Chapter 104
Raspberries were known
scientifically as Rubus idaeus, but Veronica referred to them by their common name lest Matthew
didn‘t understand what she was referring to. “Is food all you have in mind?”
The two were each holding an umbrella. As Matthew stared at her, the raindrops that fell between them
from the umbrellas looked like a thin curtain of rain that lent a beautiful touch to everything.
“It‘s not something to eat? Tsk, who knows what you‘re giving me? I can‘t read your mind, after all,” Ver
onica said. She felt that Matthew was deliberately keeping her in suspense, but she nonetheless took w
hat he handed to her, only to find that it was an exquisitely made small box. She lowered her head to ta
ke a sniff at it, and it had a faint yet pleasant herbal scent,
Matthew said, “This is an ointment that I asked an old traditional medicine practitioner in the neighborin
g village to prepare. It speeds up
the healing of wounds and removes scars.” Women were relatively particular
about their appearance and disliked having scars left on their bodies, so Matthew went to a traditional
medicine practitioner to ask for the ointment.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk.” Veronica clicked her tongue while opening the box. Seeing the creamy white ointment in
side the box that was giving off a refreshing scent, she couldn‘t help but ridicule, “Are you trying to be ni
ce to me? I‘ll take it then.” She closed the little disc–
shaped box and put it into her pocket before looking up at him. “Just spill it. What‘s the favor you‘d like t
o ask of me?” Matthew can‘t be so attentive as to give me an ointment for no apparent
reason. He‘s definitely up to something.
Matthew was having a faint smile on his good–
looking face just a moment ago. The next instant, however, his expression turned somewhat chilly, and
he gave off piercingly chilly vibes, as though he was covered with frost from head to toe. After darting a
sidelong glance at Veronica with chilly eyes, he went past her right away.
Veronica couldn‘t help feeling perplexed as she stood where she was while watching the man walk on i
n the mud. “This is baffling. Why is he angry all of a sudden?” Is it because I didn‘t thank him? She hurr
iedly caught up to him as they headed for the school together.
It took the pair an hour to get to the school by foot due to the relatively long journey. The heavy rain pat
tered down as large raindrops
splattered down onto the earth with a loud pattering sound, but the sound couldn‘t drown out the voices
of the kids reading aloud in school. The kids were reading aloud, as though they were entirely
oblivious to their surroundings with their minds focused on their studies.
The simple school building was made of mud bricks, whereas its roof was covered with uiles. As rainwa
ter dripped from the eaves, a man in a blue raincoat climbed up the ladder onto the roof
to fix the roof and prevent it from leaking.
“I also went to this kind of school when
I was little.” Veronica stood in the rain. As she looked at the scene before her, she felt like she was bein
g taken back to her childhood.
Matthew, on the other hand, was born into a wealthy family. Even
in childhood, he would never have experienced what it was
like to have the roof leaking in his classroom all of a sudden while he was attending classes.
In order not to disturb the kids while they were in class, the pair merely glanced at them from a distance
. Then, they went to the newly vacated library in the school.
As they had expected, the library‘s roof was leaking badly. Some of the donated books were yet to be u
npacked, whereas some were already unpacked, and there were a dozen books that had been drench
ed in rain. Veronica couldn‘t find anything to collect the rainwater, so she had no choice but to stand in f
ront of the bookshelf with her umbrella to protect the books from the rain.
There were four classes in the school. The first–graders and the second–
graders were attending classes together, whereas there was a class for the third–
graders, the fourth graders, and the fifth–
graders, respectively. However, there were only two teachers. In such a difficult environment, the two te
achers gave a lot for the mere 40 to 50 students of the school. At the thought of this, Veronica was dee
ply touched.
After a long time, the rain finally stopped, and the sky cleared up. The man in the raincoat rearranged t
he tiles on the leaking roof. After everything was fine, he trotted up to Veronica and Matthew while panti
ng for breath with an affable smile. “Sorry, I was fixing the roof just now because of the heavy rain.”
“It‘s okay, Mr. Pearson. We came here to take a look because we had nothing else to do. Anyway, it‘s r
eally admirable of you and your wife to stay here in
the mountains to teach the kids,” Veronica praised sincerely.
“Haha! We‘re used to it already. These kids are the future of our nation, so it‘ll be a shame if nobody car
es about them,” Mr. Pearson replied while taking off his raincoat. Then, he hurriedly poured
Veronica and Matthew some drinking water.
“No, we‘re good. You don‘t have to do this.” Veronica quickly stepped forward and stopped Mr. Pearson
. Then, she took off her backpack, took 40,000 in cash out of it,
and handed the money to the dark–
skinned and skinny teacher. “What was given to te school earlier was donated to you guys by our comp
any, whereas this is a token of my regard. Please keep it and use it as living expenses for you and your
wife. The kids will only do better when you two are doing better.” Veronica had met Mr. –
Pearson and his wife after coming to Dawnpol Village. They were an incredibly kind hearted couple wh
o taught students without expecting
anything in return, which was something that countless people were unable to do.
When Matthew saw the scene from the sidelines, his obsidian–
like eyes flickered with surprise. He had always thought of Veronica as a woman who cared for nothing
but money, but he never thought she would give away 40,000 to Mr. Pearson and
his wife at one go, especially because to the best of his knowledge, Veronica was not only hard up but
also penniless.
Mr. Pearson refused the money, saying, “No, no, no, you don‘t have to. You‘ve given us a lot, so you re
ally don‘t have to give us the money.”
However, Veronica shoved the 40,000 into his hand in an uncompromising manner. “Just take it. It‘s a t
oken of my regard for you and the kids, so please don‘t refuse it.” With that, she took Matthew‘s hand a
nd ran away for fear that Mr. Pearson might give the money back to her again if she were a little late.
The two‘s trouser legs were stained with yellow mud as they ran in the mud, but Veronica was in a very
good mood. Standing on the hill, she sniffed the fresh air after the rain before catching a glimpse of a r
ainbow at the other end of the hill. “Look, Matthew! It‘s a rainbow! It‘s so beautiful. Come
on, Matthew, come and take a picture of me. Oh, forget it. Let‘s take a picture together as a memento o
f our first time doing charity.”
Matthew didn‘t refuse her. “Okay.”
He came to Veronica‘s side, whereas Veronica took out her cell phone and held it up, only to find that th
Matthew‘s distinctly outlined face showed a hint of helplessness. “Are you blaming me for your short sta
“In that case, can‘t you squat down a little?”
Matthew was rendered speechless. With his personality, he should‘ve ignored her unreasonable quibblin
beside her while bending his knees slightly.
Veronica held her cell phone up high and turned on the selfie mode. After looking at
Matthew and herself in the frame, she said to him, “Squat a little lower.”
Matthew didn‘t say a word in response, though he obediently squatted down a little lower
Veronica wrapped her arm around his shoulder as they posed for an
intimate photo together. At the click of the shutter, the photo captured them standing before the hillside w
looking and well–matched, too, making the photo even more beautiful.
“Nice! It looks pretty good. But Matthew, what‘s the matter with that look on your face?” Veronica stared
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