Livestreaming: I am retarded, but selected to join the analoghorror game?!
Chapter 245 - 225 Terminal Illness_2

Chapter 245: Chapter 225 Terminal Illness_2

"Oh, it’s nothing much." A gentleman who had come over to assess the situation explained, "Look at that woman’s ragged attire—she must be from one of the nearby villages. Recently, a tsunami struck, and many coastal villages were destroyed. The few villagers who were lucky enough to survive have come to this town, the largest nearby, seeking refuge and survival.

However, this place was also affected by the tsunami. The people here could hardly fend for themselves, and with these newcomers competing for the already scarce job opportunities, hatred arose, compounded by various reasons, evolving into hostility towards all outsiders. Therefore, unfortunately, that child is destined to be alone."

"For that reason alone, it’s not enough to ignore them... Move aside!"

Xiao Yi, having said this, had already pushed through the crowd and walked towards the mother and daughter. Seeing this, the gentleman immediately followed him.

The girl, seeing someone approaching them, appeared hopeful and was visibly excited.

"Brother! Would you save my mother?"

"Don’t worry..." Xiao Yi said as he knelt to examine the middle-aged woman, "Let me first see what the situation is."

"...Yes!" The girl nodded vigorously, stepped back a few steps, and watched quietly from the side.

The gentleman then asked Xiao Yi somewhat surprisingly:

"Mr. Yi, do you also know medical techniques?"

Xiao Yi replied, "A little."

Xiao Yi’s comment made everyone in the live room twitch at the corners of their mouths.

[You had better actually know a little.]

[I hope it’s not the kind of ’a little’ that means knowing a boiling point of water and that a human dies at a hundred degrees.]

Not long after, Xiao Yi stopped what he was doing and looked sternly at the girl.

The girl, anxious, asked, "Brother, what’s wrong with my mother? Is she okay?"

"Your mother..." Xiao Yi said to her, "is suffering from a terminal illness."

[... What?]

The live room was dumbfounded.

[How can you determine someone has a terminal illness just by looking at them for a few moments? Is that reasonable?]

"... Eh?" The girl was also stunned.

She understood the meaning of ’terminal illness,’ and hence, her mind went blank, filled with only one thought.

Was her gentle mother going to leave her forever?

"This really is..." The gentleman, upon hearing this, couldn’t help but shake his head.

People gathered around also heard what Xiao Yi said and began whispering loudly among themselves; some started to leave after drawing their conclusions, perhaps finding it boring now.

"Then..." The girl asked Xiao Yi in a daze, "Brother, what terminal illness does my mother have?"

"Listen carefully..." Xiao Yi said solemnly to her, "Your mother has a ’disease’ where not drinking water can cause confusion and even fainting, and if she goes long enough without water, it could even be life-threatening!"

"...Ah?" Listening to Xiao Yi, the girl’s mind spun wildly.

"Um..." The gentleman also didn’t know what to say to Xiao Yi at that moment.

[Ah, this...]

The live room was also left speechless.

[So what you’re saying is, we all have a terminal illness!]

[Let’s not hide it, I suffer from a disease called ’living.’ This disease is almost incurable, and I will inevitably die within a century!]

[Who isn’t?]

Then, the girl’s little mind finally caught up, and she asked Xiao Yi:

"So, does that mean my mom fainted because she hasn’t drunk water for a long time?"

"That’s exactly it." Xiao Yi replied, "You see those cracked lips of hers? You can tell just how thirsty she has been."

The girl thought that made sense. Ever since her father died in that terrible disaster, she and her mother had been living a very hard life.

Yet, even so, her mother would often say she wasn’t thirsty or hungry, giving the small amounts of food and water they had to her, and that’s probably why she collapsed.

Thinking of this, the girl hurriedly pleaded with Xiao Yi:

"Brother... please, save my mother, I don’t want her to leave me, I don’t want... to be alone..."

"Of course, let’s first find some medicine to keep her alive."

Xiao Yi looked around and waved his hand at the onlookers.

"Everyone scram, you’re blocking my view!"

...

The people glanced at each other and dispersed.

Xiao Yi soon spotted a storefront with a sign that read "Bar" not far away.

"That’s the place, if they sell alcohol, they must sell water too."

Xiao Yi then turned to the gentleman and said,

"Hey, Mr. Familiar, carry her on your back to that bar."

"...Huh? You want me to carry this person?" The gentleman pointed at himself, clearly incredulous.

"Stop the nonsense and hurry up." Xiao Yi also immediately stood up, "I’ll go to the bar and have the owner prepare water, and you follow behind."

With that, Xiao Yi hurried toward the bar.

"This is really..."

The gentleman watched Xiao Yi’s departing figure and felt helpless.

At that moment, the girl lowered her head towards him.

"Please, save my mom."

... The gentleman was silent for a moment, finally sighed, "Well, it’s also a novel experience."

The gentleman immediately picked up the middle-aged woman and followed Xiao Yi’s steps towards the bar.

When Xiao Yi arrived at the bar,

The bar was empty, possibly because it wasn’t open for business.

There was only a middle-aged man lying on a chair, reading a newspaper, clearly the bartender.

The bartender also heard Xiao Yi entering but didn’t come forward to greet him, not even moving his eyes from the newspaper.

He just said to Xiao Yi,

"This establishment does not sell any beverages, okay? Can you leave now?"

"I’m not here to drink." Xiao Yi immediately shouted, "Excuse me! Do you have water? Someone has fainted from thirst."

"...What did you say!?"

Hearing this, the bartender instantly lost interest in his newspaper, stood up immediately.

Just then, the gentleman also walked in, carrying the middle-aged woman.

"I...I, I’ll get water right away!"

The bartender hurriedly rushed into the back room and soon came out with water.

The store had no beds, so the bartender placed her on the chair he had been lying on and gave her the water.

After drinking the water, the woman’s complexion seemed somewhat better, and she looked to be out of danger.

"Whew..." Seeing this, the bartender breathed a sigh of relief, "Good, it’s timely."

"Everyone, thank you for saving my mom!" The girl also bowed deeply to the crowd.

Seeing this, the others all gave a slight smile.

But the gentleman didn’t smile; he looked at the bartender and asked curiously,

"You must know they’re strangers here, right? So why did you help them?"

"There’s no such thing as strangers or non-strangers, humans shouldn’t be divided like that," the bartender waved his hand, "A life is at stake, who cares about those trivialities."

"That’s right," Xiao Yi nodded, "There really are still many good people in this world."

"...Is that so? Is that how it is..." The gentleman muttered thoughtfully, lowering his head.

Xiao Yi didn’t care what he was thinking; this Mr. Familiar always said some inexplicable things, and Xiao Yi wasn’t too interested in him.

Xiao Yi then looked at the bartender curiously and asked,

"Speaking of which, you mentioned earlier that your bar does not sell alcohol? That’s quite strange, why is that?"

"You don’t know that?" The bartender looked at Xiao Yi with surprise, "You... must be a foreigner from another country then? No wonder you don’t know, actually... our country has issued a prohibition law, so of course, I can’t sell alcohol."