Chapter 2700 — What Is in the Backpack?
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"???" Wei Zhao was baffled at being cursed by Yu Xiaoke. How was having an inflatable toy in his backpack disgusting?
But naturally Yu Xiaoke wouldn't explain it to Wei Zhao. She just wanted to finish eating quickly and be done with him. Though she knew that in all likelihood Wei Zhao had just been making an excuse to drag her out for a meal, and there was certainly no so-called orphanage development plan he wanted to discuss with her, Yu Xiaoke still asked cautiously: "Wei Zhao, didn't you say you had an orphanage development plan to tell me about?"
"Oh, the orphanage development plan..." Wei Zhao nodded. He really had given this matter serious thought, and he wasn't deliberately trying to deceive Yu Xiaoke: "There are more and more children at the orphanage now. Have you ever considered sending them to school?"
"Go to school?" Yu Xiaoke was briefly stunned. Wei Zhao's words sent her into memories... School—what a distant, unattainable thing it was for the orphanage's children. There was a time when Yu Xiaoke envied children who could go to school, but she knew the orphanage's conditions weren't enough; it could never pay their tuition. So she had buried the thought deep in her heart and never once mentioned it to the old director.
But now that Wei Zhao had brought it up, Yu Xiaoke couldn't help but think deeply about the future of the orphanage's children! Back when there were few children, once they grew up they took on work at the orphanage—just like Yu Xiaoke and Xiaoken, becoming staff members and devoting their youth to the other children of the orphanage!
This wasn't a bad thing in itself. But now the orphanage had more children, and more and more would grow up in the future. The orphanage certainly wouldn't need all of them—so what were these children to do?
Many of these children had congenital illnesses. Even once cured, their bodies were far weaker than normal children's. Without education, without a skill, and with poor health, what could they do once they entered society?
They wouldn't even be wanted to haul bricks at a construction site, would they? Construction sites wanted people with hauling experience and strong physiques—these children simply couldn't do it!
So how were these children to survive? The orphanage couldn't support them for a lifetime, could it? Its expenses were already tight. Supporting these children for a lifetime was basically a joke. Only now, with Wei Zhao's reminder, did Yu Xiaoke begin to consider the distant future.
"True. These children can't all grow up to be thieves like you, can they? You don't want that for them either, do you?" Wei Zhao asked.
"I... Are you looking down on me?" Yu Xiaoke glared at Wei Zhao.
"Not at all. If I looked down on you, I wouldn't have treated you to a meal," Wei Zhao said. "Actually, the reason I'm telling you this is to get you to free yourself up as soon as possible. It ages a girl to be too tired, and I don't want you turning into a yellow-faced hag before your time."
"What business is it of yours?" Yu Xiaoke was so angry her teeth itched. Round and round they went—he'd only said two proper sentences before going off the rails again. "If you have something to say, say it!"