After years of hard work and struggle, Ruolan and Shuisheng did not stop. Instead, they chose to travel together all over China.

Along the way, they witnessed the hardships of many people in distress, and the two kind-hearted individuals always extended a helping hand without hesitation.

As time went on, more and more people received their help, and gradually, an idea began to emerge in their minds—to establish a charitable foundation!

So they got right to work, and with the wealth they had accumulated over the years and their passion for philanthropy, the charitable foundation, entirely led by the couple, was born.

In this foundation, all affairs are handled by Ruolan and Shuisheng, who spare no effort to provide assistance and charity to girls who have been abused, people with physical disabilities, and so on.

They personally visited impoverished mountain villages to find children who longed to study but were unable to realize their dreams due to family poverty, and provided them with financial support.

Each grant is transferred from their own accounts and delivered directly to the recipient, ensuring that the funds are used effectively.

And so, Ruolan and Shuisheng lived a carefree and unrestrained life in the latter half of their lives.

Whenever they felt bored, they would deliberately cause trouble for their sons, and only when they saw the children looking worried did they feel a sense of pleasure.

When they had exhausted their sons, they would turn around and leave home to continue their journey full of unknowns and challenges.

Ruolan only stopped working when she was over ninety years old and Shuisheng passed away. After Shuisheng's death, Ruolan donated her family's savings and property to the country, and her own body gradually became thinner.

Time flies, and less than a month later, Ruolan passed away.

This kind-hearted woman, in her short life journey, walked hand in hand with her husband through thick and thin, leaving behind countless touching acts of kindness.

Because the couple always upheld a kind heart and performed many good deeds to help many people in need while they were alive, their funeral was particularly grand and splendid when they passed away.

The grand funeral was not organized by their sons, but rather meticulously planned by the state.

All of this was a special request made by Ruolan before her death. Given the enormous wealth she had donated over the years, this request was not unreasonable.

Surprisingly, the fact that Ruolan and her husband possessed wealth remained a complete secret to Heping and the others from beginning to end.

They were kept in the dark, completely unaware of their parents' quiet acts of kindness and generosity.

Similarly, Rong and others were completely unaware of their charitable acts of donating money to help others.

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Reconciliation and Strong Side Story

From the time Jie and Qiang could remember, he was raised by his older brothers and sisters.

His memories of his parents were extremely vague. He only knew that his mother had been tormented by illness for many years and was so weak that she was unable to even hug him, her own flesh and blood.

The father, on the other hand, poured all his thoughts and energy into the mother, never sparing him even the slightest bit of attention.

This is why Jie and Qiang have very little affection for their parents, almost none at all.

Over time, he developed an almost instinctive immune response to the group of "parents".

Perhaps it was the lack of parental affection during his childhood that caused Jie and Qiang to have no interest in children from a young age.

Even when facing his own children, he finds it difficult to feel affection, leading to an unusually distant parent-child relationship.

Sometimes, in the quiet of the night, Jie Heqiang couldn't help but wonder: Was he really a cold-hearted and ruthless person by nature?

After all, even his own brother and sister, who raised him from infancy, didn't make him feel much close to them.

What annoyed Jie and Qiang even more was that their older siblings always liked to interfere in all sorts of matters in his life, ostensibly for his own good.

They would inquire about everything from his major life events, such as getting married and starting a family, to how he should spend the money he worked so hard to earn, and where he couldn't use it. They would control everything he did, which really annoyed him.

He later got married, but because he didn't want children, he was very resistant to having them.

His wife seemed to sense his dislike for the child, and patted her chest to assure him that after the child was born, he wouldn't have to worry about anything and could just pay for it.

Because of that sentence, he really stopped caring about anything else and devoted himself entirely to teaching.

It's strange, he clearly didn't like children, yet he was a teacher his whole life. Could this be the legendary "you make a living from what you hate"?

He was conflicted back then, but as they say, people are inherently greedy. Later, he transformed himself into a teacher who was both awe-inspiring and approachable, but he still couldn't find happiness.

Because he discovered a cruel truth: everything he possessed was still inseparable from his parents' protection.

He hates that everything is inseparable from his parents' kindness.

In his later years, Jie Heqiang lived alone in his old house.

The children would occasionally come to visit him, but he was always indifferent, and the children would leave after a short while.

One day, while tidying up his old belongings, he found a photo album containing several blurry pictures of his parents. He stared at them for a long time, a ripple of emotion stirring within him. Over the years, the resentment seemed to have faded considerably.

Just then, the neighbor's child accidentally wandered into the yard to play.

He would usually have scolded them, but not this time. The child curiously peered into the album, innocently asking who was in the photos.

Jie and Qiang patiently explained. At that moment, he suddenly realized that he was not completely indifferent, but that his deep-seated desire for attention had been suppressed for a long time.

Afterwards, he tried to contact the children, who were surprised but also very happy.

Although relationships can't become intimate overnight, he began to try to change and stop resisting the complex emotions of family affection.

He knew he might not be able to completely transform into a warm and compassionate person for the rest of his life, but at least he could try to accept his family and stop running away.

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