Chapter 182: Chapter 180: Juggling Several Men, but Only One Boyfriend?

[I thought he was the victim before, but now it seems he’s not so innocent after all!]

[Gambling is illegal! It ruins families and bankrupts people. Why the hell would you gamble?! I fucking hate gamblers. They should all just go die!]

[The commenter above clearly has a story. Calm down, take it easy. If he broke the law, someone will definitely deal with him.]

"Patient, you racked up a 100,000 yuan gambling debt that you planned to default on. This ’brother’ of yours—someone you only met online—spent several thousand on you just to earn your trust, didn’t he? He knew you had a gambling problem, so he recommended all sorts of gambling websites to you. You actually won some money at first, but then your greed took over. You even started borrowing money to bet, and in the end, you lost over 800,000. The people you borrowed from were your own relatives and friends, weren’t they?

You’re on the run from your debts now, but it never occurred to you to get a job and earn the money to pay them back.

When your ’brother’ saw you had no intention of paying, he naturally had to put on a show for you. That’s the full story behind the ’home execution’ incident. To make you believe it, he spent quite a bit of time and another few thousand yuan staging this whole performance."

"So, Doctor Wen, are you saying he’s still alive?"

"Not only is he alive, he’s watching the livestream right now."

[Holy crap! The twists in this story are always beyond my wildest expectations!]

[So which ’brother’ is responsible for this fine piece of work? Care to step up and take credit?]

[Are you stupid, @previous commenter?! What he did is also illegal. You think anyone would actually admit to it?]

The man’s expression shifted. He stared at the livestream chat. "Liangzai, are you really watching? Were you really just scamming me? We became sworn brothers online!"

"Don’t be so naive. Wasn’t your so-called brotherhood just a scam from the start? Whatever intentions you had, he had the same. He’s no dumber than you are."

"But..."

"But I don’t have any money now. What does he gain by doing this?"

"You don’t have money, but don’t you still have that plot of land back in your hometown? When it comes down to life or death, are you going to choose your life or your land?" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The man’s eyes widened in disbelief.

"Since your ’illness’ is more or less cured, it’s time for you to go where you belong. You can’t escape."

As if on cue to Wen Ying’s words, a knock sounded at the door, followed by police officers bursting in.

The first thing they did upon entering was to handcuff the man. The second was to look at the old computer in the room. "Thank you, Doctor Wen, for buying us time."

[??? So we’ve been kept in the dark this whole time?]

[When did Doctor Wen call the police? I’ve been watching without even blinking and I didn’t see a thing!]

"Doctor Wen, we’ve been following your stream. Thank you for your contributions to this industry. And to all the viewers in the stream, remember this: don’t ever break the law. Otherwise, what awaits you is a bottomless Hell."

With that, the video connection cut out.

[Doctor Wen, he’s been arrested, but what about all the money he owes?]

[Yeah, those people are innocent.]

[Doctor Wen, can you tell us how they can get their money back?]

Wen Ying smiled. "I mentioned he has a plot of land back home. His wife already divorced him because of his gambling, so the land is his alone. Since he can’t repay the cash, he can use the land and his old family house to offset the debt."

[But that land isn’t worth several hundred thousand, is it?]

"Those gambling platforms are illegal to begin with, so that debt is legally void. The only money he has to pay back is the hundred thousand or so he borrowed. The value of his property should be enough to cover that."

[Doctor Wen, about that text message from before... I want to ask, is everyone who received it a lawbreaker?]

[You asking means you got one too, right?]

[Not me, not me! It was someone from my village! He was terrified, ran crying to the village chief’s house. It made me think, a lot of people probably got that message. Someone is bound to fall for it, right?]

"Don’t worry. Those are just scam messages, and most recipients are innocent. Just delete or report the message. The police will issue a public statement to debunk it soon, and it will probably even become a trending topic."

[That’s good to hear. A lot of people were worried he’d gotten into some kind of trouble without telling us.]

Xiangcheng Police: [Thank you, Doctor Wen, for your contribution to debunking this rumor!]

[Whoa! Is that the official account? It’s not a fake, right?]

[The police are personally backing Doctor Wen! Our Doctor Wen has really made it! Let’s see how those haters can try to slander her now!]

"Beginning the next call."

[This call felt a little short.]

[It was short, but the events were huge!]

Amidst the audience’s chatter, a young woman of about twenty-three or twenty-four appeared on the screen. She had her hair in a ponytail and was dressed plainly.

Judging by her clothes and her surroundings, she likely wasn’t in a city.

The young woman was average-looking, but her youth was her charm; her face was full and glowing.

"Hello, Doctor Wen. I don’t have much money, so I can only pay a thousand yuan."

The young woman’s username was [Love Supreme].

"Welcome, Patient Love Supreme, to my clinic’s livestream. One thousand yuan is enough."

The young woman immediately sent a one-thousand-yuan tip, and the pained look on her face as she did so was visible to everyone in the stream.

[She’s definitely hurting over that thousand yuan, right? She looks like she doesn’t have money, so why call in?]

[Judging by her username, I’ve already imagined a thousand cheesy, dramatic love stories!]

[The commenter above should go write for a web novel site. The melodrama genre is pretty profitable if you market it right. Go on, get to it!]

[These days, everyone complains about melodramatic novels, yet people still read them???]

[That’s because you don’t know how well those kinds of novels sell with certain audiences!]

[If Doctor Wen wrote a novel, what do you think it would be about? Could she make money off it?]

"Doctor Wen, I know you’re amazing. I just want to ask, how long will it take for my boyfriend and me to make a lot of money and get married?"

The young woman clearly yearned for marriage with her boyfriend, but for some reason, she also seemed worried.

Wen Ying looked at the young woman, thought for a moment, and asked, "Which boyfriend are you referring to?"

[Shocked! This girl has several boyfriends?]

[She looks so ordinary, but she’s juggling multiple guys?]

[You can always get the juiciest gossip in Doctor Wen’s livestream!]

The young woman grew flustered. "Doctor Wen, you must be joking, right? I only have one boyfriend!"

[Trying to be stubborn in front of Doctor Wen? Doesn’t she know that Doctor Wen is the queen of calling people out? She’s really too young and naive!]

[The last person who contradicted Doctor Wen like this is probably in jail now, right?]

[Everyone already knows. Just stop pretending, okay? Do you really need Doctor Wen to spell it out for you?]

Watching the comments scroll by, the young woman became even more frantic. You could feel her desperation through the screen.

"Patient Love Supreme is correct," Wen Ying stated. "She does, in fact, only have one boyfriend."