Chapter 25 Orphanage

It's just dawn.

The light of the horizon surrounded the villa. Lin Yuan heard a noise from upstairs. He got up, put on his clothes, and came out. He saw that Bai Shuang was dressed neatly. She looked like she's going to the company.

"Dear, why are you going to the company so early? It's just past six o'clock." He asked. 

"Since I want cooperation with the Zhao group, I have to make preparations. There are some materials in the company that I want to see clearly. In addition, you don't have to come to work in the company today. I don't want to see you." Bai Shuang said without expression. 

Every time she thought of cooperating with the Zhao group, she became angry. If it wasn't for this man's nonsense, this would not happen. 

Not to mention, the eldest son of the Zhao group was salivating for her and it would be too late to hide now. If she wanted to cooperate with the Zhao group, she had to be harassed first. If she would think about it, she couldn't help but be upset. 

He didn't know why Bai Shuang was so angry, but he knew very well that it's not a good thing if he wouldn't follow her.

"Then take care of your own safety." Lin Yuan grinned, went back to the room, closed the door, and immediately picked up the phone.

"Send someone to watch."

If Yuan would not be with her, of course, people from the Temple of God of War must watch her closely. After all, all the killers in the previous wave already disappeared and they didn't know when the next wave would come. He didn't dare to take it lightly until he would find out the information and the people behind the scenes.

Until eight or nine o'clock in the morning, Lin Yuan had nothing to do so he decided to go to the suburbs. 

There was an orphanage in this suburb. Some orphans had already been adopted, but there's still a lot that were left. The orphanage had already been there for a long time and the fund support was not in place, so the orphanage seemed very old.

Lin Yuan drove his car with clothes, toys and snacks to the orphanage. Seeing him, all the children in the orphanage rushed over from afar, and they were not afraid of the man. Obviously, they were familiar with Lin Yuan.

There were so many children, Lin Yuan squatted down to be on the same height with them and gave them what he bought. They played without care in the world that anyone wouldn't think that he was the God of War. 

It was not until noon that Lin Yuan became serious and asked the children to go back and have dinner. Sitting in the dining hall, watching the children eat their meal, Lin Yuan sighed slightly, and then came to the dean's side.

"Is the situation so bad? Even the food is like this."

Lin Yuan asked. He also asked several times before but although the children's food was not rich in vitamins, at least it can guarantee nutrition. Today though, each child had an egg, the rest was rice and vegetables.

If he didn't know the young and lovely beauty dean, he would even think that someone was stealing money from the children.

As always, Zhou Yingying wore a white skirt, with obvious brush marks on some sides, which was clearly painted by naughty children. But the girl didn't care. For others, they would be angry, but for her, she just smiled warmly. 

"There is no way, the public welfare fund-raising of society was not ideal. In addition, we have no one here, and the government has no idea what happened, and suddenly, the fund support was cut off."

Zhou Yingying sighed, her eyes full of helplessness. The orphanage was not purely public, but her father personally saw the interests and then maintained them by raising money. However, Zhou Yingying's father died of illness a few years ago, and Zhou Yingying took over.

In recent years, she didn't know where the problem was coming from. The funds were getting less and less. Even the subsidies from the government had been reduced by just a snap of a finger. In the recent month, even a penny was nowhere to be found.

"By the way, your car…"

Lin Yuan saw a pink beetle parked at the gate of the courtyard several times ago, but he didn't see it when he came today.

When Zhou Yingying heard his sentence, she couldn't help but be silent, and bit her lips for a long time. 

"The shortage of funds can only be solved by selling that car. It lasted for a while, but it didn't last long."

Lin Yuan's face was calm, but inside, he was very angry. If someone could force a girl to take that step, the person behind was inhuman.

Because Yuan himself was an orphan and grew up in an orphanage, he usually stayed in a certain area for a long time. He always chose different orphanages then visited them for financial assistance. Every time he looked at the children, he couldn't bear it. Even the War of God had been carrying out relevant social welfare work.

After coming to the city, it happened accidentally that he saw an orphanage on the road. After that, he often came to the orphanage to donate something and secretly supported it several times.

What he didn't expect was that the orphanage, which used to be quite good, had such an incident in such a short period of time, and even had to let Zhou Yingying sell her property to maintain it.

"There must be someone behind this crime. Have you checked to see what's going on?"

Lin Yuan asked curiously. At this moment, the children's noisy voices and some fierce men's shouts came from outside the yard.

