Come all the way to find me
Special Assistant Liu received the order and quickly contacted Aunt Wang, the nanny at Lanyuan, and turned on the speakerphone so that Shao Zizhuo could hear clearly.
Aunt Wang was working, and her voice was a little distant: "Ah? You mean Shanyue? Didn't she go out? She's been gone for several days. What do you want to see her for?"
Special Assistant Liu glanced at Shao Zizhuo cautiously, waiting for his answer.
"Go check the recent spending history of the secondary card of 8888." Shao Zizhuo stood up and went out. "I'm going to go to that project in Southern Province myself."
One day later, Southern Province.
"We are flattered that President Shao has come here in person. You can rest assured that we will mobilize all our key personnel to cooperate in this project." The CEO of the cooperative party stood in the hall with a group of subordinates in suits and ties, nodding and bowing to Shao Zizhuo.
Shao Zizhuo nodded slightly: "Thank you for your concern, Mr. Li."
Mr. Li's hair was already graying, but since Shaw was their largest client, he had no choice but to be humble and polite to the newly appointed CEO. Seeing Shao Zizhuo's car parked at the door, he forced a regretful smile and said, "Mr. Shao, you were too hasty this time. Next time you come, I must take you to try the local specialties."
Shao Zizhuo was in no hurry to leave, and casually asked, "Is Mr. Li familiar with Xi County?"
Mr. Li was stunned. "Xi County?" He frowned and thought for a long time. What kind of place is this? Isn't it a tourist attraction? The person behind him hurried forward and whispered in his ear, "Mr. Li, it's a small county town under Dong City. It's not well developed and is a poor county."
Mr. Li repeated what he had said and asked curiously, "Why does Mr. Shao ask this? Do you need to go to Xi County for something? I'll go with you."
An impoverished county? Shao Zizhuo's confusion deepened, and he lost all patience in dealing with people. "Nothing, I saw it online a few days ago. Mr. Li, please stay. No need to send it off."
The car drove towards Dong County, from the highway to the national road, and then into the country road. The road was bumpy and up and down. The off-road vehicle sprinted and got stuck in a big hole in the dirt road and couldn't move.
The driver apologized repeatedly and got out of the car to check.
Shao Zizhuo looked out the car window at the lush green vegetable patch that almost filled his entire field of vision. He looked hard and saw a group of low and dense buildings vaguely visible at the foot of the mountain at the end of his sight, which looked underdeveloped.
He squinted his eyes, trying to see more clearly: "Xiao Liu, are you sure she came to Xi County?"
The driver didn't get in for a long time, and Special Assistant Liu was about to get out to check. He was so shocked by the question that he almost broke out in a cold sweat. "Yes, most of the purchases on the supplementary card were made in this county. The tickets found by airlines and railway passenger transport should also end in this county."
The driver opened the car door and smiled apologetically: "Assistant Liu, can you come down and help me? The car is stuck and I need some stones to put it under."
Special Assistant Liu got out of the car and started looking for stones with the driver to pad the tires.
Shao Zizhuo was about to get out of the car. As he opened the door, he was hit by a burst of hot air. Before he could even step out, his phone vibrated unexpectedly. The caller ID read "Lin Wan." He frowned in disgust, closed the car door, and answered the phone: "What's going on?"
"Zizhuo, your grandparents miss you, but they're embarrassed to tell you that they don't want to disturb you at work. If you're not busy at work recently, can you find time to come back?" The person on the other side paused, "My younger brother is always making a fuss about looking for me..."
"No time, what else?"
The voice on the other end was a little joyful: "I heard that you found a girlfriend. Waiting for Wangshu all the time is not a solution..."
Before he could finish his words, Shao Zizhuo hung up the phone, threw the phone away, opened the door and got out of the car.
A tricycle had stopped in front of the car at some point. Besides the driver in black and Assistant Liu, there were two girls with pigtails and wearing cheap floral shirts standing at the front wheel. The four of them were bent over and putting stones under their feet.
