Chapter 1: Practicing Medicine Without a License, Facing Trial
(Just let your brain take a break and enjoy the thrill of it all)
“You don’t have a medical license. Treating patients without one is a crime!”
“And as far as I know, you’re only a junior at Huadu University, studying veterinary medicine, no less. A veterinary student running a clinic, treating humans as if they’re animals. Isn’t this just a way to profit off of others’ suffering?”
…
In the courtroom, which was being broadcast live, a sharp-tongued lawyer with a pointed face and gold-rimmed glasses grilled the young man on the defendant’s stand. His words sparked a huge reaction, both in the courtroom and in the online livestream chat.
A college student?
Veterinary major?
Practicing medicine without a license?
Each revelation struck like a bombshell.
The young man in the defendant’s seat grimaced at the accusations. He acknowledged he lacked a medical license, but calling him a profiteer was completely unfounded.
His name was Song Bing.
The reason for this unique name came from his frail health as a child, as his family named him hoping he would overcome sickness, drawing inspiration from the legendary warrior Huo Qubing.
It was a good name, but fate had other plans. He still fell ill frequently, with various ailments and never the same one twice.
Just a month ago, after recovering from a severe illness, Song Bing mysteriously gained access to a “Disease Transfer System.”
The system declared him a rare “Source of Disease.”
Song Bing didn’t disagree and activated it immediately.
The Disease Transfer System had a straightforward function, but it was practically miraculous:
No matter how strange or incurable the illness, as long as Song Bing touched the afflicted person, he could absorb the disease and cure them instantly. He could also transfer the disease to another person with just a touch, making them fall ill in turn.
Each disease he absorbed added to his good deeds, while each disease he transferred deducted from his karma.
In short, it was a delicate balance of benevolence and harm – all within Song Bing’s hands.
Once he grasped all this, he was stunned, then thrilled. Just a touch to cure a disease – it was as easy as that. This heaven-defying power would surely elevate him to the status of a revered healer.
With a heart set on saving lives and accumulating good deeds, Song Bing jumped into action. He would heal all of Anguo, freeing people from their ailments without having to suffer the extortionate fees of greedy hospitals and doctors. No one should live a life trapped in medical debt just to support the profits of hospitals.
Early on, he decided that since absorbing diseases was easy and he could do good deeds, he wouldn’t charge exorbitant fees – usually under a hundred yuan.
In a single month, Song Bing’s reputation spread quickly as he ran his clinic, curing close to a hundred people and accumulating nearly a hundred karma points. He was about to complete the system’s first round of karma fulfillment.
Everything was going smoothly.
Until he was reported, taken to court, and found himself on a live broadcast trial for practicing medicine without a license.
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“You accuse me of profiteering from people’s suffering. I’d like to know, exactly whom have I harmed?”
Taking a deep breath, Song Bing couldn’t help but laugh in anger.
Lawyer Jiang Yiping smirked. He had been waiting for this question.
Turning to the spectator seats, he spoke righteously, “I call on all victims of Song Bing’s malpractice to step forward and condemn this heartless villain.”
Suddenly, people in the courtroom began to stand up one by one.
Song Bing’s face paled as he recognized these people. They were indeed former patients – individuals with terminal illnesses like cancer and HIV who, without his treatment, would still be in agony or perhaps even deceased.
But why were they here to accuse him?
He was baffled, but he knew that if these people turned against him, he’d be unable to clear his name.
“Your Honor, I want to report that this monster sold us fake medicine and worsened our illnesses!”
“Yes, he tricked us out of our money and made our conditions worse. We only got better at a proper hospital.”
“Exactly! He’s an evil scammer who must be severely punished.”
…
Eighteen so-called ‘victim witnesses’ rose up, pointing their fingers at Song Bing, eyes blazing as though he were their worst enemy.
Song Bing clenched his fists.
The faces of these eighteen individuals, now twisted in hostility, were unrecognizable from the people who had once praised and thanked him.
[Disgusting! What kind of person scams people out of their money like this? Is this scumbag even human?]
[He should be castrated and made into a museum exhibit next to Qin Hui as punishment.]
[A disgrace to his country – we don’t need scum like him in Anguo.]
…
The outrage spread, and in the spectator seats and the livestream chat, a storm of curses poured in, all directed at Song Bing.
He had become public enemy number one.
“Bang, bang, bang…”
The gavel struck the judge’s bench, and the presiding judge demanded silence.
The room quieted, but the eyes that bore down on Song Bing were filled with hostility, as though they’d tear him to shreds on the spot.
“Your Honor, here is the evidence of the defendant’s crimes.” Jiang Yiping presented a thick stack of documents, seizing the moment to reveal another shocking detail, “Notably, this evidence was provided by a kind-hearted girl named Wu Yaxue, who was previously the defendant’s girlfriend. Unable to tolerate his evil deeds, she chose to expose him to uphold justice!”
The courtroom buzzed with shock.
Everyone followed Jiang Yiping’s gaze to a corner of the spectator seats, where a woman with delicate makeup timidly rose to her feet.
Song Bing froze as he recognized her; it was his girlfriend of three years, the woman he had cherished above all.
And now, she was the plaintiff, accusing him in court…
Wu Yaxue cast a fearful glance at Song Bing, then mustered her courage to face the courtroom and the livestream cameras, speaking with righteous conviction: “Hello everyone, I am Wu Yaxue, a junior clinical medicine student at Huadu University. Yes, I reported Song Bing. I don’t want him to continue down this path, and I don’t want more people to be deceived.”
Tears welling up in her eyes, she looked at Song Bing and said sorrowfully, “Song Bing, I’m doing this for your own good. Please stop. If you can reform, I still love you…”
“Shut up, you shameless…!”
Seeing her feigned innocence and righteousness, Song Bing snapped, wishing he could send every disease he’d ever absorbed into this vile woman.
For her, he had sacrificed everything, but why had she betrayed him?
A barely perceptible smirk flickered across Wu Yaxue’s lips as she continued her act, even fainting at the judge’s signal.
Satisfied, Jiang Yiping seized the moment to address the court, “Your Honor, practicing medicine without a license is already a crime. But a mere veterinary student posing as a doctor to make money, disregarding people’s lives? Without the brave witness of Ms. Wu Yaxue and these numerous victims standing up for justice, who knows how many more would have suffered?”
“I urge the court to sentence the defendant to fifty years in prison and to order compensation for the victims’ physical and emotional damages – totaling 2.64 million yuan. Furthermore, I request that he be permanently banned from practicing medicine to prevent further harm…”