Chapter 741: 21-Trisomy (Part II)

The man walked out of the Paternity Test center in a daze, holding the report he had just printed.

When everything settled,

When his worldview was completely shattered,

His mind went blank, and he wandered the streets like a walking corpse.

He didn't know how much time had passed; the man grew tired, sat down on some steps, and smoked cigarettes one after another.

The sky gradually turned dark.

The sky gradually turned bright.

The man didn't notice it at all.

Meanwhile, the pile of cigarette butts in front of him grew into a small hill.

Ji Xiang watched silently the entire time.

At this moment, the Family Member causing a scene at the entrance of the Medical Affairs Department seemed somewhat pitiful and pathetic.

But Ji Xiang still didn't know what the man would do.

Venting anger on the hospital is easy, but in the Empathy, the man and the Doctor are friends, so he likely wouldn't do that.

Then how would he vent all his negative emotions?

Ji Xiang knew clearly that this was the meat of the story, the purpose for which the system NPC had arranged for him to experience this Empathy.

Otherwise, for a simple Trisomy case, he could have just explained it to himself; it wouldn't be worth all this trouble.

The cigarettes ran out, and the man tentatively stood up; the moment he rose, his blood pressure shifted abruptly, and his vision was filled with stars.

His state today had hit rock bottom; no matter who encountered such a thing, they wouldn't be doing well.

That he could barely hold on without fainting was because "he" had sufficient psychological anticipation before the Paternity Test.

Three days passed in this muddled state.

Time can heal wounds; although the man was still covered in trauma, he felt slightly better as time went on.

His worldview of being kind to others was completely shattered; he hated his wife and Brother-in-law now as much as he had loved and cared for them before.

Ji Xiang knew the man would definitely take revenge!

He had to take revenge!!

Once the man sobered up, this thought burned like a wildfire.

But this is a society ruled by law; he couldn't just grab two kitchen knives and charge in.

The man calmed down, coldly and ruthlessly calculating what to do next.

Gradually, a plan matured in the depths of the man's heart.

Ji Xiang watched all of this silently, his own mindset also changing rapidly.

So,

What he had encountered at the Medical Affairs Department was nothing.

Those people were just venting their dissatisfaction, but the man in the Empathy before his eyes truly wanted revenge.

Another weekend.

The man was going back to the county town to see his "ex-wife."

In the man's heart, she was already his ex-wife, though it wasn't time for a showdown yet.

It was truly hard to understand why she would do such a thing.

The man didn't go straight back; instead, he went to rent a Mercedes-Benz SUV.

People in the county town don't know what luxury cars are; if he had rented an entry-level Porsche 718 or even a Porsche 911, he wouldn't be envied, but rather mocked for the car being small, resulting in a counterproductive effect.

A Mercedes SUV was just right; it looked more imposing than a regular sedan, and the rental fee wasn't expensive.

The man called his "wife" and Brother-in-law in advance and asked his Brother-in-law to pick him up.

When he saw the Mercedes SUV, the disdain and impatience on the Brother-in-law's face vanished, and his eyes shone brightly.

"Is your sister recovering well?" the man asked.

"Brother-in-law, your car is so imposing! It looks much cooler than Zhao Ge's car!!" the Brother-in-law said excitedly, as if he hadn't heard the man ask about his sister.

"Heh." The man smiled.

Sure enough, the things he cared about were different from ordinary people.

"Didn't I say? I found a way to make money. This is just small change, not worth mentioning."

"Brother-in-law, how exactly are you making money?!" the Brother-in-law asked impatiently.

The man smiled and said nothing.

No matter how the Brother-in-law pressed him, he didn't say a word.

"Brother-in-law, you're being too much, aren't you? Now that you've made it big, are you looking down on me as your poor relative?"

"Not at all." Seeing that the fish had taken the bait, the man went along with the Brother-in-law's words.

"Then why won't you tell me how you made it big!"

The Brother-in-law was very angry.

"It's because of your sister." The man sighed, "Don't let it slip when we get home; if your sister finds out, let alone you, even I won't be able to make money in the future."