"Okay, Master, can you get in the car and see if it works?" A girl dusted off the dust on her hands, straightened up, and looked straight into Shao Zizhuo's eyes.
The girl was wearing a straw hat, common in rural areas, and a black sun mask, leaving her eyes exposed. A familiar feeling came over him. Shao Zizhuo frowned.
His eyes widened as he looked at Shao Zizhuo from head to toe in disbelief. He asked in shock, "Shao Zizhuo, why are you here?"
Seeing that Shao Zizhuo was silent, Guan Shanyue took off her sunscreen mask and smiled mysteriously: "Mr. Shao, it's me, Guan Shanyue!"
Shao Zizhuo looked at the little village girl in front of him, speechless and choked, with his breath stuck in his chest, neither going up nor down.
What is going on here?
Five days ago.
Guan Shanyue was lying on her expensive Simmons mattress, playing with her phone, when a post popped up: "What should I do if a girl in my class has to drop out of school and go out to work because her family is poor?"
She clicked on the post details and read, "I'm a rural teacher in a poor county, teaching three classes. About sixteen children in these classes are no longer interested in continuing their education. I went to visit their homes, hoping to persuade their parents to let them continue their studies. But once I stepped into their bare homes, I was speechless. My financial resources are limited, and I can't afford their tuition and living expenses. I feel helpless and don't know what to do."
Just a few words expressed all the hardships. The past whizzed by, and Guan Shanyue and his former self gazed at each other at the two ends of time.
Guan Shanyue's family background is nothing like that of the impoverished daughter of the same name in the book.
She is a left-behind child in a remote mountainous area. Her parents work at a construction site thousands of miles away. They can only see each other during the Chinese New Year. The rest of the time, she and her sister depend on her grandparents.
Although my parents sent money every month, my grandfather was in poor health and often needed to take medicine. Almost all the money my parents sent was used for his medical treatment. The two sisters had to collect herbs in their spare time to supplement the family income.
But even so, the family still couldn't make ends meet and had to eat potatoes almost every meal.
After graduating from junior high school, my sister packed up all her books and announced to her family, "I don't like studying at all. I'm not going to study anymore. I'm going to go work with my parents."
Guan Shanyue's hand slipped, and the potato peeler she was using pierced her thumb, leaving a large gash. Blood trickled out, but she didn't care at all. She anxiously asked her sister, "Sister, you got first place in the whole township in the high school entrance exam, so you can go to the best high school in the county. Why do you say you don't like studying?"
Her sister tied up Guan Shanyue's bleeding finger with a piece of cloth and avoided her eager, probing gaze: "I don't like studying anyway. It doesn't matter where you rank in the exam."
Guan Shanyue was about to persuade him again, but her sister stopped her and said, "Stop trying. I've already made up my mind. I haven't even registered for the high school entrance exam yet."
The old sighs of her grandparents rang in her ears and fell heavily on Guan Shanyue's heart. She blinked and tears fell without cost.
Her elder sister was always at the top of her class, and every night after finishing her farm work she would read until midnight. How could she not like studying? However, high school tuition was expensive, so she wanted to save this opportunity for Guan Shanyue, who was just in the first grade of junior high school.
On the day my sister left, she went to the school to say goodbye to Guan Shanyue, who lived on campus. She touched Guan Shanyue's head and said, "Yueyue, study hard, get into a good university, and live a good life with your family." She looked at the campus reluctantly, sniffed, and left without looking back.
After her sister left, Guan Shanyue gritted her teeth and studied even harder. She knew there was still time for success, and she was determined to go to a big city and make a name for herself.
But Guan Shanyue didn't expect that the accident would come before hope.
She stepped into the big city, but she was going to collect the bodies of her family members.
A chain reaction car accident left dozens dead and injured. Her parents and sister lay quietly in the funeral parlor, their bodies a bloody mess. The overwhelming cries of pain and groaning drowned Guan Shanyue. She stood there blankly, forcing a smile at the police. "No, these aren't my parents and sister. They don't look like this. You've made a mistake. I'm leaving now."
