Live Broadcast: My Blunt TCM Practice and My Patients Are Dying Online - Chapter 19

Zhou Bo had never imagined that scanning a QR code to pay in advance could be considered a doctor’s order.

However, having already witnessed Qin Jiang’s medical skills, and in order to get his condition treated as soon as possible, Zhou Bo didn’t say much. He simply took out his phone and immediately scanned the code to pay.

Ding!
[Detected that the host spoke frankly to the patient, revealing the patient’s hidden ailment, and greatly assisted the patient. Task completed.]
[Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: Fungus-Eliminating Decoction!]

Just as Zhou Bo was making the payment, Qin Jiang received a new system reward.

Qin Jiang had originally planned to treat Zhou Bo using conventional medicine combined with acupuncture. Who knew the system would be so efficient, promptly granting him exactly what he needed right now.

Information about the Fungus-Eliminating Decoction flooded his mind. Qin Jiang sat for a moment with his eyes closed, slowly digesting the new knowledge.

Zhou Bo, sitting nearby, thought Qin Jiang had dozed off and couldn’t help but ask, “Dr. Qin, I’ve transferred the money. When can we start the treatment?”

Qin Jiang opened his eyes, stood up, and walked towards the pharmacy. “We can start very soon. Wait here for a moment.”

Zhou Bo acknowledged and obediently sat to one side.

Right at that moment, a man and a woman, looking to be in their early twenties and apparently a couple, walked in through the door.

“Zhou Bo?” The woman recognized him instantly. “Oh my gosh, it really is Zhou Bo! I love watching your stand-up comedy! I never thought I’d run into you here!”

Zhou Bo hurriedly put his mask back on and tried to keep his distance as much as possible. But the woman seemed completely unaware. Not only did she actively approach him, she even took out her phone to start taking selfies together.

The man spoke to the woman with a pained expression, “Xiao Fang, this really isn’t the time for this. Stop messing around and come help me.”

Hearing this, Liu Fang was displeased. “I finally meet a big star, what’s wrong with taking a picture? Liao Fei, you’re just so selfish. You’re not jealous, are you?”

Liao Fei rolled his eyes, too tired to argue with Liu Fang. He simply shuffled slowly step by step towards the consultation table himself. “Doctor? Is there a doctor here?”

He had only called out a few times when Qin Jiang emerged from the pharmacy holding a bowl containing a dark liquid. “I’m the doctor. Which one of you is the patient?”

Liao Fei raised his hand slightly. “I am, Doctor.”

Qin Jiang nodded. “Then have a seat first. Wait a moment for me; I’ll finish treating him first.” After saying this, Qin Jiang carried the medicinal soup over to Zhou Bo. “Why are you wearing a mask? Take it off. Take a sip of this decoction, hold it in your mouth without swallowing, just like mouthwash. Understand?”

Zhou Bo looked somewhat embarrassed and glanced at Liu Fang standing nearby. “Doctor, I have a fan here, you see…”

“Don’t want the treatment?”
Zhou Bo immediately backed down. “I do, I’ll drink it right now.”

Liu Fang also laughed beside them. “Don’t worry, Zhou Bo. You’re my idol. No matter what illness you have, I won’t mind.”

Qin Jiang glanced at Liu Fang with slight surprise. It seemed this Zhou Bo was somewhat famous, to have such a devoted fan.

However, in the next second, when Zhou Bo took off his mask and opened his mouth, the smile on Liu Fang’s face instantly froze. It was as if she had seen something truly horrifying. She let out a sharp scream, ran to Liao Fei’s side, and couldn’t suppress retching sounds.

Qin Jiang: “…”

So, not a devoted fan after all, just a fair-weather one.

Zhou Bo could no longer care about that. Following Qin Jiang’s instructions, he took a sip of the black decoction and held it in his mouth.

The moment the liquid entered his mouth, Zhou Bo’s eyes widened dramatically. “Mmph! Mmmph mmph mmph!”

Qin Jiang reassured him with a calm expression. “I know the decoction is a bit irritating when held in the mouth, but that’s a normal reaction. Don’t swallow it or spit it out. The longer you hold it, the better the effect.”

Zhou Bo was in so much pain that tears streamed down his face. The sensation was like holding a mouthful of high-proof liquor—it was agony!

Qin Jiang kept watching his watch. Only after Zhou Bo had held it for a full two minutes did Qin Jiang point to a drain outside. “Spit the decoction from your mouth into that drain.”

Zhou Bo hurried over and vomited it out with a “wah” sound. The black decoction, mixed with blood and some green and yellow debris that looked like leek leaves, all landed in the drain.

The disgusting smell wafted up. The cameraman walked over and captured a close-up shot.

This thoroughly disgusted the fans in the live stream room.
“Camera guy, you’re eating razor blades tonight!”
“Come on, man, if it were a close-up of a beautiful woman’s long legs, fine, but why a close-up of this disgusting stuff?”
“Thanks, cameraman. I was eating leek dumplings and I threw up too.”
“Why are so few people cursing the cameraman? Don’t the rest of you have hands?”

Qin Jiang, carrying the bowl, walked back towards Zhou Bo. “Alright, time for the second sip.”

Zhou Bo covered his mouth, shaking his head repeatedly. “No more, no more! It’s too painful! I almost couldn’t take it last time!”

If Qin Jiang hadn’t consistently reassured him that it was a normal reaction, Zhou Bo would have lost control long ago. The black soup felt like it was undergoing some chemical reaction in his mouth; Zhou Bo felt as if his oral cavity was being continuously sliced by tiny knives!

Qin Jiang took out a mirror. “Take a look at your mouth yourself. Are you sure you don’t want to continue?”

Zhou Bo looked into the mirror, and his eyes immediately lit up. After the first rinse with the decoction, his mouth had already expelled all the rotten material! Now he could clearly see his teeth, and even his gums had reduced in swelling!

“It’s miraculous!” Zhou Bo was overjoyed. “Dr. Qin, you’re a miracle worker!”

Qin Jiang said expressionlessly, “If you don’t drink it, then I’ll just pour this bowl away.”

Zhou Bo quickly took the bowl from Qin Jiang’s hands himself. “Such a miraculous medicine, wasting it would be a crime! Dr. Qin, you go attend to your other patient. I can handle this myself.”

Without any prompting from Qin Jiang, Zhou Bo took another mouthful of the decoction. Although it hurt even more than the first time, Zhou Bo now had no complaints. If it could cure his illness, what did a little pain matter?

Seeing Zhou Bo so conscientious, Qin Jiang returned to the consultation table and asked Liao Fei about his condition. “So, tell me, what’s wrong?”

Liao Fei was about to speak when he suddenly noticed the camera. “Doctor, this… are you live streaming?”

Qin Jiang said, “Oh, yes, it’s for a talent show, but you’ll be pixelated, so don’t worry. Just tell me directly what’s going on with you.”

Liao Fei hemmed and hawed, still too embarrassed.

Just then, his girlfriend Liu Fang, standing to the side, spoke up bluntly, “Dragging your feet like a woman. It’s really nothing major. He’s just got pain in his ‘little brother,’ really bad pain, can’t even sleep at night. And he insists on blaming me, saying I fractured it for him.”

Hearing Liu Fang state it so plainly, Liao Fei hung his head, utterly mortified.