“Venerable, do you really eat meat? Didn’t you always tell us that eating meat harms your spiritual merit?”
“Yeah, Venerable. You told us before that a kind person can’t bear to harm any living creature and loves all things. Was all of that a lie?”
“I even sold my family’s goose farm back home just to avoid eating meat. Was all of this just a scam?”
These men and women, who had been so respectful toward Jia Shan just moments ago, suddenly became furious and agitated.
Jia Shan had been their spiritual pillar. No matter what others thought of him, they had deeply respected him, believing he was a living Bodhisattva, a great philanthropist walking among the mortal world.
They had held onto this belief and practiced together. But who would have thought it would all end like this?
Jia Shan hadn’t expected things to turn out this way either.
He said in a deep voice, “Eating meat depends on the person.”
“Your cultivation isn’t sufficient, so if you eat meat, it’s definitely full of sin. But my cultivation is sufficient. When I eat them, I’m helping them break free from this world of suffering. I’m doing good deeds. Can you understand my good intentions?”
These men and women might not have been the sharpest, but that didn’t mean they were all fools.
Feng Jiao sneered, “Before, you told us that no matter who it is, eating meat will send you to hell. Now you’re telling us that eating meat depends on the person. Which of your words are we supposed to believe?”
Du Ji also spoke up, “You’re a huge liar! You’ve been deceiving us for years, and you’ve deceived us so badly!”
“You need to return all the money you scammed from us right now, or we’ll call the police and have you arrested!”
“That’s right! Give us back our money!”
Seeing these men and women suddenly getting so worked up, Jia Shan wasn’t nervous at all.
Since they had already torn off all pretense, Jia Shan stopped pretending too.
“That’s right, I am a liar. So what?”
“All the money you’ve given me over the years was voluntarily gifted to me by you. A lot of it was also for food and lodging expenses.”
“I obtained all of this money through legitimate channels. Even if you call the police, what can they do to me?”
You have to admit, Jia Shan was quite skilled at this.
A long time ago, Jia Shan had already anticipated that this day might come.
So every time Jia Shan collected money from his followers, he would require them to write notes like “voluntary gift” in the remarks.
With those words written down, even if it went to court, a judge couldn’t rule that the money was obtained illegally.
After all, these men and women were all adults. They had to take responsibility for their own actions.
Seeing how shameless Jia Shan was, these men and women couldn’t hold it in anymore.
Thinking about how they had been played for so many years, Du Ji’s anger surged, and he stepped forward and punched Jia Shan hard.
Once Du Ji made a move, the others rushed forward too, and started beating and kicking Jia Shan.
Jia Shan hadn’t expected these people to be so bold.
This was still being livestreamed — and they actually dared to attack him?
“Dr. Qin, help me! Help me!”
Jia Shan, beaten black and blue, begged Qin Jiang for help.
Qin Jiang sat in his chair unmoved, and even picked up the teacup on the table and slowly took a sip.
The viewers in the livestream chat all felt deeply satisfied watching this scene.
“Serves him right! This kind of con artist should have been beaten up a long time ago!”
“I really can’t understand — it’s the twenty-first century already. How can there still be people who believe in this kind of fraudster?”
“The fact that you can’t understand it means your life is still pretty good. Once your life becomes a complete mess, or when you’re in despair, you’ll start believing in gods.”
“That’s actually true. When I was a kid, my family was well-off, and I always scoffed at things like the God of Wealth. But after I grew up and the family business lost money and we owed a lot of debt, now my home not only has a God of Wealth shrine, but we even go out to welcome him during New Year.”
“Things like spiritual pillars aren’t just empty talk. The reason you don’t have a spiritual pillar isn’t because you don’t need one — it’s because you haven’t been through enough yet.”
Qin Jiang also hated these kinds of fraudsters, but he had to admit that this kind of thing was really just one person willing to beat and the other willing to take it.
Never mind that he couldn’t do anything about it — even if the police came, there was nothing they could do.
Liu Yan quietly asked from the side, “Dr. Qin, aren’t we going to go up and stop them? What if they beat him to death?”
Qin Jiang said calmly, “We can’t stop them. They’ve already lost their minds to anger. Whoever goes up to intervene right now will get beaten too.”
“Let them fight. They’ll all pay the price for their actions.”
Just as Qin Jiang finished speaking, more than a dozen police officers walked in from outside and pulled all these people apart and restrained them.
“Everyone stop! Stop fighting!”
“If you keep fighting, I’ll put cuffs on you!”
Qin Jiang’s livestream had always been monitored by people from the medical department and the police station at all times, to prevent any sudden situations from occurring.
After Du Ji, Feng Jiao, and the others were pulled away, Qin Jiang finally saw that Jia Shan’s face was covered in blood, and he was clutching his stomach and wailing on the ground.
Shi Mu came over with two nurses and gave Jia Shan a checkup.
“His nose is bleeding, and he scraped some skin on his head. We just don’t know if there’s internal injury.”
“Dr. Qin, how should we handle this person?”
Shi Mu looked at Qin Jiang, waiting to see his attitude.
Qin Jiang said, “Since he came here to see me for treatment, he’s naturally my patient.”
“Help him up. Let me take a look.”
Shi Mu helped Jia Shan up and sat him down properly.
The moment Qin Jiang saw his complexion, his brows furrowed immediately.
Jia Shan’s face was now ashen, his lips pale, and his whole body was shivering, as if he were extremely cold.
This was not a normal reaction after being beaten.
Qin Jiang took Jia Shan’s pulse and found that his condition was extremely serious, and his pulse was very abnormal.
“Get him to the ward immediately. Give him a CT scan and run another blood test.”
After having Shi Mu take Jia Shan to the ward for examination, a few minutes later, Jia Shan gradually regained consciousness.
He said to Qin Jiang, trembling, “Dr. Qin… save me…”
Qin Jiang quickly asked, “Tell me where you feel uncomfortable. Describe it to me.”
Jia Shan forced himself to reach out and press on his stomach.
“I… it hurts here.”
When Qin Jiang saw where Jia Shan was pressing, he immediately said in a grave voice, “This is bad. It’s most likely acute pancreatitis.”
Acute pancreatitis comes on fast and the pain is intense.
Most importantly, even though this disease is called an “inflammation,” it’s actually extremely dangerous. Once it flares up, it can very likely be fatal!
Soon, Jia Shan’s latest test results came out.
It was indeed just as Qin Jiang had suspected — acute pancreatitis. And according to the CT scan, a large amount of pancreatic fluid had already seeped out inside his body. Pancreatic necrosis could happen at any moment!
“Get him into the operating room. Prepare for surgery immediately.”
