A week passed and Ye Xiaotao did not return. There was no news of her, and Leng Hao did not visit her again. Peace resumed in his life.
Because Leng Zhiyuan had married into City T, Leng Hao considered buying a piece of land here to transfer part of his Hong Kong property to this place. Zhiyuan was a girl, so she had to slowly let go of Hong Kong’s affairs after her marriage. Leng Hao hoped that she could live a normal life. The new property would be his gift of assurance to her.
He bought 6,000 square meters of land. These were all poverty-stricken houses. As long as there was enough compensation, it would be easy to demolish them. However, there was a very small welfare home here, and the welfare home did not agree to move.
“Young master, we have already communicated with the welfare home, but they refused our high compensation. They did not agree to leave.”
Leng Hao sat on the leather office chair. He was reading documents with a pen in his hand. The silver tip of the pen made a rustling sound on the paper. His handwriting was bold and elegant.
He did not look up. He just smiled coldly. No one in this world would hate money, so why?
“The director of the welfare institution said that many of their orphans are in poor health condition. In particular, the orphans are lonely and sensitive. It took them five to even ten years to adapt to the current environment. If they move rashly, it will only cause panic among the orphans. Moreover, the welfare institute has been helping these orphans find their blood relations over the years. Once they move, all their efforts would be in vain. Therefore, the president of the welfare institute begged us not to force them to move.”
No moving?
Leng Hao laughed expressionlessly.
“Young master, what should we do?”
“Give them an ultimatum. If they don’t move out within two days, we will perform a demolition regardless. At that time, all casualties and losses will be borne by them.”
“Yes, young master.”
In the orphanage, Ye Xiaotao and her friends came with big and small bags. “Children, look at what I brought for you today.”
“Wow, that’s great. Thank you, big sisters.” A group of orphans swarmed over. They opened the food boxes, which were filled with snacks, milk, fruits, and ready-to-eat meat.
The children ate happily.
Ye Xiaotao sat on a small wooden stool. She reached out and hugged a little girl on the bed on her lap. “Xiao Ying, did you miss big sister? Big sister will feed you a cherry.”
Xiao Ying was four years old. When she was two years old, she was diagnosed with leukemia and abandoned by her biological parents. The orphanage took her in and continuously provided her with treatment. However, the treatment was not very effective. Now, Xiao Ying could no longer feel her legs. She could only lie on the bed all day long.
Xiao Ying was very cute. She had a fair little face and big eyes. The happiest time for her was when sister Ye came to visit her. This was because sister Ye’s smile was very beautiful, just like an angel’s.
Xiao Ying took a bite of the cherry and nodded hard. “Mmm, I miss sister very much. Sister, look, this is the drawing you taught me.”
Xiao Ying took out a sketch of Ye Xiaotao.
Ye Xiaotao curled the corners of her lips. She lowered her eyes and kissed Xiao Ying’s face before saying gently, “Xiao Ying, you are very talented in drawing. Sister wants to send you to a professional school to study in the second half of this year.”
A professional school. Xiao Ying knew that it would be a school for disabled children. She did not feel inferior. Instead, she was very happy. She was already very satisfied that she could get the opportunity to study.
“Big sister Ye, thank you. I’m really happy. I’ll study hard and draw. I want to become a person like big sister in the future.”
“Mmm, you can definitely do it.”
At this moment, the president of the welfare institute walked over. “Miss Ye, you’re here again. You’re really good people. These children are happy to see you.”
Ye Xiaotao put Xiao Ying down and stood up. She smiled sweetly and said, “President, we’re also very happy to be with the children.”
The president of the welfare institute nodded, but his expression was very grave.
“What’s wrong, President?”
The president of the welfare institute sighed, “We have recently encountered a difficult situation. The land here has been bought by a rich businessman. They gave us a day to move out. Tomorrow morning, the demolition team will come. There are children here. The consequences will be unimaginable.”
“What?” Ye Xiaotao exclaimed. “Where did the rich businessman come from? Why does he want us to move out? This is a welfare institute. It’s full of orphans. That person’s conscience is broken!”
“This is the way of the world. They are rich, so they can do whatever they want,” the president of the welfare institute sighed solemnly.
Ye Xiaotao’s friends gathered around, and everyone was filled with righteous indignation. Ye Xiaotao said angrily, “President, tell us the contact information of that rich businessman, and we will argue with him.”
“I don’t have his contact information, but it seems that he will appear in that building.” The president of the welfare institute pointed at a new high-rise building in front of them.
The group of people came to the new building. The decoration of the building was very luxurious and magnificent. Ye Xiaotao’s friends said angrily, “This rich businessman really knows how to enjoy himself. Those orphans even have difficulty going to school. Not only did he not take out some money to donate, but he also wanted to exterminate everyone.”
“That’s right. We’ll have to argue with him.”
In front of them was an office. The door sign reads “CEO’s office.” Ye Xiaotao pushed open the office door without hesitation.
There were people in the office. A man and a woman were sitting on the sofa. The woman was sitting on the man’s thigh. The two of them were doing that kind of thing.
Ye Xiaotao’s friends screamed and quickly covered their eyes with their hands. Ye Xiaotao stood at the front. She did not cover her face. Instead, she looked at the man and woman very seriously…
This position…
Realizing that someone had broken in, the woman screamed and got up. She covered her messy clothes and shouted, “Who are you? Who let you in?”
On the sofa was a middle-aged man with a big belly, the manager. He quickly pulled up his pants and stammered, “How dare you! This is my office. Why are you here?”
“This is your office?” Ye Xiaotao smiled sweetly. “Then you’re the one we’re looking for.”
Hearing her crisp and childish voice, the manager looked up. When he saw Ye Xiaotao’s pretty face, the manager was stunned. What a beautiful and tender girl.
The manager immediately became lascivious, but he coughed and straightened his back. He ordered the woman, “Xiao Li, go out first and make me a cup of coffee.”
So she was the manager’s secretary. The two of them were having an affair. Ye Xiaotao understood the situation immediately.