Instance game: I signed a pact with the gods, and the gods accused me of cheating

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2024 years.

Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Shandong Province.

"Sister Cao, Sister Cao, I think I just saw Brother Qin Shang's finger move..."

The boy sitting in the ward kept his eyes fixed on the man on the hospital bed, as if he had really met his idol.

Upon hearing this, the girl who was cleaning nearby trembled, glanced at the man on the bed who hadn't moved much in almost ten years, and finally rolled her eyes helplessly, burning with anger; "Li Wenzhe, if you have too little homework and nothing to do, I can be a good Samaritan and buy you some workbooks at the Xinhua Bookstore near the school gate. I'm sure you'll be moved to tears!"

"How could you be like this!"

Hearing this, the boy pouted, looking aggrieved.

"But Sister Cao, when you called my name just now, I suddenly remembered something. In your novel, in the Jiangcheng chapter, there seems to be a character named Li Wenzhe, who died quite tragically. Sister, that name..."

"Oh right, your true form is you, kid!"

"Alright, shut up! Let me think about what I haven't finished with my work today..."

Sister Cao was starting to regret it. She should have known better than to bring this kid to the ward. He had been chattering away the whole way, but once he saw Qin Shang, he didn't stop talking. He kept touching this and looking at that. Sister Cao had no doubt that if she hadn't been in the ward, this kid would have probably helped Mr. Qin Shang, who had been lying in bed for almost twenty years, up and then lifted up his clothes to examine whether there were any wounds that matched those in the book.

"But... Sister!"

The boy behaved himself for a short while before suddenly sitting up abruptly from the sofa again, asking in confusion.

Sister Cao's face darkened as she opened the window to let in some fresh air.

You kid...

"what happened again!?"

"Qin Shang has been hospitalized for so many years. Does that mean that if you can't find his family, you don't have to pay his hospitalization fees?"

Hearing this, Sister Cao rolled her eyes; "Although I really want to create a harmonious society for you and give you a wonderful childhood full of dreams, I'm sorry, a hospital isn't a charity. How can we let patients stay here indefinitely without charging them?"

"Look at the sign outside. This is a VIP ward. One day's hospital fee is equivalent to three days' wages for my sister working here, and it's free...tsk tsk tsk."

Sister Cao was clearly reminded of the leader's disgusting face. According to the hospital's rules and procedures, let alone free, these days, even if you have the money, it's practically impossible to get a high-end nursing room without prior reservation and connections.

"What is the reason that Mr. Qin Shang has been able to stay here?"

Young Li Wenzhe immediately became suspicious and looked at the woman not far away with a puzzled expression.

Upon hearing this, the latter sighed softly and put down the rag in her hand. "It's a woman who didn't leave her name. She always comes regularly to pay Qin Shang's hospital fees, and she always pays in cash. I don't know what their relationship is. The inpatient department has a policy of confidentiality regarding patient information. As for me, I'm just a caregiver here. I can't control what the payment department does. I'm just hearing about it from others. It's just that this is a rather unusual thing. After all, mobile payment is so widespread these days, yet there are still people who habitually pay in cash... and they don't even ask for a receipt, which is quite special. So I've heard some rumors about it when my colleagues are chatting."

"That's all!"

The boy fell silent. It was probably hard for him, at such a young age, to understand why the hospital couldn't prioritize treating patients and saving lives, based on the principle of putting people first and life above all else. Although it was a matter of opinion, from another perspective, if a patient like Qin Shang, who had no family, were to receive free treatment for decades, the costs of caregivers, convalescence, and even after deducting the cost of the various tests and medications administered to maintain his vital signs each year, would still be a considerable expense in terms of manpower alone.

This amount of money is not insignificant for the hospital. Moreover, it sets a precedent for such an exception. If word gets out, and other patients follow Qin Shang's example and dump their cases on the hospital whenever they encounter difficult or complicated illnesses or become vegetative, even if they have family members, the hospital cannot stand idly by if they cannot contact the family members. In that case, they will have no choice but to grit their teeth and bear it...

One pass ten, ten pass a hundred.

People with elderly relatives at home who don't want to fulfill their filial duties all dump their care at the hospital. Should the hospital take responsibility or not?

If we take charge and help people to the end, we might have to spend hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars on just one person.

Regardless, that's hospital negligence. After all, there's the case of Qin Shang, who provided free care to a vegetative patient whose waking time was unknown. Now, an elderly person is standing right outside your hospital, and you're ignoring them, watching their life slip away. If something happens, the family might make a scene and blame your hospital for the elderly person's death.

Kindness is something that many people in this world pursue and yearn for.

However, when there is a conflict between self-interest and kindness, most people will choose to prioritize their own interests over kindness.

A long time ago, a hospital in China actually pioneered this approach.

The hospital, which boasted of providing free medical care to critically ill patients with no money or family members and displayed a sign at its entrance emphasizing that life was of paramount importance, became incredibly popular. Initially, the hospital's income was decent; while it wasn't exactly making a fortune, it was enough to cover its expenses. However, as time went on and the hype died down, very few normal patients came to the hospital for treatment. Most of the inpatients were critically ill patients who had no relatives or money, or who had relatives but couldn't contact their families.

