Chapter 400 - We don’t need anything

"Where are your parents now?" J asked.

"They lived in town and they work in Lotus City. My father is an engineer in a construction firm while my mother is a college professor."

"So, is there anything that The Children of Mt. Celandine is lacking so we could be of help?"

"Actually, we don't lack in anything. My parents have a lot of friends back in the city that have been regularly sending donations. They send food packs, money and medicine. There were books and school supplies that the school and its students where my mom teaches were sending monthly. We don't have a lot of children here."

"As I've said, we are not actually an orphanage. We only provide supports to the children of this community but not most of the time that we are the ones feeding them. The main source of living of the community is farming crops, if they have food to feed their children, they provide. They don't solely depend on us. But, if they don't have crops to harvest and food to provide their children, then that is the time that we help them."

J and Lance looked at each other with furrowed brows.

"Then, why did you apply to be GBC Auction Ball's beneficiary?" Lance asked.

"It is not us who applied. It was my aunt?"

"You're aunt?"

"Yes, my mom's step sister. I don't know why my aunt apply for that but it was between my mom and my aunt. They said that we need that funding. I am in no place to ask why." Steph said then shrugged her shoulders.

Steph toured them around the house. They also met her younger sister Valerie who is the young girl they saw teaching five kids to read under a tree. They found out that the two of them were actually licensed teacher.

J realized that if there is anything that The Children of Mt. Celandine needed, it is probably a formal school. A school building is not necessary because they already have their 3-storey house that functions as a school, they don't need a big school building because the community is not that big. And they also have two teachers there. What they need is to be acknowledged by the Ministry of Education as a formal school.

"Miss, do you want me to coordinate with the Ministry of Education?" Arthur asked J while walking on their way to the hotel. By that time, the filming has already packed up and most of the crew and artist were already back at the hotel.

"Not yet, let's wait for the result of Felix's investigation."

"The aunt that Steph is talking about is Aivy, right? Then, she must've falsified the information of The Children of Mt. Celandine so that it could pass the strict requirements of GBC Auction Ball. Because if you compare it to other beneficiaries or even the other organization who applied, they would look like a meager organization." Stefan said while walking behind Arthur.

"But GBC Auction Ball is not just some petty organization. Why would they approve The Children of Mt. Celandine? If the information about The Children of Mt. Celandine that Aivy submitted were false, the GBC Auction Ball would definitely see through it." Lance said as he rubs his chin.

Their thought was all the same. One committee of the Charity Auction is probably working with Aivy in favor of The Children of Mt. Celandine.