As a laid-off reemployed worker, Yun Jian was accidentally swept into a real-life survival game when she had nowhere else to turn. She was also 'lucky' enough to acquire a special attribute...
With this explanation, many players lowered their guard, and the goods on the trading platform were quickly snapped up.
Bai Yu was about to hand in his points to receive supplies when Yun Jian stopped him.
"Your injury isn't urgent, wait a little longer."
Bai Yu was so anxious that he scratched his head and said, "I can't wait any longer. Who knows when it will suddenly get worse? The sooner it's cured, the less I'll suffer. I hate pain the most."
The fourth brother chimed in, "Yeah, Bai Yu's wound looks painful to me. By the way, Bai Yu, don't you have any points? I can lend you some; I've seen you've been on the list of debtors for days..."
Mentioning this made Bai Yu's expression darken considerably.
He thought his family would support him, but after waiting for so many days, he didn't receive a large amount of points.
He didn't know if something had happened at home, after all, his mother couldn't just stand by and watch him suffer.
Coming to his senses, Bai Yu opened the trading platform, but Yun Jian immediately closed it for him.
Bai Yu was already in a bad mood, so his tone when speaking to Yun Jian was not very friendly: "What exactly do you want?"
Yun Jian didn't argue with him, but calmly said, "When buying things on Taobao, you have to look at the reviews. Let's check the feedback first."
Bai Yu frowned. "Regardless of the feedback, are we going to be able to find any other medical supplies? So I'll have to buy this sooner or later, wouldn't it be better to buy it sooner?"
Yun Jian stared at him intently, pursed her lips, and said, "I'm afraid this system envoy is fake."
Bai Yu was taken aback, finding it a bit absurd. "Who would be so bold as to impersonate a system staff member? If the system finds out, they'll be in big trouble. Aren't you being a little too cautious?"
Upon hearing this, Liang Song carefully recalled the actions and words of the system messenger after its appearance and suddenly felt that Yun Jian's words made a lot of sense.
"I think the boss is right. This person's behavior is indeed suspicious. Bai Yu, you should observe for a while longer. Besides, the system is utterly useless; it's probably hoping we'll fall into complete chaos!"
Bai Yu glanced at Yun Jian, then at Liang Song, and finally suppressed his urge to explode, calmly asking, "What's suspicious?"
The fourth brother also opened his eyes wide and stared at Yun Jian expectantly.
Yun Jian explained to them point by point: "First, the system can send the supplies directly to the players' mailboxes, so why bother to bring up the trading platform? Because the system's messenger doesn't know each player's ID, so he can only use the trading platform."
"Secondly, he collects deposits, but look, apart from saying it's a deposit on the public chat, does he even specify it as a deposit on the trading platform? There isn't even a deposit agreement. The trading platform's rules have always been that you pay points and I give you items; it only has trading rules, no other rules."
"Third, the appearance of this system messenger is very unreasonable. I think that as an NPC, he should at least have some different markings, but look at his file, how is he any different from an ordinary player? Most importantly, his speech and actions are too unsystematic!"
The fourth brother was still a bit confused and asked blankly, "What do you mean by 'too unsystematic'?"
Liang Song smiled slightly and explained for Yun Jian: "The system likes to stir things up. It won't hand over the medical supplies so easily. It will definitely make things chaotic for us. This person's approach is too peaceful."
After listening, Bai Yu thought about it carefully and realized that it made some sense.
However, he dared not place all his bets on Yun Jian.
"But what if he really is a system messenger? What will I do after he takes all the supplies?"
Yun Jian shook his head, "It costs 100 points per serving. Even if it sells out, it will definitely be put back on the shelves."
Bai Yu opened the trading platform several times, hesitated, and ultimately did not make a purchase because he was short of money.
He simply lay down on the ground, looking up at the sky, "Poverty really is deadly. If I had points, I wouldn't care if it was real or fake medicine, I'd buy one and try it out."
The fourth brother sat down next to him and sighed, "Yeah, before I got into the game, I was just a delinquent who didn't even finish junior high. No matter how hard I studied, I couldn't earn much money. My younger sister needed to go to school, and my mother was in poor health. I couldn't help her with anything. I knew back then that poverty wasn't just a disease, it was a kind of cancer. It would make you struggle in the abyss of despair, but you would never see any hope. Then it would get worse day by day until you died."
Bai Yu was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "And then?"
"And then what?"
"Your sister and mother."
The fourth brother gazed into the distance, his face calm yet sorrowful: "My sister also dropped out of school and later went to work in a factory. She met a scumbag who abused her. She didn't want a divorce because she had children. Our mother couldn't afford medical treatment and passed away a long time ago. The grass on her grave is already several feet high."
"And what about your dad?"
The fourth brother sneered, "The gambler is being chased by debt collectors; who knows where he's run off to."
Bai Yu fell silent again.
The fourth brother fiddled with his fingers for a while, then sighed and said, "It might be related to my desire to get my sister away from that scumbag. The system gave me the attribute of matchmaking. If only this attribute could be carried over to the real world, I would definitely find my sister a perfect man."
Bai Yu didn't know what to say in response to such misfortune.
After struggling for a while, all he managed to say was, "Everything will be alright. Try to look on the bright side. At least you didn't get bitten by that bastard!"
The fourth brother's gaze fell on Bai Yu's hands. "Sometimes I think, life is so hard, I might as well just die. But I don't dare. What will happen to my sister if I die?"
Bai Yu was completely speechless.
Fortunately, the fourth brother didn't insist. He wiped his face a couple of times, as if the negative emotions from just now had never existed, and opened the world channel with a smile, "I wonder if there's any feedback on those medicines now."
Bai Yu quickly came over and scrolled through the comments one by one.
The more I looked, the heavier my heart became.
"I'm a little disappointed. Why did all the promised medical supplies turn out to be just a few blades of grass? Will they really heal my injury?"
"Yes, these few herbs are simply not enough."
"Let's wait and see. I feel that the redness and swelling have decreased after using the medicine. I look forward to the effects of the treatment."
"Upstairs, could it be just your imagination? I also took the medication, but I don't feel anything. The pain is still there, and the itching is still there."
“I also felt that it had no effect, and my wound even worsened.”
"Those who say the medicine is too little, it's not true that the more medicine the better. As long as it's the right medicine for the symptoms, a little is enough, okay?"
"Has everyone gotten their medicine by now? When will my deposit be refunded? I really need the points to buy items!"
When it comes to points, some people are naturally very enthusiastic.
They rushed to contact the system messenger, but then discovered they couldn't reach him!