Chinese Medicine: Starting with Daily Intelligence-Chapter 32: You Ate Shit...

In his haste, Li Xu spoke his thoughts aloud.

This made the frantic Zheng Wenwen freeze.

’I’m not clean?’

For a beautiful woman, there was hardly a more malicious thing one could say.

Zheng Wenwen subconsciously looked down at herself.

She was perfectly clean.

Not even a speck of mud.

Aunt Li, Song Sisi, Hu Qiming, and the Ding Aiguo family, who had just arrived, all looked over as well. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

A very beautiful woman.

What about her wasn’t clean?

When Zheng Wenwen snapped out of it, she grew even more furious.

Aunt Li was also displeased. "Xiao Xu, you can’t just say things like that. My Wenwen is very clean."

"Er..."

Li Xu thought for a moment and decided to tell the truth.

This was not only his responsibility as a doctor but also for Zheng Wenwen’s own good.

After all, the intel had clearly stated that Zheng Wenwen herself didn’t yet know she was sick.

If she were allowed to go around freely, she might infect more people.

"Ahem..."

Li Xu gestured for Zheng Wenwen to calm down. "Have you been running a low-grade fever recently?"

Although Zheng Wenwen was still very angry, she nodded. "Yes, but it’s just a mild fever. It doesn’t affect my daily life."

Li Xu retorted, "And the joint pain doesn’t affect it either?"

"How did you know my joints hurt?"

Zheng Wenwen was stunned.

If smoking and drinking could be smelled, and a fever could be seen from her complexion, surely joint pain couldn’t be seen as well.

Li Xu didn’t explain, continuing his questions instead. "Do you have night sweats? And do you experience nausea, vomiting, and sometimes diarrhea...?"

Zheng Wenwen’s expression grew uglier and uglier, because everything Li Xu described were symptoms she had been experiencing recently.

She had thought it was just physical exhaustion from staying up late too often in Shanghai.

But now, it seemed that wasn’t the case.

’Could it be...?’

She had a terrible suspicion.

Aunt Li grew anxious. This was her own niece, and she had so many symptoms!

"Xiao Xu, stop keeping us in suspense! What illness does my Wenwen have?"

Li Xu pointed to the pale-faced Hu Qiming. "Dr. Hu is an expert from the City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Let him say it."

As a graduate of a proper medical school, Hu Qiming had already reached a conclusion based on the symptoms Li Xu just described.

His face was pale as he silently put his mask back on, regretting his actions to death.

’Why did I have to act so cool just now?’

Of course, there was also admiration.

’When did Li Xu get so skilled?’

Not only could he smell that a patient smoked and drank.

He could even diagnose an illness based on observation alone.

As a nursing student, Song Sisi had also guessed what the illness was.

She picked up a nearby bottle of disinfectant, planning to thoroughly disinfect the clinic later.

"Dr. Hu, what on earth is wrong with my Wenwen?"

Aunt Li asked frantically.

"...It’s AIDS..."

Hu Qiming’s expression was grave. "If you match all the symptoms Dr. Li just described, then it’s most likely AIDS."

"No... impossible... I can’t have AIDS..."

Zheng Wenwen was in a full-blown panic, all her earlier arrogance gone.

She was at a complete loss.

She denied it aloud, but in her heart, she had no confidence at all.

Because one of her close friends had AIDS.

Although they hadn’t "played" with the same person.

But that circle was very messy.

Perhaps she had been infected through someone else.

She couldn’t accept this reality, but she was also terrified, and she burst into tears on the spot. "It can’t be, it can’t be..."

Hu Qiming tried to comfort her. "Ms. Zheng, what Dr. Li and I said was just a deduction. We’ll have to see the hospital’s test results to be sure. You should go to the hospital for a check-up right now..."

"I’m not going! I’m not sick, why should I go get tested...?"

Zheng Wenwen ran outside, crying.

She felt utterly humiliated.

And if her great-aunt knew about this, she would definitely tell her mother.

Then her entire family would find out.

How could she ever show her face again?

...

Ding Aiguo and the others waiting at the door had witnessed the entire scene.

Seeing Zheng Wenwen run toward them, they hastily moved aside, afraid of being touched.

