There's nothing more to say. I plead guilty, I plead guilty to everything.

Chenghu Road is an old urban district, and most of the people living here are elderly.

Therefore, there are many TCM clinics in this area, focusing more on health preservation and similar treatments.

But because it is TCM, the diagnoses are not as clearly visible as in Western medicine, which has led to the emergence of many Jianghu quacks.

They don't have medical licenses, yet they dare to prescribe medication and treat illnesses.

If they cure the patient, there's nothing to be said; the patient pays for the treatment, and the doctor collects the money.

But if the treatment fails, the patient's family is prone to making a scene!

"Yang Jian! You grew up on Chenghu Road. Everyone here is your uncle or elder, your fellow townsman or neighbor. How dare you prescribe such medicine to harm people!"

"That's right! After your grandfather passed away, I saw you were a young man with no one to rely on, so I let you diagnose me. Yet you actually prescribed medicine recklessly; my stomach has been hurting all day since I took it!"

"You haven't even obtained a medical license yet, so how dare you see patients!"

"And you actually charged me a hundred thousand yuan for the prescription! You've gone absolutely money-mad!"

"A hundred thousand? He charged me a hundred and fifty thousand! And that was just for a month's worth of medicine!"

"I paid fifty thousand!"

"Yang Jian, I've already called the police. You'd better confess everything now and return the money to us! Otherwise, don't even think about getting out for the rest of your life!"

"..."

After Zhou Cheng arrived, he had just parked his car and stepped out when he heard the crowd's shouting and cursing.

Once he walked over and pushed through the crowd, he finally saw the scene clearly!

A pale young man had been knocked to the ground and was slumped listlessly against the wall, blood at the corner of his mouth! His eyes were bloodshot, and his hair was a mess.

His frame, in particular, appeared extremely thin and frail.

He looked like a thin bamboo pole that would topple over with a gust of wind!

At a glance, he seemed malnourished, or perhaps like someone whose end was near after a severe illness.

Zhou Cheng then looked up in confusion and scanned the crowd.

It seemed as though everyone was currently accusing this weak man sitting against the wall.

Yet the man said nothing, appearing as if he didn't have the slightest strength to resist, only able to lie there.

"Who called the police? What's the situation?"

Zhou Cheng spoke up to inquire, wanting to understand the situation first.

As soon as he finished speaking, a woman at the front of the crowd stepped forward and replied:

"Police Officer, I'm the one who called the police!"

Zhou Cheng glanced at her; she looked ordinary, around thirty years old. As she spoke, she held a phone in one hand to record a video while her other hand held a young girl.

The girl was wearing a medical mask and was very well-behaved.

With just one look at the little girl, Zhou Cheng was certain that she was likely suffering from a serious illness.

"You're Cheng Wei, right? You reported someone for illegal medical practice and fraud? What are the specifics?"

Zhou Cheng followed the standard procedure.

"That's right, I'm Cheng Wei. Police Officer, it's him! He's the one practicing medicine illegally! He's the one committing fraud!"

Cheng Wei said, pointing at Yang Jian on the ground.

Her words were laced with intense hatred.

This forced Zhou Cheng to take the matter seriously.

"Police Officer, you don't know... my daughter is seriously ill. I finally managed to save a little money and originally intended to go to the hospital,"

"but he used TCM to trick me, saying his own prescription could treat her. Because his grandfather had run a TCM clinic on this street for half his life, I believed him. But he cheated me out of fifty thousand yuan!"

"That fifty thousand yuan was meant for my daughter's treatment! He just swindled it away. What is my daughter going to do about her illness now?"

"Moreover, he didn't even graduate from medical school. He doesn't even have a medical license! He's just hoodwinking us and scamming us for money!"

Cheng Wei spoke rapidly while staring at Yang Jian on the ground, looking as if she wanted to eat him alive.

After she finished, the others around her also scrambled to speak.

"Comrade Police Officer, I'm a victim too. I was also cheated by him. I have stomach cancer, and my family finally saved up over a hundred thousand yuan for my hospital treatment, but he swindled it all!"

"Me too! When his grandfather was around, everyone went to him for treatment, so we all trusted him. That's why when he told us he had folk remedies passed down from his grandfather, we all believed him! But it turned out to be completely useless, and the price was incredibly high!"

"I've spent a full three hundred thousand yuan here! Comrade Police Officer, you must arrest him and make him return all the money to us!"

Everyone was shouting at once, each trying to get a word in.

Zhou Cheng couldn't even keep up with all the voices!

Every one of them spoke with such misery and desolation, as if they had been horribly swindled.

However, Zhou Cheng didn't believe a word they said.

This kid on the ground looks as pale as a corpse, and yet you're saying he swindled all this money?

Zhou Cheng looked at the young man on the ground, walked over, and squatted beside him to check his condition.

He asked softly, "What's your name? You heard what they said; do you have anything to say for yourself?"

Zhou Cheng's tone wasn't harsh; as a Police Officer, he would never judge a case based on only one side of the story.

However, before the man could respond to Zhou Cheng's question, Cheng Wei beat him to it.

"Police Officer, his name is Yang Jian. Don't be fooled by how weak he looks now; he was perfectly fine just two days ago. He's just faking it!"

"That's right, Police Officer, don't let him trick you!"

"A person like him deserves to die! We're all neighbors and townsfolk, yet he cheated us out of so much money!"

After Cheng Wei spoke, others chimed in in agreement.

Hearing this, Zhou Cheng shouted at Cheng Wei and the others:

"I am questioning him! All of you, be quiet! Do not interrupt!"

Once he spoke, the crowd frowned slightly but fell silent.

Zhou Cheng then looked back at the man and asked him once more.

In response, the man named Yang Jian simply shook his head.

Feeble and weak, he said, "There is nothing to say. I plead guilty. I plead guilty to everything."

Hearing this, Zhou Cheng's brow furrowed. This rhythm and atmosphere felt somewhat familiar—could he have entered a short drama plot?

"Dammit, if there's something wrong or if you've been wronged, can't you just say it directly?"

Hearing Yang Jian's confession, Cheng Wei's face lit up with joy, and she hurriedly said to Zhou Cheng:

"Police Officer, did you hear that? He confessed! Hurry up and arrest him, and make him give us back our money!!!"

"I'm inquiring about the situation, so be quiet for now, understand?" Zhou Cheng glanced back at Cheng Wei with displeasure.