Chapter 75: The fierce clash of ideals
Mingshen gasped dramatically. "All for the sake of saving a life, dear. Aren’t you cops always so eager to sacrifice yourselves for people?"
Her brow twitched. "Do I have to remind a medical professional that illegal organ transplant is a crime?"
He innocently blinked. "I thought you would be thrilled to trade your life for the sake of a woman lying on her deathbed."
"There is a thing called consent, which I didn’t have the liberty of getting on your operating table."
His dark eyes twinkled. "So you mean that if I ask you for your consent now, you would agree to become a heart donor?"
"No."
He sneered. "So cops are overrated angels, after all. You talk big about putting your life on the line for the country and its people. You will willingly take a bullet to save a stranger’s life, but you won’t agree to become a donor. A bullet can be equally fatal. Yet giving your heart becomes a big issue. Both are one’s own choices, but you agree to one and disagree to another. I fail to understand your priorities."
Jia slightly parted her lips, failing to grasp his argument. "My priorities are very straightforward. As a cop, my job does involve putting my life on the line, and I will gladly do so. Those are the informed risks and dangers that I know of and am willing to take, not just to save a life but to uphold the law too. But the decision to become an organ donor is a matter of my personal autonomy and human rights. Irrespective of any profession, nobody should be forced or emotionally blackmailed to become an organ donor."
"So if the woman’s family comes tomorrow to desperately beg you for this favor because you might be the only person to save her life, you would disagree."
"You are just manipulating the conversation to put me in a bad light when you clearly understand the difference between these two things yourself," her gaze darkened.
He twirled his finger sideways in disagreement with a smile. "Of course, I understand the difference. I am just trying to bring out the truth that the police officers who claim to be so selfless and sacrificing eventually think of their selfish personal interests too."