These kinds of people are usually won, and won, well, both their sympathy and vanity are more pronounced.
Initially, the children were honest, but after casually ntioning that all their bags were too worn out and receiving brand-new backpacks a week later, they started to express their needs in the letters.
The staff mbers at the foundation fulfilled their requests one by one.
At first, their requests were genuinely necessary, but later, it gradually deteriorated, even subtly asking for money.
The trustees and mbers weren’t fools; after being deceived once or twice, they understood that they had been taken advantage of.
Then... the children started making trouble.
The most exaggerated case was when a fourteen-year-old child used the money sent from here to buy train tickets and brought a group of children knocking on the door.
The staff at the Charitable Foundation encountered this situation for the first ti and were dumbfounded; Rui Ying had to call here for help.
Lin Xiaoguai also felt speechless; this was entirely self-inflicted. Although she was furious, she couldn’t help but resolve the situation.
The foundation was in an uproar; as Lin Xiaoguai entered, she saw a group of children of various ages speaking Mandarin with an accent in the hall, while the staff had pained expressions as they communicated with them.
"I don’t care, you clearly said we can tell you whatever difficulties we have!"
With a headache, Lin Xiaoguai heard such a shrill young voice.
Following the voice, she saw a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl wearing a peach-colored shirt and light green corduroy trousers, which seed like new clothes that hadn’t been worn many tis.
—It seed, those idle trustees and mbers had fattened up these little locusts.
Lin Xiaoguai detested greedy people, but she liked children. However, when soone matched both criteria, she couldn’t be lenient; her dislike only grew.
It was like seeing a fly land on a cake she liked.
"We’re talking about difficulties in studying, necessities for survival! New clothes and dolls are not included. Without new clothes, without dolls, can’t you live?" the staff mber, annoyed by the girl’s complaints, snapped back sharply.
Unexpectedly, the girl pouted her lips and started crying.
The other children imdiately gathered around—
"Don’t bully her!"
"You bad people, only know how to bully!"
"I want to go ho, Mom..."
...
Suddenly, the hall erupted into chaos, like a marketplace.
Lin Xiaoguai frowned. The saying ’badlands breed tough people’ really made sense.
"Chairman!"
"Chairman Lin—"
At that mont, so of the distressed trustees and staff noticed her and looked over eagerly for help.
Lin Xiaoguai nodded in acknowledgnt, and without giving a glance to the curious children, she directed Chairman Rong, "Chairman Rong, ask all the trustees and mbers to et in the conference room."
Perhaps it was her imposing deanor or her position as Chairman, but the children didn’t dare to approach and just watched from a distance.
After speaking, she didn’t linger and went straight to the conference room on the second floor.
It didn’t take long for the trustees and staff mbers at the base to arrive.
"How should we resolve this, Chairman?" Rong Changxin asked with so urgency.
Then, unable to help self-blaming, "This is my fault. If I hadn’t initially thought that this was trivial and allowed them to correspond with the children, such a situation wouldn’t have arisen."
"You certainly have a responsibility, as does Chairman Lu." Lin Xiaoguai’s gaze swept over the people next to the conference table. "To set an example, each of you will have a month’s salary deducted. As for the others who were personally involved in this matter..."
She stated calmly, "Just this once, it shall not happen again." Since those idle trustees and mbers were unpaid, she could only comnt so far.
"Wait, Chairman, this is my fault and has nothing to do with Chairman Lu, she has always been busy with the child dical aid project." Lv Huifang wasn’t there, but Rong Changxin defended her.
Lin Xiaoguai glanced at her, "As a vice chairman, you committed a mistake; she, as the chairman, naturally shares the responsibility."
Rong Changxin had no retort.
"How do you all view this?" Lin Xiaoguai’s gaze once again turned to the others.
Rui Ying was the first to speak up, "Chairman, I believe there must be adults pushing behind this incident; the children can’t possibly have such intentions."
"I have a different opinion," a trustee spoke up. "While the children might not have such intentions, the adults behind them are certainly not of good character. Moreover, among these children, several are thirteen or fourteen years old and have reached an age where they understand what their actions an."
This trustee was particularly angry as he had been directly deceived by the children for money.
"But it’s not the children’s fault, it’s the adults who spoiled them."
"Yes, just seeing how those adults let a group of children take a train over here shows they don’t really care about the children."
...
The room buzzed as everyone voiced their opinions, yet they couldn’t decide who was right or wrong, eventually turning their gaze toward Lin Xiaoguai.
"Actually, whether the children are innocent or not doesn’t matter." Lin Xiaoguai spoke calmly, "What matters is that ceasing support for this mountainous area has beco inevitable."
The people were initially taken aback, but after all, they weren’t fools; they quickly understood the reasoning.
Such an incident, happening once, needed to be thoroughly curbed. If not handled properly the first ti, similar issues would never stop, and the Charitable Foundation might as well close its doors. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welco to visit Qidian (qidian) to vote for recomndations, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian to read.)
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