Volume One, Chapter Seven: A Pack of Ungrateful Wolves

If their medicine runs out and there’s no more to take, their condition will only worsen. Then, all they can do is watch helplessly as their bodies slowly freeze, inch by inch, until death claims them.

“Rest assured, Miss Ma Rongrong has already informed me!”
“It won’t be long before Changsheng Pharmaceutical Group develops a new drug!”
“Is a pharmaceutical giant worth billions really no better than a medical school graduate intern?”
“Chairman Song has promised us that once the drug is developed, we can take it for free!”
“When that time comes, we will all be able to survive!”

Wang Meimei shouted loudly.

In truth, Wang Meimei was just a lackey sent by Ma Rongrong. Her sole purpose was to stir up the patients’ emotions. Of course, her main motivation was to get free medicine. After all, five thousand yuan per bottle was painfully expensive! It was such a shame that all that money ended up in Yang Feng’s hands alone!

“What Wang Meimei said is right!”
“Changsheng Pharmaceutical Group is such a huge company; they definitely can develop a miracle drug for ALS!”
“When that happens, we’ll all get to take the medicine for free!”

At the thought of no longer having to pay for medicine in the future, a faint smile appeared on the faces of the patients. To them, Changsheng Pharmaceutical Group was a colossal corporation worth hundreds of billions. Such a company wouldn’t dare deceive ordinary people like them, right? And if one man like Yang Feng could develop a cure for ALS, surely a company of Changsheng’s scale could do even better.

When Changsheng Pharmaceutical Group eventually releases their new drug, it will definitely be cheaper than Yang Feng’s. Yang Feng was truly heartless!

At these words, everyone nodded in agreement. To all present, Yang Feng was utterly doomed this time. To dare oppose Changsheng Pharmaceutical Group was practically courting death! If they could work well with Changsheng, their health would only improve from now on.

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“Yang Feng, I told you from the start that these people are ungrateful!”
“I warned you not to help them, but you wouldn’t listen!”
“And now look, they all see you as their enemy!”

On the way back, Ning Qingcheng couldn’t help but scold Yang Feng. The thought of those people’s ugly faces infuriated her. She felt it was unfair to Yang Feng. He had saved their lives, yet they were not only ungrateful but also turned against him! It was utterly shameless!

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“Qingcheng sister, I was wrong,” Yang Feng said with his head bowed.

Ning Qingcheng had indeed advised him not to sell medicine to those patients. As a top lawyer in Donghai, she was well aware that selling medicine without proper permits was illegal. But Yang Feng couldn’t bear to see those patients suffer. In a moment of weakness, he sold the medicine to them.

“Forget it, there’s no use blaming you now!”
“Sooner or later, they will reap what they sow.”
“By the way, where is your girlfriend Ma Rongrong?”
“You’ve gotten into such big trouble; why hasn’t she come to see you?”

Ning Qingcheng asked with curiosity.

When she found out Yang Feng was in trouble, she rushed to the detention center immediately to arrange bail for him. Yet Ma Rongrong, as Yang Feng’s girlfriend, had not appeared even once since the incident.

“Maybe she even conspired with those patients to report me!” Yang Feng said coldly.

“What?”
“Ma Rongrong colluded with those patients to accuse you of selling counterfeit drugs?”
“Yang Feng, I’ve told you before, Ma Rongrong is nothing but a scoundrel!”
“You refused to listen and insisted on being with her.”
“After you cured her illness, she actually joined those patients in reporting you!”
“Now you see what kind of woman she truly is, don’t you?”

Hearing that Ma Rongrong had reported Yang Feng filled Ning Qingcheng with indignation. She simply couldn’t understand how someone as good as Yang Feng could end up with a woman like Ma Rongrong.

“Forget her, don’t mention her anymore!”
“I have nothing to do with her now!”
“From now on, it’s a clean break!”

Yang Feng was utterly disheartened by Ma Rongrong and no longer cared for their relationship.

“Yang Feng, don’t worry. I will help you win this lawsuit!”
“As for that scoundrel Ma Rongrong, just forget her!”
“Sis will find you a better woman!”
“If nothing else, what do you think of me?”

Ning Qingcheng looked at Yang Feng expectantly.

“Uh...” Yang Feng was momentarily stunned, unsure how to respond.
To be honest, he had always regarded Ning Qingcheng as an elder sister. He had never considered any romantic feelings.

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But now, thinking about it, Ning Qingcheng was a thousand times better than Ma Rongrong.

“Sis Qingcheng, I don’t want to think about that right now,” Yang Feng said with a bitter smile.

“All right, all right, I won’t tease you!”
“Now, let’s talk about the lawsuit.”
“Give me the details of your dealings with those patients. I’ll look into the matter!”

Ning Qingcheng quickly slipped into her lawyer role.

“Okay,” Yang Feng nodded.

“Yang Feng, do you regret developing the miracle drug for ALS now?”
Seeing Yang Feng so listless, Ning Qingcheng couldn’t help but ask.

“I don’t regret it!”
“At first, I developed the drug to save Ma Rongrong.”
“But later, I wanted to save more patients.”
“I just didn’t expect they would betray me for money.”

Yang Feng sighed softly.

To be honest, he didn’t regret creating the medicine to save lives. After all, saving a life was more meritorious than building a seven-story pagoda. He didn’t do it for money; he simply didn’t want patients to suffer so much. What surprised him was that those patients would accuse him of selling fake medicine.

“Yang Feng, you could have sold this formula to a pharmaceutical company!”
“ALS is an incurable disease!”
“If your drug really works, I’m certain this formula is worth billions!”

Ning Qingcheng couldn’t understand why Yang Feng, holding such a treasure, didn’t sell it. If he sold it to a pharmaceutical company, he would make a fortune and wouldn’t be facing imprisonment now!

“The reason I didn’t sell the formula to a pharmaceutical company,” Yang Feng said firmly, “is because I know capital only seeks profit.”
“If I sold the formula, once the company produced the drug, they would definitely charge exorbitant prices.”
“At that point, the medicine would only be accessible to the wealthy.”
“As for ordinary people, they wouldn’t be able to afford it!”

Yang Feng spoke with unwavering determination.