Chapter 457: Chapter 457 Fishing for Fame and Reputation
The only people who knew about Sheng Tang’s huge donation were her family and the class monitor.
She didn’t tell Jiang Baocu.
When Jiang Baocu heard about it, she was dumbfounded and then she pushed Sheng Tang hard: "You donated a hundred thousand?"
Her voice was a bit high-pitched, stemming from genuine shock.
It wasn’t because it was a lot of money, rather it was that Sheng Tang donated so much without saying a word to her.
Her voice attracted the attention of many classmates.
The classroom was full of chatter.
The class monitor wanted to say something, but his voice was drowned out by the chatter of the students.
"A hundred thousand, that’s insane! Sheng Tang, you’re bleeding money!"
"Didn’t Bai Shaolin donate twenty thousand and make a fuss about it? Sheng Tang donated a hundred thousand without saying a thing!"
"So generous!"
The class monitor silenced everyone’s chatter.
"Students, quiet down, quiet down!" the class monitor said, "I still need to finish reading the donations from the other four students. Can we discuss after I finish reading?"
Who else had the mind to listen to others?
Someone did a quick calculation.
The class donated a little over a hundred and fifty thousand in total, and Sheng Tang alone contributed a hundred thousand. In other words, the rest only donated half as much as Sheng Tang alone.
When the class monitor read Bai Shaolin’s twenty thousand, nobody paid attention.
The third highest donation was eight thousand.
The class monitor himself donated five thousand, and another well-off student also donated five thousand.
After reading the top five, the class monitor took several certificates of honor for charity and was about to hand them out.
"Alright, could the top five donors come to the stage for a group photo?" the class monitor said.
This was requested by the homeroom teacher.
The class monitor felt this to be awkward, start to finish. But, making Sheng Tang stand out a bit, he felt pleased amidst the embarrassment.
A few students walked to the stage.
Sheng Tang also went up.
Bai Shaolin, the second highest donor, didn’t move from her seat.
She was furious.
She had spent twenty thousand for nothing, achieving no effect at all.
If that was the case, why did she spend that money? Couldn’t she have bought some clothes, or a bag instead?
Who was Sun Xiaojun anyway? There were so many poor people in this world, why did she show her kindness towards Sun Xiaojun?
She wanted to use this act to change her standing in the eyes of her classmates, to counteract the influence of the winter vacation, but all the spotlight was stolen by Sheng Tang.
The most humiliating part was that she had bragged about it all over the world the day before, making everyone think she had donated the most.
"Bai Shaolin?" the class monitor called her again.
Bai Shaolin’s face turned livid.
Students also recalled Bai Shaolin’s friends hyping her up in the group chat last night, saying things like Bai Shaolin had a heart full of compassion and donated a "huge sum."
Twenty thousand wasn’t a small amount for high school students with no income, nobody denied Bai Shaolin’s kindness.
But she sat unmoved.
Everyone looked at her.
Bai Shaolin sat in her seat, glaring coldly at the four people on the stage, especially Sheng Tang.
"I’m not going!" she said loudly, "I don’t want to associate with people who seek fame and reputation. I find it disgraceful!"
This was clearly directed at Sheng Tang.
The classmates felt uncomfortable with her words.
Sheng Tang was doing a good deed, if you can donate more, go ahead, otherwise, sarcastic comments only made you look unsophisticated.
"Everyone in our class, apart from those on scholarships, whose family can’t afford a hundred thousand? It’s just a semester’s tuition for us. But who did it?" Bai Shaolin asked coldly.
The classroom fell silent.
She was speaking the truth.
Huishi High School had no shortage of rich kids, most of the classmates’ families were not poor.
