12: Chapter 012 There is only one disease in the world, and that is poverty.

Qin Xun's voice drifted over: "I know its mother!"

The electric scooter zoomed off with a whoosh.

Xia Ning frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and asked very earnestly.

"Is that dog's mother nearby too? How did she get separated from this little black dog?"

"Poor thing."

Hearing this, the expression on Qin Xun's face became quite interesting, as if he were savoring her words.

He concluded two facts.

First, Xia Ning was a kind person.

Second, Xia Ning was an... idiot.

After a moment of silence, Qin Xun asked.

"Don't you usually swear? Sometimes, 'his mother' is just a modal particle, usually used by authors to express their homesickness."

Xia Ning, sitting on the back seat, was stunned.

No matter how slow she was, she could tell that this kid was mocking her.

Her face turned cold, and her voice was even colder.

"I don't usually swear, but I've been feeling like it these past couple of days."

Qin Xun burst out laughing.

Xia Ning: "..."

He...

Damn you!

After a while, seeing that he was strictly following traffic rules—except for his speed—Xia Ning couldn't help but ask.

"Why do you... deliver food like this?"

"Only one order at a time, and you're not even in a hurry."

Qin Xun answered righteously.

"Slacking off!"

Xia Ning: "???"

She was surprised by the answer, but on second thought, it seemed perfectly reasonable.

After all, Qin Xun was the King of Slacking.

It turned out that he didn't just slack off on hourly jobs.

Even on piecework jobs, he still slacked off.

He truly was a master of slacking, with the concept etched into his bones and flowing through his blood.

Xia Ning smiled and asked.

"You slack off during your night shift every day, and you slack off at your part-time job after work too. When will you ever save up any money?"

Qin Xun said without batting an eye.

"Once I land myself a sugar mommy, I'll naturally be rich!"

Xia Ning sneered and shook her head.

Landing a sugar mommy?

Why would a rich woman ever be interested in you?

I might not know you well yet.

But I know rich women.

Not a chance!

Unless... that rich woman is blind.

By now, the sky was darkening, and an evening breeze kicked up a cloud of dust by the roadside.

It got into her eyes.

For a moment, she frowned and squeezed her eyes shut, looking just like a blind person.

...

"We're here!"

Qin Xun parked the electric scooter at the entrance of Haicheng Children's Hospital, got off, took out the food delivery, and headed inside.

"Xiao Xia, wait for me here. I'll come find you after I finish delivering this meal to the Inpatient Department."

Before Xia Ning could say anything.

Qin Xun vanished in a flash.

Watching Qin Xun's departing figure, Xia Ning looked up at the dimming sky, then down at the heavy traffic along the road, and suddenly felt...

Like she had been abandoned by a scumbag.

Xia Ning shook her head with a bitter smile and walked into the hospital.

The men she usually met were all elites who liked to put on airs, acting like gentlemen and being elegant.

A man like Qin Xun, who had absolutely no respect for her beauty, was a first.

Suddenly.

A possibility occurred to her, and her expression became quite colorful.

"Could it be... he's a bottom?"

...

Ten minutes later.

Qin Xun slowly walked back out of the hospital.

At this moment.

He saw Xia Ning sitting on the curb under a streetlamp, chatting with a middle-aged woman.

The woman was holding a child in her arms.

Faint, suppressed sobbing could be heard.

Xia Ning sat to the side, looking at the woman and the child, occasionally murmuring something—likely words of comfort.

The dim yellow light fell upon Xia Ning.

Suddenly, Qin Xun felt... she was so well-behaved.

She didn't seem as cold as she usually did.

Maybe deep down she was the kind of soft, cute girl who would cry for a long time if you punched her.

Qin Xun stood not far away, watching for a while, feeling somewhat emotional.

The system truly is divine in its foresight!

His previous life's Earth and the current Blue Star were very, very similar, so the unfortunate people on Earth existed on Blue Star as well.

Once, on Earth, there was a piece of news that shocked the nation and triggered a massive wave of donations from kind-hearted people; it seemed to perfectly match the middle-aged woman holding the child before him.

Qin Xun walked over.

Xia Ning slowly looked up.

Qin Xun noticed that her eyes seemed a bit moist.

"Xiao Xia, what's wrong?"

At this point, the simply dressed middle-aged woman looked up, wiped her tears, and glanced at Qin Xun as a greeting.

Qin Xun nodded, saying nothing.

Xia Ning took a deep breath to steady her emotions, her voice sounding a bit dejected.

"This lady's daughter is only two months old... and... she's been diagnosed with eye cancer."

"The lady and her husband came from the countryside to Haicheng to work. They hadn't saved much money and have already borrowed from all their relatives and friends, but they've only managed to raise 30,000 yuan."

The middle-aged woman lowered her head and gently stroked the sleeping infant in the swaddle, her tears flowing again.

She had told this story of suffering to others many times.

It felt a bit better to talk about it.

Xia Ning continued.

"But those 30,000 yuan are already gone, and there's no money for follow-up treatment. If this continues, the baby will go blind... or even..."

She couldn't go on.

Xia Ning looked up at Qin Xun, her voice choking up.

"While I was waiting for you here, the lady came over and knelt at the hospital entrance with her child, begging kind-hearted passersby for donations."

Qin Xun sat down and asked.

"Are there many people donating?"

Xia Ning suddenly realized something and pulled out her phone, opening a payment app.

Seeing this, Qin Xun inconspicuously pressed down on her phone, gave her a look, and shook his head slightly.

The lady looked up at Qin Xun.

"Every day, kind people give me money. Sometimes I can raise a few hundred, sometimes over a thousand, and sometimes just... dozens of yuan."

Qin Xun sighed.

"There is only one disease in the world, and that is poverty."

These words struck a chord deep within the woman's heart.

She began to sob aloud.

"It's our fault for being useless parents. If I had 500,000 yuan, my baby could be cured."

Suddenly.

Qin Xun noticed Xia Ning trying to open the payment app again and was a bit surprised.

Is this girl really that rich?

The lady just said 500,000 yuan!

That's enough to buy my life!

He reached out and pressed down on Xia Ning's phone. To prevent her from interfering, he simply snatched it away and stuffed it into his own pocket.

Xia Ning was dumbfounded, but she didn't say anything, wanting to see what he had up his sleeve first.

Qin Xun turned to the lady and suddenly asked.

"Have you posted anything online or asked for help on Douyin?"

The lady nodded.

"I have, I've posted everywhere—moments, Douyin, Kuaishou, Tieba, I've tried them all."

"Not many people see them. Most people just offer encouragement, but few donate."

Qin Xun wasn't surprised.

Other people's suffering is actually quite hard for others to empathize with. Most people only care about themselves and their own families.

He knew that if there were a button that would give you 100,000 yuan with every press but would cause a random stranger on Earth to die...

He knew that most people would press that button until it started smoking!

"Give me your Douyin ID."

Qin Xun pulled out his phone.