Chapter 117: Chapter 95: Bro, You’re Famous Now

“Do you have any toilet paper?”

Li Wei scanned the crowd.

“Yes, yes, yes.” An elderly lady took out a pack of paper from her bag.

Li Wei took two sheets, pressed them tightly on the person’s foot, and when the bleeding stopped, he said, “The rest is up to you guys, I have something else to do.”

“Oh, oh, okay.” The elderly lady quickly pulled out two more sheets and started wiping the blood off the unconscious person’s hands.

A young woman saw this and helped the elderly lady.

Just as Li Wei turned around, he unexpectedly saw a familiar face.

Lu Jiu!

A Chinese medicine doctor who’s gained some fame in Jianghan.

Ha, faced with such a patient, he didn’t dare to step up and treat them. Is it because he’s scared, or doesn’t know how?

Li Wei’s gaze towards Lu Jiu held a tinge of contempt, but only for a moment, then he withdrew his gaze and squeezed through the crowd.

Lu Jiu didn’t know Li Wei, but his look did give Lu Jiu an uncomfortable feeling.

Lu Jiu felt puzzled.

What was up with this inexplicable hostility?

Oh well, might have been a misunderstanding.

“Still filming?” Lu Jiu asked once he saw that the person was out of danger.

Lu Shuang checked the time, “Forget it, it’s past twelve, let’s go eat.”

“Sure, where to?” Lu Jiu asked.

Lu Shuang pondered with her lips pressed together, “How about Peninsula BBQ?”

“Let’s go.” Lu Jiu replied.

On the way, Lu Shuang suddenly turned her head and asked, “Brother, if that person hadn’t been there just now, would you have run up to save them?”

Lu Jiu nodded, “Of course.”

Lu Shuang frowned, “But, I read online that it’s best not to get involved in these things, what if they blame us after being saved? And if something went wrong, wouldn’t that be even more trouble?”

Lu Jiu laughed, “First, bloodletting at the Shixuan points for acute fainting is not only effective but also very safe. Yongquan is just slightly risky, but as long as the patient regains consciousness and the bleeding is stopped in time, the wound heals quickly, preventing significant blood loss. Second, everyone faces difficulties. If you can help, you should. Who knows, maybe someday I’ll need help too, right? Although our Chinese medicine emphasizes not knocking on doors to treat, we absolutely can’t stand by and watch someone die; rushing to treat someone is different from giving emergency aid.”

“Thirdly, even if something goes wrong during emergency treatment legally, there’s no risk of legal liability. At most, it’s the family being hard to please. But if you assume the other party or their family is unreasonable before treatment, then why even study medicine? As long as you interact with people, you’ll inevitably encounter some unreasonable patients. It’s illogical to think that everyone is immoral and choose not to save anyone because of a few people, right?”

“We certainly can’t ignore societal phenomena, but we must uphold good behavior, or we’ll just end up complaining about unfairness while accepting an unjust society, wouldn’t that be turning things on their head?”

Lu Shuang tilted her head, “That seems to make sense. Alright, you convinced me, let’s go, let’s go, let’s have some BBQ!”

On the third floor of Golden Bridge Square, the two of them sat down in the Peninsula BBQ restaurant.

This time, Lu Jiu truly witnessed what it means to be a big eater.

The entire floor-to-ceiling six or seven-layer rack was filled with the meat Lu Shuang had ordered, oh, and the table was also fully covered.

Pork belly, tender beef, lamb, and so on, Lu Jiu was left speechless.

“You’re the one who ordered all this; if you can’t finish it, I’ll deal with you.”

Lu Shuang waved her hand, “Don’t worry, I never waste food, this is no big deal for me.”

Suddenly, after the waiter finished serving the dishes, they brought over two cups of milk tea.

“You ordered this?” Lu Jiu looked at Lu Shuang.

“Nope.” Lu Shuang was also surprised.

The waiter smiled, “These are from the young lady at the front desk for you.”

Oh?

Lu Shuang smelled gossip.

“Which young lady, I’d like to meet her.” Lu Shuang squinted, grinning slyly.

The waiter laughed, “It’s a misunderstanding, not like that. The young lady at the front desk wants to thank Dr. Lu for treating her dad for free. She said she wouldn’t even know her dad’s illness was cured by Dr. Lu if it weren’t for a video online. She insisted on thanking you since she ran into you today, and she’s already paid for your meal as well.”

It’s clear that the waiter mistook Lu Shuang for Lu Jiu’s girlfriend.

However, this explanation only made Lu Shuang more curious.

“Free treatment?”

Lu Jiu explained, “It must have been when my clinic was under inspection not long ago.” He then looked at the waiter, “It was too kind, please tell the young lady thank you from us, we’ll accept the milk tea but not the meal payment, or else we’ll leave right now.”

The waiter glanced back at the front desk, “Then… okay, enjoy your meal. Let me know if you need anything else.”

As the waiter turned, Lu Shuang asked, “Brother, what’s going on, your clinic was inspected?”

Lu Jiu replied, “It was inspected a while ago for environmental reasons, your dad’s connections helped me to get it reopened in the end.”

