84: Chapter 84 You'd better forget about him!

"Xiao Tao Ice Tea" was stunned again: "How is that possible? Given his academic grades, that shouldn't be."

Xiao Tan: "That's right, it certainly shouldn't be."

"In fact, he was accepted into Beidu University, but he had no chance to enter the ivory tower."

"Because he fell ill with a very serious disease."

"Xiao Tao Ice Tea" was dumbfounded.

Xiao Tan sighed softly: "Beidu University was his dream university. He got in, but he couldn't go to school."

"Fate is a cruel jester; this is his destiny."

"Xiao Tao Ice Tea" could be considered a long-time fan of Xiao Tan, having watched several of his livestreams.

She knew that Xiao Tan had the nickname 'Golden Crow.'

Things that came out of his mouth were generally nothing good.

She didn't dare to ask what disease he had, and her eyes turned red from holding back tears.

Xiao Tan continued: "Actually, during the most painful time in your life, it was also his darkest time."

"The cancer had metastasized, and he was in so much pain every night he couldn't sleep; he got through it by playing games with you."

"He redeemed you, and he was being redeemed by you as well."

"You were also that beam of warm yellow light in his life."

"With your company, he underwent surgery after surgery and chemotherapy, getting through one difficult night after another."

The netizens in the livestream were moved.

So, the boy hadn't lied to the girl.

He really had been accepted into Beidu University; he just couldn't go to school due to his illness.

"My nose is sore, my mood is a bit heavy."

"I'm touched by these two kids."

"He was originally a high-spirited youth, but who would have expected him to fall in battle."

"Xiao Tao Ice Tea" was stunned for a long while. Looking at Xiao Tan with reddened eyes, she pursed her lips and finally asked with a sobbing voice:

"Brother Xiao, what, what illness does he have?"

Xiao Tan: "Bone cancer."

"... Bone, bone cancer?"

"Xiao Tao Ice Tea" was young and didn't understand the disease at all, but as long as it was cancer, it sounded terrifying.

"How come he... never told me."

"And I pestered him every night, not letting him rest properly..."

"Xiao Tao Ice Tea" was truly frightened and somewhat at a loss, her eye rims as red as if she were wearing eyeshadow.

"You just said that his cancer metastasized?"

"Yes," Xiao Tan replied.

Tears fell silently, plop by plop. "Xiao Tao Ice Tea" asked with difficulty: "Then, can it be cured?"

For the first time ever, Xiao Tan was silent in the face of a client's question.

"Xiao Tao Ice Tea": "Can you help him? I want to ask for a healing talisman for him."

As she spoke, she took out her piggy bank from the corner of her desk: "I have money."

"I've been saving my New Year's money in this piggy bank for many years and have never opened it. There should be several thousand, right?"

"Xiao Tao Ice Tea" opened the piggy bank while speaking, counting the money bill by bill very seriously.

"Wow, it's enough for ten thousand?"

Thinking of how Xiao Tan had charged Bald Brother ten thousand previously, she immediately looked up at Xiao Tan with joy.

"Brother Xiao, can I, can I ask for a healing talisman?"

Her clear eyes were sparkling, full of expectation.

Xiao Tan seemed to be stung by her gaze; he looked away and said heartlessly: "His situation is not very good right now."

"You'd better just forget about him."

"You still have your wonderful youth; your life has only just begun, while he is merely a passerby in your long life."

The netizens in the livestream felt a tightness in their chests after hearing these words from Xiao Tan.

"What does Yama Xiao mean by that? Is the King of Hell going to claim someone again?"

"It sounds like things aren't looking good."

"Is it possible that the boy is going to kick the bucket?"

"Oh my, a naive romance that hasn't even started is already a bad ending?"

"What kind of cancer is bone cancer? Never heard of it. Isn't Brother Ba also a cancer patient? Didn't he live just fine after the surgery?"

Brother Ba was also watching the livestream at this moment. Seeing someone mention him, he hurriedly spat three times:

"My surgery was very successful, and I'm living just fine, so don't curse me."

"I cannot possibly forget him."

"Xiao Tao Ice Tea" shook her head stubbornly, her eyes filled with tears.

"I want to stay with him, give him encouragement, and accompany him through the pain, until the very end."

"I want to go find him. He is in the same city as me. I'll go to the hospital and ask around to see if I can find him."

Seeing "Xiao Tao Ice Tea"'s attitude, netizens exclaimed that it was all over.

"Little Peach, she wouldn't really be that into that boy, would she?"

"Little girl, you've never even met; you're at most just online friends, don't be too obsessed."

"If she really developed genuine feelings, that's terrible. This first love that ends without a result will likely be a hurdle in her heart."

"Xiao Tao Ice Tea" wiped away her tears.

"Two years ago, when he was patiently counseling me every day, I had already secretly fallen for him."

"I finally waited until high school graduation, when I could date. Even if he is sick, I will accompany him through this tribulation."

After she finished speaking, she rubbed her sore eyes and looked at Xiao Tan: "Brother Xiao, please help him, okay?"

Her eyes were clear and pure, like a sparkling lamp.

Being shone upon directly by those two bright lamps, Xiao Tan felt that he, a charlatan, was almost developing the compassionate heart of a high monk.

He really couldn't bear to tell her the truth of the matter.

Seeing that Xiao Tan remained silent, "Xiao Tao Ice Tea" persisted in her plea: "Your talismans must be useful; you must be able to save him."

"You've helped so many people; please help him too, okay? Please?"

"Even if it's cancer, there's a high recovery rate, right?"

Clutching the money she had taken from the piggy bank, she said softly: "If it's not enough, I'll go gather more; I will definitely be able to gather enough."

Xiao Tan rubbed his brow and said helplessly: "He has terminal bone cancer."

"Four years ago, he had a high-level amputation, losing his left leg."

"Although he had the amputation, his condition eventually worsened. Two years ago, his condition aggravated, and the cancer metastasized to his lungs and kidneys."

"He has experienced immense suffering from the illness, with countless surgeries and chemotherapy treatments."

"He once fantasized that one day, when he was better, he could return to campus and go to his favorite university to continue his studies."

"However, his situation is not good right now."

"He hasn't contacted you recently partly because he didn't expect that you would take a casual remark of his seriously and resolve to apply to Beidu University to attend the same institution as him."

"He doesn't know how to face you, and he doesn't know how to bring himself to confess to you that he is actually not at Beidu University, but in the hospital."

"On the other hand, his condition has taken a turn for the worse, and he often falls into a coma."

Upon hearing Xiao Tan's words, "Xiao Tao Ice Tea" felt a buzzing in her brain, and the world spun around her.

The netizens were no longer calm.

"Holy crap, how is it so tragic!"

"Amputation? Plus cancer metastasis? Oh my, I can't take it, my eyes are sore."

"Why are you stabbing me in the heart late at night?"

"I'm crying to death; such a gentle boy, it's too heartbreaking."

"He had already been accepted into Beidu University, a top student. Sigh, what a pity."

"..."

Xiao Tan looked at "Xiao Tao Ice Tea" with a rather complicated expression: "Now that he is like this, do you still want to see him?"

"Xiao Tao Ice Tea" nodded firmly while sobbing.

Xiao Tan sighed: "But he may not necessarily want to see you."