There Must Be a Way

"It's Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, commonly known as ALS."

Uncle Lin took out a cigarette from his pocket, but paused when he saw he was in a hospital room. He broke the cigarette in his hand, crumpled it, and threw it into the nearby trash can. "It's terminal, there's no cure."

The air in the room seemed to freeze.

Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin stopped talking, as if they had already accepted the unfairness of fate.

Indeed.

Very unfair.

Uncle Lin's hand holding the cigarette began to clench, crushing the entire pack... He had just lost his daughter! That bright, charming, and generous daughter! The subsequent career slump was nothing, but now, was this damn fate going to take away his lover too? Uncle Lin's lowered face began to twist, and his eyes gradually filled with bloodshot veins.

He hated it.

But he was powerless.

In the silence, Li Yao suddenly said, "We still have time, there must be a way."

Uncle Lin gave a bleak smile, "It's terminal, there's no cure."

Li Yao didn't explain. He wasn't saying that to Uncle Lin, but to himself, and to Lin Xiaowei in another world. He was gradually moving beyond the realm of ordinary people, and this kind of disease that was terminal to human society... well, he couldn't do anything about it yet, after all, he was still a newbie.

But he believed Lin Xiaowei had the ability to solve this problem!

Uncle Lin, you don't need to lament the unfairness of fate.

In fact...

Heaven has been very kind to you.

You have an extraordinary eldest daughter who transmigrated to another world, and a younger daughter with inexplicably explosive luck.

If my parents knew about this, they would definitely be green with envy.

Li Yao's confidence made him look very calm. Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin looked at Li Yao strangely, exchanging glances: Da Yao... seems a little strange.

Why is he so calm?

Or is he just that oblivious? After a while, Lin Xiaoxi, having washed her face, returned.

The girl had even touched up her makeup.

Heh, these post-2000s kids are amazing. She's just an adult, and her makeup is already so exquisite! Lin Xiaoxi was also carefree, taking her parents' comforting words at face value. Returning to the room, she said boldly, "Dad, let's move Mom to a VIP Ward, I have money now! More than eight million!"

Lin Xiaoxi's parents: "What?"

Lin Xiaoxi took out her phone and showed a string of numbers: "Look!"

Lin's parents: "!!!"

Where did you get so much money! Lin Xiaoxi: ()! I'm awesome, right!

The faces of Lin's parents darkened instantly. Is this the time to be proud?

Lin's father said sternly, "Xiaoxi, what... what did you do? How did you get so much money after a trip to Macau? Is there anything wrong? Li Yao... tell us!"

Lin Xiaoxi was completely immersed in her self-intoxication of "I'm so awesome!", and couldn't be reasoned with. So Uncle Lin turned to Li Yao, who said calmly, "Yes, it's all clean money, Xiaoxi earned it herself."

As he spoke, he also took out his phone and showed a long string of bank balances: "I earned some too."

Lin's parents: "???"

Is money so easy to make now?

You went on a trip and each earned more than eight million? I'm worried about a mid-life crisis, and you're turning me into the father of a rich girl? Uncle Lin was melancholy, feeling that his status in the family had automatically decreased by one.

Uncle Lin: "You two stop messing around, what's going on!"

Li Yao smiled, "Good luck, we won a bit at the casino. Don't worry, I won't play so big next time."

So there will be a next time! Uncle Lin's expression stiffened, trying to suppress this bad trend with the authority of a parent.

Li Yao smiled and didn't speak.

If there's another time, I mean if, I definitely won't play so big... I'll play even bigger! Of course, he wouldn't say this to Uncle Lin, and he wouldn't bring Lin Xiaoxi next time either.

As for whether he was afraid of his lively parents knowing?

Heh, if they knew, they'd probably be grinning from ear to ear.

The two elders are the kind of people who can be at ease being the parents of a self-made millionaire.

After chatting for a while, Uncle Lin, afraid that his illness would be exposed, urged Lin Xiaoxi to go home and wait. He would take care of his wife in the hospital. Before leaving, Lin Xiaoxi earned one million for Uncle Lin as medical expenses.

Now, the tight medical expenses suddenly became much more abundant.

The pressure doesn't seem so great anymore? Hah, it's good to have money.

Uncle Lin looked at the bank balance information received on his phone, and the feeling in his heart was very complicated.

On the way back, Lin Xiaoxi changed her carefree attitude from the hospital and asked in a low voice, "Li Yao, my mom..."

Li Yao: "It's okay, it can be solved."

Lin Xiaoxi: "Okay."

For some inexplicable reason, she believed Li Yao's words, and her heart didn't feel so panicked.

Back home, Li Yao, not wanting to face the bombardment of his parents' words, plunged into his room and took out his phone to send a message to Lin Xiaowei: "Are you there?"

After a long while, he received a voice message. He clicked to play it, and a magnetic, deep male voice came from the speaker: "She's asleep."

Li Yao's face darkened instantly.

You're in another world! Where did you get a lover to send me a voice message in Chinese??? Are you happy to use a voice clip you collected before to be cheeky??? Li Yao: "Heh, I originally had something important about your family to tell you, but since you're asleep, never mind."

Lin Xiaowei: "...Dad, I was wrong."

Absolutely no principles! Li Yao rolled his eyes: "Aunt Lin is sick."

Lin Xiaowei: "...Is it tricky?"

Li Yao: "ALS."

Then there was a long silence on the other end.

Lin Xiaowei knew what ALS was. Before, there was a trend on Weibo and Twitter—the Ice Bucket Challenge. Initially, this was an activity initiated by a former baseball player at Boston College in the United States. After completing the Ice Bucket Challenge, you could designate others to participate. If they didn't participate, they had to donate $100. Later, many tech and internet giants also invested in it, endorsing and spreading the event.

The early public welfare effect was still good, with donations exceeding 100 million US dollars.

But later, when it spread to China, all kinds of internet celebrities and big and small stars took the opportunity to gain popularity, and even used wet, body, temptation to attract attention...

A good charity event was completely ruined.

At that time, Li Yao and Lin Xiaowei had complained about this matter.

But unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, her own mother had contracted this rare disease.

Far away in another world, Lin Xiaowei was lost in thought for a while, shook her head, and replied: "Give me detailed information about this ALS, as well as my mom's detailed medical examination report, everything!"

Li Yao: "Okay."

Lin Xiaowei: "Take care of my family, my sister doesn't know, right?"

Li Yao: "She probably guessed, but I told her there would be a way."

Lin Xiaowei: "That's right, there must be a way."

A terminal illness that can't be cured on Earth,

I'll cure it! I'm watching you, watching you intently~ When are you guys going to give me those recommendation tickets~