Let you be a great man, not a scumbag

Chapter 1627 I envy Qiao Yinyin so much

He looked up at Qiao Yinyin, his voice soft but weighty, "Short-term donations can provide a temporary solution, like buying more books or building a playground, but they can't save the family from poverty. For a family to truly escape poverty, it can't rely on occasional help from outsiders, but on their children holding onto the solid ladder of 'knowledge'—enabling them to read, understand the wider world, and pull their families out of poverty on their own. This won't happen overnight; we have to take it slow. We can't let them think that 'waiting for help' is the way to go."

This statement was not very thorough, but it was very real.

Qiao Yinyin blinked, as if she understood something, and nodded gently: "So you think so far..."

Jiang Cheng ruffled her hair and softened his tone, "But your intention is good. I'll take you there when I have time, so you can see what those children look like in class."

Huang Yao, who was standing next to her, seemed to be nailed to the sofa. She even forgot to bite the skewers in her hand. She suddenly looked up at Jiang Cheng.

His voice trembled with disbelief: "Hope Primary School? You...you also built a Hope Primary School?"

Qiao Yinyin turned to look at Huang Yao, smiled and nodded, adding, "Right! You didn't know that yet, did you? Jiang Cheng has built not just a few, but almost 100 in total. Most of them are now completed and in use, with only a few still being finalized."

"100 schools?" The skewers in Huang Yao's hand fell into the lunch box with a "bang".

She opened her mouth and it took her a long time to find her voice.

Huang Yao sat up straight subconsciously.

"Are you talking about that trending search on Weibo before the Lunar New Year?"

Qiao Yinyin replied: "Yaoyao, have you seen that trending search?"

Huang Yao nodded, her tone filled with a hint of nostalgia:

"I remember someone at school mentioned this trending news, but I didn't pay much attention to it. I just heard a lot of people at school give feedback on photos of Hope Primary Schools in difficult areas. After the feedback was given, the trending topic seemed to be deleted very quickly."

Huang Yao continued, "At the time, many people online said it was fake news made up by marketing accounts, saying how could someone donate so much to a school without leaving their name, and even deleted the post. I didn't think it was credible at the time..."

After saying that, she stuck out her tongue a little embarrassedly.

Huang Yao couldn't help but look at Jiang Cheng and asked hesitantly, "Then why did you remove the trending search at that time? If you hadn't, no one would have misunderstood."

Jiang Cheng was helping Qiao Yinyin peel grilled shrimps and looked up when he heard this.

His tone was calm: "I do things from the heart, not from the job. I built the school to give children education, not to gain fame by going on trending searches."

"Besides, having too many trending searches isn't a good thing—the construction team will be surrounded by onlookers, and there might even be people with ulterior motives using the name of 'public welfare' to capitalize on the hype and create hype. This can disrupt the normal construction of the school and affect the children's mentality. Withdrawing will actually bring peace of mind."

After hearing this, Huang Yao suddenly became speechless.

She watched Jiang Cheng hand the peeled shrimp to Qiao Yinyin, without a trace of pride in her eyes that "one should be praised for doing good things."

There is only tenderness towards those around him and a steadfast commitment to public welfare.

My previous impression of him as a teasing and cynical person has gradually faded away like fog blown away by the wind, and his serious and insightful outline has gradually become clear.

Realizing that she was staring at Jiang Cheng, Huang Yao immediately looked away.

Tell yourself in your mind not to think too much.

This is Yin Yin’s boyfriend!

But no matter how much she restrained herself, Huang Yao had to admit that Jiang Cheng was quite handsome at such a close distance.

Their school is not an art school, and those who can apply to Zhendan University are all academic masters.

The top students focus all their attention on studying, and this is basically the case for a gentleman like Jiang Cheng.

And Huang Yao has long known how good Jiang Cheng is to Qiao Yinyin.

Before she had a boyfriend named Jiang Cheng, everyone in the school knew that Qiao Yinyin was an internet celebrity.

But at that time, no one was quite sure how much money she made.

Because apart from dressing up very beautifully, Qiao Yinyin actually doesn't have any high-end brands on her.

But since she told me she was in love, not only did she move the house, but the key thing was that the house was still registered in Qiao Yinyin's name.

Jiang Cheng even gave her several million in rewards.

Even someone like her has met people who want to support her.

She is not some saint who doesn't want money.

In the past, I thought being kept by someone must be disgusting and inferior.

I just hold back my disgust and dare not say it for the sake of money.

But after these two encounters with Jiang Cheng, Huang Yao could only say that she envied Qiao Yinyin so much...