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The news in the New York circle could be both elusive and quickly spread.
Just a few days later, Adeline, who was hiding in a small mountain village teaching, saw the follow–up of Hugo and Steffie on her phone
news.
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After reading it, she was full of sighs.
After all, in her impression, although Hugo did not love Steffie, he still cared about her to some extent because of their two children.
She hadn’t walked for long when the two of them ended up like this.
But this has nothing to do with Adeline anymore, after all, she still has her own things to do now.
She pushed open the wooden window, watered the few pots of flowers outside the window, and then put down the watering can and lay back on the recliner, looking at the school surrounded by mountains.
At this moment, it was summer vacation, and only a few teachers were left in the small school, with Adeline being one of them.
The afternoon sun made her drowsy, reminding her of the past.
Initially, Edwin and Marcella gave her a plane ticket, a new phone, and a check for one million, and had someone take her to the airport. She didn’t say anything and went straight through security.
However, just in case, Adeline secretly changed her flight, and when she arrived at the new destination and was about to board the train, she suddenly saw an article about her alma mater recruiting teachers.
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She immediately called back and found out that the school was too poor and remote, so many teachers were unwilling to come and teach the
children.
Listening to the principal’s helpless voice on the phone, Adeline was filled with heartache.
She lost both of her parents at a young age and was raised by the principal.
Over the years, she had been neglecting her hometown and the principal because of Hugo’s affairs. At that moment, she decided to immediately return to her hometown and become a teacher.
Because of this, she also missed Hugo, who came to find her by a series
of coincidences.
And she never mentioned her past to Hugo, who only knew that she was an orphan and nothing else.
So returning to her hometown was Adeline’s best choice, where no one
could find her.
With Adeline’s one million funding, the school was also rebuilt, and many new teachers were hired.
That evening, the new teachers invited Adeline to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms and dig bamboo shoots, and they had a wild vegetable hot pot for dinner.
On the way up the mountain, Adeline’s teacher Wendy Conrad, who she played well with, held her hand and chattered about the recent happenings at school.
“I heard that the principal recently received another investment, it seems to be someone surnamed Bernard. I heard that they will send someone to inspect your school next week. Aline, will you go then?”
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When Adeline gave the one million to the principal, the principal used half to repair the school and hire teachers, and the other half was invested in developing the mountain village.
In order to ensure sustainable development in the future, the principal embarked on the path of investment, going everywhere to persuade philanthropists to donate their love.
However, the road was not that simple. Three months passed before the principal finally found two, one of which was the Bernard Group.
In order to pass the inspection smoothly, the principal selected teachers who were careful and good at communication to accompany him at that time.
Adeline was definitely the principal’s first choice, but what surprised Wendy was that Adeline politely declined.
“I wasn’t going to go at that time, I had other things to do.”
“Oh,” Wendy lamented, “I heard that the President of the Bernard Group is handsome and wealthy, and you are so talented. If Hugo comes, what if…”
Adeline knew that Wendy meant well, so she was not angry.
So Adeline smiled and patted Wendy’s arm.
“I didn’t consider those things about getting married, I just wanted to teach this group of children well and help them to leave the mountains in the future.”
When it came to children, Wendy shifted the conversation back to them.
After finishing the hotpot, everyone cleaned up and then dispersed. Just as Adeline was about to return to her room, the principal called out to her from behind.
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“Aline, I have something to tell you.”
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