Chapter 769 - 340: I’m Not Sick, I’m Fine! If You Don’t Believe Me, Come at Me Together

Jiang Ping’an himself really liked it here and felt right at home.

The main structure of the school next door, including the student dorms, was nearly finished. The project would likely be topped off by the end of the year.

Interior renovations could begin right at the start of the new year.

According to the design plans, the student dorms were all six-person rooms, complete with air conditioning, a private bathroom, a balcony, and loft beds with desks underneath—the standard for a college dorm.

Jiang Ping’an was overjoyed to see his sister.

"You haven’t been causing any trouble here lately, have you?"

"I’ve been very good, Sis."

Jiang Ping’an said with a smile, "I also made two new friends. They just arrived and are about my age."

"Oh, really?"

Jiang Peiyao looked over at a boy and a girl standing a short distance away. They both seemed a little shy.

Every time she visited, she saw new faces.

’That means the home is constantly taking in more children.’

She looked away from them and back at her brother. "Ping’an, you’re like a little host here, so you have to give a warm welcome to our new friends, okay?"

"I know."

Jiang Ping’an replied, "But can I ask you for something, Sis? I asked the director and the teachers yesterday, but they said no."

"What is it?"

Jiang Ping’an asked, "Can you buy a big piano for our classroom?"

Jiang Peiyao was puzzled. "Why do you want a piano? You don’t know how to play."

"But Wang Yutong does."

Jiang Ping’an pointed to a little girl nearby. "She said she used to play at home. If we had a piano, she could teach me."

This came as a surprise to Jiang Peiyao.

’A child who knows how to play the piano?’

Just then, the director spotted Jiang Peiyao and walked over with a smile to greet her.

Jiang Peiyao smiled and asked, "Director, what’s the story with those two children? I just heard from Ping’an that the girl can play the piano."

"They’re a pair of poor siblings."

The director sighed. "Their family was quite well-off, but a tragic car accident took their parents and grandparents, leaving the two of them orphans."

"I happened to be at the Civil Affairs Bureau on business that day and saw them being sent to a state-run orphanage, so I offered to take them in instead."

Jiang Peiyao was speechless.

"They’re both well-behaved, sensible children, just a little introverted and quiet."

The director smiled. "Thankfully, Ping’an has been a huge help these past few days while you were gone. He’s been getting along well with them and doing his best to help them feel like part of our big family."

"But he won’t stop pestering me and the teachers about buying a piano. It’s giving us a headache."

It was a request she really couldn’t grant.

It wasn’t a matter of money; it was a matter of propriety.

After all, they were a welfare home, a charitable institution. Simply providing for the children’s daily needs was already a great achievement.

Spending extra money on an expensive piano and hiring a piano teacher would be too much of a luxury.

After all, many children from ordinary families couldn’t afford to learn such an instrument.

Jiang Ping’an whined, "But Sis, I want to learn!"

"You’ll learn. Everyone will learn."

After a moment’s thought, Jiang Peiyao said to the director, "Have someone buy a piano and get it delivered. And hire a piano teacher, too. I’ll pay for it out of my own pocket, not from the school’s budget."

"Um..."

The director nodded with a resigned smile. "Alright, I’ll take care of it."

How could she refuse when the offer was put that way?

"Yay! Thank you, Sis!"

Hearing his sister and the director agree, Jiang Ping’an was ecstatic. He immediately ran over to the siblings to share the good news.

Watching the happy children, the director felt happy as well.

However, she couldn’t help but voice a concern. "If we keep this up, our social welfare home will be better equipped than some elite private schools."

"If they grow up in such a privileged environment, won’t it affect their values and outlook on life later on?"

"..."

Jiang Peiyao hadn’t considered this issue before, and the director’s words made her realize its importance.

But she didn’t know how to answer.

"Director, I’ll ask Xu Yun about this when I get back and see what he thinks."

Jiang Peiyao said, "If he agrees it’s a problem, we can discuss the best way to handle it then."

"Okay."

The director smiled. "Since you’re here today, why don’t you come to my office? We can go over the books, and I can report the recent expenditures to you."

