Chapter 77 (1/2)

“Fundraising? Are you saying that Lin Wenxi organized a fundraising?” Chen Wanxin asked the girls who lived next door when she heard them talking about the fundraising. She was irritated in the beginning. On second thought, she felt pleased.

When she talked with Luo Yang on the phone, she asked, “What about Zhao Yuan’s house in his hometown. Has he sold it?”

“Not yet, but we’ve introduced a buyer to him. The buyer thinks that the house is alright. I guess it’ll be sold very soon,” Luo Yang said in a matter-of-fact tone.

“No, ask the buyer not to buy it. There’s another way to raise funds for Zhao Yuan,” Chen Wanxin said with a deep voice.

Luo Yang was surprised and asked curiously, “Are you planning to borrow money from Boss Mo?”

“No, I won’t ask that servile man for help again!” Chen Wanxin said grumpily. “He sent someone to buy all the jewelry that I sold and returned it to my mother. My mother flew at me in a temper and called me stupid for selling my jewelry at such low prices.”

“Well, at least, Boss Mo didn’t tell your father anything about it,” Luo Yang could not help but mumble.

“Have you ever informed against me to Mo Qian?” asked Chen Wanxin.

“Boss Mo cares about only important things and leaves all the trifles to me. Sometimes, he’ll ask me about you, but I only told him the things that you allow me to tell him,” Luo Yang said cautiously.

After a moment, Luo Yang added, “But, how could Lin Wenxi organize a fundraising within such a short period of time? He probably still lacks some documents. How about we…”

Chen Wanxin hurriedly interrupted, “No, don’t disturb him. Let him do what he wants. His roommates and the two roommates of mine are not stupid. I can’t turn all of them against me. Besides, if they can raise enough money, it’ll be a good thing.” Chen Wanxin could not help but smile.

“If so, he’ll take all the credits…” said Luo Yang.

“How can I let such a thing happen?” Chen Wanxin smiled slightly and said, “I’m going to solicit donations in the girls’ dormitory building. What do you think?”

“Well, you have to share the credits not the blame. Let Lin Wenxi take the blame if the university disapproves of this fundraising.” After that, Luo Yang lowered his voice and continued to talk. Chen Wanxin could not help but chuckle. After talking with Luo Yang on the phone, she went straight to the boys’ dormitory building.

When she came to the boys’ dormitory building, the fundraising effort was in full swing. Upon seeing Chen Wanxin, the most attractive girl in the university, the boys flocked to the donation box to donate money and no one had patience with Wang Xiang who had been explaining the reasons for this fundraising anymore.

Despite that, Chen Wanxin was still dissatisfied with the growth rate of the fund. She thought, “Zhao Yuan has come back to sell his house in his hometown. If he fails to make a deal with this buyer, he’ll probably find another buyer within a short period of time through his connections in his hometown. Once he sells the house, he and his father will have to rent a house in the countryside after his father leaves the hospital. I can’t let such a thing happen. My parents did keep a low profile recently. How could they fail to get it done?”

Chen Wanxin brought everyone together and told them her plans. Lin Wenxi was impressed by her ideas and looked pleased.

The next day at noon, they remitted all the donations they had collected to Zhao Yuan. Apart from the money they remitted, some donations were directly remitted to him by donors such as Wang Zhengjuan. When they found out that Zhao Yuan had enough money to pay his father’s remaining medical expenses, they all felt relieved.

Not long after that, they were collectively invited into the dean’s office.

“Lin Wenxi, you… You kept asking everyone, especially administrators at all levels and types of the university, for donations… Well, I’m in sympathy with you, as you, you’re the champion of the poem writing contest…” The dean got stuck for words. Lin Wenxi had asked not only the students for donations. He had asked the dean, every department head, and even the vice president of the university to donate at least 2,000 yuan. If anyone of them disagreed, he would lose his temper or threaten them by saying, “If you don’t donate the money, I’ll cut my wrist or jump off a building to kill myself.” As all the administrators of the university knew that he was Lin Ziwei’s son, they were afraid of irritating him. As such, they all donated money according to his will. As the dean was not allowed to reveal Lin Wenxi’s identity, he really did not know what to say at this moment.

Lin Wenxi smiled slightly and said, “Thank you for your donations. It’s really kind of you to help me out!”

“Do you know how your friends solicit donations for you?” The dean asked while glaring at him.

“This Wang Xiang sold his autographs in front of the girls’ dormitory building, and each of his autographs cost 100 yuan. He also sold your essays and poems, and they were over 1,000 yuan each. Oh Gee! You’re a good writer, and he does have good handwriting. But how could you overcharge everyone like that? This is robbing. Sigh, why do I have students like you? And Gu Xi, you offered boxed meals, which didn’t contain much meat, at a unit price of over 200 yuan! Zhang An’an and Shu Xiaoman, you girls really impressed me. You didn’t overcharge anyone, but look at what you did. One of you went to sing in front of the boys’ dormitory buildings to collect money, and the other went to prescribe medication to treat body weakness for the boys. What body weakness? You bring shame to Jifu University!” The dean shouted at them in a fit of anger and threw a piece of newspaper to them. “Look at the newspaper! Jifu University is in the newspaper, as we got complained by another four universities!”

When Zheng Kai read the newspaper, he could not help but chuckle. He thought, “Wow, I never knew that my friends are so talented. Chen Wanxin told us that we should ask for more donations by showing off our talents. It was she that advised Wang Xiang to sell his calligraphy works. As we were busy soliciting donations, we never told one another how we collected the money when we met.”

Upon seeing that, the dean said, “Are you laughing, Zheng Kai? You’ll go to the United States as an exchange student next year! How could you collect donations by threatening the other students? This is racketeering. You even rented yourself out as a temporary boyfriend! What did you do? I really…” The dean got stuck for words and slumped down on his sofa. A moment later, he pointed a trembling finger at Chen Wanxin.

“And you… Wanxin. I thought that a young lady like you would at least be more reasonable. But you made all the girls on your dancing team wear miniskirts and leather pants, dragged them to different universities and made them dance in front of the students’ dormitory buildings. You even used A Song to Tough Guys as your dance music. I really don’t understand why you pick this song. Do we really live on the same planet?” The dean nearly cried out.