I'm Donating Six Million. Please Hold Me Accountable
After posting a message in the group chat, Lu Yuan stopped checking it and headed straight to his younger sister's classroom.
At the classroom door, Lu Yuan saw his childhood friend, Liang Shaoyu.
Thinking of their many years of friendship, Lu Yuan greeted him. "Shaoyu, are you here for your younger brother's parent-teacher meeting?"
Liang Shaoyu shot Lu Yuan a look of contempt and disgust, then turned his head away.
Liang Shaoyu's parents hurriedly tugged at him. "Xiao Yuan's talking to you. Why aren't you answering him?"
"Heh, Mom, Dad, I make as much in a month as he does in half a year now. He's doing so badly, why should I bother with him? What value or benefits could he possibly bring me?"
"A poor friend like Lu Yuan isn't worthy of my social circle anymore!"
Hearing that, Liang Shaoyu's parents said no more.
The other parents deeply agreed. In this society, you could only get ahead by associating with people who were doing well. It was a social outlook they all shared.
Lu Yuan sneered. "Liang Shaoyu! You're right. You aren't worthy of my social circle anymore. You really know your place."
"What the hell? I'm not worthy of your social circle? I make over 300,000 yuan a month. Don't I earn more than you?"
Lu Yuan scoffed. "Only a little over 300,000 a month. Is that a lot of money?"
Liang Shaoyu said, "Fuck, I..."
Lu Yuan ignored Liang Shaoyu and turned to enter his sister's classroom.
The parent-teacher meeting lasted an hour, and Lu Yuan didn't sit idle. He checked the parents' group chat and saw that the principal, Nie Bin, was in it too. Remembering how Liang Shaoyu had shown off in front of him, Lu Yuan smiled playfully.
Lu Yuan tapped Nie Bin's profile picture and set up a transfer addressed specifically to him. He entered an amount and keyed in his payment password.
Group member Lu Yuan initiated a transfer. Recipient: Principal Nie Bin.
"Transfer amount: 20.0000 yuan exactly. Transfer note: donation to the school!"
The 200,000 yuan instantly sent the group into an uproar.
"Oh my god, 200,000 yuan! Is Lu Shishi's brother that rich?"
"Lu Yuan, what do you do for a living? You're actually so rich! The way you usually dress, you don't look like someone who could come up with 200,000 yuan!"
But one person didn't flatter Lu Yuan: Yang Shaoyu. "Heh, Lu Yuan, that 200,000 yuan is all your savings, isn't it?"
Lu Yuan sneered and initiated another payment for the same amount.
Group member Lu Yuan initiated a transfer.
Lu Yuan initiated another transfer.
Messages bombarded the group chat, filling the screen.
What was more, all four transfers were for 200,000 yuan each!
The classroom instantly fell silent. Everyone felt their scalps go numb.
The red packets and transfers in the group were usually 30,000 to 50,000 yuan at most. A rich man transferring a million yuan in five installments was almost unheard of.
One exclamation after another rang out:
"Holy crap, he's donated a million already, hasn't he..."
"So Lu Yuan was the hidden rich man in our parents' group! Boss Lu, are you looking for a girlfriend? How about I introduce my daughter to you?"
"Boss Lu, is there room for one more to hang off your leg?"
Liang Shaoyu stared at the screen, his face dark, unwilling to believe it. "No, impossible. Absolutely impossible..."
Liang Shaoyu had always been smug about his achievements. Until this moment, when Lu Yuan had trampled all his pride underfoot.
Remembering how he had repeatedly humiliated Lu Yuan at the door, Liang Shaoyu smiled bitterly. It turned out he was the clown.
Just then, Lu Yuan transferred the final 200,000 yuan.
Lu Yuan typed a message: The last 200,000. @Principal Nie Bin, all six of my bank cards have hit their daily limit of 200,000 yuan. I'll come back to the group and donate another 1.2 million tomorrow. I plan to donate six million yuan to the school, and finish donating it in five days.
I hope all the parents and teachers in the group can hold me accountable for completing this donation. If I fail to do so, I'll privately send everyone in the group a red packet of 10,000 yuan and post screenshots in the group.
"Hiss!" The parents in the classroom all sucked in a breath of cold air.
A group of parents turned around in unison and looked at Lu Yuan, who was calm and composed. They were all astonished. Six million yuan was nearly enough to buy a decent luxury home in the Magic City.
Yet Lu Yuan said he was going to donate six million? And he wanted all the parents and teachers in the group to hold him accountable?
If he didn't donate it, he would give everyone a red packet of 10,000 yuan? Was he even speaking like a human?!
Lu Yuan, however, didn't care. Compared to the ten trillion yuan in his account, what was six million?
The six million could also give his sister the best educational environment.
The group immediately erupted:
"Someone who can casually donate six million-Boss Lu must be worth over sixty million, right?"
"Who are you looking down on? Boss Lu has to live too. If he can donate six million, he has at least ten million on hand for living expenses. Boss Lu is worth at least a hundred million."
Principal Nie Bin's scalp went numb at the display. It was the first time he had seen someone donate like this. He hurriedly typed a WeChat message: @Lu Yuan, what do you need me to do?
Lu Yuan typed a reply: You don't need to do anything. My younger sister is Lu Shishi from Class 3, Grade 11. She's sixteen this year. Just help me look after her. I hope you can put this money toward improving the school's educational facilities.
"All right, Mr. Lu, I'll make sure to take good care of your sister!"
Quite a few of the parents present hurriedly spoke up too. "Boss Lu, I'll tell my little brat when I get home not to bully your Shishi anymore!"
"Me too. From now on, whenever my daughter takes something tasty or fun to school, I'll have her bring an extra share for your sister!"
A rich man who could donate six million with a wave of his hand was the guardian of their own children's classmate, sitting in the same classroom as them. Who wouldn't want to get to know him?
Lu Yuan remained unmoved by their attempts to curry favor. He had been poor for twenty years and had long seen plenty of human nature. People like these would follow whoever gave them a bone.
Just then, Liang Shaoyu came up to Lu Yuan, his face full of enthusiasm.
"Lu Yuan! Let's add each other back on WeChat! We can keep in touch from now on..."
A sneer appeared on Lu Yuan's face. Liang Shaoyu really had a thick skin. He had blocked Lu Yuan, and now he actually wanted to add him back?
What did he take him for, someone he could throw away when he didn't need him and add back when he did?
Lu Yuan said coolly, "There's no need to add me back on WeChat. Just as you said, I'm not worthy of being your friend. We can't hang out together."
"From now on, let's each stick to our own circles!"
The other parents happened to overhear Lu Yuan's words.
"What? This kid actually said Boss Lu wasn't worthy of being his friend?!"
"Yeah, I was at the door just now and heard him showing off. He said his monthly salary of 300,000 yuan was as much as Boss Lu made in half a year. He also said he only hung out with friends from high-end circles, and that Boss Lu wasn't in the same circle as him anymore. The things he said were really nasty!"
"Pfft! A guy making 300,000 a month looks down on Boss Lu? What the fuck is he?"