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Chapter 250: Chapter 0250: I Have to Kneel Before You
"You’re bad, bad person..."
"Let go of Uncle Ye..."
The children, upon seeing Ye Xunhuan’s ear being grabbed by Qiu Ruoxi, immediately became displeased, with each of them staring angrily at Qiu Ruoxi as if holding a great grudge.
That’s children for you!
With the purest hearts and the kindest souls, without any duplicitous intent, they only know that if someone is nice to them, they’ll be nice back.
Ye Xunhuan had treated them to meat and helped them chase away the bad guys, so in their eyes, Ye Xunhuan was a good person.
And Qiu Ruoxi, who hit and pulled Ye Xunhuan’s ear, was seen as the bad person in their eyes.
Seeing all the children looking at her angrily like little tigers, even Diudiu in Ye Xunhuan’s arms did the same, causing Qiu Ruoxi to be somewhat at a loss.
She had never expected her light gesture to provoke such ire from all the children!
Ye Xunhuan was also taken aback, surprised by something Qiu Ruoxi and he hadn’t anticipated.
However, Ye Xunhuan soon came to a realization, his lips slowly curving into a smile.
No wonder people always say that children are angels, the kindest and most pure of all.
"Kids, sister is not a bad person, I was just joking with your Uncle Ye..." Qiu Ruoxi quickly let go of Ye Xunhuan and explained to the children.
But the children didn’t buy Qiu Ruoxi’s explanation at all, their gaze remained angry and synchronized, some even daring to start hitting Qiu Ruoxi with their little hands, neither too softly nor too hard.
Seeing this, Qiu Ruoxi had no choice but to look to Ye Xunhuan for help, as if pleading.
After interpreting Qiu Ruoxi’s gaze, a look of triumph spread across Ye Xunhuan’s face. Serves you right for showing off, now you’ve incurred the wrath of the crowd, haven’t you?
But Ye Xunhuan didn’t ignore Qiu Ruoxi; instead, he explained to the children, "This beautiful auntie isn’t a bad person, she was just playing with me!"
"And hitting is affection, scolding is love, the more you hit and scold, the deeper the love..."
"Uncle Ye, what does ’hitting is affection, scolding is love’ mean?"
"It means this beautiful auntie likes me, loves me, to the point where she can’t live without me, and would die if she left..." Ye Xunhuan babbled on.
Hearing Ye Xunhuan’s explanation, Qiu Ruoxi’s eyes widened in shock, her teeth gritted with annoyance, as if she was ready to bite Ye Xunhuan to death.
The children looked at Ye Xunhuan with puzzled faces, as if to say how strange the adult world is, where hitting is actually loving and affectionate!
Seeing the children’s puzzled expressions, Ye Xunhuan said, "When you grow up, you’ll understand!"
"Anyway, you just need to know that she’s not a bad person, got it?"
"Uncle Ye, was it also love when you hit Heizi and the others last time?" Diudiu asked, tilting her little head.
Hearing Diudiu’s words, Ye Xunhuan almost spurted out a mouthful of blood, damn it, I don’t engage in that, I hit them out of anger!
"That’s different, they bullied you, so I had to hit them, how to put it!" Ye Xunhuan was getting flustered, unsure how to explain.
"Right, do you have anyone you want to protect?" An idea suddenly struck Ye Xunhuan.
"Yes!"
"We’ll grow up to protect Grandpa, the head of the orphanage, and not let anyone hurt him!"
The children spoke as if well-rehearsed, in perfect unison.
After hearing the children’s response, Ye Xunhuan was stunned for a moment, but then came to understand.
The head of the orphanage remained unbowed, even if he had to stoop or even kneel like a grandson, but he possessed the most precious thing in the world—these children.
A sincere affection that couldn’t be bought with money, nor measured by it!
"What the pretty auntie and I meant is that we want to protect each other, understand?"
Upon hearing Ye Xunhuan’s words, the children’s faces showed a look of realization.
"So, don’t treat the beautiful auntie as a bad person, okay?" Ye Xunhuan said with a smile, "She’s here to visit you, and whether you can go to school or wear new clothes in the future depends on this beautiful auntie!"
"So even if she bullies me, you must pretend you didn’t see it, understand?"
