"First of all, thank you very much for all your support. I really didn't expect so many people to join the livestream. Actually, she just bumped into me, and I grabbed her wrist. Out of interest, I've learned some Chinese medicine on my own, and found that it was a slippery pulse, so I made a guess about pregnancy. I didn't expect to hit the mark by accident, just lucky."
What else could he do?
Just make stuff up, keep making stuff up!
You can't exactly say you awakened an abstract system that can diagnose a cow as a human, and then got rewarded with some B-type Super Sonic Ear. Even if you don't get thrown into Qingshan Mental Hospital, you'd be eventually dissected for research!
Luckily, there's a slippery pulse in the mysterious art of Chinese medicine that can barely explain it, so he used it as a cover for now.
"So that's how it is."
Chen Qian nodded along with the two volunteers upon hearing this; apparently, the rumors do say Chinese medicine has such methods.
"Chinese medicine? Being able to feel the slippery pulse is no simple feat!"
"Indeed, I'm a student at the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Our teacher described the slippery pulse as fluent and smooth, like beads rolling on a plate. Feeling it is like the sensation of beads sliding under your fingers, but I couldn't get it at all—it might just be that I'm too dull."
"Judging from the description, Dr. Zhang really is an old hand in Chinese medicine!"
"So Dr. Zhang, you've been having private lessons after all!!"
Upon listening to Zhang Lingchuan's words, students from the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine sprang up in the comment section.
After all, feeling the slippery pulse requires experience, and it's a very subtle change.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
"Old Zhou, wasn't it your younger brother who woke up one day and started muttering to himself, suddenly acting all crazy!!!"
"Yeah! The day before yesterday, he even said the family dog could talk, and that the chicken is a demon, saying it's draining his vitality at night. He also said there's a woman always following him, but no one else can see her. Shouldn't we have Dr. Zhang take a look at him too?"
Old Zhou is Uncle Zhou; Uncle Zhou's full name is Zhou Datian.
The guy has a younger brother.
Everything was fine before.
He didn't eat any poisonous mushrooms.
Then suddenly, one day, he just became mentally disturbed.
"Yes, yes, yes! Let me go find Dr. Zhang! You all help me call him over!"
Struck dumb, Zhou Datian immediately nodded, thinking this was a good idea.
After all, he just barely glanced and discerned that the Li Family's daughter was pregnant.
"Alright, alright."
Several neighbors immediately went to bring him over.
It was right next door.
Not far.
"Friends, I'm really not an old Chinese medicine practitioner, nor have I had private lessons. Today's livestream will end here; next time..."
Meanwhile.
It was already 6:10.
Zhang Lingchuan was just about to wrap up the livestream.
"I really can't bear to part with Dr. Zhang."
"Looking forward to Dr. Zhang's next livestream."
"I've found a treasure in Dr. Zhang today."
"Goodbye Dr. Zhang..."
...
The livestream chat was filled with reluctance, as viewers were all bidding farewell.
"Dr. Zhang! Dr. Zhang!!"
Right at that moment, the voice of Zhou Datian rang from behind.
"Huh? What's up, Uncle Zhou?"
Looking at the hurried Uncle Zhou, Zhang Lingchuan asked with a puzzled expression.
"Dr. Zhang, here's the thing: my little brother, for some unknown reason, suddenly started hallucinating out of the blue, but he's a normal person otherwise. We've taken him to the county hospital and checked with a psychiatrist, but nothing was found. I'd like you to take his pulse, have a look!!"
Zhou Datian's dark, furrowed face was full of earnestness.
"That's right, just by feeling the wrist you could discern a pregnancy pulse—Dr. Zhang's skills must be extraordinary!!"
As soon as Zhou Datian spoke, someone else nodded along.
After all, if you can feel a pregnancy pulse.
Everyone thinks the skill level must be considerable.
"Uncle Zhou, Uncle Le, you've misunderstood. I'm just a novice with some lucky guesses. If the county hospital can't find anything, you might want to go to the city hospital. I'd actually suggest checking for mushroom poisoning."
Great.
Boasting and finding excuses is revealing itself.
People have assumed he's a Chinese medicine expert.
If even the county hospital can't find anything, what can he do?
And this kind of thing, even his B-type Super Sonic Ear can't pick it up; besides, it seems like mushroom poisoning, although rare here, still exists.
"Oh! Looks like there's a sequel!"
"Listening to that old man's description, it indeed sounds like mushroom poisoning."
"It's probably mushroom poisoning. Last time I went to Yunyun and ate that deadly blue mushroom—I was confused as to why they didn't provide chopsticks and grabbed a pair myself to try some. The owner was scared to death, I said it was fine, just felt okay at the time, but not long after, I heard the dog saying to me, 'Get out of the way, you're blocking the path!' /facepalm."
The viewers in the livestream perked up upon seeing a sequel.
And most agreed with Dr. Zhang's opinion.
It's likely mushroom poisoning; July is just the right time for it.
"My brother hasn't eaten any mushrooms, the hospital also checked. He just suddenly started having mental issues for no reason! It's like he's seen a ghost! So please, Dr. Zhang, could you take a look! Just take a look!"
Zhou Datian forcefully slapped the back of his right hand against his left palm.
Thoroughly overwhelmed and helpless.
"Uncle Zhou, it's not that I don't want to help, but I'm a veterinarian. If it were cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, or cats and dogs, I might be able to do something, but human ailments are not my expertise. I suggest sending him to a city or provincial hospital to find out what's going on; it's not normal for a person to suddenly have hallucinations and mental issues."
It sounded like mushroom poisoning to him, but it turned out it wasn't.
Yet he is a veterinarian, and seeking his help over qualified hospital doctors for human ailments is just nonsense!
"Dr. Zhang, don't shirk it! My brother is a decent fifty-year-old man, really, please take a look at him. I can pay money!!"
Zhou Datian grasped Zhang Lingchuan with one hand, speaking anxiously while taking out money from his pocket with the other.
"The man's here!!"
Right at this point.
The neighbors who went to fetch Zhou Datian's brother brought Zhou Nian over, a seemingly proper old man dressed in black pants and a deep red striped shirt.
[Ding! Detected an extremely sincere inquiry request, system assisting...]
[Precise detection... none.]
[Ordinary detection... one remaining.]
[Initiating ordinary detection, locking in subject Zhou Nian, please wait...]
"Ah... alright, let me take a look."
Zhang Lingchuan was filled with dark lines.
He's a veterinarian!
Supposed to treat animals!!
Everyone's seeking him for diagnoses!
What kind of day-to-day life is this even!
And now the system is scanning on its own?
Utterly absurd!
Alright, alright.
Let's see what the system comes up with.
...