Chapter 38. If you love me, kiss me
Xu Jiaru died. She had clearly gotten what she wished for, but she was very unwilling to die. She didn't understand why that woman named Gu Shanshan treated her so cruelly. Was it because she was jealous that she was Zhao Tiansheng's woman, or was she disgusted that she had given birth to a child for Zhao Tiansheng?
But she is also a victim. Whether it is being insulted by Zhao Tiansheng or giving birth to a child for him, these are not what she wants. She has been unable to hide from their family, and it is impossible for them to compete with her for Zhao Tiansheng. Why must Gu Shanshan be so cruel to her?
Why did she have to go through so much painful torture when she did nothing wrong? Is it because she was an orphan with no background that she could be abducted by human traffickers and bullied by these high and mighty people?
Xu Jiaru was filled with resentment, she had a bright future but it was all ruined because of them. Even if she turned into a ghost and could never be reborn, she would make those who bullied her pay a painful price many times over, to let them know that no matter how humble or lowly a person is, they should not become playthings of such mentally twisted people!
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"Mr. Xie, I'm coming in?"
While Xie Fei was drowsy, there were two knocks on the door, followed by a respectful male voice. Xie Fei subconsciously shook his head, rubbed his forehead and slowly opened his eyes. What he saw was a spacious and bright office. He was sitting in front of his desk, which was covered with densely packed documents and materials.
Perhaps because there was no answer, the voice asked again: "...Mr. Xie, are you there?"
Xie Fei's mind quickly came to its senses. He cleared his throat and said calmly, "Come in."
As soon as he finished speaking, a man in a suit and tie pushed the door open and walked in with a pile of documents. He came to Xie Fei's desk and stood still. He glanced at the handsome young man in a clean white shirt who was sitting on a chair and flipping through the documents on the table.
Yes, boy.
Xie Fei is only sixteen years old this year, but he has already completed his master's degree in business administration and returned to China with a doctorate degree with excellent grades.
Such an outstanding grandson would be cherished by any family, but the old man of Xie family is different. He gave Xie Fei a more difficult task as a training. Only by passing the task can he successfully inherit the family business, otherwise he will be abandoned by the family.
The Xie family is the largest enterprise in China. It has countless industrial chains and branches all over the world. However, this is only known to outsiders. What they don't know is that the Xie family also has countless small companies, which are specially set up to train the young men of the family. As the eldest grandson of the direct line, Xie Fei's task is more difficult than anyone else in the family - that is, to develop the small company he is training in to a level comparable to the head office within two years by his own efforts. During this period, he must not show his identity as a member of the Xie family.
Today is Xie Fei's first day on the job, and the man in a suit is Li Ting, the secretary assistant assigned to Xie Fei by Old Master Xie.
Xie Fei had long been accustomed to the stares of others, but he still didn't like it. He frowned and his somewhat cold voice rang out in the office: "Secretary Li, what do you want?"
Li Ting came back to his senses, put the documents in his hand on the table, and said respectfully: "Mr. Xie, this is the information you want, it's all here."
Xie Fei didn't even raise his head, and responded with a soft "yes", his cold eyes fixed on the information in his hand.
Li Ting paused and asked, "Mr. Xie, if you have nothing else to do, I will leave first."
Xie Fei hummed, paused while flipping through the documents, and then put the documents down and looked at Li Ting: "Help me find an orphanage called 'Xu Ni Warm Home'. The director is Xu Shuzhen, and arrange a trip for me. I want to go there as soon as possible."
Li Ting was stunned and blurted out: "Orphanage?"
"Is there any problem?" Xie Fei raised his eyes and glanced at Li Ting with a somewhat cold and indifferent expression.
Li Ting shook his head, and Xie Fei lowered his head to continue reading the documents. He hesitated for a while and said, "Mr. Xie, your schedule is already full, and your next free period will be in the middle of next month..."
"Then rearrange the itinerary, and put the orphanage's behavior first." Xie Fei interrupted him and ordered, "Do you understand?"
Hearing the impatience in Xie Fei's voice, Li Ting nodded quickly and said, "Yes, I'll arrange it right away."
Having said that, Li Ting left the office and hurried to look up information about the orphanage and rearrange his itinerary.
The next morning, while Xie Fei was still having breakfast, Li Ting called him. He had found the address of the orphanage and asked if it was convenient for Xie Fei to go to the orphanage today. If possible, he would come and pick him up.
Xie Fei nodded with satisfaction. He had to admit that he was worthy of being trained by a noble family. His efficiency in action was very high.
After setting the time, about half an hour later, Li Ting arrived at the door of the villa. When Xie Fei had finished getting ready and got in the car, he discovered that there was a cardboard box on the carpet in the back seat, which was filled with toys, snacks, books, clothes and other miscellaneous things.
