Chapter 71 He's the Hope of the Poor Families
"Miss Cooper, I'll walk you out."
Eloise Wright walked toward the gate, and Jane was at her heels. The boy was held by his mother, but he still struggled to kick Eloise's leg. He happened to have kicked the nerves of her leg, and she couldn't help but gasp, and frowned at him.
Before the little boy could say anything, the woman said, "What are you doing? Your brother is so young, but you want to hit him?"
Eloise didn't say anything, but the little boy cocked his head arrogantly. Knowing he had reliance, he shouted fearlessly, "I hate you!"
Ignoring it, Jane left the Wrights' house peacefully because she knew that only by doing so could the girl's dignity be most protected.
She took the elevator, came downstairs, and stood at the entrance of the residential area to hail a taxi. As soon as she sat in the taxi, she received a text message from Eloise, which wrote, "Miss Cooper, could you give two lessons in a row every Saturday afternoon in the future?"
Jane replied yes to her.
She waited a while but didn't receive any more messages. Sitting in the taxi, she looked sideways, watching the passing street views, but she unavoidably thought about what would happen in the house after she left.
She wished that the house was in peace and that Eloise went back to her room, sitting at her desk and keeping all her mind on the piles of test papers. She didn't want to think about the bad impossibilities. The beautiful things in the world were basically similar, but the bad things were various. Bad things would happen anyway, and some would go beyond people's imagination.
Forward Education had not only the schoolwork tutoring that was famous across the nation, but also a teaching class for all students online, which was as famous as its tutoring. Tutors could answer questions online for free or by charging fees. Tutors at different ranks would charge differently, and those who did the free job would be given time credit. Different cumulative durations would be used to trade for different educational materials, which would be sent to the poor students in the poverty-stricken areas.
Jane only had Sunday off in a week. She did the job of answering questions without charging fees basically all day long. Almost none of the tutors in her rank would do it, but she didn't mind. She thought she would have time to make money. For her, she would rather make a small contribution to the children studying hard in predicaments than teach the students in the big city who had rich families and resources but didn't want to learn school courses.
At six o'clock p.m., her phone on the table was suddenly ringing. She glanced at it, swiped to the answer button, and clicked on it, speaking, "Miss Johnson."
"I hope I'm not disturbing you," Mary Johnson said.
"No, you aren't."
"I called Eloise. She likes you very much, saying that her family will go to the company and sign the contract with you on Monday."
"Miss Johnson, thank you for thinking of me first when there's a customer," Jane said with a smile.
"You're welcome. To be honest, although there are a lot of people in our company and you're just a newcomer, you're the one I like to get along with most, and you're an able person. I just assigned the task to the right person."
"When will you have free time? I'll treat you to dinner, okay?" Jane said.
"I called you just for this. Is it convenient for you to come out? Let's have a meeting," Mary said.
Since Mary had given her a chance of making money, of course, Jane would not refuse her when hearing such a request. After she agreed, Mary said, "Actually, another person is going with me tonight. Eloise's family wants to have dinner with us."
The first person Jane thought of was Eloise's mother.
Mary told Jane the meeting address. Then, she hung up the phone, dressed up, and hailed a taxi to go there.
She was not familiar with S City. When she got in the taxi, she said to the driver, "To GraceLand."
The driver glanced at her through the rearview mirror and said, "There might be traffic jams at this time. If you're willing, pay me 15.6 dollars. If you are not, I'll charge you by the meter."
"Is the place far away?" Jane asked.
"It depends. It takes about 40 minutes to go along the bridge when there are no traffic jams. If there're traffic jams, it'll take an hour," The driver answered.
It was not near, so Jane agreed to pay 15.6 dollars. When she got in the taxi, she texted a message to Mary: "Miss Johnson, I just got in the taxi. The driver said it might take 40 minutes to one hour to reach there."
"Okay, don't so worry about it. I'm just ready to come out," Mary soon replied.
Jane put down her mobile phone. It was a long journey, and the driver asked, "Going to see the tutor?"
"No, my colleague," Jane answered.
The driver was a little surprised. "You're a teacher?"
Jane hinted yes with a small smile. Being used to the words like "You're too young to be like a teacher", she simply smiled but didn't say anything.
"I guess you're a tutor of Forward Education, right?" the driver said.
"How did you find it?" Jane didn't answer the question but asked in turn.
"GraceLand is one of the most expensive places in S City. You made an appointment to meet there. There's no doubt that you're not only rich but also a tutor. In S City, whose tutors could also be so skilled at making money other than those of Forward Education?" the driver said.
"If you don't drive a taxi, you can also be a fortune teller," Jane said with a smile.
The driver liked talking. He changed the subject and continued, "Your boss is Aiden Cater, right?"
"Yes," Jane nodded and said.
"He's a really great man. Without any backers, he could independently make such a great fortune in S City… And this building is his."
As he spoke, the driver glimpsed outside. Jane saw a very tall and very futuristic gray building. On top of it was a huge logo: Forward Education Technology.
While driving, the driver signed, "The bigger the city is, the more xenophobic it is. The rich and powerful locals won't leave the resources to outsiders. Many outsiders rushed into it on large scales, but how many were left in the end? Back then, Aiden Cater came to S City, hoping to make a fortune, but he ended up in the prison for more than a year. Everyone thought that he couldn't stay here anymore and that he might leave after being released. Unexpectedly, he put down roots in S City just in a few years."
"He was thrown into prison because his collaborator committed a crime and fled," Jane said.
"You're still too young! Whatever people say, you believe it. The published version of the story is no doubt a polished one. Although I'm just a taxi driver, we always have the best news. It is said that he showed too much of his ability and was in the way of others, so others set a trap for him. With today's surveillance and police forces, even a fly could be captured, so how could the principal criminal be able to escape and let his partner be the scapegoat?" the driver said smilingly.
The year Aiden Cater run into trouble, Jane had just been admitted to Y University. The news of his imprisonment was spread all over the internet overnight. It was an economic case, with a lot of money involved, but the principal criminal had fled. The police arrested him in his company. At that time, he was not afraid, nor did he resort to sophistry. Instead, he invited a very good defense lawyer, but the result was one-year imprisonment, which everyone had seen.
At that time, Forward Education had been founded in Y City. It was the time when he had been plain sailing in high spirits, but unexpectedly, he suffered such a serious setback.
Back then, sitting at her computer in her dormitory, Jennifer Baker signed again and again. Their school had also withdrawn all publicity about Aiden Cater. He had been a favorite everyone struggled to get, but overnight, he had been reduced to one everyone disliked.
"I've always believed that those able ones can surely enjoy the life of good times and go through hard times."
Jane showed her view, the idea she had had in those days, and she just revealed it today.
"Yes! People always say it's hard to see another great man originating from a poor family. He's given many people hope, and I usually even ask my son to learn from him…" the driver echoed.