"Long hair, short insight—what does she know! Just a woman who only knows how to cause trouble," the Brother-in-law cursed.

"You can't say it like that."

"I definitely won't tell my sister, don't worry, Brother-in-law." The Brother-in-law looked at the man eagerly, "Brother-in-law, what is the method? You're driving a big Benz in just a week!"

"Let's go see your sister first; tonight we'll go out for a drink, and I'll explain it to you properly."

Although the Brother-in-law was impatient, "he" insisted, and there was nothing he could do.

Returning home, the man went to see his "ex-wife" first.

Her complexion improved a little, and she didn't look as weak as before.

However, the man's guilt and other complex emotions toward her had long since turned into hatred, which he forcibly hid, so he didn't give himself away.

Before dinner, the Brother-in-law hurriedly dragged the man out.

"Brother-in-law, can you tell me now?"

As soon as they left the house, the Brother-in-law leaned into the man's ear and asked urgently.

"What's the rush?" The man suppressed the anger in his heart and pretended to be calm as he said, "You say you aren't short on money; how much have you taken from your sister alone over these years?"

"Don't mention it," the Brother-in-law said dejectedly. "I've fallen for a girl, and our relationship is going very smoothly, but it's just... chasing girls is too expensive."

His words instantly disgusted the man.

The man gripped the Paternity Test result in his pocket tightly, as if he were clutching a handful of steel needles that were stabbing him until he bled.

"Which family's girl could be worthy of my Brother-in-law? You go after her, and she doesn't even know how to cherish it," the man said with a soft laugh, masking his wounds, looking exactly like a brother-in-law who cared for his brother-in-law.

"A streamer on the internet."

"..."

The man sized up the Brother-in-law; this guy was truly stupid to the Extreme Point.

Could he really think that by tipping a streamer, and having the streamer call him 'brother' in a sweet, affected voice, it counted as a real relationship?

This was a Kill Pig Plate, and he was actually stupid enough to think he could develop feelings with a streamer.

That was a bottomless pit; no matter how much money one threw into it, it would never be enough.

No wonder all these years, especially in the last half year, the money the ex-wife had been using to subsidize the family had been increasing; it turned out the Brother-in-law was spending it on internet tips.

"How much do you tip every day?" the man asked tentatively.

"I basically don't need to tip. My girl isn't as money-hungry as others; she loves me for who I am," the Brother-in-law said proudly.

Truly stupid to the point of bubbling over, the man sneered inwardly.

"But she has ambition; she has to PK with others once a week," the Brother-in-law said with a sorrowful face. "Every time she PKs, it costs a huge amount of money. The people she PKs against all have a List One Big Brother who throws money around like dirt, and we lose every time. Brother-in-law, I really have no good way to deal with this now."

"If it's a PK, is one hundred thousand enough?" the man asked.

"Enough, enough! My girlfriend said that if I help her win a PK once, she'll meet me in person," the Brother-in-law said hurriedly.

"Have you ever taken out an online loan?" the man asked tentatively.

Ji Xiang froze.

He could already smell the scent of the devil on the man.

"What?" The Brother-in-law was stunned for a moment.

"Don't you know what an online loan is?"

No wonder the family could still get by; the Brother-in-law was only stupid enough to suck the blood of his family members and didn't yet know how to borrow money online.

While speaking, the man pulled the Brother-in-law to the most expensive restaurant in the county.

The waiter glanced at the Brother-in-law, "Isn't this Dapeng? What are you doing here?"

"Eating. Do you have a private room?" The man held onto the Brother-in-law to keep him from arguing with the waiter, and casually took a stack of red bills from his pocket and stuffed them into the waiter's hand.

"Find a quiet private room, thanks for the hard work."

"This is..."

"A tip, for you."

The waiter was terrified by the man's grand gesture; he stared at the man blankly, and even the front desk manager was shocked into a daze.

The highest-end shop in the county was actually just so-so; who had ever seen someone walk in and give 1,000 in cash as a tip?

Let alone the county, even in the Imperial Capital or Shanghai, there might not be such a custom.

