Chapter 95, Chinese Association

For the young scholars, asking for help was a difficult matter in itself. Although before studying abroad, those with overseas connections had been instructed by their families, everyone still adhered to the principle of not utilizing those connections unless absolutely necessary.

Since ancient times, debts of gratitude have been the hardest to repay. Especially in this era when morality had not yet decayed, repaying moral debts became even more difficult.

It wasn't that Li Boan deliberately calculated things, but without preliminary groundwork, many people would likely draw back.

Most of those present were acquaintances met after studying abroad. Mainly because life in a foreign land required banding together for warmth was why they had become acquainted; to say that the friendships were very deep was not exactly true.