Chapter 98: Love Welfare Institute (1/2)

Wednesday on the ballad was ‘marriage.’ Marriage represented another type of one-to-one matching.

One by one, the enthusiastic investors soaked the trembling children in the water before fishing them up. Then someone would come up to them and draw blood from these children into blood transfusion bags. The investor took the blood-filled infusion bag with a satisfied smile.

Soon, it was the turn of Miao Feichi and Miao Gaojiang.

Little Miao Feichi had been crying. He was pushed into the water by the impatient Miao Feichi and his blood drawn. His face was white and he shivered all over, but he had to be obedient. He seemed to realize that resistance was useless and looked at the investors around him with despair and sadness, holding out a trembling hand to have his blood drawn.

After coming down, Miao Feichi casually measured the blood bag in his hand. “It is almost 100ml. If it wasn’t for the need to take it back to the hospital for an examination, I would like to drink it.”

Miao Gaojiang looked around and came to a conclusion. “This group of children have a one-to-one correspondence with the investor. If we start against other people’s children, these ill investors will have no children and will soon become the bloodless monster of the ICU ward. It is likely the aggro of the corresponding investor monsters will be locked on us.”

Miao Feichi frowned. “Then it is better not to act against the children of these NPC investors. It is the most troublesome thing to be chased by monsters. Later, it is easy for them to sneak attack us.”

“We are going to attack the player’s child.” Miao Feichi tossed the blood bag between his left and right hands, staring at the blood flowing in the bag. “I want little Bai Liu (6). How about you take that blind one and let Mu Ke’s child go.”

Then Miao Feichi casually turned his head and glanced at Bai Liu who was sitting silently behind them. He smiled and said, “Mu Ke, in return for you telling us about the life recovery medicine, we won’t act against your child. However, if you need the blood of more than one child to pass the level, you can figure it out by yourself. Little Bai Liu (6) and that blind child belong to us.”

“There is another way.” Miao Gaojiang hypocritically comforted Bai Liu and patted him on the shoulder. “You can try to let the child Mu Ke run out of the welfare home alone. As long as he isn’t caught by any monsters when escaping, he will complete the main task. If he succeeds then you can also pass.”

Miao Gaojiang might’ve comforted Bai Liu in this way but it was obvious that he and Miao Feichi felt that such a scheme was impossible.

The two people didn’t place any hope of clearance on the children’s side at all. It was because the possibility of success was too small. This was a level 2 game. How could a group of children who didn’t know anything escape from a group of A+ monsters? Even A grade players had difficulty escaping, let alone children.

This was a scenario with a near zero chance of success.

Bai Liu lowered his head and pretended that his shoulders were shaking. “Yes, I will try.”

Miao Feichi saw Bai Liu like this and sneered. Then he turned his head back and continued playing with the blood bag.

The moment Miao Feichi and Miao Gaojiang looked away, calmness returned to Bai Liu’s face. It was indeed a very risky strategy to let the child be the main clearance hope but this was the most cost-effective, lowest cost, lowest risk method that Bai Liu thought of.

—Although the risk was still quite high.

“Mu Ke’s investor, please come up and baptize your child.”

Bai Liu looked up and looked at little Bai Liu (6) who had no expression on his face. They stared at each other briefly through the flame of the candle before little Bai Liu (6) turned his face away. He wasn’t used to being looked at directly. Bai Liu’s lips suddenly curled up in a smile. There was an air of reminiscence in that smile.

At the age of 14, one of the things he was best at was escaping from a welfare home.

Bai Liu stepped forward. His current identity was Mu Ke’s investor and he had to baptize Mu Ke. He stood in front of little Mu Ke at the dean’s guidance.

Little Mu Ke swallowed nervously as he looked at Bai Liu. He handed the candle to the dean and opened his arms to Bai Liu, his body trembling uncontrollably.

Little Mu Ke was really scared, so scared that he couldn’t tell the investor in front of him wasn’t his. After all, they looked the same.