The front desk manager, looking like a streamer seeing a List One Big Brother, pushed the waiter behind him, bowed, and with a face full of smiles, acted as politely as a servant, personally escorting the man and the Brother-in-law to a private room.

Along the way, he was solicitous and attentive.

The Brother-in-law unconsciously puffed out his chest and followed the man into the private room with his head held high.

Ji Xiang sighed deeply; showing off wealth had a purpose and was part of a scam.

The man threw another stack of cash to the front desk manager.

At this moment, Ji Xiang felt that the way the Brother-in-law looked at the man was as if he were looking at his own biological father.

The front desk manager asked solicitously for a long time, including but not limited to whether they ate chili, cilantro, scallions, ginger, or garlic, etc.

Only when he saw the man becoming somewhat impatient did he carefully back out of the private room, bowing.

Seeing him leave, the Brother-in-law grabbed the man's hand.

"Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law!! You really struck it rich!!!"

"Speak properly," the man smiled. "What's this about?"

"How exactly did you strike it rich? Last time you told me you found a way, and it's only been a week, my sister hasn't even recovered yet, and you..."

As he spoke, a golden light appeared in the Brother-in-law's eyes.

"If money wants to come, it comes as fast as it can; you couldn't drive it away even if you tried."

Seeing the man still playing coy, the Brother-in-law almost climbed onto him, drool hanging from the corner of his mouth, as if he wanted to swallow the man in one gulp.

"Get away from me," the man made no effort to hide his disgust.

But the Brother-in-law didn't notice the man's feeling of aversion; he just chuckled and scooted back a bit.

"Here, this address, go download the app."

"What is this?"

"A place to play Golden Flower," the man said indifferently.

"Ah?!" The Brother-in-law was startled.

"I won several million in ten days," the man threw out his trump card.

"!!!"

Millions—this number left Brother-in-law completely dumbfounded.

His guard was cast to the nine heavens; there was only money in his eyes.

"Here, just one week, maybe just two or three days, and you'll be able to meet your little girlfriend in person."

The man deliberately put a heavy emphasis on the word "little."

But Brother-in-law didn't pick up on it at all.

Ji Xiang could feel that the eyes of this good-for-nothing Brother-in-law were already starting to burn.

Moreover, the term "meet in person" held a special temptation for Brother-in-law.

Greedy for money and lustful—he really didn't know how to describe it; Ji Xiang sighed deeply.

He could already imagine the ending.

"Give it a try, it's very fast," the man smiled.

Brother-in-law's hands were shaking a little; he began to download it tremblingly.

"For the sake of our past friendship, I'll transfer ten thousand to you as capital."

The man was tempting him just like a demon.

The vast majority of people know that this kind of thing inevitably ends in total loss, but such is human nature, not to mention someone like Brother-in-law with his twisted values.

Tap, register, he started the game.

It was the man's money anyway, so he wouldn't feel bad if he lost it.

This type of software has a characteristic: just like games with beauties dealing cards online, it will definitely give you a little sweetness at the beginning.

They aren't afraid of you not coming back; they run away once they've made the money.

Once the money is in, withdrawing it is extremely difficult.

In short, this app was like the gate of hell, and under the man's guidance, Brother-in-law finally pushed it open.

Just as I expected, Brother-in-law's luck was explosive at the start; the ten thousand yuan turned into thirteen thousand in just 20 minutes.

"Dapeng, eat."

The food was served, but Brother-in-law was so immersed in it that he couldn't pull himself away; the man called him three times, and he still didn't want to put down his phone.

The man simply snatched his phone away and turned it off.

"I still want to..." Brother-in-law reached for the phone subconsciously.

"Don't be in a rush, there's plenty of time."

"Brother-in-law, I... I... I..."

"There's still a lot of experience; if you don't listen, I really won't tell you anymore," the man said with a smile.

Brother-in-law exited the app with great reluctance.

It only took 20 minutes for Ji Xiang to be certain that he and his family were doomed to ruin.

"Brother-in-law, tell me."

Seeing Brother-in-law become obedient, the man began to "popularize" relevant content for him.

