition behind him.
He had something more important than that fifteen million.
By the time Pei Qi found out that the competition venue had been moved to Lingnan Star, it was the next day.
He repeated in disbelief, "Really? Has the competition venue really been changed to Lingnanxing?"
Lu Xuan nodded gently, "Yeah."
Pei Maomao excitedly ran around the house, looking like a bird that had flown out of a cage. He said excitedly, "That's great! Ah Xuan, do you remember? The welfare home we used to live in was on Lingnan Star. I want to go back and take a look! Can you come with me?"
Seeing Pei Qi's expectant look, Lu Xuan didn't want to spoil his fun and immediately agreed, "Okay."
Pei Qi was extremely excited as he boarded the spaceship. He pointed at the vast galaxy, hummed a nursery rhyme from his childhood, and boarded the spaceship to Lingnan Star with great anticipation.
Lu Xuan supported his chin with one hand, his blue eyes were warm and gentle, a far cry from his usual aloof look.
Billie nudged Noah with her elbow and said, "Noah, look at the president's gentle and smiling eyes. He is really a completely different person than usual.
He scratched his head, looking puzzled. "Really?"
Billie: “…”
I hate that you're blind!
Perhaps having learned his lesson from last time, Bert wasn't so easy to talk to this time. He walked up to Lu Xuan, his face stern, and said seriously, "President, after we arrive at Lingnan Star, the organizers have arranged a dinner and all team members are required to be present. You can't break your promise again this time, okay? Otherwise, who knows what kind of sarcastic stories will be spread online next time."
"knew."
Bert thought he would have to make some sweet talk, but he didn't expect the president to agree right away, which made all his previous preparations useless.
"President, you!" Bert glared at him in annoyance.
Lu Xuan smiled and tried to smooth things over, "Burt, I still have you. You're a reliable person!"
Pei Maomao pricked up his ears. Wait, this sounds so familiar!
Could it be that Xuan wouldn't just copy his lines?
Bert: “…”
"snort."
Burt pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and walked to his seat.
Where Lu Xuan couldn't see, the corners of Bert's lips rose slightly.
As soon as he got off the spaceship, Pei Maomao looked around excitedly, "Ahhhhhhh, I'm finally back to Lingnan Star. It's still the same as before, nothing has changed!"
Billie looked at Pei Qi curiously and asked, "Why? Pei Qi, did you live on Lingnan Star before?"
Pei Maomao nodded and enthusiastically shared with Billie, "I used to live on Lingnan Star. Later, after the insect plague broke out on Lingnan Star, we were gradually relocated by the government."
Billie's face suddenly became enlightened. "I see, I remember that insect plague was quite serious back then. Our school even organized a special trip for us to donate money to the disaster area!"
"Yeah, yeah, I donated all the money in my piggy bank." Noah leaned over and interrupted.
Pei Maomao looked at them puzzledly and asked, "What donation?"
"After Lingnanxing was hit by an insect plague, many schools and various sectors of society organized public fundraising campaigns. Even a teacher from our school took the lead and donated one thousand!"
Pei Maomao blinked innocently, "So there are donations outside?"
Listening to Pei Qi's irrelevant words, Bert quickly realized the problem and asked, "Didn't you receive any donations? At that time, the news was saying that when one area is in trouble, all sides will come to its aid. Everyone generously donated money to help the disaster area."
Pei Qi was stunned. He honestly explained, "But we didn't receive any money. At that time, an insect plague broke out, and many children in our orphanage were injured. However, because we had no money for treatment, many were forced to undergo amputation. Some children were too seriously ill, and because the orphanage had limited funds, we couldn't afford their surgeries. The teachers brought them back from the hospital and placed them in the orphanage, where they watched helplessly as they died."
Noah was immediately angered and laughed, "We donated so much money, and you didn't get a cent? Do you know how much the donations were at that time? How is it possible that the children in the disaster area couldn't even afford medical treatment? Are you kidding me?"
"No, in order to complete the amputations for those children, the welfare home has incurred a lot of foreign debt, and it has not been repaid yet."
Noah: “????”
Are you telling a ghost story?
Noah couldn't help but ask, "Where did the money go? Didn't you ask for help from the outside world through the Star Network?"
Pei Qi nodded. "Teacher Cao and the others tried hard and posted something online. However, their real-name accounts were blocked and their posts were deleted. There's not even a trace left on Starnet."
Billie: “????”
Don't be ridiculous!
How come this account was blocked?
This is clearly a reasonable request for help!
Lu Xuan lowered his eyes slightly and asked, "Can we find out the total amount of donations from that year? And the announcement about Lingnan Star's reconstruction?"
Billie paused, then she pulled out her communicator and said without hesitation, "President, wait a minute, I'll check."
"turn up!"
"The actual donations at that time totaled over 60 billion, but the actual use of the donations announced was only 6 billion."
Lu Xuan raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Where did the remaining fifty billion go?"
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