Chapter 356 - A Cheap Father (2/2)

Tang Tang was certainly the happiest. The little fellow played like a bird out of a cage.

Lin Momo also had a sense of flying. She had been busy with the company affairs these years, and seldom went out to have fun. Today, she took a ride with Tang Tang on the carousel and Ferris wheel, which was a kind of relaxation from the inside out.

Toward evening, the little fellow said, “Papa, I’m hungry.”

“All right, let’s go get something tasty.”

Qin Haodong said, as a scent wafted from ahead. It turned out to be a snack street, so the three of them went down that street.

It was a culinary paradise, with a wide variety of snacks, such as meatballs, kebabs, fried rice cakes, fried squid. They all emitted a mouth-watering aroma. The three of them walked happily in front of each snack stand.

“Haodong, taste this. It’s crisp.”

Lin Momo brought a piece of flaky pastry to Qin Haodong.

“No, I can’t eat any more. You take it!”

“I can’t eat any more either!”

Tang Tang patted her round belly and said, “Tang Tang wants to eat, but the stomach is too full. I can’t eat any more.”

Qin Haodong and Lin Momo both laughed at her adorable looks. The little fellow giggled along.

“Take it. We’ll eat later!”

Lin Momo carried the flaky pastry and the three of them walked out of the snack street. Just as they arrived at the street, the little fellow suddenly pointed ahead and said, “Mama, look at that poor little boy!”

Qin Haodong and Lin Momo looked in the direction of her finger and saw a woman sitting in the street holding a kid. The woman looked to be in her thirties and dressed modestly. Although she had fine features, she looked very simple without makeup. She was sitting on her knees with a sad face.

In her arms was a little boy of one or two years old. The boy had a sallow face and looked thin. His eyes were closed. He was probably asleep.

There was a piece of paper in front of that woman, which said, “My boy has a congenital heart disease and needs surgery, but my family is too poor to afford it. I hope kind people can help me scrape up the money for the operation.”

Begging had gradually become a profession in Huaxia. Beggars used to be called paupers, who just asked for food, but now begging was totally different. Beggars wanted money, not food.

The beggars were good at pretending to be pitiful to gain the sympathy of passers-by, such as this woman kneeling on the ground with a sick child. With a glimpse at them, the passer-by would feel pity for them.

“Mama, I’ll help that little boy!”

Seeing the pathetic child, Tang Tang was filled with kindness. She took the flaky pastry from Lin Momo’s hand and ran over to the woman and said, “Auntie, this is flaky pastry. It’s very delicious. Give the little boy to eat!”

At the sight of the flaky pastry in the little girl’s hand, an imperceptible boredom flashed into the woman’s eyes. Then she put on a grateful look and said, “Thank you, little girl, but he is too little to eat this. He needs money for surgery now.”

“I see!” The little fellow turned around, ran up to Lin Momo, and shouted, “Mama, that little boy is so poor. I’ll give him money for his treatment.”

Seeing the little boy, Lin Momo also began to be full of love and support her daughter to help him. She took out her purse and said, “How much do you think you should give him?”

Tang Tang looked at the money in her purse. There were two to three thousand yuan in it. She took the money straight out and put it all in the little pot in front of the woman.

Lin Momo put her purse away and said, “Haodong, look how kind our daughter is.”

Qin Haodong let out a wry smile. He was not like Lin Momo, who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, grew up in a “honeypot” and became a high-flying female president. He was well aware of the tricks of these folk beggars. It was obvious that the woman was cheating.

But he didn’t say anything to avoid upsetting the loving mother and daughter. After all, it was only a few thousand yuan. He took it as a donation.

In front of the woman, there were only some coins in the begging pot. After Tang Tang threw a handful of banknotes into it, these banknotes were extremely dazzling, attracting the eyes of many passers-by.

“Thank you, little girl! Thank you so much!”

The woman started, and then a flash of ecstasy passed through her eyes. It was getting harder to beg these years. Thanks to the Internet and the media, people were not as gullible as before. Even if some people felt sorry for them, they usually only gave them a few yuan. The man who gave them 100 yuan was regarded as a rich man by them.

She hadn’t seen anyone give thousands yuan to her in years like the little fellow.

After reading the piece of paper in front of the woman, Lin Momo came over and suggested, “Ma’am, if you believe me, my boyfriend is a good doctor. He can cure your child. Then he doesn’t have to have surgery.”

“No… No, I’ll be able to scrape up the money right away. Don’t trouble yourselves…”

The woman pretended to be grateful and said, “You are very kind. You have done us so much good, and you will be rewarded in the future.”

Lin Momo says, “Madam, I really want to help you. There must be risks in having surgery on such a young child. My boyfriend is really good at medicine. He is a Chinese medicine practitioner who can treat your child in other ways.”

The woman refused again, “No, really! My son has a congenital heart disease. It is impossible to cure him with traditional Chinese medicine.”

Tang Tang said, “Auntie, my Papa is really good. He can cure anything. Let him see the little boy.”