Lu Shuang frowned, “Environmental? You’re not running a restaurant, why would you need environmental checks, was there a report?”

Lu Jiu said, “Something like that.”

Lu Shuang was indignant, “Who? I’ll have my dad deal with them!!”

Lu Jiu laughed, “It’s already taken care of.”

Lu Shuang curled her lips and put a bowl of roasted meat on the iron rack, “Tch, boring.”

“I thought it was amazing, hey, bro, that person just said the receptionist learned from the online video that her dad was healed by you. What’s going on?”

Lu Jiu picked up the rack and helped grill the meat, “The clinic was investigated, so with no place to see patients, I just stood outside other people’s clinics. Since I didn’t know who reported us, I’ll get back at them one by one, make sure they don’t earn either. Probably someone shot a video during that time and posted it online, and this young lady saw it.”

“After that incident, my clinic indeed got popular. If grandpa weren’t around, I’d never handle it alone.”

Lu Shuang’s eyes lit up, “Where’s the video?”

Lu Jiu replied, “I haven’t watched it, just heard patients mention stuff like local videos. Find it yourself.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Shuang immediately pulled out her phone and opened the video app she downloaded. As she tried searching for Lu Jiu locally, several videos instantly appeared below.

Wow!

The likes are so high!

The comments are over a thousand.

The shares and forwards have surpassed ten thousand.

This…

“Bro, you’re famous!” Lu Shuang exclaimed.

“I know.” Lu Jiu said

“No, look, several videos here have likes in the hundreds of thousands. You’re not only famous in Jianghan, maybe even nationwide many people know your name.” Lu Shuang said.

“That’s an exaggeration.” Lu Jiu didn’t believe it.

“Bro, our Jianghan only has so many people, a permanent population of seventy to eight hundred thousand, mostly elderly. How could you possibly get likes in the tens of thousands? If this data isn’t automated, then it’s absolutely viral, really, believe me!” Lu Shuang insisted earnestly.

“Alright, I believe you.” Lu Jiu said.

“Bro, aren’t you even a bit excited?” Lu Shuang looked at Lu Jiu with curiosity.

“I’m excited, very excited.” Lu Jiu laughed.

“But I feel like you’re brushing me off.” Lu Shuang puffed her cheeks, looking unsatisfied.

“Just eat the meat, it’ll burn if grilled further.” Lu Jiu took the roasted meat from the rack and placed it in Lu Shuang’s bowl, “Fame comes with disputes, you know? Look at all those famous people online, how many haven’t been criticized? As long as you’re in the public eye, you’ll be judged by saint-like moral standards. I’m just a small traditional medicine doctor; fame online doesn’t do me any good at all, can’t even cry, let alone be excited.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Shuang suddenly felt it made sense.

Lu Jiu isn’t aiming to be an internet sensation; there’s truly no need to become famous online.

“Hehe, but you’re kind of a celebrity in Jianghan now, you see, eating and drinking tea.” Lu Shuang said.

“This stuff should be consumed less, it’s unhealthy.” Lu Jiu said.

“I just like unhealthy stuff.” Lu Shuang inserted a straw and took a gulp, revealing her rebellious side, “If you don’t drink your cup…”

Bang!

Before Lu Shuang could finish, Lu Jiu drew a straw and inserted it into his cup, taking a sip.

“Tch, still calling me out.” Lu Shuang complained.

“This is called sacrificing for others, I’m taking on these unhealthy foods for you.” Lu Jiu replied.

“Hypocrite!” Lu Shuang glared at Lu Jiu.

…

[Patient Fang Bin, recovery progress of stomach fire reversal symptoms 51%, symptoms recovery progress over fifty percent, trigger skill reward, claim?]

[Claim.]

[Reward acquired: Distant and Close Acupoint Selection Technique]

Just after Lu Jiu finished eating, the system prompted a notification.

Upon receiving the reward, Lu Jiu quickly mastered the acupuncture point selection skill.

The numerous basic rewards previously accumulated helped Lu Jiu quickly comprehend upon receiving skills now.

This distant and close acupoint selection technique essentially combines local and distal acupoint methods. For instance, stomach pain near selection takes Zhongwan, Weishu; distal selection takes Neiguan, Zusanli; toothache distal selection takes Hegu, Neiting; near selection takes Jiache, etc.

The theory isn’t complex, similar to primary and connecting acupoint selection, point convergence and crevice selection; multiple acupoint selection methods can treat the same disease, akin to multiple prescriptions in classic formulas for one symptom.

This is why traditional medicine never presents a quantifiable, standardized answer.

As long as you diagnose without error, the solutions are numerous.

…

In the afternoon, Lu Jiu barely rested, changed his clothes at home, then hurried to the clinic.

Thinking of the many patients waiting for him, Lu Jiu couldn’t bring himself to rest at all.

Sure enough, Lu Jiu arrived at the clinic just before two, finding many patients waiting outside.

“Dr. Lu.”

“Dr. Lu is here.”

“…”

“Dr. Lu, I came to see you yesterday, quickly check me out, I really have heart problems.”

From the crowd, a middle-aged man rushed to Lu Jiu, unmistakably yesterday’s heart failure patient Rong Jisheng…

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