Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
âCure yourself, but leave others stranded? Isnât that a modern-day version of the farmer and the viper?â someone commented.
âExactly why 1 refused to study medicine,â another chimed in. âIâm too afraid of encountering ungrateful patients.â
âMy dad embodies that stereotype. Heâs super suspicious of doctors and doesnât trust them a bit. Sadly, there are patients who bite the hand that feeds them.â
Discouraging messages filled the chat. âBecoming a doctor is a gamble with lightning! Unless you have a passion for it and financial security, stay away!â
âNot just doctors,â another added. âTeachers face similar risks.â
The chat felt a cold dread as the potential life-or-death situation Dr. Fan faced became clear.
âThe human heart,â Chen Yu continued, âis the most puzzling thing in the world. A single major event, a brush with mortality, can completely reshape someoneâs personality and outlook.â
âThe terminally ill exemplify this dramatic shift. Before their diagnosis, most wouldnât consider ending their own lives. But faced with a terminal illness threatening their entire family, suicidal thoughts often emerge.â
âThis patient initially cooperated fully. His health was his top priority. Money could be earned again, and houses could be rebuilt. But as treatment progressed, with no improvement, his condition worsened.â
Chen Yu painted a bleak picture.
âThis illness devoured everything. His home, his savings, his wife, and his childrenâall gone. Even close friends and relatives stopped visiting him in the hospital.â
âIf you take this medicine from me and tell the patient heâll recover after taking it, only costing him 100,000 yuan, I canât predict his reaction, but everyone can understand the situation.â
âWhen someoneâs pushed to the edge, anger consumes them, and logic fades.â
Fear crept into [You canât blame society when youâre tired]âs voice. âWhat if I donât tell him?â
âCan you keep him in the dark forever?â Chen Yu countered, glancing at the livestream teeming with over nine million viewers. âEven if you donât tell him now, the truth will come out once heâs discharged.â
âRemember, someone at the extreme wonât consider reason. He wonât consider that you paid for his treatment or that you gave him a miracle cure. Heâll only focus on one thing.â
âWhatâs that?â [You canât blame society when youâre tired] asked.
âYou and the entire hospital staff are nothing but incompetent quacks.â
The viewers were pissed after hearing that.
The outrage was palpable. Everyone knew the low survival rate of cancerous tumors.
âKing of all cancersâ wasnât a baseless nickname.
No doctor, anywhere in the world, could guarantee a cure.
The hospital fees werenât lining [You canât blame society when youâre tired]âs pockets. In fact, sheâd repeatedly dipped into her wallet to cover this patientâs treatmentâa shining example of an angelic heart.
The injustice ignited a fury in the chat.
âNo wonder they say encouraging people to become doctors is like asking for lightning to strike!â someone typed, their anger reflecting a broader truth.
Low pay wasnât the only challenge doctors and nurses faced. There was also the harsh reality that some patients, despite the best efforts of medical professionals, would not only fail to appreciate the help but might even turn hostile.
âSee the situation now?â Chen Yu asked. âThis is why the old man urged you to leave the hospital, to leave the area entirely.â
[You canât blame society when youâre tired] was overwhelmed by a complex mix of emotionsâsadness, pain, shockâand slumped back in her chair.
âDr. Chen,â she pleaded weakly, âis there a way out of this impossible situation?â
âI donât want to die, but I canât bear to see the patient give up either. Treating and saving people is my duty and my reason for becoming a doctor.â
âI canât just stand by and watch a patient with a chance of recovery walk towards deathâ¦â
[You canât blame society when youâre tired]âs face mirrored the nurseâs words.
Expensive medicine and advanced equipment wouldnât change the patientâs outcome.
At best, they could manage his pain. The difference between aggressive and conservative treatment was negligible.
Torn by her conscience, she couldnât simply abandon him.
What if a miracle happened?
Medical professionals knew about the âLazarus phenomenon,â which documented cases of patients declared dead who inexplicably revived.
Just last year, an old man in Shanghai was pronounced dead and sent to a funeral home, only to wake up hours later.
The medical community continues to debate the Lazarus phenomenon, but dozens of such cases have been confirmed.
Doctors shouldnât rely on miracles, but sometimes hope is all they have.
The medical world was filled with unexplainable occurrences.
Even âking of all cancersâ wasnât always a death sentence.
As long as treatment continued, hope remained.
âMaybe a miracle can happen for this patient too,â [You canât blame society when youâre tired] whispered, her voice heavy with emotion. âThrough Dr.
Chen, I believe miracles exist. I canât harden my heart. Knowing thereâs a chance for his recovery, I canât stand by and watch him die.â
âPerhaps my privileged upbringing shielded me from harsh realities.â
âIâve been fortunate to experience a beautiful world,â she shared. âMany colleagues see the world as a broken system and doctors as just a job, not saints.â
âThey say focus on doing your job well; donât use your own money on patients.â
âTheyâre right, but for me, treating the sick and helping those in need has always been my core belief.â
âThis is a clash between reality and ideals,â she concluded. âI choose to follow my heart.â
A profound silence enveloped the chat.
Comments were scarce, and Chen Yu offered a cryptic smile.
The old man, too, understood her choice, sacrificing his own well-being to help her.
Fate, it seemed, was intertwined.
[You canât blame society when youâre tired], determined to help the patient, persisted despite the seemingly hopeless situation.
Sometimes, things defy logic.
His Heavenly Secrets Strategy was like a cheat code.
Like the old man, revealing such secrets was said to incur divine punishment.
Despite Chen Yuâs numerous leaks, he not only avoided retribution, but he thrived from it..