Inside Li Xiulan’s office.
To be precise, it was just the shared bedroom between her and Liu Xiuli.
Li Xiulan slumped wearily in her chair, staring blankly out the window.
She was only forty-five, yet there were strands of white in her hair, and wrinkles that shouldn’t appear at her age had already formed on her face. She looked more like someone in her fifties or sixties. Her eyes were full of sorrow.
“You will get what you deserve,” she muttered under her breath. The “you” she referred to were those corrupt government officials.
She had approached the relevant departments, but every connection was tangled in red tape. In the end, everything amounted to nothing.
Now, with all the children reaching school age, she truly didn’t know what else she could do.
As she sat in confusion, there was a knock on the door.
She frowned, but quickly put on a smile and got up to open it.
When she opened the door, she saw a handsome young man with an extraordinary bearing—it was clear at a glance that he came from a wealthy background.
“Director Li,” Jiang Chengye greeted with a smile.
He had deep respect for Li Xiulan from the bottom of his heart.
This Sunshine Welfare Institute had been founded by her in her thirties. Back then, after a family tragedy left her alone, she found solace in this place. Seeing the many displaced children, she established the Sunshine Welfare Institute.
Before any aid came, she supported it entirely on her own. Later, with government assistance and the arrival of Liu Xiuli, the burden on her shoulders lightened slightly. But she never relaxed. She still ran around tirelessly, doing everything she could to ensure these children could go to school.
“Come, come, come in!” Li Xiulan quickly invited him in, tidying the items on her bed. “Sorry, conditions are limited. Please, sit.”
Jiang Chengye glanced around. The furnishings were still the same as when he had first come.
He sat down, and as Li Xiulan got up to pour him tea, he quickly stopped her.
“Director Li, there’s no need. Please, have a seat. I’m here to discuss some matters.”
Li Xiulan nodded and sat down on Liu Xiuli’s bed. Then she asked politely, “How should I address you?”
Jiang Chengye waved it off, “Director Li, don’t call me sir. My surname is Jiang. Just call me Xiao Jiang.”
“This… wouldn’t be right…” Li Xiulan began, but seeing the seriousness in Jiang Chengye’s eyes, she changed her words. “Alright then, Xiao Jiang, are you here to adopt a child or…?”
Seeing how polite he was, she got straight to the point.
“I want these children to have the same right to education as other kids,” Jiang Chengye said firmly.
Li Xiulan froze, staring into his sincere eyes.
She was sure she hadn’t misheard.
She stood up abruptly and was about to kneel.
But Jiang Chengye had already predicted it and quickly supported her, “Director Li, what are you doing?” This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
Tears welled up in Li Xiulan’s eyes as she said emotionally, “Thank you. I thank you on behalf of the children.”
Jiang Chengye’s expression was complicated. He once had a mother like this on Blue Star too.
But she had passed away not long after he reached adulthood. She had also begged people everywhere for help—for the children—she had even knelt, yet in the end received only scorn.
For the next half hour, Jiang Chengye smoothly laid out his full donation plan to Li Xiulan.
A school bus to transport the children.
A new place for the welfare institute. The current two-story building was too old and unsafe.
With a new site, more orphans could be taken in.
They could hire more teachers—he would pay the salaries.
As for school tuition, he would cover all costs until the children graduated from university.
Listening to everything Jiang Chengye arranged, Li Xiulan cried and smiled at the same time.
Her once-bent back finally straightened.
Jiang Chengye then handed over a card with 2 million yuan in it, asking her to accept it.
If she needed anything else, she could contact him directly.
As for the school, he would personally handle it, so she could be at ease.
Everything was already planned out by Jiang Chengye.
Everything he said had struck right at the heart of Li Xiulan.
She held the bank card in her hand, still feeling like it was all unreal.
After Jiang Chengye finished explaining everything, Li Xiulan immediately went to share the good news with the children.
The children cheered joyfully.
Under Liu Xiuli’s lead, they all gave Jiang Chengye a deep, solemn bow.
Amid countless cries of thanks, Jiang Chengye left the Sunshine Welfare Institute.
From outside, Uncle Chen had seen it all and his face was full of gratitude.
At this moment, Jiang Chengye’s heart felt warm. Only someone who had been soaked by rain would think of holding out an umbrella for others.
Just as he got into his car, the system prompt suddenly echoed in his mind again.
[Ding!]
It came back from the dead again. They’d just met in a dream last night, and today he’s getting another “final message.”
This bastard just wouldn’t go away! This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
“You damn sneaky thing! Are you even dead or not!” Jiang Chengye cursed in his mind.
But all the system left behind this time was a voice recording.
[Friendly reminder: All memories in the female leads’ minds have now been restored. The Host has probably guessed by now. These female leads are those from your first failed plotline. Their memories have returned—consider it a form of reincarnation. We hope Host has fun. Love, your Little System.]
Jiang Chengye froze instantly.
A wave of memories rushed into his mind—it was a scene where the female leads sat together, discussing after Ye Chen’s death.
…
Holy crap! They’ve all been reborn!
The memories he received yesterday were all real!
Ye Chen had really been killed by these women.
Oh my God. Brutal, truly worthy of being the protagonist—what a way to go.
But what shocked him even more was that these female leads had actually avenged him.
“Damn it! I’ve been played!” Jiang Chengye shouted internally, his hand on the steering wheel trembling.
Back when he first played through the plotline, the system gave him some power to secretly protect the female leads, ensuring their safety so nothing would affect the plotline.
It even claimed that during protection missions it would apply a “mosaic filter”—basically disguising his appearance.
But during his second run, when he tried to protect them again, the system said there was no need.
Screw your mosaic! That memory showed how he had been secretly protecting them all along! Two of them even fought over who held a higher place in his heart!
They were Sun Xiaoyu, the policewoman, and Zhou Siyun, the boss lady of Jiangbei’s underworld.
Jiang Chengye panicked. All those female leads had been reborn, and judging by their current attitude, they were full of regret.
He was going to get swarmed!
“System, you damn…” he cursed aloud, “Restoring everything at once, are you trying to kill me?!”
There were over a dozen female leads!
Now all the pressure had landed squarely on him.
Jiang Chengye just wanted to sing: “Thank you for everything…”
Utterly speechless, Jiang Chengye roared as he drove off.
He needed some peace and quiet!