Yu Xiuxiu suddenly felt sowhat aggrieved.
Although she had told Zhang Xiaoshan that there was no possibility between them, Zhang Xiaoshan shouldn’t be bringing different won to the house all the ti either. What did he consider her as?
"Who is this?"
At this mont, Bai Shutong’s expression was also sowhat astonished.
In her imagination, Zhang Xiaoshan’s sister-in-law should have been a simple and rustic middle-aged woman, yet the Yu Xiuxiu before her was stunningly beautiful, dressed plainly but also exuding an indescribable charisma.
As a woman herself, she felt sowhat moved at this mont.
Zhang Xiaoshan introduced, saying.
"This is my sister-in-law."
"This person is a journalist sent from the province to help our village’s elentary school with publicity and fundraising."
"Journalist?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiuxiu was initially taken aback, her expression much relieved imdiately.
It seems she had been overthinking it.
"This beauty is your sister-in-law? Hello, sister-in-law."
Bai Shutong took the initiative to shake hands with Yu Xiuxiu.
Though Bai Shutong was sowhat picky and spoiled in her lifestyle, her personality was very easy-going.
After a brief acquaintance, Zhang Xiaoshan spoke to Yu Xiuxiu.
"Sister-in-law, could you prepare so breakfast for Journalist Bai? After we eat, we are heading to the village’s elentary school for an interview."
"Sure, sure. You take Journalist Bai and sit in the house for a while; I’ll go prepare it right away."
Soon, a rich breakfast was ready.
"Where is she?"
Zhang Xiaoshan didn’t see Shen Xinhe and asked his sister-in-law.
Yu Xiuxiu said.
"She said she isn’t hungry and told us to eat first. Should I go call her again?"
Shen Xinhe was very concerned about revealing her identity. Bai Shutong was a journalist, which must have frightened Shen Xinhe. Moreover, with her injuries not yet healed, it was better not to let Bai Shutong et her.
Zhang Xiaoshan thought for a mont and said
"Let her rest a bit longer."
After breakfast, Zhang Xiaoshan followed Bai Shutong with the interview equipnt toward the school.
Sister-in-law Yu Xiuxiu chased to the door, watching the scene of Zhang Xiaoshan and Bai Shutong walking side by side, her mood involuntarily tinged with loss. She stood at the doorway, lost in thought.
On the way, Bai Shutong curiously asked Zhang Xiaoshan.
"Dr. Zhang, do you have other people at ho? Didn’t you say you only have a widowed sister-in-law?"
"Oh, there’s a friend staying at my house."
"A woman?"
Bai Shutong continued to press.
Zhang Xiaoshan glanced at Bai Shutong.
"Journalist Bai, you ca to the village to interview students, why are you so interested in ? You couldn’t have fallen for , could you?"
"Pah, in your dreams! Don’t flatter yourself."
"Hmph, your refusal to answer directly ans you’ve given my answer. It must be a woman."
"You’re not secretly keeping a lady in your house, are you? Aren’t you afraid Sister Man will find out and fall out with you?"
"When have I ever kept a lady hidden in my house? Besides, haven’t I explained it to you? Sister Man and I are just friends. Don’t talk nonsense."
As they talked, they arrived at the school.
"Oh my goodness."
Upon entering the school gate, Bai Shutong was gobsmacked.
Before coming to White Dragon Village, she thought the situation might be sowhat better than what Sister Man described over the phone, but her view changed last night and now she had her eyes completely opened.
Two-thirds of the school’s walls had collapsed, and the classroom windows were all broken.
She walked up to one of the windows and looked inside.
Xu Jing was teaching the students.
At least fifty or sixty children, regardless of their grade, were cramd into a small room of less than thirty square ters. The desks and chairs were very old, so even shabbily damaged. Many tiles on the roof were missing, revealing the thatch, and the rainwater from the previous night was still dripping onto the classroom floor.
Looking at those children, each one pale and thin, their clothes tattered and dirty.
"How can the conditions here be so tough?"
At that mont, Bai Shutong’s facial expression was sowhat sorrowful.
Zhang Xiaoshan said.
"You were still worried I was deceiving you before you arrived. Now you believe , right? You’ve seen our transportation; it’s incredibly isolated. Villagers either work outside, leaving children with their grandparents as left-behind children, or they farm at ho. But how much money can farming make in a year?"
"Thank goodness the state’s policies have improved a lot, mandating nine years of compulsory education, allowing children to afford school. In my ti, eighty percent of the children in the village dropped out of school. It may sound funny to you, but I was the first college student in our village. Even to this day, those who have gone to university you can count on two hands."
As he spoke, Zhang Xiaoshan beca emotional, his eyes reddening.
"Journalist Bai, you’ve seen the situation all along the way. The conditions in the village are indeed very poor. It’s okay for adults to suffer a bit, but these children are young. They should have a great future; their lives shouldn’t be as aimless as their parents’, with faces towards the dirt and backs to the sky. They should have the right to choose their own lives."
"Reading and writing are their only chances to rise above their circumstances and make a na for themselves. I’m begging you to do a thorough report and let the real situation here be known. Let the children have new classrooms and strong teachers. Let them soar high."
Except for the tis he intervened with toughs at the small diner, Zhang Xiaoshan was mostly seen as frivolous in Bai Shutong’s eyes. But now, his sincere and heartfelt words unexpectedly gave Bai Shutong a whole new perspective on Zhang Xiaoshan.
This guy seed quite interesting.
"Don’t worry, I will report well."
"Zhang Xiaoshan, what brings you here?"
Seeing Zhang Xiaoshan standing outside, Xu Jing, who was teaching, imdiately ran out excitedly.
It had been so long, and this was the first ti Zhang Xiaoshan had actively sought her out.
But just as she ca out, she saw Bai Shutong standing next to Zhang Xiaoshan.
Her beauty was in no way inferior to her own.
And as she ca out, Zhang Xiaoshan was deeply gazing into Bai Shutong’s eyes.
"Zhang Xiaoshan, what are you trying to imply?"
Her forrly excited face imdiately drooped.
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