"Alright." Jiang Peiyao agreed.

Trust was one thing, but proper procedures still had to be followed. Otherwise, what was the point of oversight?

「...」

「At Su Mu’s Company」

In the days since her return, she hadn’t been idle. She began to secretly buy up large amounts of her company’s stock.

To avoid arousing suspicion, she made her purchases discreetly on the secondary market, and at a slow pace.

This also caused her family’s stock price to rise considerably.

Seeing this positive momentum, Gu Heng completely cashed out his 3% stake, netting him over thirty million.

This gave his company some much-needed breathing room.

President Ma also took the opportunity to reduce his holdings, quietly cashing out a portion of his shares for a profit of ten to twenty million.

Little did they know, Su Mu was the one who had bought all their shares.

After finishing her business meeting, Su Mu didn’t head straight back to the office. Instead, she went to Li Jinshu’s fitness center.

She’d been eating too much and exercising too little lately. All that time sitting in the office was starting to give her a little pooch on her stomach.

The last time they were in Shanghai, Xu Yun had even teased her, saying she felt better to the touch now.

’That’s not acceptable. I have to lose it.’

So, she decided to set aside two hours every day to work out at Jinshu’s gym and get her perfect figure back.

Since Su Mu was there to work out, Li Jinshu naturally joined her for the entire session.

It was a good chance to chat as well.

Ever since they stopped living together, they didn’t have as many convenient or frequent opportunities to just talk and catch up.

Li Jinshu said, "Xu Yun went with you to Shanghai these past few days, didn’t he?"

"Yes, we went together."

Su Mu didn’t try to hide it, smiling as she said, "He happened to have some business there too, so we traveled together."

"So, did you two have any... treatment sessions these past few days?"

Li Jinshu asked with concern, "Is he doing any better than before?"

"Um."

Su Mu replied, a little guiltily, "Xu Yun never brought it up, and I was so busy that it slipped my mind."

"Oh."

Li Jinshu suggested, "Well, why don’t you invite him over to your place for a treatment session tonight?"

"If it’s really working, the sooner you treat him, the sooner he can get back to normal. Otherwise, this kind of thing is absolute torture for a man."

"Well..."

Su Mu said awkwardly, "I’ll... ask him later. Things like this have to be mutual."

"If he comes over, can I come to your place too?"

Li Jinshu’s face turned red as she whispered, "I want to be there to... observe and learn from you this time. That way, we can take turns treating him in the future, and he’ll recover faster."

"Maybe... we should just forget it."

The image of her and Jinshu on Xu Yun’s bed at the same time flashed through Su Mu’s mind, and her expression grew complicated. "After all, a scene like that... it’s a little awkward. I’m not used to it."

"Don’t overthink it. I won’t either."

Li Jinshu said, her face still flushed, trying to reassure both Su Mu and herself, "Just pretend we’re both doctors, and Xu Yun is our patient. That’s all."

Su Mu was speechless.

"Great, it’s settled then!"

Li Jinshu said with a bashful smile, "I’ll head straight to your place after work today and wait."

Su Mu was speechless.

’If I’d known this was going to happen, I wouldn’t have come to work out today.’

’Now look what’s happened. If this really goes down tonight, the fact that Xu Yun isn’t actually impotent will be exposed immediately.’

’How would the two of them explain it then?’

’Are they supposed to say...’

’That his ’problem’ was suddenly cured because another woman was there?’

「...」

「Elsewhere」

Unaware that a certain wish of his might just come true tonight, Xu Yun received a call from an unknown number at home.

"Hello, who’s this?"

"President Xu, hello."

A man’s voice on the other end said with a laugh, "Would you do me the honor of joining me for dinner tonight?"

"Sorry, I don’t go out with strange men. I’m a decent person." With that, Xu Yun hung up.

He turned, flopped back onto his bed, and went back to scrolling through the news. The headline read: "Shanghai’s Rich Heirs Line Up to Show Off Supercars to Foreigners."

Xu Yun frowned. "Don’t they find that embarrassing?"