Ding Kaifang was very anxious. He leaned toward his father. "Dad, let’s go home first. Duoduo is still here."

Although the main transmission routes for AIDS were sexual contact, blood, and mother-to-child.

It couldn’t be transmitted through the air.

But what if?

Besides, there was saliva in the air.

Saliva could also potentially transmit it.

It wouldn’t matter much if their immune systems were strong.

But the key was that Duoduo had a weak constitution and a poor immune system.

"Okay."

Ding Aiguo nodded, preparing to leave with them.

Just then.

Zheng Wenwen, who was frantically running out, suddenly fell to the ground.

She clutched her stomach,

her face pale and covered in a cold sweat. She looked to be in extreme discomfort.

"Wenwen, what’s wrong?"

Aunt Li rushed over to help her up.

"Aunt, my stomach hurts... it’s killing me..."

Zheng Wenwen said in agony.

"Xiao Xu, quick, take a look at Wenwen."

Aunt Li was beside herself with worry.

Hu Qiming said from the side, "This should be abdominal pain caused by AIDS. We should get her to a hospital immediately. I’ll call for an ambulance."

"No need to rush."

Li Xu suddenly stopped him.

He turned, walked to the medicine cabinet, and quickly grabbed a few herbs: Honeysuckle, Huang Lian, dandelion...

All were herbs used to clear heat, detoxify, reduce inflammation, and stop diarrhea.

"Sisi, go brew this medicine immediately."

"Okay."

Song Sisi took the herbs to the backyard to decoct them.

Hu Qiming, who also came from a background in traditional Chinese medicine, was confused. "Li Xu, you must be mistaken. While the herbs you grabbed can reduce inflammation and pain, clear heat, and detoxify, they don’t treat the underlying issue. The most important thing right now is to get her to the hospital."

The two began to argue.

Aunt Li looked from one to the other, not knowing who to listen to.

Ding Aiguo, who had been about to leave, also stopped when he saw this.

’What’s going on?’

’The symptoms are obvious, and the cause is clear. Why isn’t Doctor Li sending her to the hospital?’

Li Xu shook his head. "Her abdominal pain right now isn’t caused by AIDS."

"It’s not? Then what’s causing it?"

Hu Qiming was baffled.

Aunt Li, Ding Aiguo, and the others were also dumbfounded.

They had just clearly heard Li Xu ask Zheng Wenwen if she had abdominal pain and diarrhea, hadn’t they?

How could it not be because of AIDS now?

Li Xu put on a thoughtful expression and asked Zheng Wenwen, who was lying on the ground, barely enduring the abdominal pain, "There’s a foul odor coming from your mouth, much like the smell of fermenting feces... You... you haven’t been eating feces, have you?"

"What?"

"Huh?"

"Ah?"

Aunt Li, Hu Qiming, Ding Aiguo, and the others were all stunned, wondering if they had heard him correctly.

Only Zheng Wenwen’s face suddenly turned red, and she wished the ground would open up and swallow her whole.

’This is so humiliating!’

"You... you... how did you know...?"

Zheng Wenwen pleaded in a low voice.

Seeing her reaction, the others instantly understood that Li Xu had guessed correctly.

Zheng Wenwen had actually eaten feces!

’Was it voluntary?’

’Or was she forced?’

"Xiao Xu, tell your aunt, what exactly is going on?"

Aunt Li’s mind instantly flooded with images of her niece being bullied.

Li Xu comforted her, "Aunt Li, it might not be what you’re imagining."

He recalled the intel he had seen yesterday.

[Today’s Intel: Zheng Wenwen, female, 25 years old, height 170cm, measurements 36-24-36. Works in the fashion industry in Shanghai. Has a wide social circle and a wild lifestyle. Contracted AIDS after "playing games" multiple times with Mr. Zhang, Mr. Wang, Mr. Zhao, and others. Five days ago, when leaving Shanghai, she was invited by Mr. Zhang to taste an elephant feces dessert with a group of friends, leading to an imbalance in her gut flora and a bacterial infection. Yesterday, she smoked and drank with friends until 2 AM, exacerbating the gastrointestinal infection.]

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