The man spoke in great detail about both winning and losing, and emphasized the losing part.

If you lose, you can borrow money online and so on.

Ji Xiang knew that if the man had said these things to Brother-in-law 20 minutes ago, he would definitely have been confused and very cautious.

But the initial sweetness had already swept away his last bit of guard.

Now Brother-in-law was hooked; to him, everything the man said was golden advice, pearls of wisdom on how to get rich overnight.

Looking at Brother-in-law nodding repeatedly, Ji Xiang felt some inexplicable discomfort in the man's heart.

Putting his hand into his pocket, the man touched the Paternity Test result, firming his resolve.

"It's very simple," the man said, touching the Paternity Test document with a faint smile.

"Brother-in-law, Brother-in-law, thank you!" Brother-in-law's eyes were already full of light, "Once I make big money, I will definitely..."

"Do you think I need that?"

"Hahaha, right, right, right, Brother-in-law, you are already financially free!" Brother-in-law touched his head and said embarrassedly.

"That's not quite true yet; I won't lie to you, the car is rented."

"Rented?" Brother-in-law was stunned.

"Our city is too small; you can only buy a Mercedes-Benz. How could this piece-of-junk car be worthy of me?" the man said with his head held high, "I want to buy a real luxury car. Do you know what a Lamborghini is?"

Brother-in-law shook his head, and the man looked at him with disdain.

He paused for a moment, searched online, and soon his pupils shrank to the size of needle points.

The meal ended, and the man sent Brother-in-law home before driving away.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to urge Brother-in-law to lock the door and to stop once he had earned one hundred million.

One hundred million!

This order of magnitude was enough to knock him senseless.

Just as Ji Xiang had predicted, Brother-in-law's execution was incredibly strong—even faster than Ji Xiang had anticipated.

The next morning, the man turned on his silenced phone and found that Brother-in-law had called him hundreds of times.

It really was fast.

Ji Xiang knew that this thing targeted the weaknesses of human nature; once someone was gripped by it, they would soon see their family destroyed.

But for Brother-in-law to be in this state after just one night—this was too fast.

The man carefully looked at the times of the calls; he estimated that a major problem occurred after 3:00 AM.

Before the man could call back, Brother-in-law's next call came in.

The man smiled and picked up the phone.

Watching this dog-thing walk into the trap, the man looked very happy, an undisguised happiness.

"Brother-in-law, something happened!" The Brother-in-law's voice was hoarse, filled with agitation and anger.

"What's wrong?"

"After I got home yesterday, my luck has been bad, and then..."

"And then you were very anxious, wanting to win your capital back in the shortest time possible?" the man scolded disdainfully. "Dog meat can't be served on the table! What did I tell you?"

On the other side of the phone, the Brother-in-law fell silent.

The man knew this spoiled Brother-in-law too well; seeing him silent, he knew he had guessed right.

"Didn't I tell you, if your luck is bad, just use small chips to test the waters repeatedly, and wait until your luck turns around before you place big bets."

"..."

"If your luck is bad and you still insist on going hard, do you think your family owns the place, that the boss is your mom and dad, and that everything will indulge you?"

The man started cursing directly, swearing profusely.

But the Brother-in-law only responded to tough love; he was just that type.

After a few swear words were thrown out, combined with the man guessing his mindset at the time, the Brother-in-law immediately cowered.

"Brother-in-law, I was wrong, but now I have no money left," the Brother-in-law said, crying.

"None of my business," I cursed. "At the beginning, I even lent you ten thousand. You really are hopeless. The path to big money is right here, but you don't listen to anything I say; you deserve it, damn it."

The man cursed many nasty things, even dragging his father, his mother, and his sister into the insults.

It felt satisfying to curse.

But the Brother-in-law just took it; the harsher the man cursed, the more he felt the man was intimate and meant well for him.

"Brother-in-law, then what should I do next?"

By the time the man was hoarse from cursing, the Brother-in-law was almost kneeling and begging on the other side of the phone.

"How would I know."

