“How are you feeling now?”
After Qin Jiang pressed a couple of points on him with his fingers, Ge Qiang could clearly feel that the pain had lessened considerably.
He immediately said excitedly, “You’re a miracle healer!”
“Doctor, were those two moves you did just now the legendary acupoint pressing?”
“I’ve heard before that pressing acupoints can cure illnesses, but this is my first time experiencing it. It’s amazing!”
Qin Jiang said calmly, “Acupoint pressing can only temporarily relieve your pain. It can’t cure your illness.”
Qin Jiang pointed to the QR code on the table.
“First, scan the code to pay. Then I’ll give you some acupuncture, and you can take some medicine home to drink.”
“That’ll be four thousand one hundred total.”
After seeing Qin Jiang’s skill, Ge Qiang didn’t hesitate at all. He paid immediately.
Ding.
[Detected that the host spoke frankly to the patient, pointed out the patient’s hidden ailment, and greatly assisted the patient. Mission complete.]
[Congratulations, host! You have received a reward: Red Dragon Licorice Tincture.]
Another liquid herbal formula.
Not bad, not bad. Totally worth it.
Having received his reward, Qin Jiang was in a great mood.
He had Ge Qiang lie down on the treatment bed, took out his acupuncture needles, and began the treatment.
Qin Jiang’s approach was very clear. Whether it was acupoint pressing or acupuncture, both were meant to relieve Ge Qiang’s pain.
Once the pain was under control, he would use the herbal medicine and fasting to further treat the gastric perforation.
After Qin Jiang inserted a few needles, Ge Qiang, who had been crying out in pain just moments before, suddenly stopped. He seemed much more energetic, and even his complexion had improved.
Ge Qiang felt like he was fine again, like he could go back to his old habits.
He asked, “Doctor, after I take the medicine you give me, can I still eat ice cream?”
Qin Jiang sneered, “If you’re not afraid of dying, then go ahead and keep eating.”
Ge Qiang looked a bit embarrassed.
“Is my illness that serious?”
Qin Jiang explained, “Right now, you only have a mild gastric perforation. It’s not extremely serious yet.”
“But if you continue eating large amounts of ice cream like this during your treatment, then next time, don’t bother coming to me. Just go straight to another hospital for treatment.”
Seeing how serious Qin Jiang was, Ge Qiang got scared.
He quickly nodded and said,
“I understand, Doctor. Don’t worry, I’ll listen to you. I won’t eat ice cream ever again.”
As soon as Ge Qiang said this, Reporter Wu felt a bit awkward.
They had already been filming interviews for two days, and Ge Qiang had been promoting his company’s ice cream culture the whole time.
He kept emphasizing that ice cream brings people happiness and is an indispensable part of everyone’s daily life.
And now, just as the interview was about to end, the company’s own boss directly demonstrates eating so much ice cream that he gets a gastric perforation?
That’s just too absurd!
The viewers in the live stream also started laughing.
“This boss really knows how to do reverse marketing. After this promotion of his, who would dare to eat ice cream anymore?”
“You could tell from his earlier interviews that he’s unprofessional, okay? Extracting chocolate from rice? How did he even come up with something like that?”
“Great, just great. Kids could still eat some ice cream before, but now with his classic case as an example, parents are probably going to be even less willing to buy ice cream for their children.”
After finishing the acupuncture on Ge Qiang, Qin Jiang went to the pharmacy to get his medicine.
This time, Qin Jiang not only gave him traditional Chinese medicine but also prescribed some Western medicine to help inhibit gastric acid secretion and protect his stomach lining, which would speed up his recovery.
Ge Qiang took the medicine with endless gratitude and quickly left with his assistants.
No wonder, it was just too embarrassing!
He had originally wanted to ride on the popularity of Qin Jiang’s live stream, but ended up crashing and burning in front of so many people.
Liu Yan, curious, asked, “Doctor Qin, can eating ice cream really lead to a gastric perforation?”
Qin Jiang shook his head.
“The reason he got a gastric perforation isn’t just because he ate ice cream, but also because he loves eating hot pot.”
“If he only ate ice cream, at worst he would get a stomach cramp.”
“But with this combination of cold and hot, his stomach isn’t an alchemy furnace. It just couldn’t take it, so it perforated.”
Liu Yan listened and nodded repeatedly.
This is how many young people eat nowadays. They rely on their youthful health and eat anything, regardless of temperature.
For example, when eating hot pot, they always order a glass of ice water or iced milk tea.
One bite of hot pot, one sip of ice water.
It feels great.
But in reality, it’s very harmful to the body.
People with a stronger constitution might just get diarrhea and be fine.
People with a weaker constitution will end up like Ge Qiang, with problems in their stomach, intestines, and esophagus.
Just as Qin Jiang was explaining to everyone that they should try to eat things at room temperature from now on, a man and a woman walked in from outside.
The man was wearing a high-end suit, clearly wealthy.
The woman was wearing a small white dress with floral prints. Her outfit looked quite innocent and charming, but her face was heavily made up. It felt mismatched with her clothing style.
The two walked over and sat down in front of Qin Jiang.
Qin Jiang asked, “Which one of you is the patient?”
The man smiled and said, “Please take a look at my girlfriend, Doctor Qin. Lately, she’s been feeling dizzy, nauseous, and has no appetite.”
They introduced themselves.
That’s how Qin Jiang learned that the man’s name was Lu Ping, and his family was in the import-export business.
The woman’s name was Han Xiao. She had just graduated from college and had been staying at home.
Qin Jiang first looked at Han Xiao, and his brow furrowed immediately.
Even though makeup was covering them, Qin Jiang could still see at a glance the heavy dark circles and bags under her eyes.
Qin Jiang couldn’t help but ask, “Have you been staying up late?”
Hearing Qin Jiang ask this, Han Xiao quickly waved her hand and said, “No, not at all. I always go to bed very early.”
“Then why do you have bags under your eyes?”
Han Xiao continued to argue, “Those aren’t bags. They’re ‘crouching silkworms.’ They’re very trendy right now. Lots of celebrities have them too.”
Huh?
That thing is a ‘crouching silkworm’?
Qin Jiang looked carefully again. That’s definitely just bags under the eyes!
Lu Ping also spoke up in defense of his girlfriend.
“Doctor, my girlfriend’s ‘crouching silkworms’ are natural. She never stays up late at night. She always tells me she’s going to take a shower and go to sleep at ten. Her sleep schedule is very regular.”
Qin Jiang couldn’t help but glance at Lu Ping.
This guy looks pretty naive. Could he be getting scammed?
Qin Jiang asked again, “Is that so? You go to bed at ten? Then you should wake up pretty early in the morning, right?”
Han Xiao nodded.
“I usually get up at six in the morning, then go out for a morning run or exercise, do some yoga, Pilates, things like that to stay in shape.”
“Really?”
Qin Jiang then looked at Lu Ping.
“Have you ever texted her in the morning? Does she ever reply?”
Hearing Qin Jiang ask this, Han Xiao felt a bit awkward for a moment.
She quickly explained, “I usually don’t look at my phone when I’m exercising. I need to enter a meditative state, so I usually don’t reply to messages until noon.”
