Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 1022: Chapter 1021 We Do Good Deeds Anonymously

The crowd all looked over, and not many people knew yet that Su Yang had been swindled out of ten thousand yuan. However, everyone knew that these two old lamps were notorious in the school for being shameless, so cheating Su Yang out of money was seen as quite the norm.

Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang remained calm, showing no signs of embarrassment or discomfort. The thick skins of these two old lamps were indeed invincible.

”Ah,” Wu Daozi sighed, ”Student Su, you are unaware. Do you truly think that we need money in our situation? Do you really think that we, at this point in life, still have material desires? Do you actually believe that our monthly salaries are not sufficient for our meals?”

Su Yang frowned, ”What then? Do you two have some unspeakable difficulties?”

”Ah, this matter... I really didn’t want to mention it...” Wu Daozi sighed.

Yuan Tiangang grabbed Wu Daozi’s arm and waved his hand, ”Forget it, forget it, let’s not talk about it. As long as we two know, it’s enough!”

”But, the students have all misunderstood us!” Wu Daozi said, his voice carrying a hint of grievance, as though he was extremely frustrated.

”Let them misunderstand. Right and wrong, merits and faults, will be discussed by future generations. As long as we walk straight and sit upright, as long as we are true to our own consciences, that’s enough!” Yuan Tiangang, looking at the sky with moist eyes, seemed indeed like a man of integrity.

”Ah!” Wu Daozi sighed again, seemingly struggling with internal conflict.

Su Yang looked coldly on, completely disregarding them.

Yet, a student nearby couldn’t help but ask in astonishment, ”Both of you teachers, where exactly did your money all go?”

”Ah!” Wu Daozi sighed again, a long breath, and said helplessly, ”I really didn’t want to say it, but you keep insisting on asking to the very end, so I have no choice but to speak up. Actually, Teacher Yuan and I, the two of us, have been helping thirty-seven children who dropped out of school.”

”They’re all children from impoverished mountainous areas, left behind with either dead or disabled relatives, unable to even afford a full meal each day, let alone dream of schooling. After all, both of us are teachers by profession, and seeing those eyes thirsting for knowledge, seeing those raggedy kids, how could we ignore what we saw? Therefore, we took all our savings, all our income, and used it to support these poor children.”

At this point, Wu Daozi turned to face the crowd, his face full of fervent passion. ”But just the two of us, our power is too feeble. We see so many children out of school, yet our combined income is so meager. We hate ourselves for not being able to do more for these poor children. We gave everything we had just to support these thirty-seven children. And the price we paid for this means we can barely maintain our basic living, having to freeload meals at school, enduring disdain, being blamed by everyone, even resorting to so-called deceitful acts, and being misunderstood by everyone.”

At this point, Wu Daozi’s eyes reddened, tears began to stream down his face as he trembled, ”But we never regret, nor will we ever regret. Because we know what we did was not wrong! Our only mistake is that we don’t have enough power to help more children, to let more school-dropout children return to school, to let more souls brimming with dreams grow wings of hope afresh!”

Yuan Tiangang also seemed profoundly moved, he sighed longingly, ”If only I had a vast mansion to shelter countless commoners from the cold, what a joy that would be!”

The emotional and impassioned words of the two inspired several bursts of crying among the students nearby. For so long, everyone had seen these two teachers as sleazy scammers. Who would have thought that these teachers were such good people, quietly doing so many admirable deeds!

Thinking of their previous misunderstanding of these two teachers, and then thinking about what the teachers had just said, all the crowd felt was guilt and pain!

These students, living carefree in their ivory towers, how qualified were they to accuse these two teachers of being scammers?

Even some looked towards Su Yang, already feeling dissatisfied with him deep within.

The two teachers were only cheating some money to support out-of-school children. Was it worth making such a fuss? Your family is so rich, how many out-of-school children have you helped? Yet, the two teachers can’t even afford meals, preferring to be misunderstood and ridiculed by the world, thickening their skins to freeload meals, just to save money to help these out-of-school children. What crime have they committed? You, with so much money, don’t you feel ashamed?

Su Yang had an expression of speechlessness; he knew these two were shameless, but he never imagined they could be so brazen, fabricating such a shameless story just to deceive others into providing food and drink.

The two old lamps were likewise observing Su Yang, and seeing that he was still indifferent, they exchanged glances, figuring that they couldn’t deceive Su Yang anymore.

”Enough, enough!” Wu Daozi waved his hand, sighing, ”It seems Student Su’s misunderstanding of us cannot be cleared. Ah, it’s really our fault. We thought Student Su, coming from a wealthy family, wouldn’t mind this little amount of money, and so we...we did these deceitful things. Student Su, rest assured, the ten thousand yuan we owe you, we will definitely return it as soon as possible. Even if we have to go begging, we absolutely won’t let you suffer a loss!”

Yuan Tiangang also sighed, his face carrying a sense of the declining moral values of the times.

The surrounding students, however, were moved, and one student suddenly shouted, ”Teacher Wu, Teacher Yuan, don’t go. It’s just ten thousand yuan. I...we will gather it for you!”

”Yes, we’ll gather it for you!” other students also started shouting, everyone generously pooling the money, ten thousand yuan collected by so many people was indeed very easy.

Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang hadn’t expected to gain so unexpectedly; both were momentarily stunned, then they both smirked secretly. Of course, their faces still showed a grateful and sighing expression.

”Dear students, why go through the trouble? This is something between Teacher Yuan and me, how can we take your money?” Wu Daozi said while already reaching out his hand.

The student who had gathered the money directly put a stack of cash into Wu Daozi’s hand, earnestly said, ”Teacher Wu, Teacher Yuan, you two are a role model for us all. Your matters are our matters. It’s only ten thousand yuan that you owe him. We’ve covered it for you, considering it as doing something for the children in the impoverished mountains. Humph, we might not be rich, but we’re not so miserly. We can’t match your selfless dedication, but we will do our utmost, doing what we can!”