My Sexy Female CEO

26: Chapter 26: Generous Contribution 26: Chapter 26: Generous Contribution “Because you deserve mercy, and because of a small action you just took,” Lin Yifan answered.

“What small action?”

“The action of putting away the knife,” Lin Yifan replied.

“Just such a simple little action made you drop your anger?”

The bald robber looked confused and was incredibly surprised.

“Don’t underestimate that small action, because it can reflect a person’s character,” Lin Yifan said.

“What character?” the bald robber pressed, really wanting to know.

“Kindness!” Lin Yifan replied, “Honestly, you’re not a qualified robber.

A real robber would stop at nothing to seize their target; your fear of hurting the victims made you put away your weapon, and this behavior doomed your robbery attempt.”

“You’re right, soft-hearted people are indeed not cut out to be robbers.”

The bald robber shook his head and laughed bitterly, mocking his own actions.

“Tell me!

What drove you to this irreversible path of crime and illegal activities?” Lin Yifan curiously asked.

He thought that a kind person must have been driven to desperate straits to make such an unwise decision.

“It’s a long story.

Oh well, today I was caught by you; it’s my bad luck.

Go ahead, call the police and arrest me, I am willing to accept the legal punishment.”

The bald robber found relief, and his troubled heart seemed to be liberated.

It’s because robbing was something he had resisted for a long time before deciding to do.

Even when he pulled out the knife and threatened Lin Yifan to hand over the money, he was still conflicted, unsure if it was the right thing to do.

So now that he was subdued, he no longer had to struggle with that decision.

“I believe you are an honest and kind person, so I’ll spare you the police.

I’m just curious, what drove you to this path of crime and law-breaking?”

Earlier, he had a chance to kill him, but he didn’t; thus he wanted to give him a chance too.

Furthermore, kind people should remain in society to help those in need rather than waste away in prison.”

The bald robber was touched by Lin Yifan’s magnanimous spirit, truly appreciating the extent of tolerance he was showing toward someone who had attempted to harm him.

In fact, he was quite afraid of Lin Yifan calling the police, and although he seemed resigned verbally, serious considerations had him worried.

Because once in prison, there would be no one to care for his elderly, sick mother—a tragic situation he desperately wanted to avoid.

“Brother, I really appreciate your generosity.

To tell you the truth, I resorted to robbery because I desperately need money.

My elderly mother is sick and it requires a significant amount of money that I can’t generate quickly, hence the drastic measures,” he confessed.

“What illness?” Lin Yifan asked.

The large amount of money needed made him guess it was a serious illness, though he was unsure which organ or tissue was affected.

The bald robber sighed and replied, “A brain tumor.”

Although he was a cultivator with mana, his low cultivation realm meant he was utterly incapable of curing such a malignant disease.

“Another serious illness, we are both in a similar plight!” Lin Yifan lamented.

He and the bald robber had similar fates, both driven by family illness to find ways to make money quickly.

“What?

Does the brother also have a brain tumor?” the bald robber asked.

Lin Yifan candidly replied, “I don’t, but my parents are severely ill; so my situation is similar to yours, both of us wracking our brains to make more money in a short time.

However, unlike you, I haven’t resorted to illegal activities.”

“Heh, it seems I really am not fit for this world.”

The bald robber mocked himself harshly, feeling far inferior in comparison to Lin Yifan.

Lin Yifan, sensing the undertones in the bald robber’s words and seeing his self-deprecation, comforted him, “You are much stronger than me.

If someone like you isn’t fit to exist in this world, many others aren’t either.

So cheer up.

There are many roads to Rome.

Think carefully, there’s definitely a way to make money.”

“But I really need money now; there’s no time to think,” the bald robber responded.

If it weren’t for this urgency, he wouldn’t have resorted to buying weapons for robbery.

Knowing hospital rules and that tumorous diseases really cannot be delayed, Lin Yifan thought for a moment, then asked, “How much does your mother’s surgery cost?”

Being a kind person, he couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.

“A lot, about sixty to seventy thousand,” the bald robber sighed and replied.

Mentioning this cost, he felt helpless, unsure where to earn so much money.

Lin Yifan weighed it in his mind, then said, “I’ll give you a hundred thousand.

You’ll have to figure out the treatment money after the surgery yourself; but you must not resolve it through illegal activities, understand?”

Cancer treatments after surgery could involve various medical expenses, and severe cases might require regular radiotherapy and chemotherapy; that’s why he gave an extra thirty to forty thousand.

“You’re giving me so much money, but what about your parents?” the bald robber asked.

He was both joyous and worried—joyous because he finally had the money for treatment, but worried because the donor’s situation was similar to his, uncertain how much he would have left after this.

“Don’t worry, I made sure to set aside enough money for my parents’ treatment before offering you the hundred thousand,” Lin Yifan answered.

He wasn’t a fool nor a dishonorable son.

He certainly wouldn’t neglect his parents’ dire condition.