Chapter 3340 — Going Home Together
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This time Yu Xiaoke no longer harbored any other doubt: the money had unquestionably come from Wei Zhao. But the more certain she was, the more she felt she owed him. In truth, by any reasonable measure, this money was for the orphanage; Yu Xiaoke herself would not spend a single cent of it. She had every reason to regard Wei Zhao simply as a "benefactor" and need not agonize over it at all. There were so many foundations in this world—if the head of every foundation agonized over its donors and feared they might harbor improper intentions, the whole thing would descend into chaos.
But Yu Xiaoke regarded herself as a member of the orphanage. Even if this money was not spent on her but on the children, she still felt it was for her sake—and that was the fundamental reason for her conflict.
Now the orphanage had finally gotten onto the right track, and Yu Xiaoke was no longer as busy as before. To put it plainly, her role now was quite small; an orphanage on the right track no longer needed her to scrounge for funding everywhere.
Yet the more idle she became, the more Yu Xiaoke feared Wei Zhao would come looking for her, and so she lived her days in conflict. Today, suddenly, an uninvited guest appeared at her office—and when Yu Xiaoke looked closely, it was actually her own brother!
"Brother, what are you doing here?" Yu Xiaoke was somewhat pleasantly surprised. Since her brother had left last time, he had not come again, and she had missed him a good deal—only she had not known how to contact him. She had wanted to ask Wei Zhao, but feared walking straight into the tiger's mouth.
"Xiaoke, have you been well lately? This orphanage—I never imagined it would reach such a scale!" When Yu Dake had come last time, the orphanage had not been nearly so large.
"Quite well, brother. And you?" Yu Xiaoke asked.
"I've broken away from the hidden You family. I'm free now, and I'll have more time to spend with you in the future. But Xiaoke, do you have time? Tomorrow I set out for our old hometown—are you free? If you are, let's go together!" Yu Dake had no time to waste, since he had to set out early the next morning; he had to settle the matter with Yu Xiaoke tonight.
"Ah? Back to the old hometown?" Yu Xiaoke had been adopted by the old director when she was very small, too young to remember much, so she had no real conception of her old hometown. Now that Yu Dake brought it up, naturally she wanted to go back and see her home—her home in the true sense of the word! "I'm all right—things aren't too busy lately. We set out tomorrow? Isn't that a bit rushed? True, a lot of things here are on the right track, but I'll have to make some arrangements."
"Yes, tomorrow! Mr. Lin is the one who summoned me this time; we're going back together, and Mr. Lin's side is in a hurry, so we must reach Donghai City first thing in the morning and set out with him," Yu Dake said.
"Wei Zhao?!" Yu Xiaoke had been quite happy at the talk of going home, but who would have thought Wei Zhao was going too? What did that mean? She and her brother going home was going to their own home—what business did Wei Zhao have going back? Could it be that he too considered himself family? (To be continued...)