CHAPTER 813: CHAPTER 817: THE UNDERACHIEVER’S RED ENVELOPE GROUP (24)

Yu Xiaohua didn’t dare to log into the chat group when her mind was in turmoil, and her grades were even worse than her initial poor performance.

With such grades, forget about university, she couldn’t even get into a decent college, she’d have to pay to attend some substandard school.

Is Yu Xiaohua content with this? Of course not.

Compared to whether she’s content, ensuring her survival is clearly more important.

Ever since Su Li disappeared, she was scared half to death every day by her own overthinking.

Previously in the chat group, because she showed humility, besides elixir pills, she also got many good things from Prince Rong.

Prince Rong was always generous to women; if you pleased him, even the gold and silver jewelry that slipped through his fingers were enough for Yu Xiaohua to enjoy.

But she didn’t use them.

A few times while walking on the road, her female intuition always made her feel that someone was following her, and calling the police was useless, only making people think she was paranoid.

Taking someone out so early made Su Li feel a slight regret.

But she had more important tasks to face.

She was escorted from school and taken directly to Shoujing.

In the following ten years, a series of valuable resources were continuously sent from Su Li to various secret research organizations.

During these ten years, the entire country benefited greatly, undergoing significant changes.

Other ambitious countries had been exploring the reasons for Hua Country’s changes over the years, but Su Li’s identity was well protected; except for a few people, few knew that these impactful things were coming from this delicate woman’s hands.

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In the year 2119 of the Hua Calendar, M Country was severely condemned by Hua Country on the international stage for supporting certain independence elements in making inappropriate remarks and actions.

Then it was announced that all products from Hua Country would be closed to M Country, and the low-cost special medicine would no longer be supplied to them.

If these weren’t enough to deeply impact them, to add insult to injury, three months later, Hua Country announced the nationwide promotion of new energy.

The world was stunned and shocked by a series of actions taken by Hua Country, and the Dragon had finally opened its dignified eyes, to annihilate any who dared to offend its authority, no matter how far.

In a small apartment in Hua City of M Country, Mike’s family watched the news on TV, their faces heavy with concern.

Mike frowned, his palms clenched tightly, but seeing his mother’s despairing face, he hid all his emotions and said as calmly as he could to her: "It’s not certain yet, there’s still some medicine left at home, I’ll go out right now to check the situation and then we’ll see."

"Don’t worry, things won’t get that bad. The Hua Country people are very tolerant and kind, they wouldn’t really do this."

After saying this, Mike didn’t wait for his mother’s response, hurriedly put on a coat, grabbed his wallet, and went out.

According to his plan, he was to immediately rush to the pharmacy to buy the remaining course of medicine his mother needed.

However, when he left the apartment and saw the scene outside, he was stunned.

Outside was a noisy chaos, with many people holding protest banners, completely blocking the street.

Many people were shouting slogans with all their might, demanding an explanation from the government for the people.

Mike’s heart sank as he recognized many familiar faces from his support group among the crowd.

His mother, unfortunately, was one of them, suffering from a rare genetic disease.

This disease was basically incurable; patients could only watch as their lives withered from brilliance to decay.

The greatest torment of this disease wasn’t the physical pain but the helpless despair in the face of death.

Some people clung to medication, perhaps extending their lives by a few years, while others succumbed to the physical and mental torment and chose to end it themselves, or opted for euthanasia.

Until Hua Country developed a new kind of medicine.

This medicine, named "New Life," was practically a blessing for humanity worldwide.

Many complex cancers could be healed by consistently taking this medicine, and even if not cured, it could suppress the disease, allowing those who took it regularly to live like normal people.

The release of "New Life" sent everyone into a frenzy.

Within Hua Country, "New Life" wasn’t too expensive, but once it crossed the border, the price multiplied hundreds and thousands of times.

There had been protests and dissatisfaction, but in the face of Hua Country’s apathy, people had no choice but to accept it.

In the face of hope, no one wanted to die lingeringly.

A once-famous businessman in F Country, unable to bear Hua Country’s approach, offered a huge reward on the black market, hoping someone could uncover the mysteries of "New Life." It was rumored that some government officials secretly supported this. However, till now, except for the Hua Country people who held the technology, no one could achieve this.

Mike pushed his way through the excited crowd, filled with regret all the while.

Like many others, he too had vented his dissatisfaction with Hua Country on the internet and forums, and even cursed them openly. When encountering faces with yellow skin, he was exceedingly prejudiced.

Now, the repercussions of all this had come.

No matter how expensive the life-saving medicine was, it was better than cutting off hope altogether.

Knowing there was medicine that could cure them and keep them alive, yet because of their stupidity and the foolish decisions made by their leaders, they lost that hope.

Such despair became like an abyss, tightening its grip on their throats.

Only then did Mike realize that the Hua Country people, whom he always thought were as weak as chickens, had grown into an invincible giant.

"I hope Jack still has some medicine left."

Mike quickened his steps, unable to stop praying in his heart.

However, God did not hear the prayers of His devout follower. When Mike arrived at Jack’s pharmacy, traveling at half his usual speed, he found the shop sign fallen to the ground.

The inside of the store was a mess, as if a swarm of locusts had passed through.

The counters that held medicine were in disarray, and the floor was littered with items trampled with footprints.

Mike felt a pang in his heart, and disregarding everything else, he hurriedly started rummaging through the bottles on the counter.

"Don’t bother, the medicine was taken long ago."

Jack, wiping blood off his forehead, emerged from the back room, with a sarcastic look and in annoyance said, "If I’d known, I wouldn’t have been so greedy."

As soon as the latest news came out, the already expensive medicine here doubled in price immediately, but it was still in short supply. Those frantic buyers were in such a state that even he was scared stiff watching them.

He kept a few vials for himself, thinking that if Hua Country really limited supplies to M Country, who wouldn’t have times of illness? Even if he remained healthy, he still had family and friends....

But when others found out that he had medicines hidden and didn’t sell them, someone immediately pointed a gun at his forehead, demanding he hand them over.

"No more medicine, how could there be no medicine." Mike, who had seemed normal, became visibly agitated upon hearing this bad news.

Jack, frightened, took several steps back, alert, "Calm down, I really have none."

"Why don’t you go see Old Wes, maybe he has some... you know, he’s always been more resourceful than me, more capable."

Before Jack could finish his sentence, the figure before him was gone.

Straining to look outside, even from several streets away, the deafening protest cries were audible.

He pulled his head back, quickly closed up the shop.

Can’t afford to provoke, can’t afford to provoke.....