Ye Xunhuan’s explanation had already made Qiu Ruoxi very unhappy, seeing as how the miss here likes you, loves you, and would die without you. Although disgruntled, it did cause the children to not view her with hostility anymore. But now, Ye Xunhuan was starting to draw resentment towards her again, actually re-establishing an image of herself as the "Snow Auntie" or "Consort Rong"!
"Ye Xunhuan..."
Just then, the old orphanage director, surrounded by a group of children, walked out from among them.
Seeing the old director approaching with the children, Qiu Ruoxi stared at Ye Xunhuan with reluctant indignation as if to say: Just you wait and see!
In a moment, the old director arrived beside Ye Xunhuan, his face full of liver spots revealing a smile, "Mr. Ye..."
"Old director, please don’t call me Mr. Ye; just Ye will do," Ye Xunhuan said cheerfully, "You can’t call me Mr. Ye, it feels too distant. Just Ye, much friendlier!"
Although Ye Xunhuan was a bastard, you had to admit, he had a certain charisma.
The old director smiled and nodded, "Ye..."
Perhaps it was out of habit, the old director was about to say Mr. Ye again, but then quickly caught himself and corrected, "Ye, this lady is..."
"Her name is Qiu Ruoxi, the president of Huangtu Group in Jiangzhou City, a true tycoon!" Ye Xunhuan introduced, "I told her about the children’s situation, and she came over to have a look. Also, the journalists who came over yesterday, she’s the one who found them!"
Upon hearing this from Ye Xunhuan, the old director’s expression instantly became solemn: "So it’s Miss Qiu, please, come on in, come on in!"
Then Ye Xunhuan had Diudiu climb onto his neck and headed into the orphanage.
Just like the last time, they were hosted in the same dilapidated mud-wall house that seemed on the verge of collapse.
"There’s not much to offer you here, I..."
"Old director, it’s alright, she’s not an outsider. Don’t worry about her!" said Ye Xunhuan, as casual as if he were at home, he sprawled onto a chair!
At this moment, Qiu Ruoxi’s heart was like a bottle of mixed emotions overturned, filled with complexity!
She had been to some orphanages before, but none of them were worse than this, even the directors’ living places were better...
This place wasn’t an orphanage at all; it was a complete slum!
"Old director, don’t fuss over it, it’s nothing!"
As she spoke, Qiu Ruoxi nonchalantly sat down on a stained black chair, not at all concerned about dirtying her clothes.
Seeing this, a surprised look flashed through Ye Xunhuan’s eyes. He had just been polite with the old director, but he hadn’t expected Qiu Ruoxi, the rich girl, to really not mind and sit down directly.
The old director gave an embarrassed smile and poured a glass of water for Qiu Ruoxi and Ye Xunhuan!
"Old director, I’ve heard about the orphanage from Ye Xunhuan, and I’ve come to understand pretty much the whole situation," Qiu Ruoxi said, getting straight to the point in her style of a female CEO and strong woman, without beating around the bush.
"I came here today to discuss with you; I plan to fundraise to rebuild the orphanage for these children, to give them access to education..."
With that, Qiu Ruoxi let out a slight sigh, "My personal ability is limited; otherwise, I wouldn’t need to ask you to come forward. I’d sponsor the orphanage myself..."
At this, the old director’s face was filled with unprecedented excitement, "Miss Qiu, are you... are you really going to help... help these children?"
"Yes, but I’m not sure if you can spare some time to appear at the charity gala. If these children could also attend, I think we’d raise even more donations. And before that, I’ll send some people to make a documentary..."
"I’m willing, I’m willing!" The old director eagerly said before Qiu Ruoxi finished speaking, "Miss Qiu, I’m very grateful that you are willing to help rebuild the orphanage for the children, to spare them from worry about food and clothing, to give them education!"
"If this were the old society, you’d be their lifesaving benefactor. On behalf of the children, I should kneel to you..."
With that, the old director stood up and was about to kneel to Qiu Ruoxi to express his thanks!
This kneel was to thank Qiu Ruoxi for helping these poor children, this kneel was from the standpoint of a father willing to kneel for the benefactor of his children!
And it was also a kneel for not having to worry about these children’s lives after he was gone!
