At this moment, someone shouted from outside, "Guys, Mr. Lee is here. Quick, get two young men to help carry him up the stairs." 1
Jacob finally breathed a sigh of relief and urged Charlie, "Hurry, go and help."
Charlie nodded.
Aaron said to Jake as well, “You too. We old folks are not as strong as the youngsters, we can't do it anymore."
"Okay." Jake nodded and walked out the door with Charlie.
As they walked down the stairs, the supercilious Jake walked ahead of Charlie and didn't bother to even bat an eye at him. 2
Charlie couldn't be bothered either. This bugger and his company wouldn’t survive after today anyway. He just needed to find the best timing to deliver the fatal blow. 3
Extreme joy spawned extreme sadness, and that was the worst blow a man could get. Jake hadn't reached extreme joy yet. 4
They arrived downstairs and saw an eighty-something -year-old man with white hair sitting in a wheelchair and looking up at the old school building.
A middle-aged man was standing next to him. He smiled when he saw Charlie and Jake, and he said, "H i, thank you for your help. I'm sorry for the bother, but I really can't carry him up the stairs. The lecture building is so old, there isn't even an elevator installed. My dad always wanted to come back to school to have a look after he retired, but because of his legs, he can't go anywhere.” i
The old man laughed. "Well, you watch over me like a mother hen just because you don’t want me to move a muscle. I can climb up there myself if I wanted too.” 3
This tickled his son’s laughing bug, and he laughed along with his father as he said, "Father, you've been teaching at the university for your whole life, aren't you bored of the campus?”
Mr. Lee shook his head with a warm smile on his face and said righteously, "Teaching and educating people i s a lifelong mission." i
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