Who Made Him a Lawyer?

Chapter 357: Chapter 246: A Terrifying Hypothesis!

Inside the hospital.

A few people were slowly eating their meal.

Xu Liang was eating and smiling, and anyone could see he was in a pretty good mood.

Yang Ruoxi took a big piece of egg, stuffed it in her mouth, and felt the tangy sweet juice fill her mouth, instantly feeling a rush of happiness.

Then she looked at Xu Liang, who was occasionally chuckling, and asked in confusion:

"Why are you laughing?"

"Oh, nothing, just thought of something funny."

Xu Liang snapped back to reality and gave her a smile.

After returning from the market, he came to the hospital, as for how he cooked the meal...

Near the hospital, there were stoves that only charged a firewood fee for the use by patients’ families, and welfare-type eateries where you could cook for one or two yuan, which he had used many times.

Besides the three of them, there were four other people in the ward.

They were Feng Nan and three other patients.

Originally, their spirits were quite low and gloomy, Feng Nan even hadn’t slept the entire night and looked listless in the morning.

But fortunately, a meal of scrambled eggs with tomatoes instantly whetted everyone’s appetite.

A good meal can create a momentary sense of happiness which drowned out the sadness in their hearts.

"I didn’t know Lawyer Xu had such skills!"

Feng Nan felt satisfied and marveled.

Ever since falling ill, she hadn’t experienced the happiness of a full meal, and even developed anorexia, which Xu Liang surprisingly cured.

Xu Liang smiled.

He was just about to say something.

Unexpectedly, the door was suddenly opened.

"Creak~!"

The door opened, and a familiar yet strange figure suddenly appeared at the entrance.

It was a man, emaciated, his eyes sunken in, looking gravely ill, nearly as if he were an old man on his last legs.

And this person, Xu Liang met with him yesterday.

It was...

Yang Hao!

Yes, it was Yang Hao who had appeared at the hospital door, the same Yang Hao who testified for the plaintiff yesterday!

Seeing him, Feng Nan and the others immediately turned cold, staring at Yang Hao intently.

Yang Hao showed no expression, merely walked to his bed, packing his things silently, as if oblivious to the stares around him.

Until someone couldn’t hold back anymore.

"Bastard!"

"You’re a bastard, how much did Han Chengguang pay you to make you speak lies with your eyes open, even to slander Li Ye!!!"

A man clutched his steamed bun tightly, angrily muttering in a low voice.

If not for Li Ye, his son would have long died of illness.

The news came last night that Yang Hao and two others collectively declared Li Ye selling counterfeit drugs at high prices, it struck him like a thunderbolt, leaving him stunned.

The others sneered mockingly too.

"Ha, I felt on the 21st that a scoundrel would sell us out, never thought it would be you."

"I don’t even know who kneeled to Li Ye last year to get medicine, talking about gratitude, and now sniveling like an ungrateful wretch!"

"Tsk, how does the hospital still allow dogs into the ward?"

"..."

Yang Hao remained silent and said nothing.

He just continued pack his belongings quietly.

After a while, when he almost finished, he suddenly stood up, paused at the door.

Then he turned his head to glance inside the room, suddenly speaking coldly:

"The hospital has arranged a single room for me, with genuine Imatinib to take."

After these simple words, Yang Hao left the ward.

His words left the people inside the ward dumbstruck again.

The faces of those who had spoken earlier turned livid, their briefly awakened appetite suppressed, hearts filled with anger.

A VIP ward and genuine Imatinib, latest treatment facilities must be included too...

And what Yang Hao had to do was sell out Li Ye, Feng Nan, and others.

"Tsk, internal division, huh."

"Chai Shiring sure is skillful."

Yet Xu Liang merely smiled, a nonchalant look in his eyes.

During the trial phase, the issue ’whether there was profit’ had not reached a conclusion, the court would surely investigate further later.

Only Yang Hao and two others, the court would definitely lean toward the defendants.

But...

With Yang Hao as a ’role model’, it would give others in the Mutual Aid Association a false illusion, namely ’as long as you give false testimony, you can survive’!

The Mutual Aid Association was divided, driven by the genetic urge for survival, they would gradually lean toward the plaintiff, before the 17th, maybe ten or more, potentially even half the people!

"Hmph!"

Someone’s face turned iron-blue, letting out a muffled grunt, subsequently chewing his bun.

Just like Xu Liang thought, such glaring inequality infuriated one’s heart.

Xu Liang didn’t care.

Once the evidence was found, these false testimonies would naturally fall apart on their own!

Thinking of this.

"Right."

"Ms. Feng, could you please tell me... about the welfare physical exams from Superstar Pharmaceutical... do you remember anything?"

Xu Liang suddenly looked at Feng Nan, asking her.

Yang Ruoxi and Su Yu had found issues with the exams, naturally, he wasn’t going to let it go.

He wasn’t one to leave stones unturned!

Feng Nan, who was eating, paused, reminisced, then spoke:

"I don’t recall much."

Xu Liang asked again: "Then have you ever accepted their welfare physical exams?"

"I mean did your entire family of three take the exam together!"

Feng Nan nodded.

"The pharmaceutical company conducts numerous tests every year, even sending people to remote villages."

"In Qingshi City... in a few decades, nine out of ten people will have taken the exam."

School students are required to have physicals.

Either at school or at hospitals outside.

In future decades, as older generations die off, if Superstar Pharmaceutical doesn’t collapse, they’ll likely gradually control Qingshi City’s entire healthcare system.

Every child who’s ever attended school would mostly be under their responsibility!

