[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-have-10-trillion-dollars-only-usable-for-simpi":3,"chapter-i-have-10-trillion-dollars-only-usable-for-simpi-i-have-10-trillion-dollars-only-usable-for-simpi-chapter-982":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Have 10 Trillion Dollars only Usable For Simping",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},557406,807,"Chapter 982 - 982 704 Firefly_2","i-have-10-trillion-dollars-only-usable-for-simpi-chapter-982",982,"\u003Cp>982: 704 Firefly_2 982: 704 Firefly_2 Jiang Chen knew that the other party had misunderstood his intent; he certainly wasn’t questioning Mao Tu’s abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A person like Cao Jinse would definitely not take her own safety as a joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the skill Mao Tu had just displayed was enough to leave people in awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What intrigued him was something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This kind of bodyguard, where did Miss Cao find her?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gentleman does not stand beneath a collapsing wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also realized that it was time to start considering his own security issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was not Lan Peizhi, who had neither the strength nor the confidence to traverse the Jianghu alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Chen truly did not like the idea of being surrounded by a group of burly men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no special preferences and did not require a bodyguard who combined both beauty and strength like Mao Tu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could find a highly skilled yet inconspicuous candidate for a bodyguard, he would certainly not refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It wasn’t a matter of finding her; Mao Tu has grown up with me since we were children.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Jinse’s reply rendered Jiang Chen speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who says there are no aristocrats in Shenzhou?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out she was groomed from an early age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not possess such background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you looking for a bodyguard?” Cao Jinse inquired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chen nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Jinse could not help but glance at Tanki Liuli, who had always been quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of silence, she said something thought-provoking, “With Taoist Duanmu by your side, there is no need for any extra measures.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having had only a simple meal in the office, as Cao Jinse was not a fussy person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your ex-girlfriend should be arriving soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s go to the hospital.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chen did not reject her kindness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Jinse arranged transportation and personally accompanied Jiang Chen and Tanki Liuli to the medical institution where Ai Qian was scheduled to undergo a bone marrow transplant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Much to Jiang Chen’s surprise, it was not a public hospital but a private medical center called “Firefly,” symbolizing a firefly’s light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This place specializes in researching various kinds of cancer, as well as malignant diseases like leukemia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can think of it as a small hospital or a research institute.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it wasn’t as big as a top-tier hospital, but this medical center was certainly not small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon entering, Jiang Chen saw three large buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is privately owned, right?” he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm, I founded it,” Cao Jinse said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chen remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is no smoke without fire; the saying held true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s a 24-hour medical team in comparison?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had heard that some top-tier wealthy individuals owned their own medical institutions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Researching malignant diseases is no easy task.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As is widely known.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The development of technology is an expensive endeavor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In River City, Jin Hai’s new energy vehicle factory had poured in more than a hundred billion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The medical field was even more so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why some drugs are so expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Developing a single drug requires an immense amount of manpower, material resources, and time, and after possibly a decade of effort, you might end up with nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So regardless, stepping into this field is a sign of someone with great perseverance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it were easy, there would be no diseases in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These medical institutions, the oldest of them, have been established for four or five years, yet so far, no effective progress has been made.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The medical institution she founded wasn’t the only one she was referring to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Advancing medical science is naturally a long and obstructed journey.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chen understood that she must have incurred such big costs for reasons other than making money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her status, if it were solely for wealth, there would be countless easier paths to choose from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chen couldn’t help but turn to look at that serene face, gaining a deeper understanding of her character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not everyone has such courage and magnanimity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In these times, while the poor cannot only look after themselves, how many wealthy people can be of service to the world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand, no rush, let’s take it slow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Jinse said with a wry smile as the party entered the outpatient building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no grand procession, just a few key hospital figures waiting to greet them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this small detail, the unique nature of this medical center could be discerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sacred duty of a physician is to save lives, not to waste time and energy on flattery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss Cao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The patient will be arriving soon; you can get ready now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss Cao, rest assured, everything is already prepared.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Jinse nodded and introduced, “This is Mr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang; the patient is his friend.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang, hello, I am the attending physician for your friend; my surname is Chen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Professor Chen, thank you for your troubles.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s no trouble, Mr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang, treating and saving patients is our duty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nowadays, however, how many in white coats still remember what they put on this garment for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group entered the outpatient building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it couldn’t compete with the scale of top-tier hospitals, but the environment here was even cleaner and brighter, with hallways that could be described as spotless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through conversations with the hospital director and several professors, Jiang Chen soon learned that the patients staying here were almost all from impoverished families suffering from serious illnesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to bear the high costs of treatment, they were accepted here in situations where they had nowhere else to turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t a charity; treatment here still cost money, though the overall expenses were about half that of regular hospitals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A full half cheaper!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning, treatment that would require six hundred thousand elsewhere would only need three hundred thousand here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To a wealthy person, the difference might seem trivial, but to the average person, it could mean the difference between life and death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hasn’t any hospital accused you of unfair competition?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After his chat with the hospital’s officials, Jiang Chen bluntly posed the question to Cao Jinse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with deep background, such practices were bound to offend the entire medical system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Few might care to admit it, but it was undeniably true that the times when one wished “for dust-laden medicine over a world free of sickness and pain” were long gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today’s medical practices had gradually become a business, or rather, they had become a business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why would they accuse me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By charging so little, you’re breaking unwritten rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would anyone still go to other hospitals?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you think it’s busy here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chen fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Busy” was a word that seemed it should never be used to describe a place like a hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from what he could see, this medical center wasn’t very crowded, certainly not as packed as the top-tier hospitals outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We take in patients with serious diseases, like various types of cancer, like leukemia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of them have been turned away by other hospitals or can’t afford the medical fees, so they are recommended here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Jinse chuckled lightly: “We haven’t done any advertising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most patients are referred here by other hospitals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprising, isn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chen remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So the patients that other hospitals don’t want are the ones you take in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Jinse gave him a sidelong glance, “Why must you put it so harshly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should we just send those patients home with a death countdown notice instead?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then do you make any money?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chen asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We do make some.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Jinse spoke softly: “It’s just a little less.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chen grew quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And what about Taoist Duanmu?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I had her take a walk around not long ago…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chen was also a bit worried she might get lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, her unique attire meant that anyone who had seen her would find it hard to forget.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After asking a few nurses, Jiang Chen and Cao Jinse descended to the second floor, coming to the door of an outpatient clinic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were sounds of arguing coming from inside the clinic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by the voices, it seemed to be a middle-aged couple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why can’t you buy a durian?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just want to eat one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s too expensive, eat something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, the doctor also said that you shouldn’t be eating anything too nutritious right now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can’t even bear to buy me a durian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you want me to die so you can marry someone else?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cut the crap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sold the house just to afford your treatment; what more do you want from me?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman fell silent;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there were no doctors’ voices, unknown whether it was because they couldn’t get a word in or couldn’t bear to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief silence, the man’s voice softened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, don’t die on me; I can’t afford another wife.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young woman dressed in a Daoist robe and carrying a wooden sword, on her journey from the mountains, stood outside the clinic room, her expression serene, and her gaze filled with compassion.\u003C\u002Fp>",1516,"2026-05-30T15:07:37.435Z","2026-06-01T04:31:32.694Z",1,"novelbin.me","de5186116bb2c3d5804c12524ebad647882926b1512e4b5ea5cf1c3085476baa","i-have-10-trillion-dollars-only-usable-for-simpi-chapter-983","i-have-10-trillion-dollars-only-usable-for-simpi-chapter-981",2400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-have-10-trillion-dollars-only-usable-for-simpi-cover.jpg"]