Chapter 113: Can donating a gold bar be called a meager effort?

After a forty-plus minute drive.

Xu Mo's group was already almost at that Welfare Institute.

The Welfare Institute's location is very remote.

Around it, there are hardly any people.

Just like most children.

The children at the Welfare Institute also greatly crave hugs, crave snacks and toys, crave someone to play with them.

They even more crave someone to tell them about the outside world, that wonderful and yearned-for world beyond the Welfare Institute.

But because of its remote location.

Basically, no one thinks of coming to this Welfare Institute to see the children.

Even so, the children at the Welfare Institute basically rarely see outsiders.

So whenever outsiders come.

The children become unusually excited.

This time is no exception.

Right then, it happened to be activity time.

A sharp-eyed child spotted a black sedan approaching the Welfare Institute from afar.

"Look, a car is coming!"

Hearing that, all the children stopped playing.

They all turned to look at the black car driving toward the Welfare Institute.

The five teachers at the Welfare Institute who were playing with the children also followed the children's gazes.

The arriving car was a black BMW.

After seeing the car's emblem clearly.

The five teachers exchanged a glance, all furrowing their brows.

Just looking at the car, you could tell.

The visitor was another rich person.

Probably, it was still the type of rich person who comes specially to show off.

They would film a video of handing out money to each child, then take a group photo.

During this process, they usually ask the children to smile as brightly as possible.

After finishing the video and photos, they would leave immediately, not staying even a second longer.

Although these people indeed come to do good deeds by donating money.

But their motives are not pure.

To be honest, the teachers all strongly dislike such behavior.

Because the children are still young, they barely understand anything, and basically have no concept of money.

Asking children to smile for money—such a practice, it would be strange if the teachers felt no resistance.

Of course.

The children at the Welfare Institute don't understand these things.

They only know that outsiders have come to see them again.

Even if they just glance and leave, it's still better than no one coming.

When the car was still over a hundred meters from the Welfare Institute.

Xu Mo then saw the group of children standing at the door to welcome them.

After the final stretch of the drive.

The car steadily stopped at the Welfare Institute's entrance.

Xu Mo unfastened his seatbelt, smiled, opened the car door, and got out.

"Uncle, hello!"

Xu Mo walked to the little boy who shouted the loudest, reached out and pinched his cheek.

"Don't call me uncle, little one; someone like me should be called brother… handsome brother, got it?"

The little boy nodded, half-understanding: "Handsome brother, hello!"

"Ah! That's right!" Xu Mo laughed, rubbing the boy's cheek.

Zhou Qiaoqiao: "……"

Yang Jingxuan: "……"

What kind of person is this?

Let the kids call whatever they want.

And you even make them call you brother, and handsome brother!?

Xu Mo has no shame at all!

Even the faces of the five teachers at the Welfare Institute showed a hint of surprise.

They thought, this rich person who came today seems different from those before.

You know, those rich people who came before.

Would not squat down to touch the children's heads.

Basically, as soon as they entered, they went straight to the point: donate money, take photos, then leave quickly.

Yang Jingxuan and Zhou Qiaoqiao also quite like children.

After getting out of the car, they immediately dove into the crowd of children.

In no time, they blended in with the group of Welfare Institute children.

The three were already immersed in the children's laughter and chatter.

A scene like this.

It left the five teachers at the Welfare Institute staring dumbfounded.

"These three don't seem to be here just for show."

"You can tell they're genuinely here to visit the children."

"Stop standing around; go over. What's the point of us standing behind the kids?"

The five walked toward Xu Mo and his group.

Seeing the Welfare Institute teachers walking toward them.

Xu Mo immediately stood up.

"You are teachers at the Welfare Institute, right? Hello."

Zhou Qiaoqiao and Yang Jingxuan also stood up in succession.

They greeted the five teachers.

"Hello! Are you here to visit the children?" one teacher said.

"Yes," Xu Mo nodded. "We came to see them and lend a modest help, not much; just don't turn us away."

"There's nothing to reject; we wouldn't mind any amount. Moreover, just being able to see the children is already great; look how happy they are," the teacher smiled.

Those words weren't mere politeness; they were the teacher's genuine thoughts.

As long as one comes with a sincere heart to see the children, even without donating money it's good.

Anyway, the Welfare Institute receives annual funding, so the children's lives are actually decent.

They generally aren't lacking material things; what's missing is spiritual care.

But the next second, Xu Mo reached into his pocket, took out a Gold Bar he had prepared earlier, and handed it over.

The five teachers stared at the item Xu Mo handed them, momentarily stunned.

The color… the texture…

Gold Bar!?

No doubt, this must be a Gold Bar…

Moreover, the Gold Bar bore the inscription "1KG".

A one‑kilogram Gold Bar!?

That must be worth several hundred thousand.

This is called a modest contribution?

Just by handing it over, it's already hundreds of thousands.

And they still tell them not to reject it??

Besides, who the hell directly donates Gold Bars to the Welfare Institute?

Seeing the teachers still stunned.

Xu Mo simply shoved the Gold Bar into one teacher's hand.

"You keep it for now; I'm going to play with the kids for a bit."

Having said that, he turned and continued playing with the children.

Teacher: "???"

A Gold Bar worth hundreds of thousands just shoved into someone's hand?

Is it really that casual!

How much must they not be short of money to do this?

But they didn't know that.

Xu Mo has another sixty‑nine Gold Bars like this!

Taking out one to donate, he really doesn't feel any pang of regret.

The five teachers looked at each other.

"I've never seen such a large donation before…"

"That's too much; can we accept it? Maybe we should return it."

"Whether to return it isn't up to us; it's a donation for the children, what does it have to do with us?"

"Right, let's call the director and see what they say; we're just teachers, we can't decide whether to accept such a donation."

After saying that, one of the teachers dialed the director's number.

They wanted to ask her how to handle the Gold Bar.

Meanwhile.

Xu Mo and his two companions were already surrounded by the children.

Obviously, these children all liked Xu Mo and his group.

"Handsome brother, beautiful sister, could you stay and play with us a bit longer? Don't just come and leave like other uncles and aunties, okay?"

"I also want to stay and play with you longer," Xu Mo said with a reluctant expression, "but I can't; I have to leave soon."

Upon hearing this, some teary‑eyed children began to have reddened eyes.

They rarely get to see outsiders.

And the outsiders willing to play with them this time were only Xu Mo and his two companions.

So the children didn't want Xu Mo and his group to leave like that.

"Why do you have to leave?"

Xu Mo thought for a moment, then said, "Because there are bad people chasing me, they want to capture me!"