Someone in the crowd shouted, "Mr. Qin, why don’t you take this child as your foster son? You saved him before, which shows you two are fated. Take him as your foster son, feed him, and I believe when he grows up, he will repay you."
Qin Yang looked at the person and spoke indifferently, "Since you pity him so much, it shows that you two are also fated. Why don’t you take him as your foster son?"
Before the man could speak, a woman beside him pinched him hard, "Am I no longer able to bear you a son, or have you eaten too much? Get back home."
After this incident, Qin Yang still looked at the union staff, waiting for his response.
The union staff member was anxiously scratching his head; he was just following orders to come here, not expecting Mr. Qin’s and their words to differ.
At this point, the kneeling woman spoke again, pushing the child in her arms forward with sincere words.
"I know this matter has caused you great trouble, and I do not ask you to take Genbao as your son, just to feed him. Let him do anything, I really can’t support him anymore. Rest assured, from now on, Genbao will belong to his benefactor, and I won’t contact him anymore."
She then heavily knocked her head on the ground.
Some tender-hearted women in the crowd had already begun to wipe away tears, wondering how many mothers could bear to be separated from their children unless absolutely necessary.
Finally, the union staff mustered the courage to speak, "Mr. Qin, please consider doing a good deed. As the saying goes, saving a life is worth more than building a seven-tiered pagoda. I think this child is also easy to raise. Just feeding him would be doing a good deed."
A sneer flashed in Qin Yang’s eyes, "Don’t tell me this is the union’s solution. If that’s the case, I think it’d be better if the union did the good deed."
If it were before, he might not have cared so much. For him, supporting one more child was not difficult, and he even thought that if capable, he would sponsor children in remote and impoverished areas who can’t afford meals.
But since his wife mentioned his "rotten kindness", many issues seemed not so straightforward when viewed from another angle.
"A simple issue, and the union has not handled it well after so long. Is the union just for show now, or is this some leader’s idea to kick this issue to me like a ball?"
The staffer’s eyes flashed with guilt, "No... that’s not the case, just..."
"It’s just a small issue, why must Mr. Qin express such harshness, framing the union so severely?"
Before the staffer could finish, a low voice emerged from behind the crowd.
Vice Chairman Sha Jianqi stepped forward.
First, he glanced at the kneeling mother and son and the surrounding crowd, slightly frowning as he rebuked the staffer.
"How are you handling things? Such a small issue, look at the negative impact, why haven’t you dispersed the crowd?"
The staffer hurriedly tried to disperse the crowd, but now, with the excitement, no one wanted to leave.
Sha Jianqi looked at Qin Yang with a chuckling smile, "Mr. Qin, young comrades handle issues clumsily. But speaking of which, this matter really isn’t the union’s fault. The union has also been putting in effort for your affairs recently; there is hard work even if no merits. Ultimately, this isn’t something the union should handle..."
Li Wei couldn’t listen anymore, "How is it not the union’s responsibility? Is Vice Chairman Sha trying to shirk responsibility?"
Sha Jianqi smiled again, still appearing amiable.
"It’s not about the union wanting to shirk responsibility. Mr. Qin did a good deed, but this child’s parents are not employees of the unit. If given to the union, how can we manage? Our union isn’t a charity, is it?"
Li Wei was stunned, this seemed correct too.
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