"As expected, you won't admit it. Though I'd already foreseen that, so it's no surprise."
Xiao Yu paid no mind to the man's stubborn denial and continued, "Then let's talk about something else, Mr. Tang. Since money is hard to earn, you've always begrudged spending it on hospital visits. From the time you started supporting yourself by scamming people at twenty-three until now, you've only been to the hospital twice, both times just for an IV saline drip for a high fever. You've never even had a full medical checkup.
"So let me tell you something that not even you-or rather, anyone besides me-knows...
"You, Tang Hongzheng, have suffered Heavenly Punishment because your depravity and swindling have depleted too much of your karmic merit.
"If you go to the hospital for a full checkup now, you'll discover that you have cancer. Stomach cancer, in the intermediate-to-late stages! If you don't get treatment in time, you have less than three years left to live."
"!?"
Tang Hongzheng's expression shifted again and again. "What the fuck are you talking about? You're actually cursing me to get cancer? You fucking, you fucking... How could I possibly have cancer? How the fuck is that possible?!"
Xiao Yu's face held both pity and mockery. "Even now, you still don't believe me? Even when it's something you could find out just by getting checked at a hospital? It doesn't matter. Whether you admit it or not, whether you believe it or not, none of that matters.
"You have less than three years to live anyway. Even if you get checked at the hospital, you can't afford treatment. After all, all your savings combined... only come to 23,105.30 yuan, don't they?
"That isn't even enough for one round of chemotherapy and hospitalization. Waiting to die really does