Li Ting sat in the passenger seat and saw from the rearview mirror that Xie Fei's eyes were fixed on the cardboard box. He smiled and said, "Since we are going to the orphanage to visit the children, I think it would be bad to go empty-handed, so I took the initiative to prepare some gifts."
"Thank you for your hard work." Xie Fei nodded and said lightly.
Li Ting was a little flattered. This young master of the Xie family who looked very indifferent and aloof turned out to be so approachable. His favorability towards Xie Fei instantly increased a lot.
The orphanage was not too far away, but not too close either. After more than four hours of travel, they finally reached their destination.
After Li Ting explained her purpose, Dean Xu was very surprised. It was not her fault. After all, their place was very remote. Even if someone came to express condolences or support, they were all from ordinary families, far inferior to the rich kids in front of them.
Although thinking this, Dean Xu still eagerly led everyone into the yard.
This is a very simple yard. It is not big. Half of it is used as a field where some vegetables are planted. In the middle of the other half, there stands a big banyan tree. Under the tree, another mother is playing games with her younger children.
Behind the tree is a row of three-story houses, and next to it is a small tiled house with green walls, gray tiles, and dilapidated doors and windows. In the house, a few children can be vaguely seen chopping wood and boiling water.
After Dean Xu welcomed everyone into the reception room and sat them down, he walked to the door and shouted towards the tile-roofed house, "Xiao Liu, Xiao Ba, quickly wash some cups and bring them here."
After a while, two girls, about ten years old, came over, each holding two cups. They put the cups on the table and looked at the four well-dressed and noble men with curious eyes.
Dean Xu made tea for the four people and said a little embarrassedly: "Dear guests, please don't be disgusted. This cup is clean. Please feel free to use it."
Xie Fei nodded, and when he looked up, he saw seven or eight children clinging to the door, all curiously looking at the cardboard box next to Li Ting. Li Ting also noticed it, and he smiled and picked up the box and put it on the table, and said to Mother Xu: "Mother Xu, I brought some gifts for the children, can you call them all over?"
Mother Xu responded, turned around and told Xiaoliu and Xiaoba to call the others. The two girls reluctantly looked away and walked away, looking back every step of the way.
Soon, more than twenty children rushed into the room. They all looked at the few people with curious and bright eyes. The older children stood in front with their heads held high, while the younger children held each other's hands and hid in the back. They were all very thin, with pale faces. Some of them were even disabled, and their clothes were covered with patches.
What a pure look! Li Ting secretly admired them in his heart, then smiled and called them: "Children, come here quickly. Uncle will give you gifts."
The older children looked at each other inconspicuously, and took a step back tacitly. The younger children at the back were pushed to the front. One of the boys smiled gently and said, "Let the younger brothers and sisters choose first."
Li Ting looked at the older children with appreciation, then waved to the younger ones: "Come and take a look. Take whatever you like. Don't be shy."
The children pushed and shoved their way to the table. When they took the gifts, they subconsciously looked back, but another child next to them held their heads down and shook their heads slightly at them. The movement was so subtle that no one in the room noticed it except Xie Fei.
Xie Fei looked around and didn't see the person he wanted to see, so he winked at Li Ting and got up to leave.
The afternoon sun was a bit dazzling. The front of the house was in full view. Apart from another mother picking vegetables in front of the tile-roofed house, there was no one else. Xie Fei thought for a moment, then walked to the left, around the fields, and then around the back house. In a blink of an eye, he saw a small bamboo forest.
Under the bamboo forest, a little girl about four or five years old was squatting on the ground. She had short mushroom-shaped hair and her small and delicate body was curled up in a ball. She was wearing clothes that were a little worn and white from washing. If you didn't look carefully, you would really think she was a small mushroom.
She was holding a thin bamboo stick in her hand and writing something on the ground stroke by stroke. Xie Fei walked closer with some curiosity, and then he could see clearly that there were rows of twisted numbers on the ground, and what was written on her hand was her name - Seventeen.
A shadow was cast overhead, blocking out the sunlight. Seventeen raised his head. On his thin, yellow face were a pair of eyes as bright as jewels. There were beads of sweat under his hair on his forehead. His nose was small and round, his lips were slightly pursed and a little pale, and there were a few black finger marks on his cheeks.
She was not really good-looking like this, but Xie Fei liked her inexplicably. Although she had a different face and completely unfamiliar eyes, he was sure that this was the person he was looking for.
Xie Fei unconsciously curled the corners of his lips, half squatted down, looked directly at her, and said in a clear and pleasant voice: "Little Mushroom, what are you doing here?"
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