Reborn as a Superpower Girl in the 80s
Chapter 310: Seeking Help and Anger

Chapter 310: Chapter 310: Seeking Help and Anger

Zhao Jianing entered the brigade office, walked straight to the office, and all the village cadres in the meeting turned to look at her.

Upon seeing it was the Zhao family’s girl who had returned from the city, the Brigade Leader asked, "Zhao family’s girl, what can I do for you?"

Zhao Jianing, with tears in her eyes, replied, "Brigade Leader, may I use the village’s telephone to call my foster parents?"

Someone next to her said, "Using the brigade’s telephone costs money."

Zhao Jianing said softly, "I don’t have any money now, but my foster mother loves me very much. As long as the call goes through, they will send me the money quickly, and I will repay the phone bill. Please, I beg of you."

The group of grown men couldn’t bring themselves to be harsh to a young girl, so Gao Jiefang said, "Here’s the deal, let your father come over here. If he agrees, I’ll let you make the call. If he doesn’t, there’s nothing I can do."

Firstly, he was also afraid of causing more harm than good, and secondly, due to his close relationship with Luo Qiao, he too didn’t want the Zhao family’s girl to make this call. After all, everyone had gone their separate ways; not bothering each other was quite alright.

Zhao Jianing felt somewhat troubled and said, "I came today without telling my dad. I believe all my uncles here know my situation well. The truth is, I really can’t do farm work, so all I want is to study.

But the money I brought back has all been burned, and my family can’t afford to send me to school anymore. My only option is to ask my foster parents for help. Please, help me."

After a moment of silence in the room, an older man spoke up in support of Zhao Jianing, "Brigade Leader, it’s just a phone call, and she’s said that she’ll repay it once her foster parents send the money. She does look quite pitiful."

Everyone turned to look at Brigade Leader Gao Jiefang, who then said, "Send someone to notify Zhao Pulin."

As he turned around, he opened the telephone box and left Zhao Jianing to it.

It took Zhao Jianing a while to get through to the commune, which needed to transfer her call. After a long wait, she finally made the call to Ning Xueling’s workplace, only to find that Ning Xueling was not in. Zhao Jianing started crying on the phone.

She asked the person on the line to pass a message to her mother that she couldn’t attend school over here and that she truly couldn’t bear it. In the end, she broke down and asked Ning Xueling to come and take her back to the Capital City.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Jianing, who was also quite capable, quickly composed herself. Seizing the opportunity, she connected the call to Luo Haotian’s office. When the people at the brigade office heard Zhao Jianing’s address, they realized that Luo Qiao’s biological parents were both cadres, no wonder Zhao Jianing was crying like this.

Anyone would struggle with such a stark difference. When the call connected, a voice came from the other side, "Hello, who is this?"

Zhao Jianing could no longer contain herself and said, "Dad, it’s me, Jianing."

Luo Haotian paused for a few seconds before asking, "What’s the matter?"

Zhao Jianing said, "Dad, the money I brought back has been burned. Did my third and fourth brothers tell you when they returned? I can’t even attend school now. Can’t you help me?"

As she spoke, she started crying again. Luo Haotian, actually felt a pang of distress upon hearing this; after all, he had raised her for fifteen years. But considering that his biological daughter still wasn’t close to them, giving Zhao Jianing hope now might only drive his daughter further from home.

So, with a hardened heart, he said, "Jianing, I’m afraid I can’t help you with this matter."

Upon hearing the words coming through the phone, Zhao Jianing shouted in frustration and anger, "I’ve called you ’Dad’ for fifteen years. Are you just going to watch me suffer and do nothing? How can you be so cold-hearted?"

Luo Haotian’s voice came coldly, "My own daughter hasn’t been to school for many years. She should seek redress for her suffering from someone else, not from others. It’s the mistake your biological mother made."

After hanging up the phone, his heart was in turmoil for both his biological daughter Luo Qiao and Zhao Jianing. If not for kind people at the farm, his daughter would have had no future, but Zhao Jianing... sigh!

Suddenly, he thought of something and dialed Ning Xueling’s office directly. When he learned that Ning Xueling wasn’t there, he asked, "Did someone call her just now?"

From the person’s mouth, he learned that indeed a call had been made, but the caller’s identity or the details of the conversation were not disclosed.

After hanging up, Luo Haotian made several more calls before starting his work.