The Pianist And The Lady[Republic Of China Gl] Chapter 21

Chapter 21

Li Fangqing, who came to the playground with Lan Yuan, also noticed Shen Xian. She admired Shen Xian’s natural kindness and liveliness.

Now that he discovered that she was actually Miss Lan’s piano teacher, he became even more curious about her, but there was no time to communicate more now, he had more important things to do.

“Miss Lan, do you need me to take you home?” Li Fangqing winked at Lan Yuan, hoping that he would still remember to discuss with Lan Yuan about cooperating in acting.

Chen Xian glanced at the man who had just stood next to Lan Yuan, then looked at Lan Yuan again, remaining silent.

“This is Mr. Li, a friend I just met.” Lan Yuan introduced him coldly.

“Hello, Mr. Li.” Shen Xian greeted politely.

“Hello, Teacher Shen,” Li Fangqing greeted, “Does Teacher Shen live in Lan Mansion?”

“Yes.” Shen Xian replied.

“That’s just the way. I can take you two home together.” Li Fangqing smiled.

“No, I get carsick and can’t get used to sitting in a car.” Shen Xian subconsciously refused. For some reason, she didn’t like this Li Fangqing, although there was no offense to him.

“Then let’s go.” Li Fangqing said to Lan Yuan.

Although Lan Yuan wanted to go back home with Shen Xian, things had to be prioritized. She had to have a good chat with Li Fangqing first: “Okay. Teacher Shen, Mr. Li and I will go first.”

“Okay, bye.” Shen Xian smiled, not smiling at all, but Lan Yuan actually refused to go back with her because of the man this time, without even trying to persuade him to stay.

Watching the two of them walking away, Shen Xian picked up the remaining water from Lan Yuan and drank it all in one gulp. His eyes were full of loss, and there was a sad feeling in his heart that Shen Xian himself could not understand.

Li Fangqing was driving the car, and Lan Yuan was sitting in the back, just staring at the scenery outside the window without saying anything.

“How do you think about it?” Li Fangqing asked Lan Yuan while holding the steering wheel.

Lan Yuan said nothing and continued to be silent.

Li Fangqing could only say to herself: “Actually, I am one of the sponsors of Blue Sky Orphanage. The current situation is turbulent and wars continue. More and more people are displaced and hungry. More and more children are abandoned or forced to lose their parents because of the war.”

“If there is no orphanage to take them in, they will either be sold to the girls’ branch at a young age or sold into a house early, or they will starve to death on the street. The Blue Sky Orphanage needs to be further expanded to take in more children. If you agree to cooperate with me in pretending to date, my father will give me the money for the expansion.”

Emotions welling up in her heart, Li Fangqing paused and continued: “Of course, these children may not have a good life in the orphanage. They only eat simple meals, and you can also see that some children are still dressed in rags. But in the orphanage, they can get education or the opportunity to regain a family. Education, in particular, is the only opportunity for them to change their destiny. In the future, the expansion of our orphanage will also invest heavily in education.”

Lan Yuan is not a hard-hearted person. This time she came to the orphanage and felt a lot in her heart.

Looking at the poor children, she also felt sad and sad. Naturally, she also hoped that these children could be rescued and adopted. She admired Li Fangqing’s righteousness, but this did not mean that she had to sacrifice and compromise.

“I understand your dilemma, but this really requires careful decision-making for me. You have your own righteousness, but I shouldn’t be a victim. I don’t want to deal with my feelings at will. Of course, now that I have seen the other side of this world, I will do my best to help these children.” Lan Yuan said.

Lan Yuan knows that there are thousands of ways to help people, not just Li Fangqing’s. Moreover, since people don’t have the ability, they shouldn’t try to shake up the tree with a fly, but Li Fangqing doesn’t understand this truth.

“I understand Miss Lan. In fact, it’s okay if Miss Lan doesn’t want to help. Moreover, Miss Lan just said that she will do her best to help these children, and Li is already satisfied. But Li still hopes that Miss Lan will think carefully about whether it is better to save one or two people, or to save hundreds or thousands of children? The choice is in Miss Lan’s hands, and Li will not interfere.”

Li Fangqing didn’t expect Lan Yuan to be so heartless, that she could say no even after seeing the child’s misery with her own eyes.

However, Li Fangqing still refused to give up. He took out two tickets from his pocket: “I bought two tickets for the symphony orchestra performance, this Saturday at 7pm.”

“If Miss Lan is willing to cooperate with me in acting to make my parents happy before then, you can tell me in time.” Li Fangqing continued.

“When the time comes, I will tell my parents that I asked you to listen to music to show that our relationship is further developing. I will also be able to get investment, and we can get together after this concert.”

Lan Yuan looked at the ticket in Li Fangqing’s hand and fell into silence. Complex emotions filled her eyes, and she didn’t know what to do.

Back home, Lan Yuan told her mother about spending most of the day with Li Fangqing, but she only said that they had dinner together and hid everything about her visit to the orphanage. Instead, she said that she listened to a few plays in a teahouse, so she came back a little late.

After hearing Lan Yuan’s report, Mrs. Lan clapped her hands happily, thinking that her daughter had hope of marrying into the Li Mansion.

Lan Yuan said goodbye to her mother on the pretext of being tired and returned to her courtyard.

