After Switching Bodies, the Mad Overbearing CEO Takes Over the Entertainment Industry-Chapter 233 - 228: Arrival at Dawn Orphanage

After a few minutes, Qu Rong finally handed his phone to Ji Tian. "He’s fine—he’s tough, what could possibly go wrong? Take a deep breath, he asked me to tell you that Li Hongjin isn’t in Hei City, he might have been moved by Mo Jiu ahead of time."

Gone?

"Anything else? I need to go to the hospital now."

Seeing his impatience, Ji Tian silently stepped aside, letting him rush to hail a taxi by the roadside to the hospital.

Her master was not in Hei City, which also meant he wasn’t in Capital City. Given the current situation, Mo Jiu probably needed Li Hongjin to help him with something and wouldn’t harm him.

Hua Country was so vast, it would take Ji Tian a lot of effort to find someone. She thought for a moment and then called Zhu Xiaoda, who had been recently developing a company for her. He had already established a small company and even earnestly advised her that sharing was not profitable, urging her to invest in other industries.

But Ji Tian disagreed; sharing was great. She wanted to invent all kinds of bizarre industries; Zhu Xiaoda just needed to follow her instructions.

Being the boss gave Ji Tian leverage, while Zhu Xiaoda internally despaired. He couldn’t voice it though. Ten billion gone just like that; he fully realized the difference between ordinary wealthy families and the top-tier wealthy families. With the Ji Family’s wealth, even squandering it for several generations wouldn’t deplete it.

"Help me investigate someone privately."

"Who?"

"Li Hongjin—I’ve sent you his information. You must get some news about him, no matter what."

Zhu Xiaoda: "..."

What a bizarre task, sending him to find someone missing for so many days.

But money makes things easier, so he spoke upfront, "Boss, you’ll reimburse me, right?"

Ji Tian was momentarily at a loss for words: "Would I make you front the money? I was the one who paid back your billion."

"..."

Alright, alright, hitting where it hurts.

Tearfully, Zhu Xiaoda responded, "I’m on it."

After hanging up, Uncle Zhou, who had watched the drama unfold, approached.

"Miss, shall we go back? That person is utterly ruthless, daring to commit crimes in broad daylight." Uncle Zhou looked frightened, "Thankfully, no harm came to anyone."

It was still early, not yet noon. Ji Tian looked around. Chenxi’s residential area in Capital City was quite remote.

She pondered for a while and then asked, "Uncle Zhou, let’s make a trip to Biyang District."

Uncle Zhou was puzzled, "What are we going there for?" He quickly realized, "Miss, do you want to visit Moon Bay? It’s right in Biyang District. Except for its somewhat remote location, there are no major issues."

"Let’s go then. We could even have lunch nearby Moon Bay. I’ve heard the coconut rice there is delicious."

Ji Tian nodded and got into the car.

She wasn’t really going to visit Moon Bay, but to check out Dawn Orphanage.

She wondered if the orphanage was still at the location she remembered.

When the car arrived, it was exactly noon. Moon Bay was filled with coconut palms, a huge green park awaiting development.

This familiar place made Ji Tian widen her eyes; in her world, this place was supposed to be a garbage dump, not such a beautiful park.

She turned her head and saw flaking metal letters caught her eye.

[Dawn Orphanage]

The location was exactly as she remembered.

Just as dilapidated as it had been the year she died unexpectedly, Dawn Orphanage was still in good shape, but regrettably, she hadn’t seen the orphanage director, who was like a mother, for the last time. Each year, she donated most of her earned money to the orphanage, keeping only a small portion for herself to live on.

Even though she was bullied a lot during her childhood at the orphanage, there were always a pair of warm, large hands protecting her.

There were too many children in the orphanage, all abandoned. Either they had been severely ill or abandoned because of it.

The director worked three jobs a day, received government subsidies, provided medical treatment for them, and ensured the children from the orphanage were not starved.

She was so busy every day that she barely had time to manage bullying; she was doing her best to give the orphanage children better lives.

As a child, Ji Tian never bothered her with complaints. When it came to fights, it was about who was tougher. If she was beaten and cried, she would just hide in a corner and cry. After crying, she would wipe her tears because she couldn’t worry the director.

So, when she grew up and could earn money herself, she donated most of it to the orphanage to prevent the director from having to work so hard.

Ji Tian headed towards the orphanage, while Uncle Zhou was still looking up which nearby place had good coconut rice. Seeing Ji Tian walk away, he hurriedly followed.

"Hey, miss, where are you going? It’s lunchtime."

"No rush, I want to check out the orphanage."

Uncle Zhou’s gaze then fell on the iron gate of Dawn Orphanage, a bit surprised, "Oh, this orphanage is still here. I thought they would have moved to a better place after Moon Bay started developing ten years ago."

He then chuckled mischievously, as if thinking of something amusing, and squinted at Ji Tian with a smile, "Miss, seeing this orphanage reminds me of something. It’s about when you were seven years old. I don’t know if you remember, but back then the lady of the house spent a lot of money to buy this place, planning to build an apartment complex. But because the orphanage was here, it had to be relocated."

"So the lady of the house took you to negotiate with the orphanage director, offering them another resettlement place, but the director wouldn’t agree, saying that the roots of the orphanage were here, and she couldn’t leave."

"At that time, the lord had no choice but to play hardball, but you somehow let a little boy from the orphanage escape, and they couldn’t find him again. Later on, the lady of the house felt guilty, dropped the idea of moving them, and even offered them a new place if they ever wanted to move."

"She really stuck to her convictions, refusing to budge, and rooted herself here."

As they walked and talked, they had reached the front door.

Ji Tian turned her head towards Uncle Zhou, "I let a little boy escape? Was there any follow-up?"

Uncle Zhou shook his head, "No, there wasn’t. Going there now, I don’t know if the director would still recognize you, it’s been ten years."

She thought carefully, remembering it was in another world where she had carelessly let a boy escape because he really wanted to go out. She helped people for fun, no need for thanks.

But none of that mattered now...

It had nothing to do with her current self.

The orphanage was furnished simply, with a red and white house, and a courtyard with a large, thick maple tree.

Now, as winter approached, the leaves turned yellow, falling all around undisturbed.

There were some recreational facilities in the yard, a blue slide, a swing wrapped around the thick branches of the maple tree, and some sports equipment donated by members of society.

Being outdoors, much of the equipment was rusted.

In another world, she had turned around and renovated the orphanage, expanded it, and all the sports equipment was brand new, a stark contrast to the current situation.

Perhaps because it was lunchtime, the orphanage’s iron gate had a password lock. One had to enter the password to open it. She thought for a moment, tried the password from the other world and the next second, it opened.