The cold wind in the funeral home that year seemed to blow on Guan Shanyue again. She turned up the air conditioner temperature a little, got into the quilt to wrap herself up, and clicked the private chat window of the poster.
"Hello, could you please tell me how to remit the money? I want to support these students." Since I'm free this month anyway, I might as well use Shao Zizhuo's money to support the students. Guan Shanyue bit her hand and waited patiently for a reply.
The other party quickly replied: "Thank you, but I'm just a teacher and don't know how to handle the grant. How about you wait for me to contact the local foundation?"
The temperature in the room rose, and Guan Shanyue's mood also became cheerful. "How about you give me an address and I'll come over to take a look. I'll give them the money directly and also find out how to transfer the money to them later."
When they arrived at the scene, Guan Shanyue gasped in shock at the dilapidated school building and the students' washed-out clothes. He realized things were even worse than he'd imagined. "Are most of the students here left-behind children from poor families?"
The poster was a young female teacher named Zhou Zhou, who was wearing a floral shirt, a common sight among rural elderly women, and nodded awkwardly.
Guan Shanyue sighed: "It's okay, it's okay. I'll find a way to deal with the lack of money." Anyway, the last thing Shao Zizhuo lacks is money. I should be praised as a hero for robbing the rich to help the poor.
Zhou Zhou showed a worried look and kindly advised: "There are many places where you need to spend money. Miss Guan, just spend according to your ability."
"It's okay!" Guan Shanyue waved his hands, "Let's go to the county to buy some things."
After arriving in the county, Guan Shanyue quickly bought out the supplies in three stationery stores. After filling up his tricycle, he went to a roadside stall in the market and bought himself a floral shirt like Zhou Zhou's, completely blending in with the crowd.
Next, she followed Zhou Zhou to visit those students who were about to drop out of school because of poor family conditions. After careful questioning, she found out that two of the sixteen students had poor grades and could not get into high school, so they stopped studying. The other fourteen students had good grades and were admitted to high school, but their family conditions were not good and they could not continue their studies.
Guan Shanyue immediately wrote down their parents' bank account number and said, "Be sure to study hard. I will continue to support you until you graduate from university. I have no other requirements. Just show me your grades every semester. They can't be too bad, otherwise there's no need for me to support you."
The simple farmer didn't know how to express his gratitude, so he rummaged through his boxes and drawers to find something. He took out urea bags filled with potatoes and sweet potatoes, and stuffed them into Zhou Zhou's tricycle while expressing his gratitude.
Guan Shanyue couldn't refuse, so she had to secretly stuff the money into his pocket.
I was pulling a cart full of stuff and on the way back, I helped another car. When I looked up, wow, who else could it be but Shao Zizhuo!
Haha, the sponsor is here! Guan Shanyue smiled and said, "Boss Shao, why are you in such a remote place?"
Shao Zizhuo said expressionlessly, "Let's discuss a cooperation."
“Okay, okay, just pretend you’re not here to arrest me.” Guan Shanyue smiled knowingly and said “Oh” in a drawn-out tone.
Since he's here, why not spend some money? Guan Shanyue was just about to persuade him to contribute some money to build a middle school when the driver next to him asked in confusion, his Mandarin thick with a local accent: "Huh? Didn't you say you were looking for someone? Is it this girl?"
Guan Shanyue was surprised and looked up at Shao Zizhuo suspiciously, his expression changing dramatically.
I didn't tell him I was here, but this guy came all the way to see me. Could he be in love with me?
Shao Zizhuo seemed to see through her thoughts. He put his hand to his lips and coughed twice. "I came here to discuss a project. I saw the spending information on my bank card and stopped by." He lowered his head and smiled. "Miss Guan, since you have moved into my house, shouldn't you let me know your itinerary?"
It was Guan Shanyue's turn to feel guilty. She laughed dryly and said, "I saw a post online about sponsoring a few students, but I forgot to tell you." Her mind raced, and she had a bad idea in mind. She smiled flatteringly, "Mr. Shao, how about I take you to see it?"
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