Cui Ronglian at this mont had surprisingly changed into a form-fitting, sensual cheongsam, which outlined her curvaceous figure, intoxicating to the eye.
Her jet-black hair had also been let down and styled in large curls, casually draped over her snowy, white neck. The oval face behind the gold-rimd glasses was lightly made up. With delicate features and a distinguished appearance, although her gaze still held so timidity, her excellent figure and the transformation from before made it hard for Lin Fan to look away.
Previously, her attire truly made her look like a woman in her forties or fifties, but now she appeared to be in her early thirties at most.
Especially the black slit of the cheongsam and the red high heels she stepped in elevated her aura substantially, exuding a bit of intellectual beauty.
"Principal Cui, you look quite nice dressed like this, why make yourself out to be so old?"
Lin Fan, with a cigarette in his mouth, eyed Cui Ronglian. No wonder the ample bosom she had revealed the other day looked so beautiful; it turned out she was quite the beauty.
"Because I don’t allow... students to dress up... so I must lead by example... and the conditions here are rather poor, since we can’t pay salaries... many teachers have resigned, and I have to substitute for them... so I don’t even have ti to wash my face every day... This is sothing I just bought yesterday... Is it alright?"
Cui Ronglian, awkwardly fiddling with her hair, knew that now, having agreed on a price, she had to be ready for Lin Fan’s use.
"Sure, very sure, you should dress like this every day to be even better."
Lin Fan leaned back on a three-legged chair and took a drag of his cigarette, "Isn’t it sumr vacation now? Why are there still so many students in class?"
"Because their foundation is too weak, many don’t even understand junior high school knowledge... so we have to work overti to tutor them from scratch... there’s simply no winter or sumr vacations... and I’m also afraid that once they have a vacation... they might never co back. After all, many parents disagree with them going to school. Last ti, so students secretly went to work during the holiday."
Cui Ronglian stood there restrainedly. She knew she was now a bargaining chip, waiting for Lin Fan’s call at any mont.
"I talked with the Education Bureau yesterday, and I’ve gotten to know a bit about your situation. Your private school is really a bottomless pit, providing food and lodging and waiving a lot of tuition. Even if I gave you ten million, you wouldn’t last long, would you?"
Lin Fan’s words caused Cui Ronglian to hurriedly raise her head, "Are you going back on your word? That won’t do... we’ve already agreed... Even if not ten million... five million is also fine... three million will do too... whatever amount, just give so... I’ll do anything you say!"
"Don’t get agitated... You’re really unstable!"
Lin Fan hastily waved his hand to interrupt Cui Ronglian, "The money is already prepared; it will be delivered in the next couple of days. Right now, I just want to hear the truth, why on earth did you abandon your job in Provincial City to work in education? Don’t give any grand speeches. Everyone in this world gets up early for a profit. Why do you want to do this?"
"For their sake... so they don’t end up with a hard life like my sister!"
After a long silence, Cui Ronglian suddenly collapsed to the ground, crying and recounting the sorrowful past.
As the first female university student from the village, Cui Ronglian’s family was actually very poor. By the ti she was promoted to high school, her family could no longer afford her tuition. It was her sister, Cui Rongi, two years younger, who resolutely dropped out of school, worked to earn money, and supported her through high school, and then college, eventually even to graduate school.
"It was my sister who changed my fate... and she gave a new life... She told ... that to support my education, she had been a waitress, a dishwasher, and even delivered takeout... By the third year of my marriage, she finally got married too... But just one day before the wedding, soone exposed that her so-called work was in the sex trade..."
Cui Ronglian choked up and continued, "Naturally, the wedding was ruined... My sister hanged herself in the woods... leaving behind only a suicide note... She told ... she was too young back then... no one wanted to hire her... Desperate, she had no choice but to sell her body... She also said... that she had repaid her debt to in this life... In the next life... she too wanted to sit in a classroom and study, instead of being bullied by various n..."
"So, you gave up your job in Provincial City, started a private school, and brought back those girls who were about to drop out of school, treating them like your own sister?"
Unexpectedly, behind Cui Ronglian lay such imnse hardship that even Lin Fan was sowhat moved by the story of Cui Rongi. After all, when the excuses for those won’s profession had been gambling fathers, sick mothers, and brothers who couldn’t afford school, there were indeed people who sacrificed their bodies for their loved ones.
"That’s right... I don’t want them to die with resentnt like my sister... even if it costs my life... I have to pull them all back. Education is the only chance for them to change their lives."
Cui Ronglian wiped her tears, took a deep breath, only to find Lin Fan dousing her with cold water again.
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