Chapter 17 You Have Kidney Failure
Zachary narrowed his eyes and shook his head slightly. He sighed, "Andrew was so arrogant and thought that everything would always be under his control."
However, he forgot that almost everyone present in the hall was influential people in Ludington City. They would not be willing to expose their medical conditions in front of the public. Thus, no one was willing to give him cooperation. After taking a glance at Andrew, who was embarrassed, Zachary said, "Well, why don't we diagnose each other since no one is willing to participate in this challenge?" "Make a diagnosis for each other?"
Not only Andrew, but the guests were also slightly surprised. They were interested in this idea.
Andrew thought about it quickly. Although it was a great idea to diagnose each other, there was a problem with this idea. If Zachary did not want to tell the truth, Andrew couldn't do anything to prove his diagnosis correct even after diagnosing Zachary accurately. It would be impossible for him to take Zachary to the hospital to verify his diagnosis.
Thinking of this, Andrew could not help but hesitate.
It seemed that Zachary had seen through what Andrew was thinking. Zachary snorted and said, "Many guests here are doctors. Master Sue is here as well. You can ask them to diagnose me if you're worried that I won't admit my medical condition."
Zachary exposed Andrew's thoughts directly. This made him seem to be a magnanimous person. On the other hand, this made Andrew seem petty.
Andrew was furious. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's diagnose each other then!"
"You can start first!" Zachary sat down directly and said to Andrew.
Andrew came over and sat down in front of Zachary. He instructed, "Please raise your head and open your mouth. I'm going to start the examination."
Zachary did according to what he said. Andrew leaned forward slightly as if he was examining Zachary. Instead, he whispered in Zachary's ear, "You lowlife! I will definitely make you crawl out of here."
Zachary narrowed his eyes and glared at Andrew coldly.
Under Zachary's glare, Andrew felt a chill running down his spine. He calmed himself down and started to examine Zachary carefully.
It took Andrew a quarter of an hour to examine Zachary, including his mouth, nose, eyes, hands, and feet. He even obtained a stethoscope to examine Zachary.
After examining Zachary, Andrew smiled confidently. He looked at the guests and announced loudly, "Your muscles are weak, and your tongue is slightly dark-colored. Your heart is a little weak as well. According to my diagnosis, you're suffering from mild iron-deficiency anemia and Vitamin D deficiency."
After giving such a specific diagnosis result, the guests could not help but nod their heads and then looked at Zachary.
Zachary said directly, "Your diagnosis is correct."
Zachary was initially weak and malnourished because of his poor family background and constant fatigue. After taking the refining potion for one week, he recovered a lot. However, his body was still quite weak.
The guests were all stunned when Zachary admitted his medical condition without hesitation. Andrew was stunned as well. However, he came back to his senses quickly and felt happy because there was a high chance for him to be the winner of this competition now.
"This is the medicine I prescribe for you," Andrew said proudly while writing a prescription. Then, he threw it to Zachary and continued, "The medicine I have prescribed for you is a new medicine from overseas. It's very effective and you will be as good as new in three days."
"But, the price is a little high. It costs one hundred and twenty thousand yuan. I don't know if you can afford it," Andrew said sarcastically.
Upon seeing this, Vanessa, who was standing beside her grandfather, was angry and anxious. She was enraged by Andrew's arrogance and rudeness. She was also worried that Zachary might lose the competition.
Zachary seemed to have noticed Vanessa's reaction. He ignored Andrew and gazed at Vanessa with a smile.
It was a simple action and a faint smile. However, they calmed Vanessa for some reason. It was an unspeakable feeling.
Seeing Zachary making eye contact with Vanessa, Andrew was furious. He snapped instantly, "Your turn."
After saying this, Andrew stretched out his right arm and said in a bad tone, "Take my pulse now!" He didn't want Zachary, whom he perceived as a lowlife, to touch his body.
Seeing Andrew's outstretched right arm, Zachary did not move at all. He looked at Andrew's face quietly.
"What are you doing? Are you scared now?"
Zachary shook his head and said with a faint smile, "No. I've already finished my diagnosis."
"What? You..."
This caused an uproar in the hall.
"Well, what's your diagnosis then?" Andrew sneered and took back his arm. He would not admit it no matter what Zachary said.
Zachary paused for a moment and said, "Chinese medicine involves seeing, smelling, asking, and feeling. The most important component is seeing. You're suffering from kidney failure as a result of overactivity in sex." Everyone was stunned. Those young women who were fangirling over Andrew were whispering to each other now.
"I didn't expect such a handsome man to be so useless!"
"Don't tell me that he can only last ten seconds. It's useless to have such a handsome face!"
"It seems that he is not a good person since he is overactive in sex at such a young age."
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"Nonsense..." Andrew was furious. He was about to deny it.
Zachary stepped forward at this moment and put his right hand on his waist. Then, he applied pressure to an acupoint on the waist.
"Ah!" Andrew shouted in pain after Zachary applied pressure on it. He grimaced in pain and his face was covered in sweat.
"I was pressing on your Kidnity acupoint just now. The more pain you feel after applying pressure on it, the more serious your kidney failure is," Zachary explained.
The guests were doubtful. Many people pressed the acupoint on their waists and some of them let out a cry of pain. It seemed that there were a lot of people suffering from kidney failure in this era. "It's impossible..."
Andrew's face was pale. He still wanted to deny it. However, Maxwell started talking.
"Kidnity acupoint and Centerfoot acupoint are two acupoints that are related to the kidneys. The health of the kidney can be examined from these two acupoints. So, this method can be used by anyone for self-examination." Maxwell had agreed with Zachary's diagnosis indirectly.
"Two taels of donkey-hide gelatin, three maces of cohosh, one tael of Jatamansi... to be taken for one week." Zachary wrote out the prescription swiftly and threw it to Andrew.
Andrew was gloomy. Looking at the prescription, he didn't know whether he should take it. It would mean that he agreed with Zachary's diagnosis if he took it. However, it would not be good to reject it as well.