Chapter 884 - 263: [Fellow Daoist Above]
"Alright! Then forty thousand a year!" Lin Xianyu waved his hand generously.
The assistant sitting beside him, taking notes in a small notebook, immediately looked up and skillfully joined the conversation.
"I’ll have the legal department draft a donation contract immediately after we return. I’ll follow up on the process, Dean Shen. Once I have the contract ready, I’ll send it to you. If everything looks good on your end, we can sign the contract. Also, we’ll involve the local civil affairs department for endorsement."
Dean Shen’s eyes turned slightly red. Her lips moved several times, but she couldn’t utter a single word. After several seconds of silence, she trembled as she spoke in a low voice, "Thank you, thank you... thank you all..."
After a pause, Dean Shen took a deep breath: "Don’t worry, I’ll keep the accounts very clear. You can come and check them anytime..."
Chen Yan looked at this woman and smiled, "We trust you very much."
The brief conversation ended shortly after.
The conditions at the welfare institution were quite poor, so they naturally didn’t stay for a meal. Although Dean Shen enthusiastically tried to keep them, Chen Yan and Lin Xianyu didn’t want to add to the burden of the already struggling institution, so they insisted on leaving.
However, as they were walking out the door into the courtyard, Shen Shiqi suddenly ran up to them.
He walked straight up to Chen Yan and Lin Xianyu, his bright eyes glancing back and forth at them.
"Brother, can I say a few words with you?"
"Hmm?" Chen Yan was slightly surprised.
However, he looked at Shen Shiqi, smiled slightly, and still pulled him aside.
"What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Um..." Shen Shiqi hesitated for a moment and took out an old cellphone from his pocket: "I want to add you on WeChat."
Chen Yan was taken aback.
Shen Shiqi said in a low voice: "This is the director mom’s cellphone. But recently, she hasn’t gone out much, and I’ve been going to the wholesale market to buy ice cream to sell. So the director mom let me use the phone."
Chen Yan nodded, took out his cellphone to add Shen Shiqi on WeChat, and smiled: "Alright, if you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can contact me on WeChat... But I’m usually very busy and often don’t have my phone on. If there’s something urgent, you can contact Lin Xianyu.
Well, you should also add her on WeChat."
"I already have her assistant’s WeChat." Shen Shiqi quickly replied.
"Alright, good."
Chen Yan glanced at Shen Shiqi, his eyes revealing a hint of complexity, but he said nothing, patted the child’s shoulder, and turned to walk towards the car.
As they got in the car and it gradually drove away, Chen Yan saw behind him, Dean Shen standing with Shen Shiqi and three other children by the big iron gate, bidding them farewell...
Chen Yan sighed.
"What’s wrong, Teacher Chen, why are you suddenly crestfallen?" Lin Xianyu turned her head to look at Chen Yan while holding a thermos.
Chen Yan lowered his eyelids: "That... find a big hospital in the city, arrange a medical checkup, pay for it, and then send the appointment information to Dean Shen."
Lin Xianyu was stunned.
Chen Yan said slowly: "If she doesn’t want to go for a checkup, tell her it’s for the fulfillment of the subsequent donation contract. You need to determine the health status of the welfare institution’s head before continuing the donations.
In short, coax her into getting a checkup and ask her to provide the checkup report as a condition for future payments."
Lin Xianyu opened her mouth but quickly reacted, her smile disappeared, and she looked at Chen Yan seriously, her eyes questioning.
Chen Yan was silent, slowly nodding.
With the little assistant still present in the car, neither Chen Yan nor Lin Xianyu spoke further.
Chen Yan then leaned back in his seat, feeling complex and heavy-hearted.
That Dean Shen...
Chen Yan had used Qi Observation Skill and Destiny Cycle to examine her qi and life chart today.
She... has only three to four years left to live!
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What a pity, such a good person.
Chen Yan recalled the welfare institution they had just left.
It seemed as if, with their arrival today, the tumultuous welfare institution might finally see some light.
Most of those children had uneasy and hopeful eyes.
Chen Yan could see that these children had really been well taken care of by Dean Shen in this welfare institution. The children had a sense of security in their eyes.
But...
It seemed like a turning point for the welfare institution... those children didn’t know.
In three to four years at most, this welfare institution would still fall apart.
By that time, once Dean Shen is no longer around, these dozen or so children may still have to be separated, each going their separate ways...
Perhaps, the next three to four years will be their last happy times in this "home."
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Dean Shen didn’t have any major illnesses, and from the life chart, didn’t carry any severe ailments.
So her situation was different from Lu Sisi’s mother, Lu Xiuting.
Lu Xiuting also had unfortunate destiny but simultaneously suffered from severe ailments, and Chen Yan could use Divine Tree Juice to extend her life.
But... this Dean Shen, she didn’t seem to have physical health issues.
Perhaps her destiny was not fully revealed yet, since there are three to four years left until the end of her life.
Maybe the cause of her future death won’t appear in the destiny line until later.
Chen Yan decided that he would come back in the future, and if he could save her, he surely would.
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After the car dropped Chen Yan off at the hotel, Lin Xianyu said her farewells and left.