296 Hong Xiaâs Story
âYes, our family is quite difficult, but sheâs a star student. Without her, the few of us would probably fail.â Le Yao nodded. âSheâs a very enthusiastic girl.â
Qiao Qiao nodded too. âAuntie, Hong Xia is a very motivated person. Besides, even when facing rich people like us, she has never been insecure. Sheâs very positive.â
âDarling Qiao, itâs rare for you to give such a high evaluation.â Qiao Zi smiled. âIn that case, let them come over. Iâll take a look too. If itâs really good, we can become close friends in the future.â
Le Yao sent a message to the group.
The few people in the group immediately exploded. No one said no.
Half an hour later, Qian Meiqi was the first to run in. âAuntie Qiao, I want to take a photo with youâ¦â
Soon, Song Qiaoqiao, Wang Xia, and Hong Xia arrived.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Hong Xia entered, her tears fell.
âAiya, how scary am I? I actually made the little girl cry?â Qiao Zi teased.
âBeautiful big sister, donât you remember me?â Hong Xia hurriedly wiped her tears. âSix years ago, in Jinghong County, An Provinceâ¦â
Qiao Zi was stunned for a moment before her eyes suddenly widened. âYouâre that little tanned girl?â
Hong Xia sniffed. âItâs me, beautiful big sister. Iâve been paying attention to you all these years, but I didnât have the chance to see you. I didnât expect you to be Qiao Qiaoâs biological auntâ¦â
âAunt, whatâs going on? Why do I feel like the two of you have a story?â Qiao Qiao couldnât help but ask.
âIâll tell you.â Hong Xia took a tissue and wiped her nose. âOur village is in the mountains. Although the scenery is very good, weâre very poor. Thereâs no school in the village, so if we wanted to go to school, we had to climb two mountains every day. But even so, not all children can afford to go to school⦠Six years ago, my father broke his leg when he was picking herbs. My motherâs health wasnât good, and my brother was still young. The only way out for me at that time was to drop out of school and workâ¦â
âAfter making the decision, I hid on the hill and cried that day. I happened to meet a beautiful big sister⦠Hehe, I have to call her my auntie now. Auntie Qiao was filming a movie over there. She discovered me and told me that the difficulties were temporary. The country would get better and better, and the lives of the people would get better and better. However, if I wanted to get better, I had to study hard. Only knowledge could change my life⦠Then, Auntie Qiao got someone to send my father to the county cityâs hospital. She even got the people from the Zi Hua Fund under her name to contact me and continue to sponsor me to get into universityâ¦â
âLater on, I also found out that the Zi Hua Fund had set up a support point on our side to help the villagers in the mountains sell the mountain goods⦠They even helped many children like me on our side.â
âAuntie Qiao, I worked very hard and didnât disappoint you. I was the top scorer in the middle school examination back then and then the top scorer in the college entrance examination in An Province. I remember you saying that you liked Xiling City very much in the city in the country, so I took the exam at Xiling Jiao Tong University. Now, Iâve also received a full scholarship from the schoolâ¦â
âGood kid.â Qiao Zi had done too much charity work and couldnât remember who she had helped at all. However, when Hong Xia said that, she naturally remembered. She stood up and went over to hug Hong Xia. âThe tanned and scrawny little girl back then has become a beautiful girl now. She even became friends with Qiao Qiao and Lan. This is fate.â