By then, Shen Xian had not returned, and Lan Yuan had no intention of entering the room to rest.

She was in a hurry to say goodbye to her at the orphanage today, and she didn’t have a good conversation yet, and there were too many things hidden in Shen Xian that she didn’t know. Lan Yuan had to see her today, so she sat in the orphanage for half an hour before returning home.

The two briefly greeted each other and continued to chat about the orphanage——

“Teacher Shen can take me with him when he goes to the orphanage in the future. We can also buy some clothes or food and drink for the children together.” Lan Yuan said seriously.

“Okay! The orphanage is in short supply of teachers right now. You can definitely help a lot if you come here.” Shen Xian was overjoyed and swept away the gloom of seeing Lan Yuan and Li Fangqing side by side this afternoon.

“Okay, let’s go together next time.” Lan Yuan looked forward to taking care of the children with Shen Xian.

This is the way she can get closer to Shen Xian. She doesn’t like those children very much, but she likes Shen Xian. As long as she can be side by side with the one she loves, can she do anything?

The human heart is unpredictable and the human heart is rare, but she is willing to figure it out slowly, even if she knows it is impossible to do, she will do it.

“You have changed a lot today. I thought… you were not interested in the orphanage.” Shen Xian said.

She intuitively believed that all this was because of Li Fangqing, a rich young lady from Lan Yuan. She didn’t like Yang Chun Shui in the house, and she didn’t like noisy and dirty places. Her sudden change of temper could only be because of the man she saw in the afternoon, which made her feel unhappy.

“In the past, I was blind and did not know the sufferings of the world, but after seeing it today, I will not turn a deaf ear to it, and I want to do my best. I remember what my teacher said a long time ago about equality and the preciousness of life. I argued with you before, which was really ignorant and childish.” Lan Yuan said very seriously, with sincerity in her eyes.

Cruel reality often has the most powerful catalytic effect, making people grow up overnight or suddenly wake up.

Chen Xian felt ashamed in his heart for his narrow-mindedness just now: “Okay, I’ll call you next time.”

“Did you know?” Perhaps he had just been touched by Lan Yuan’s sincerity and kindness. Shen Xian wanted to tell her story to Lan Yuan: “I am actually an orphan too. When I was two and a half years old, I was brought to the UK from Shanghai by my current adoptive parents. It was not until last year that I returned to my homeland.”

Lan Yuan was shocked to hear about Shen Xian’s life experience. Shen Xian, who was like a pistachio, had such a tortuous life experience behind him.

“Don’t feel sorry for me,” Shen Xian smiled. She didn’t mind it at all. “I’m one of the lucky ones. I was adopted less than half a year after arriving at the orphanage. And I live a very happy life. My adoptive parents treat me very well and allow me to enjoy generous material conditions and receive a good education. Without them, I wouldn’t be who I am now, and I love them very much.”

Shen Xian didn’t know that he was adopted until he was ten years old. At that time, in the fourth grade of elementary school, Shen Xian became the target of bullying by the whole class just because he had an oriental skin.

“Teacher has suffered.” Lan Yuan listened to Shen Xianyun’s gentle talk about her childhood, and knew that she had long since let go, but she still couldn’t help but feel distressed.

“It’s all over, and I’m living well now.” Shen Xian smiled and spread his hands.

Fortunately, you are still alive and well, and Lan Yuan also feels lucky. If Shen Xian had not been taken to England back then, he doesn’t know what a bleak situation he would be in now, let alone being able to look at each other and chat at this moment.

“I was chatting with the director a few days ago and heard that the Blue Sky Orphanage’s current capacity far exceeds its actual capacity, but it has been unable to raise funds and cannot expand.” Shen Xian frowned, “If we can raise money, we can help more children.”

Lan Yuan remembered what Li Fangqing said and suddenly felt that he and Shen Xian had similar interests.

“Does the teacher really hope that the orphanage can be expanded?” Lan Yuan asked.

“I hope so much.” Shen Xian said affirmatively. “If you walk on the street on weekdays, if you observe carefully, those children without fathers and mothers are either begging on the street because they cannot get help from the orphanage, or they are bought by people in big houses as slaves, or even worse, they are sold to the romance house. How can they live a good life.”

Sympathizing with each other brought out the softest part in Shen Xian’s heart, and she continued to speak with pity and longing –

“The Blue Sky Orphanage is different from ordinary orphanages. It can provide education for children and open the door to wisdom and ideas, so that they can change their destiny and gain a new life. I not only hope that the orphanage can be expanded, but I also look forward to a harmonious society without war, hunger, and discrimination, where everyone can live and work in peace and contentment.”

Lan Yuan felt that what Chen Xian said was exactly the same as Li Fangqing’s. Seeing Chen Xian’s expectation for a better future and the light in his eyes, she suddenly regretted rejecting Li Fangqing’s invitation in the car.

Lan Yuan’s heart cannot hold lofty ideals. She has always been a narrow-minded person. She doesn’t care about social changes or the lives of the public. She always just wants to manage her own life well. This is what her mother has taught her for more than ten years.

Lan Yuan felt pity for the children in the orphanage, but she never intended to give in to her feelings. But for Shen Xian’s happiness and her ideals, Lan Yuan suddenly felt that there was nothing she could not pawn.