Following the dean’s instructions, Bai Liu placed his hand under little Mu Ke’s knees and picked up Mu Ke.

Little Mu Ke was slowly submerged in the clear water. He closed his eyes in fear and clenched his fists. Bubbles rose from his face and he could feel his warm tears melting into the cold water. It was as if the temperature of his body passed into the water and he became cold.

‘Am I going to die…’ Little Mu Ke thought in a trance. ‘I feel… my heart is going to stop beating.’

After dozens of seconds, Bai Liu took him out again. The soaked little Mu Ke gasped, his mouth blue and purple. He instinctively clung to Bai Liu’s neck for dear life, coughing and choking. The person waiting to draw Mu Ke’s blood came forward, pulling off the plastic protective sleeve of a syringe to reveal the sharp needle tip.

Little Mu Ke shook his head frantically and backed away in horror. He almost pulled Bai Liu’s clothes as he climbed onto Bai Liu’s head. Bai Liu grabbed onto his struggling ankle.

Bai Liu stared at the tearful Mu Ke. “Be quiet.” Then he raised his head and told the person who was going to draw the blood, “Don’t take it from him.”

Both the person taking the blood and the struggling little Mu Ke were startled.

The dean asked, “Investor, are you sure you don’t want to take this child’s blood? If you take him away and he has a disease that affects you, we won’t be responsible for it.”

“It doesn’t matter what his blood is.” Bai Liu looked up at the dean, his attitude very indifferent. “There is no need to draw the blood for screening. I am sure that he is the child I want to take away. I will bear the consequences of his illness.”

The wet Mu Ke curled up in Bai Liu arms, staring up at Bai Liu with his hair still dripping.

Bai Liu looked down at little Mu Ke in his arms. He put down the child who hadn’t recovered and whispered in little Mu Ke’s ear, “Leave here with Bai Liu (6). I don’t want your blood.” Then he patted little Mu Ke on the shoulder and went to sit down in his original spot.

Little Mu Ke took his candle back from the dean in a daze and stood next to Bai Liu (6) in the queue.

Soon, little Mu Ke reacted. He approached Bai Liu (6) and whispered in a low voice, his tone a bit excited, “Xiao Liu, he is your investor, right? He really doesn’t want my blood like you said!”

“I told you.” Little Bai Liu (6) replied calmly. “He is a weird investor who wants to save us.”

Soon, little Mu Ke looked at little Bai Liu (6) with horror. “He is your investor so why did he baptize me? He baptized me. What will you do?”

“The next child to be baptized, Bai Liu (6). Bai Liu (6)’s investor, please step forward to baptize him.” The dean looked at little Bai Liu (6).

Little Bai Liu (6) lowered his head obediently and stepped out of the line.

The dean called out a few times but no one responded. Suddenly, someone laughed contemptuously and stood up. “Dean, Bai Liu (6)’s investor has unfortunately passed away. Why don’t I help baptize him?”

The man who stood up was Miao Feichi.

“No, Mr Investor. You have already baptized a child.” The dean shook her head and rejected Miao Feichi. Miao Feichi glanced at little Bai Liu (6), licked his mouth and sat down with regret.

The dean walked in front of little Bai Liu (6) and gazed at him like he was unsold goods. Meanwhile, the words that came out of her mouth were very compassionate and pitying. “What a poor investor, what a poor child. You have been abandoned. Oh, of course, the fact that you came to the welfare home means you have been abandoned by your parents. Now even the investor who values your life abandoned you on the eve of your baptism.”

Little Bai Liu (6) stood with his head down as he was scolded by the dean. His dark eyes stared at the candle he was holding and the firelight reflected on his expressionless face.

“You are a child abandoned by God.” The dean pretended to sigh. “The sin on you is incomparable so God has chosen to let everyone abandon you. Do you know where you are wrong, Bai Liu (6)?”