Yan Heqing guessed that the Lu Group was probably doing charity work.
When doing charity work, you can't just go once.
Lu Lin has a reason to show up tomorrow.
For ordinary charity events, Lu Lin doesn't need to show up every time. If he shows up tomorrow, it means Lu Lin saw his post on social media.
Yan Heqing put down his phone, gave himself a break for the evening, and decided not to study anymore.
Final exams start the day after tomorrow, and he's already prepared.
Taking a rare break, Yan Heqing decided to get a good night's sleep. After showering, he watered the succulents and went to bed.
It's only nine o'clock.
Lu Lin saw Yan Heqing's post on WeChat Moments.
In the headshot against a blue background, the boy looks clean and refreshing, with a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth.
Lu Lin had only ever seen Yan Heqing take such excellent ID photos.
He was the only boy so thin.
The glimpse of his back at last night's banquet resurfaced in my mind.
Lu Lin then put down his phone and picked up the landline to contact his assistant.
The call was answered quickly.
When is the gift delivery scheduled for Rainbow Bridge Welfare Home?
When contacted on Sunday, his assistant thought something serious had happened. Upon hearing it was about the orphanage, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately replied, "Next Saturday."
"Move it to tomorrow. Send me the gift list now."
Lu Lin hung up the phone.
The assistant was utterly astonished; this was the first time Lu Lin had ever cared about something as trivial as giving a gift!
It's not that Lu Lin doesn't care about small matters; it's just that Lu Group's Group has hundreds of thousands of employees, and the projects they launch every day are worth tens of billions. Even if Lu Lin worked 24 hours a day, he couldn't handle everything, big or small.
Lu Lin only handles major matters; minor matters are naturally handled by those who receive salaries.
The assistant quickly sent the list over.
Lu Lin opened his email, downloaded the gift list, and browsed through it carefully. It contained the usual stationery, books, toys, clothes, baby formula, snacks, and diapers, which were exactly what the orphanage needed.
Reaching the last page, Lu Lin called his assistant again, "Add a Cube of Light."
The assistant knew about the Cube of Light; Lu Lin had one on his desk—it was a creative, translucent decorative piece.
Unlike ordinary Cube of Light, Lu Lin's ornament was made of pure crystal.
They're said to cost hundreds of thousands each.
The assistant didn't understand why Lu Lin wanted to add a decorative item to the orphanage, but she simply did as her boss instructed.
The assistant added the Cube of Light to the list, then remembered something and immediately asked, "Are you going tomorrow? Should we add more media representatives?"
"Cancel the media coverage." Lu Lin glanced at the time. "We'll depart at nine tomorrow morning."
The implication was that he was going.
The assistant replied, "I'll arrange it right away!"
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Yan Heqing had a very satisfying sleep, and he went to the scale without eating breakfast.
117.
She's still on the thinner side, but she's steadily gaining weight.
Yan Heqing ate two extra steamed buns for breakfast.
Taking the subway and then walking, it's only 7:30 am to the Rainbow Bridge Welfare Home.
The security guard wasn't there, and the gate was open.
Yan Heqing entered the welfare home. The weather wasn't good; it was rather gloomy. The lights were on in the dormitory building where the children lived, and they had gotten up as well.
Yan Heqing went to help.
Some paralyzed children are unable to take care of themselves and need help dressing.
The paralyzed child lives on the fifth floor.
As soon as I reached the fifth floor, I smelled a faint musty odor. The corridor was completely sealed off with a very fine wire mesh, so even in the sun, it was hard to see anything.
There were no classrooms, just two large open rooms, one for boys and one for girls, with the doors wide open so that light could shine through.
The first room housed eight little boys, all of whom were paralyzed or had Down syndrome and were unable to care for themselves.
The last time I saw Auntie Zhang, she was deftly changing one of the children's diapers.
These children are actually eight or nine years old, but no one takes care of them at night. If they don't wear diapers, the bed will be soaked with urine.
This job is tiring and dirty. A few volunteers came before, but they would run away and throw up after each change, and then they would never come to the fifth floor again.
Auntie Zhang thought Yan Heqing would do the same; it's only natural, and she could understand why young people couldn't do it.
However, to everyone's surprise, Yan Heqing not only did a great job, but was also extremely serious.
When he arrived at the little girl's room next door, he closed the door and waited outside until Auntie Zhang finished changing before quietly coming in to clean up the stinking mess.
Auntie Zhang noticed this and, on her way to help out at the cafeteria, she asked Yan Heqing, " Xiao Yan, do you have any younger siblings? You're so good at taking care of people."
Yan Heqing smiled but didn't reply.
Auntie Zhang understood. She patted Yan Heqing's arm to comfort him. When they arrived at the cafeteria, Auntie Zhang specially arranged for Yan Heqing to distribute breakfast, as the young man was exhausted.
Auntie Zhang rummaged through the dust and gave Yan Heqing an old white coat.
Sometimes, it's the person who makes the clothes look good. When Yan Heqing put on his white lab coat, he exuded a strong scholarly air, and even in the cafeteria, he looked like he was conducting experiments in a laboratory.
At the window, Yan Heqing skillfully distributed breakfast.
The food was quite plentiful, including porridge, fried dough sticks, meat buns, and an apple for each child.
The apples were small and ugly, but they had a crisp texture and a sweet taste.
The children were fascinated by Yan Heqing; even after receiving their breakfast, they wouldn't leave, standing on tiptoe by the window to watch him.
A chorus of voices cried out, "Brother, you're so handsome! Brother, will you come to see us often?"
At the same time, three large trucks drove into the Rainbow Bridge Welfare Home, followed closely by a black Bugatti.
The dean was already waiting at the entrance. A black Bugatti was parked in a temporary parking space on the playground. When he saw that it wasn't his assistant who got out, but Lu Lin, the dean immediately stepped forward to shake hands and said warmly, " President Lu, you haven't had breakfast yet, have you? Come on, our cafeteria is serving breakfast."
He pointed to a one-story building not far away, "It's right there, very close!"
Lu Lin shook hands briefly with the dean, his dark eyes scanning his surroundings. Seeing no one, he looked away and asked, "Weren't there volunteers today?"