You won't save a critically ill patient...

Then they are doomed.

You saved her, but her family doesn't care or even bother with her.

They're just pretending to be dead. They won't pay when you ask for payment, and they won't answer your calls. You really can't do anything about it. You said life is above all else, so you can't just stand by and watch the patient die like that, can you?

And if something goes wrong with the patient and the family makes a scene, you can't do anything about it. At that point, they might say, "Who asked you to save my elderly relative? They were perfectly healthy, and it was you bunch of quacks who killed them." What can you say then?

Yes, this behavior is shameless...

But there are such people in this world...

And there are many!

Many people, seeing their elderly mothers growing old and their fathers becoming weak and unable to function, choose to leave their elderly parents at the entrance of a hospital that boasts of providing free medical care to patients without money or family, adhering to the principle of putting people first.

Afterwards, they found out that there were family members involved, so they frantically urged them to pay, but the family members just pretended to be dead and ignored them. Later, the old man passed away peacefully. Hey, at this time, these family members who had disappeared suddenly appeared. Guess what?

The family members filed a lawsuit against the hospital.

They claimed that we didn't register the elderly person at this hospital, nor did we help them get admitted. They said we, as family members, had never even seen the risk and liability disclosure form. In other words, all of this was the hospital's doing, so the hospital should also bear the responsibility for the elderly person's death in their hospital.

In the end, the hospital went out of business...

We can guide our behavior with kindness, but we cannot face the world without malice, because you never know whether you will receive kindness or malice in return when you send out friendly signals.

The boy still kept his head down with a serious expression and his brows furrowed.

Women can guess what's going on in his little head.

"Anyway, the person who paid his hospital bills isn't surnamed Jiang!"

"All right!"

After saying that, Sister Cao said;

"Stop dwelling on Qin Shang. I only borrowed his character prototype and name. Just like you made a cameo appearance in 'Instance Game,' are you the one who died on the country road in the Jiangcheng chapter of that novel?"

"Of course not! If you keep doing this, believe me, I'll go back and change the name of the protagonist in the novel!"

"That way you won't be so stubborn!"

Upon hearing this, Li Wenzhe immediately lowered his head, looking aggrieved. Sister Cao seemed to know that what she had just said had made the young man's "CPU" a little angry, especially since her attitude in the first few sentences was not very friendly to the young man. Feeling guilty, she immediately changed her tone.

"Let's go, how about I treat you to KFC after I finish work? It's Crazy Sunday today..."

Boom boom boom!

Before he could finish speaking, there was a knock on the door.

Before Thursday could finish speaking, their conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door. Cao Jie and Li Wenzhe instinctively looked towards the door and saw a beautiful woman, not very tall, about 1.6 meters, with an elegant demeanor and the air of a well-bred lady, walk in. For some reason, even though Cao Jie had never seen this woman before, the moment their eyes met, she had an inexplicable feeling that she knew her.

"May I ask the author of 'Dungeon Game'..."

"Little grass, is it here?"

Upon hearing this, Sister Cao paused, her pretty face showing suspicion.

"you are?"

"Oh, hello, I'm an employee of 'Huaxia Jiangcheng Ghost Brand Software Development Co., Ltd.'..."

Someone from a company came to see me?

They're even calling me by my alternate account?

A moment later, the two sides moved to another location to discuss their business.

In the coffee shop, Sister Cao finally understood, and her bright eyes widened in surprise.

"So, you want to buy the full rights to my book and then adapt it into a comic?"

"Yes! Of course, there's one more condition..."

Upon hearing this, Sister Cao was taken aback. She glanced down at Li Wenzhe beside her. After leaving the hospital, this kid had completely forgotten about Qin Shang. He no longer acted like a fanboy meeting his idol. It was as if he had completely forgotten about Qin Shang. When they entered the coffee shop, Miss Qin ordered quite a few things, and this kid didn't stand on ceremony and started eating heartily.

She pursed her red lips. After all, it was her first time being adapted into a comic, and to be honest, she was quite nervous, especially since the other party had found her, the author, directly without going through a novel signing platform.

She wouldn't even dare say that she's good at creating captivating stories with words, let alone using them to gain an advantage at the negotiating table.

"Speaking!"

The next moment, Ms. Qin, sitting opposite, crossed her shapely legs, put her legs up, and twirled her coffee cup with her hand. She then bowed slightly and gave a friendly smile.

All kinds of styles.

"We've already found a cartoonist; he's a student from the Central Academy of Fine Arts..."

"I definitely won't waste the material from this book!"

"My only request is that you..."

The woman paused for a moment, then said;

"Don't change... the name of the protagonist in this book!"

(End of book)

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—Author's Closing Remarks

It’s over!

It's finally finished.

When I typed "The End of This Book," I truly felt a sense of relief. Although there were still a few plot holes to fill, the infinite flow genre inherently allows for some open endings. Explaining everything too clearly would make it less interesting. As for Qin Shang not personally dealing with Chen Ge Lao and claiming there was another person who knew more about his crimes, he was naturally referring to Jiang Qiqi from another world. After Qin Shang faked his death and returned to another world, the girl would continue to create subsequent plots using her comic book, including revealing all of Chen Ge Lao's crimes to the world...