"Brother-in-law, why don't you lend me some?" the Brother-in-law asked tentatively.

"Can you have some self-awareness? I've already told you the path to big money, and you're still coming to borrow money from me? Have some shame!"

"..."

"Don't call me brother-in-law anymore; I can't afford that title."

"Brother-in-law, don't be like this. Tell me, what should I do? I've borrowed from every place online that allows it; there's really no one left to give me money."

"Look at you. When I was telling you all kinds of experience, you didn't listen properly, just thinking about meeting your little girlfriend in person. Know regret now?"

Sobbing sounds came from the other side of the phone.

The debt of several hundred thousand had likely crushed the Brother-in-law, and at this moment, the man prepared to place the final straw on him.

"Then I'll tell you one more time what to do."

The man comforted him a few times and explained a specious theory again.

These theories could be seen anywhere online and were worthless.

"Brother-in-law, I understood everything, but I have no capital."

"Then I can't help you," the man sighed. "You're unstable in your actions; I can't exactly incite you to sell your family's house. Go borrow; maybe you'll be able to get some."

After saying this, the man laughed heartily.

"The house? That won't do!" The Brother-in-law was still somewhat alert; he said subconsciously.

"I do have a way."

"Brother-in-law, what way?"

"Let me think about it carefully; don't disturb me."

"Yes, yes, yes," the Brother-in-law said.

"Have you been thinking that if I don't give you money, you'll incite your sister to divorce me, and my family assets will be your capital?"

One sentence, hitting the nail on the head.

Ji Xiang heard heavy breathing coming from the other side of the phone; he could almost see the Brother-in-law's eyes wide with shock.

Sigh, why is this person like this, Ji Xiang muttered to himself.

"Don't dream; I know you," the man sneered. "I have already mastered the way to make money. Before, it was just a small test, a tiny attempt, and I didn't have much money on hand. But if I want money, I can just go take it; why bother keeping it myself?"

"Besides, there's still you keeping an eye on it."

"Gulp~"

Ji Xiang clearly heard the sound of the Brother-in-law swallowing saliva on the other side of the phone.

It seems this guy really isn't anything good, and his depth is too shallow, seen through clearly by others.

"How about you incite your sister to divorce me? The house, cash, and the hundred or two hundred thousand I have here, it's enough for your capital."

"Brother-in-law... thank you, thank you."

The Brother-in-law thanked him repeatedly on the other side of the phone.

Hearing him say this, Ji Xiang was suddenly caught between laughter and tears.

His performance was far more pathetic than Ji Xiang had imagined; after a few painless words, he obediently walked into the trap.

And this trap was crude, easily seen through at a glance.

But Ji Xiang remembered the Kill Pig Plate, and then he understood. Sigh, wealth and beauty bewitch the eyes; it's hard to avoid this.

The Brother-in-law was already impatient.

Sure enough, that very day, the man received a call from his wife to discuss the matter of divorce.

The man followed her lead and discussed this matter.

Because the wife was in a hurry, the man took advantage of many conditions in the property division.

These crude tactics certainly could not fool the man's wife; she was very shrewd.

But she couldn't help having a brother whose stupidity was written all over his face; her brother was likely urging her the whole time, so in just 3 days, the wife agreed to the man's proposal.

After handling the divorce procedures and property division, the man felt incredibly relieved once it was all done.

The past was like a nightmare, and now that the man had awakened from the nightmare, even the air in the city, heavy with car exhaust, felt so fresh.

Less than a week later, the man received another call from his Brother-in-law.

"Brother-in-law... Brother Zhang, I have a question to ask you."

"Asking me how to spend money?" The man laughed heartily.

"No, no." The Brother-in-law said urgently, "I followed your method, and at first I did win a lot, but these past few days my luck has been bad; even with small stakes, I can't keep up with the constant losing."

"Heh."

"Brother, you are my own brother. No, you are my own father, I beg you, please tell me what I should do."

The man said indifferently, "Are you being indecisive again, afraid to place big bets when your luck is good, which is why this situation is happening?"

The sentence hit the Brother-in-law's heart once again.