However...

"How come such level of welfare... hasn’t led to their collapse?"

Xu Liang showed surprise on his face.

The scale Feng Nan described was far bigger than what Yang Ruoxi had mentioned.

The required financial, human, and material resources would be astronomical!

But...

Even so, Superstar Pharmaceutical Group is still doing it, and it’s doing it for free!

"Where’s the money coming from?"

Xu Liang frowned.

Even if they’re offering help at cost, years of free medical treatment would still amount to a huge sum!

But the group hasn’t collapsed; it’s actually grown bigger!

This...

Where’s the money coming from?

Or rather, where are they earning it from!?

"Could it be that they’re cutting corners?" Su Yu suddenly asked quietly from the side.

Yang Ruoxi nodded her head, "I think so too."

Before Xu Liang could speak, Feng Nan shook her head in denial.

"No, the medical exams are very thorough."

"Even Xiaoguang’s anemia was detected, and it was even treated for free..."

Anemia is easy to diagnose; even a rural clinic can initially find it out.

But...

"Free treatment!?" Xu Liang seemed to catch onto something and was suddenly surprised.

Anemia affects a lot of people, but it’s hard to treat.

It’s not like a cold where you just take medicine and it’s gone; it requires long-term, cyclic treatment.

Is Superstar Pharmaceutical Group crazy!? They’re even offering this treatment for free...

"It’s true."

Feng Nan nodded and said. freēwebnovel.com

Upon hearing this, Xu Liang understood why, at the beginning of the case, it was easy for Superstar Pharmaceutical Group to guide public opinion.

Doing such things, their reputation would naturally improve, but...

"Free treatment..." Xu Liang pondered for a moment.

He suddenly asked again.

"What type of anemia does Li Guang have?"

Anemia has different types; some are easy to treat, some are not, and Li Guang’s is...

"Seems to be... Mediterranean anemia."

Feng Nan thought for a moment and said, "It was three or four years ago."

Mediterranean anemia?

Xu Liang frowned.

Mild cases are nothing, moderate and severe cases are very serious, but... can the pharmaceutical group cure it!?

Nowadays, bone marrow stem cell transplantation is the only cure, but how could that be done for free?

Regular maintenance is just blood transfusions, yet transfusions don’t cure...

"How was Li Guang treated!?"

Xu Liang frowned, his knowledge far ahead of the times alerted him to something amiss.

"Seems like it was an infusion... then more infusions."

Feng Nan thought for a moment and said.

As she spoke, she quickly got up and said, "I remember there’s a medicine box left behind; after the infusion, Xiaoguang took it home and turned it into a toy..."

Having said that, Feng Nan started rummaging around the bedside table.

Infusions for children are different from those for adults.

To prevent children from moving and causing issues with the needle, they often use a medicine box to bind the hand or arm during infusion, similar to treating a fracture.

Li Guang was a child, so naturally, he wasn’t an exception.

But at that time, the medicine box was turned into a toy after the infusion and has been kept until now.

"Found it!"

After a long while, Feng Nan suddenly placed a paper ’boat’ folded from a cardboard box in front of Xu Liang.

It was a paper boat like a hat that most children would fold, except this material...

Was made from a medicine box!

"Busulfan?"

Xu Liang unfolded the paper boat and looked at the text on it, frowning deeply.

What is Busulfan?

It’s a basic drug for treating Mediterranean anemia.

But...

In 2005, it was generally the foundational drug for bone marrow stem cell transplantation!

"Did Li Guang really not undergo stem cell transplantation?"

Xu Liang’s face showed surprise.

Feng Nan shook her head, "No."

Nowadays, such medical procedures generally cost between 80,000 to 300,000, even calculating at 200,000, it’s not something an ordinary person can afford!

Not to mention several years ago, when even monthly salaries of a thousand were rare, saving up for a lifetime wouldn’t be enough...

"Strange, for anemia, Busulfan should only be used as preparation for stem cell transplantation..."

Xu Liang’s frown deepened.

Busulfan is meant for preparation, and aside from stem cells, there’s no other need to use it!

But Li Guang didn’t undergo transplantation, yet he got better and they used Busulfan.

Xu Liang began to think.

If there’s another place where Busulfan can be used...

Zynteglo (lentiviral vector gene therapy)?

In a daze, Xu Liang paused, his entire body froze, his face showing astonishment.

This thing, translated into Chinese, is Zeyoutai!

Zeyoutai treatment also requires the use of Busulfan!

But...

"No, no, Zeyoutai shouldn’t exist at this point in time..."

"Even with rapid pharmaceutical development, they shouldn’t be over a decade ahead!"

Xu Liang was stunned.

This thing was research in laboratories in 2000, entering clinical trials in 2010!

How could it appear a few years ago!?

But Li Guang indeed used Busulfan, does that really mean it was Zeyoutai treatment?

No, if it had come out, the pharmaceutical company would have no reason not to announce it; they would want the whole world to know!

In a trance...

Xu Liang suddenly thought of something, his face instantly grim.

Yang Ruoxi, seeing this, frowned, "What’s wrong?"

Xu Liang’s lips moved for a moment, and after a long silence, he suddenly said:

"Superstar Pharmaceutical Group, rapidly crushing the entire Lanshan Province... what do they rely on?"

Yang Ruoxi thought for a moment and stated the previously acknowledged information.

The pharmaceutical group relied on two things to quickly capture the entire market of Lanshan Province, and even foreign pharmaceutical companies cooperated with them.

And those two things are...

"Effective drugs, fast development."