Chapter 882 - 263: [Fellow Daoist Above]
Chapter 263 [Fellow Daoist on Top] (6000)
"Chen Yan, you sure know how to relax!"
When Lin Xianyu strode into the lounge, this top-tier starlet already had sweat on her forehead. Her pretty face appeared as if she had engaged in some laborious task, her cheeks flushed with a tint of red...
Of course, Chen Yan knew in his heart—she was faking it.
After all, she was a dignified Fox Demon, even if a lesser one, her stamina was certainly unmatched by mere mortals.
She acted like this, presenting a sweat-drenched appearance, simply to avoid drawing attention—naturally, for the sake of photography, it looked more convincing.
As Lin Xianyu came in, she rushed to the table, complaining, but grabbed a cup of cold tea from the table in front of Chen Yan, gulped it down, exhaled a long breath, and quickly said: "No, still thirsty, is there more water?"
"Yes."
Shen Shiqi quickly brought over a jug of cold water, filled with plain boiled water.
After Lin Xianyu drank another cup, her little assistant followed in, laughing: "Sister Xianyu, you’ve worked hard... well, the photographer said we need to add two more shots..."
"No more!" Lin Xianyu bluntly refused: "We definitely have enough material, tell the photographer, it’s not like we’re shooting a drama, today’s photos and videos are sufficient."
"But... the photographer said, in a few shots, your image..."
"Oh come on! We’re working here! Looking for angles, thinking it’s a photoshoot? Is this photographer new? Doesn’t know this? Authenticity is what matters, got it?"
Lin Xianyu impatiently waved her hand, as if shooing away flies, sending the assistant out.
Shen Shiqi pursed her lips and retreated to the side, silent.
But soon, Dean Shen also came in, glanced at the cup on the table and the cold water jug, hesitated a moment, and whispered: "Shiqi, go to my room and bring the tea tin."
Shen Shiqi nodded, just about to go, when Lin Xianyu immediately shook her head and said: "No need, I don’t like tea, plain boiled water is good, it’s plentiful, filling, and thirst-quenching."
Dean Shen most likely had never met such a "true nature" star before, momentarily at a loss.
Chen Yan spoke up timely.
"Dean Shen, you don’t have to be polite, she’s just like this." Chen Yan’s smile was gentle, he slowly said: "Earlier, Shiqi took me around your welfare institution for a tour..."
Speaking of this, Chen Yan paused, his tone very sincere: "You are a good dean, you’ve worked hard. Despite the difficult conditions here, you’ve taken very good care of these children."
Dean Shen sighed, smiled bitterly: "Taken care of well... can’t really say that, the conditions are limited, just trying to maintain."
Shen Shiqi poured Dean Shen a glass of water, this woman still carried herself peacefully, even when drinking water, she sipped slowly, one mouthful at a time.
Chen Yan noticed, Dean Shen’s hand holding the cup looked very rough.
He was moved: "Does the welfare institution have a washing machine?"
Dean Shen was stunned for a moment, shook her head: "We used to have one, but it broke later, no money to buy a new one, we do all the washing by hand here."
Chen Yan nodded, glanced at Lin Xianyu, Lin Xianyu immediately understood, loudly said: "I’ll donate two more... no, five, five washing machines!"
Dean Shen smiled bitterly, said: "I’m grateful for your kindness, but... we actually don’t need that many, one or two would be enough. Moreover... washing machines consume a lot of electricity."
"I just looked at the kitchen, the freezer at the back is also very old, and noisy." Chen Yan spoke gently.
"Oh..." Dean Shen rubbed her forehead: "Broken again... was just repaired last month, the repairman said the cooling compressor is too old, suggested I replace it. But such an old model, the compressors have long been discontinued. I’m planning to save enough money in a couple of months to buy a new one.
The freezer stores food, what goes into the mouth can’t be careless, if food storage is improper, causing spoilage, it would make the children sick."
This time, without waiting for Chen Yan to speak, Lin Xianyu instantly and loudly said: "I’ll donate a freezer!"
Chen Yan smiled and said: "Many of the light tubes in the room are broken..."
Lin Xianyu: "I’ll donate!"
"In the children’s dormitory, several bed frames are shaky, almost collapsing..."
Lin Xianyu: "I’ll donate!!"
"In the upstairs bathroom..."
Lin Xianyu looked at Chen Yan with a grievance, sighed: "Brother, how about you say it all at once? I’ll have someone record it, you make a list?"
Dean Shen watched, dumbfounded, only feeling these two were truly peculiar.
This young man named Chen seemed afraid the welfare institution wouldn’t receive enough donations, persistently urging this Superstar Lin named Lin Xianyu to fork out more?
This was quite novel.
Dean Shen had worked in welfare institutions for many years and had honestly seen numerous people coming to do charity and donate.
To be frank, more than half of them were actually there to show off.
They’d bring in a few barrels of rice and oil, couldn’t wait to bring three reporters. Pretending to help with work, but once the photos were taken, they’d muddle through and leave.
Who could be as sincere as Superstar Lin?
Filming mostly done, yet still wanting to continue donating—this is someone genuinely doing good deeds!
Dean Shen made such an assessment.
Next, there was another filming segment, the interaction between Superstar Lin Xianyu and the children of the welfare institution—a staple process in almost all charity projects.