Ji Xiang was completely speechless.

This Brother-in-law was truly a hopeless case, and one wondered what kind of "brother-coddling demon" could ever keep him stable for life.

"You, I tell you everything and you can't do any of it right, what can I do?"

"Brother, then what should I do, the money from your divorce with my sister is almost gone again."

Hearing this, the man felt incredibly refreshed, but Ji Xiang's mood was extremely strange.

However, there was still a way to go before total bankruptcy and the destruction of the family.

"If your luck is bad, just wait, go fishing, and wait until your luck is good."

"But I..."

"When your luck is good, you are indecisive; when your luck is bad, you are anxious. With you acting like this, if you don't lose, whose money am I supposed to win?"

"!!!"

"I've told you all the tricks, you'll have to figure it out yourself." The man yawned, "See for yourself."

The Brother-in-law was speechless.

Hanging up the phone, the man stared blankly at the sky; Ji Xiang estimated there were still a few days left.

Just as Ji Xiang had guessed, a few days later, someone came knocking.

But it wasn't the Brother-in-law who came, but the man's ex-wife.

"Zhang Yidong, you scoundrel, you dared to incite my brother to go online..." The ex-wife started cursing the moment they met, her face pitch-black, as if covered by a black veil.

"Slap~"

Before the ex-wife could finish, the man slammed the Paternity Test onto her face.

"Look at what you and your precious brother have done!"

The ex-wife was stunned; she picked up the document in confusion.

"This is a Paternity Test, the child isn't mine, but yours and your brother's!"

"You bunch of dogs, doing shameless things behind my back, and you still come to my door to say I'm not right?!"

"I feel sick just looking at you, why don't you go be with your brother, why come to me?!"

The ex-wife's pitch-black face instantly turned deathly pale.

Her hands were trembling; Ji Xiang guessed she had no idea the man already knew about the "good deeds" between her and her brother.

"You really have the nerve, you really are shameless, come on, keep talking, let me see what face you have left to face me. Trisomy, no wonder it happened three times in a row, a family of trash!"

"You scoundrel."

The ex-wife was speechless; the man snatched the Paternity Test report from her hand and shook it in the air.

The rustling sound was like the man slapping her face.

Watching the ex-wife leave in a daze, the man felt conflicted, but ultimately, a sense of relief.

However, things weren't much better now; that Brother-in-law, who had been spoiled to the point of being able to "destroy the world," had likely destroyed the entire family by his own hand.

Although the ex-wife had woken up now, Ji Xiang didn't think her family could make the Brother-in-law turn over a new leaf.

He had been spoiled since childhood, and she had even been pregnant three times, with all the children being the Brother-in-law's.

To that extent, the Brother-in-law wouldn't listen to anyone in their family.

Light flickered, and Ji Xiang returned to the System Operating Room.

His emotions were somewhat complex; he watched the System NPC silently for a long time without speaking.

The System NPC met Ji Xiang's gaze, and unlike usual, did not lecture Ji Xiang or instill values.

The two of them just sat in silence for a long time.

"Teacher, are there many cases like this?" Ji Xiang asked.

"Sigh." The System NPC sighed, "Many years ago, when I was supporting old, young, border, and poor regions, there was a family—a father and four daughters. Every placenta from the daughters' miscarriages was hung on a tree by him; when I passed by at night, I felt like I could hear the sound of ghosts crying."

In an instant, Ji Xiang's scalp tingled, and he broke out in goosebumps.

There was such a shameless thing!

"Humans, there is diversity." The System NPC didn't smile, and said very seriously to Ji Xiang, "That quote from Mr. Lu Xun still holds some truth, but this is not the norm; it belongs to the category of rare cases, like rare diseases."

Ji Xiang didn't ask which quote it was.

Although he didn't agree with it.

"When it comes to patients with Trisomy Syndrome, speak less and observe more, just fulfill your duty as a Doctor; there's no telling how many things are hidden in there."

The System NPC cautioned.

Ji Xiang nodded.

"We are only doctors; doing our duty is enough. Do you remember?"

(End of chapter)