Chapter 879: Help the Urgent, Not the Poor

After the two of them finished discussing various matters regarding the pharmaceutical factory, Wu Dong asked Wang An with great confusion

"How come I've noticed you're especially proficient in doing business? I feel like you're way better than those economics scholars."

Wang An was momentarily stunned upon hearing this. Mainly, he didn't dare say that he had been reborn, and that his business mindset was ahead of this era.

Consequently, Wang An simply lied with a grin

"Can't be helped. It's mainly because my brain works well. No matter what it is, as long as I mull it over for a bit, I can make it properly awesome."

Hearing this, Wu Dong rolled his eyes at Wang An and said

"Cut the crap. I'm starting to suspect you aren't even human."

Wang An just laughed and didn't continue arguing the point with Wu Dong.

Seeing that Wang An wasn't biting, Wu Dong said helplessly

"Speak up, what business brings you to the county town? It surely isn't because of the pharmaceutical factory, right?"

Wang An said with a grin

"Yup, only my Brother Wu understands me. Hehehe, there is indeed a small matter."

Wu Dong rolled his eyes again

"Don't talk about whether it's a big or small matter first. Looking at that grin of yours, it doesn't look like a 'good' kind of grin. Tell me first, then I'll listen."

It had to be said that Wu Dong had become smarter; he knew how to leave himself some room.

Wang An ignored Wu Dong's attitude and continued to say cheerfully

"There's this thing. My younger brother, Wang Yi, has a classmate whose family background is quite complicated, but her studies are actually very good. She ranked 31st in the primary-to-middle school entrance exam, but this time, the County First Middle School is only recruiting 30 people from our township..."

Following that, Wang An recounted the whole story of Gu Xiaoshuang.

After listening, Wu Dong was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but curse

"Holy shit, there really is some fucking crazy stuff out there. If you ask me, just lock up that wretched, immoral stepfather and that goddamn eldest brother of hers, and let them dream of good things every day. Dammit, those lazy pieces of trash."

Although Wang An was also very angry about such things, he still countered

"Locking them up isn't a solution. The purpose of finding a stepfather was so they could survive. You tell me, with a wretched father like that, how else could those three women have food to eat? If that wretched stepfather is gone, what will those three do in the future? Continue living hand-to-mouth?"

What Wang An said was the most practical perspective.

Because in the face of survival, things like dignity, shame, feeling stifled, or this and that were all fucking nonsense.

When you can't even survive, demanding those things—if that isn't nonsense, what is?

Mainly, in this world, where is there so much selfless devotion?

If one thought about it carefully, the stepfather of Wang Yi's classmate—Gu Xiaoshuang's stepfather—wanting to marry Gu Xiaoshuang off to his foolish son wasn't actually "wrong" from a certain perspective.

Why should he raise Gu Xiaoshuang and her mother for nothing?

He provided, and then he wanted a return; it was actually quite normal, just basic human nature.

Although doing so was equivalent to ruining Gu Xiaoshuang's life, for his own foolish son, it was equivalent to having a guarantee for a lifetime.

Therefore, many things were not as simple as they seemed. This was why Wang An chose to find a way to help Gu Xiaoshuang get into the County First Middle School, rather than being a mindless idiot and going to cause trouble for her stepfather.

As an outsider, when one lacks the ability to solve the substantive problem—namely, the survival problem of Gu Xiaoshuang and her family—or even if one has the ability but is unable to help, or bluntly put, does not wish to solve it, all accusations and curses are pale and powerless.

After Wang An finished speaking, Wu Dong opened his mouth twice as if to say something, but in the end, he shut it in frustration.

There was no helping it; Wu Dong was also powerless. To be precise, it was impossible for him to personally step forward to solve the survival problem of Gu Xiaoshuang and her family.

At the same time, he had neither the power nor the qualification to dictate how Gu Xiaoshuang's stepfather should act or what he should do.

Looking at Wu Dong's expression of indignation mixed with helplessness, Wang An said cheerfully

"Forget it, my Brother Wu. Stop thinking about saving the world single-handedly. You can't save it, hahaha!"

It had to be said that Wang An's sarcastic tone was incredibly irritating.

Thus, Wu Dong snapped back at Wang An

"Then you helped that widow return to the city today, and tomorrow you're helping those sisters get their residency and find jobs—why don't you help those three women?"

Wang An, who had been mocking Wu Dong, instantly stopped laughing.

Mainly because the two things Wu Dong mentioned—one was Lu Yueyue's matter, and the other was the matter of the sisters Fang Xiu'e and Fang Xiuying—and both of these matters had been handled with Wu Dong's help.

After thinking for a moment, Wang An said

"Me helping them is just a one-time thing, not a lifelong thing. Let me be clear, I 'help the urgent, not the poor.' Don't talk nonsense."

Wu Dong rolled his eyes and didn't continue arguing. He glanced at his watch and said

"Let's go. We'll go straight to the County First Middle School to find the principal. Dammit, we must make him invite her directly to their school."

It had to be said that in this regard, Wu Dong was indeed domineering enough, as if the school were owned by him.

After Wu Dong spoke, Wang An subconsciously asked

"The school is currently on summer break. Isn't the principal on vacation?"

Unexpectedly, Wu Dong said nonchalantly

"It's fine. If he's not at school, we'll just go to his house. His house isn't far from the school."

Hearing this, Wang An asked with a face full of surprise

"How do you know everything? You even know where the principal's house is?"

Wu Dong froze for a moment, then used the thumb of his left hand to point at his index, middle, and ring fingers one by one, saying with a face full of pretentious flair

"Can't be helped. It's mainly because my brain works well. If I want to know something, I just calculate it with my fingers."

Seeing Wu Dong's fortune-telling gesture and hearing those familiar words, Wang An was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but burst into loud laughter, "Hahahaha..."

Wu Dong himself couldn't help but laugh as well.

Come to think of it, Wu Dong's method of "fighting fire with fire" actually worked quite well.

As they talked, Wu Dong and Wang An walked out of the house together.

When they reached Wang An's sidecar motorcycle, Wu Dong sat directly in the sidecar. Wang An kicked the starter to fire up the engine, and the two of them headed toward the County First Middle School.

Wang An was more than familiar with the County First Middle School. In this era, schools didn't lock their main gates during vacations, so Wang An parked the motorcycle directly in front of the principal's office.

(End of Chapter)