At this moment, Liu Shao was undoubtedly playing such a role.

Watching the sudden disappearance of the bullet comments, Liu Shao sniffed hard, his expression complex: "Buddies, no all-nighter streaming today, time for bed."

As soon as he finished speaking, even before the viewers in the live room could react, Liu Shao cut off the live stream.

...

The next day.

Liu Shao was still asleep, unaware that his live stream last night had shot straight into the top ten of the trending topics.

And his live room, boosted by this trending topic, had surpassed the million followers mark.

In one night, he gained nearly 500,000 followers, and this number was climbing at an alarming speed.

In the morning, the summer sunlight streamed through the light-colored curtains, pouring over the head of the bed.

Liu Shao's eyes twitched a bit but did not open.

However, at this moment, his phone started ringing madly.

"Who is it, this early in the morning, so annoying."

Liu Shao helplessly reached for his phone, barely opened one eye, and glanced at the screen.

Suddenly, as if he saw something unbelievable, Liu Shao sat up abruptly from his bed and opened the voice.

On the other end of the phone, the excited voice of a viewer quickly came through: "Brother Liu, your stream last night made it to the trending topics! Wow, you gained 500,000 followers overnight, and it's still increasing. From the looks of it, you'll hit nearly two million today."

"How is that possible?"

Liu Shao was still in disbelief.

But when he turned on his computer and saw the sudden increase of 500,000 followers, along with the trending topic climbing rapidly in the top ten, he was completely stunned.

"What's going on?"

"How did I get on the trending topics?"

"I don't know either! Suddenly, someone in the group said you were trending, Brother Liu, and I didn't believe it at first, but when I checked, I was shocked."

Liu Shao snapped out of his daze and slapped his thigh: "Whatever the reason, it must be a good thing. This will get more people to know Dr. Lu."

"True, such an amazing Chinese medicine doctor deserves to be seen by the whole nation."

"But Brother Liu, while trending is good, I've seen a lot of comments from people who don't believe it, questioning you, with a lot of curses. They're saying you're exaggerating, which might not be good."

"Those who know you, Brother Liu, trust you, but most don't know, and our rebuttals can't keep up. The comments not only curse you but also Dr. Lu; there are even more of these saying..."

"Saying what?"

"Saying Dr. Lu is just trying to show off, that there can't be any good Chinese medicine at a health center. If he were any good, would he still be at a health center?"

"They don't know shit!"

Liu Shao was furious instantly, he didn't care if they cursed him, but insulting Dr. Lu was unacceptable. He's experienced Dr. Lu's medical skills personally, even though the medicine had only been taken for a day, with no visible effect yet, Dr. Lu's divine pulse-taking method already had him in awe, not to mention Dr. Lu's vast knowledge.

It's not an exaggeration to say he was amazed.

"It's complete nonsense; they just spray crap without knowing anything. If they don't believe it, they should book an appointment with Dr. Lu themselves and find out if I exaggerated."

Liu Shao was extremely angry, especially when he saw those comments cursing Lu Xuan, gnashing his teeth, constantly tapping on the keyboard to refute. But having reached the trending topics, comments flooded in, and his rebuttals were soon drowned in the deluge, leaving Liu Shao feeling helpless.

The viewer tried to comfort: "Brother Liu, there's no need to get angry, they're stupid for not believing."

"I know, but having Dr. Lu get dragged into this and cursed leaves me feeling really guilty." Liu Shao was helpless.

"It's on the trending topics now, can't be taken down, we just have to leave it for now. As for Dr. Lu, I hope he doesn't blame me."

Liu Shao felt a bit regretful, thinking he should've said less during the stream last night, but after careful thought, he realized that everything he said was true, without exaggeration or embellishment, so why not say it?

Anyway, he was happy to promote Dr. Lu.

...

At the same time.

Lu Xuan got up early and was having breakfast downstairs at a breakfast shop.

A busy week made Lu Xuan really enjoy the leisure of the weekend.

He ate leisurely, without the rush of a working day, where he wished he could split his time into two to see more patients.

Just as Lu Xuan was drinking some congee, his phone on the side suddenly rang.

Lu Xuan glanced at it and saw it was a call from Wang Youqing, smiling as he answered: "Uncle, up so early, not going to tell me about last night's situation, are you?"

"What situation?"

Wang Youqing was momentarily confused but quickly caught on: "You mean that? It's scheduled for tonight, I didn't call for that, with the medicine you gave me, I have confidence to convince them. This call is about something else."

"What is it?" Lu Xuan looked serious.

"You're on the trending topics."

Wang Youqing suddenly announced, leaving Lu Xuan momentarily bewildered: "Trending topics for what?"

Wang Youqing explained: "One of your patients yesterday seems to be a streamer, and during their live stream, they talked about you diagnosing them through pulse-taking, then the streamer hit the trending topics, so you, Lu, are also trending."

"I see!"

Lu Xuan suddenly understood: "Well, it's trending then."

"You really have a big heart."

Wang Youqing said helplessly.

"What's wrong?"

Lu Xuan was puzzled since the topic was already trending, there wasn't much to be done. Trending topics shouldn't be a bad thing, right?

"What do you mean what's wrong?"

Wang Youqing responded frustratedly: "There's nothing wrong with trending, but your patient exaggerated during the stream, saying that you diagnosed their condition just by taking their pulse. Isn't that harming you? Even if you cure them and want to share, there was no need for such exaggeration!"

"Now online, there's cursing everywhere; some say it's exaggerated, and some say you're just a show-off, almost overwhelmingly. Many think this streamer was just someone you, Lu, hired to help boast, simply to deceive people into visiting the health center, just to con people out of their money."

Hearing this, Lu Xuan's face grew serious.

And he quickly realized it must be Liu Shao.

A very charismatic patient, just hadn't expected them to be a streamer.

Moreover, that last night's stream content would trend, causing both of them to become targets of countless netizen attacks.

For a moment, Lu Xuan felt a bit dejected.

This was truly trouble from nowhere.

He hadn't done anything and was labeled as a grandstander.

"What now?" Wang Youqing asked worriedly.

Lu Xuan sighed: "It's on trending now, saying more is useless. Explaining won't work, might provoke harsher attacks, so we just have to handle it coldly, leave it alone. The trending will eventually fall, and the issue will blow over. If I release any statements, it'll only make things worse."

Hearing this, Wang Youqing paused, then brightened up: "You young people surely think quickly. I was thinking about issuing a statement in the name of the health center, but hearing your thoughts now, cold handling is indeed the best."

"This really is the patient's fault, why did they have to ramble on?"

"I know they probably hoped to let more people know about you, Lu, but… well, speaking is one thing, but they should stick to the facts, right? Exaggerating, saying diagnosis can rely solely on pulse-taking for diabetes, it's harmful, isn't it?"

"A well-meant action gone wrong!"

Wang Youqing sighed deeply, thought for a moment, and said: "I'll contact that patient later, some things shouldn't be casually said. We all know your capability, Lu, but too much exaggeration is detrimental."

Lu Xuan opened his mouth, initially wanting to say he did diagnose Liu Shao's condition using pulse-taking, but swallowed his words back down.

Saying it felt like showing off.

Although he hadn't figured it out all by himself, no one knew he could "cheat."

If no one knows, it counts as his own skill, which… shouldn't be an issue, right?

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