Lin Yuan's face changed, his eyes flashed and he went out to see who came.  

They went out and saw a few luxury cars parked outside the yard. From inside, a group of middle-aged men in black suits came out, and a chubby man was walking to the yard.

The children were playing in front of the yard after dinner. Suddenly, men started rushing in. The children were frightened. Of course, they panicked. One of them, a little girl, unexpectedly rushed into the crowd, and was picked up by a bodyguard then he threw her back.

Just when Lin Yuan pushed the door open, he saw the scene, and as fast as lightning, he appeared behind the little girl, holding her in his arms.

"You all go back first. I will just settle this thing."

Lin Yuan patted the little girl's back and said in a gentle voice. The children looked at each other. When they saw what happened, many of them even cried.

At this time, Zhou Yingying also ran out in a hurry to comfort the children and take all of them back.

Yuan wanted to ask someone to find out what's going on with the orphanage, but witnessing what happened, there's no need to bother his people so much. He could get rid of these people himself.

"Stinky boy, who are you? I advise you to mind your own business. This orphanage should have been demolished for a long time. It cost me millions of dollars for taking so long." The fat man at the front grinned.

Lin Yuan just glanced at him but he did not pay attention to him. He went back to the room to find Yingying and ask something. 

"Are you still going to keep it from me?"

Zhou Yingying could only tell him the truth.

"The suburbs need to carry out the construction of a new urban area, and my orphanage is in the center of it, but this piece of land belongs to my father and he passed it on to me. As long as I don't agree, they can't carry out the demolition, so it's like this today. This matter has nothing to do with you. Don't get involved. They are not good people. If you dare to stop them, the consequences will be disastrous."

Lin Yuan did not know that the orphanage would become like this, even forcing Yingying to sell the property to be able to maintain the orphanage.

The people in front of him have just made trouble behind their backs and cut off the source of funds for the purpose of forcing Yingying to have no choice but to agree.

Lin Yuan's face suddenly became cold.

"I know you are a kind-hearted person, but you stay here first, and I'll go out and talk with them. Anyway, I can't let them demolish this place. These children need a home after a hard time. Where are they going after they demolish it?"

He could feel how soft and weak the woman in front of him. She then pushed the door open and went outside.

Meanwhile, the little girl who was just saved by Lin Yuan ran over and grabbed him.

"Big brother, you must help sister Yingying. These villains have been here several times, and they are very fierce every time. Once, they even pushed my sister to the ground and she was hurt for several days."

Lin Yuan and Zhou Yingying met several times. They didn't talk much, but they had a good relationship. They were good friends. When he heard this, he was furious. He then squatted down and answered the girl with a smile.

"You go inside for now. I'll be back soon. Don't worry. With your big brother here, your sister is safe."

The children all nodded their heads one after another then went back inside immediately. 

When Yuan looked at the children, his heart was crushed. They behave so maturely for their age, they're clever and he could see their suffering and fear in their eyes. 

If it was not for his own experience, it would be difficult for ordinary people to understand them. They were obedient and didn't seem to care, but they knew that if the orphanage would really be demolished, they would become orphans again. 

What the children needed most were care and a home. Now the yard was their home. What made him angrier was that people in front of him were blinded by money and ignored it.

Yuan walked out slowly then heard them talking.

"He Zhengfei, I can't agree to anything, unless you rebuild the orphanage and it must be in a good environment, never near a garbage dump!"

Yingying's voice was firm and solemn. 

'Just who did they think they were? These unscrupulous businessmen were not even giving them the right compensation. Even resettling the orphanage next to the dump in the city. That would not be good for those children.' He immediately thought to himself. 

The environment near the dump was bad, and the garbage that was disposed of there had been incinerated. The residents nearby had already moved away. If the children grow up there, they would certainly be poisoned.

Zhengfei, the middle-aged fat man who spat carelessly, shouted, "It's something nobody wants. What's the difference between children and garbage? Isn't it just right to live on the side of the dump? Yingying, if I hadn't seen you look so beautiful, I would have done it already. I'll give you one last chance to agree or not. If you still don't agree today, don't blame me if you get hurt!"

His voice was very loud. Then he clapped his hands fiercely. There was a roaring sound from the outside, and then an excavator opened the door in such a dignified way.

Zhou Yingying's face turned pale in an instant. She quickly ran to the door and stood in front of the excavator with her body. Her voice trembled a little, but she could say it firmly.

"Today, even if you step on my body, I won't let you destroy this children's home!"

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