Young Master Gao? Call me Little Grand Secretary!

Gao Zhao's words were very impolite and harsh!

This made everyone in the dormitory look rather grim, and the students who had sought help from Gao Zhao were especially ashamed and indignant, their faces showing anger.

We're all classmates, how can you talk like that!

We are scholars who value our reputation. If we didn't really have no other choice, who would be willing to lower themselves and beg you?

Gao Zhao looked around, taking in everyone's expressions, but he didn't care at all!

He is indeed willing to spend money to help others, but he doesn't help others for the sake of helping others; his purpose is to express gratitude!

It's not that these gamblers will never feel gratitude, it's just that the probability is relatively low!

The fact that they were forced to the point of having to beg for help shows how badly they lost and how much money they need!

This means that helping them will cost you more money, but you will only receive very little gratitude in return!

If they believe that they obtained this money by sacrificing their dignity, they may end up with nothing!

From a business perspective, setting aside all other factors, the only metric that investors value is the return on investment!

Clearly, this investment is a high-risk, low-return project, and Gao Zhao has absolutely no reason to do it!

Money is much scarcer than money for the poor! As long as you have money, there will always be more worthwhile projects to invest in!

Even from a moral standpoint, the money used to help these gamblers could be used to help more people in need.

This makes it even more valuable!

As for offending people!

Ha! These students who can be tricked by casinos are hopeless and lack self-discipline. What great future can they possibly have?

You can offend this kind of person if you want!

"Make way! Don't block the way!" Gao Zhao glanced at the crowd again, reached out and pushed aside the students blocking his way, and was about to walk forward.

The people in front of him looked troubled, but they didn't know what to do. Seeing that he was really going to leave, they were anxious and worried.

"Wait!" A student suddenly jumped out from the side, grabbed Gao Zhao's sleeve, and said angrily, "Your family is so well-off, this little bit of money is nothing to you, but it's life-saving money for us! To stand by and watch us die is incredibly cold-blooded and selfish!"

Gao Zhao looked over in surprise. What was going on? Moral blackmail?

Holy crap! What do I do if I don't have that thing? Should I pretend to have one?

Seeing his hesitation, the students pressed their advantage, saying, "We came to you because we've heard of your benevolence and generosity, and how you've often given money to poor students. Now that we're in trouble, if you don't even help us with this small favor, I'm afraid everyone will change their opinion of you!"

"Yes! We didn't just ask you; we borrowed some from other classmates who came from well-off families as well. Now that we've finally asked you, it's really unreasonable for you to refuse!"

……

The comments from everyone really broadened Gao Zhao's horizons; he had no idea that moral blackmail could be used in this way!

He turned to look at the crowd. Most of them had expressions of watching the spectacle, but some students were filled with righteous indignation and found the behavior of these people despicable!

To Gao Zhao's surprise, even Fan Tong looked worried!

This made him feel somewhat emotional. He never expected that his approach of treating others with sincerity would actually win Fan Tong's approval. This arrogant and snobbish classmate Fan Tong was actually moved by him!

He then turned his gaze back to the still-chattering group and smiled slightly, saying, "I think what you're saying makes a lot of sense, and I really can't stand idly by."

Everyone was delighted to hear this. They were convinced so easily? What a fool they were, with so much money to burn!

If I can finally make some money to resolve this crisis, then it won't have been in vain that I humbled myself to beg him!

I'll remember the faces of these privileged kids. They could have just borrowed it directly, but they made us lose face and beg them. I'll avenge this humiliation tomorrow!

……

While everyone felt relieved, they couldn't help but mutter complaints inwardly, waiting for Gao Zhao to take out the money.

However, Gao Zhao clearly had no intention of paying. Instead, he withdrew his gaze and smiled gently, "But I have a question I'd like to ask: who sent you to find me?"

The group exchanged glances, hesitated, then quickly shook their heads, vehemently denying it: "No one asked us to come to you. We only came for help because we heard about your helpful reputation!"

"Then forget it!" Gao Zhao's smile vanished, he pushed the person in front of him aside and strode forward.

Several people tried to stop him, but he pushed and pulled them from all sides, causing them to fall to the ground. He didn't even look at them and walked straight ahead.

"It's Xu Qing!" Seeing him walk away, one person disregarded everything else and shouted, "It's Xu Qing! He said you're rich, and under the guise of helping students in need, he's buying his reputation. He said if I begged you in public, I could definitely borrow money!"

These words immediately caused an uproar in the entire dormitory. This was no loan; it was clearly a scheme to swindle Gao Zhao!

"I see!" Gao Zhao suddenly realized. No wonder these people would ask him for money in public!

No normal person would borrow money without going to someone privately to discuss it!

It turns out these people are trying to put themselves on a pedestal and use public opinion to force me to borrow money!

This is a good plan. If I don't lend it, my reputation for generosity and righteousness will be ruined!

If we lend it, we'll set a precedent! This kind of trouble will inevitably continue in the future!

If one day you can't come up with the money, your reputation will still be ruined!

From Xu Qing's perspective, this was a dead end!

Unfortunately, he made one mistake: he didn't really care about his reputation!

It's time to teach him a lesson!

If we don't teach him a lesson, he'll really think he can be bullied at will!

Only by making him pay the price will he learn his lesson!

After implicating Xu Qing, these people ignored the surrounding whispers and hurriedly shouted to Gao Zhao, "We've told you the truth, now you should give us the money!"

Gao Zhao turned his head and sneered, "When did I say I was going to give you money?"

"You just said that yourself!"

"That's right, you said you couldn't just stand by and do nothing!"

"Yes, you can't break your promise!"

……

A dozen or so people started shouting, their shameless behavior infuriating the onlookers, who cursed and berated them.

However, these people were burdened with high-interest loans from the casino, so they couldn't care less about that at the moment. They only wanted money and couldn't care less about anything else for the time being!

"Yes, I did say I would help you, but there are many ways to help you, it doesn't necessarily mean giving you money!"

After Gao Zhao finished speaking slowly, his face suddenly darkened, and he shouted sternly, "Fan Tong, go and invite the Prefect of the Imperial Academy! Tell him that someone is maliciously setting up a gambling trap for the students!"

"Here!" Fan Tong stiffened and quickly ran outside.

The group of students who had borrowed money changed their expressions drastically, no longer caring about borrowing money, and fled in panic!

Gao Zhao didn't give chase; the matter was too egregious, they couldn't escape!