Lin Yao was well aware of his own limitations. Online discussions could only explore medical principles, pharmacology, and potential treatment directions based on case studies. In actual practice, he was even less capable than some doctors who had only graduated three years prior and had clinical experience. Lin Yao usually just laughed off such honors and didn't take them seriously.
As "Angel" gained more fame, some well-known scholars and experts who had a habit of online discussions became his friends. The latest international medical findings and papers were shared with him in a timely manner, broadening his horizons and deepening his knowledge. His participation in discussions became more incisive and to the point. These opinions and suggestions, which had been verified by the doctors and experts involved, further enhanced "Angel's" reputation, making many people in the Chinese medical community around the world his fans.
After dealing with the QQ messages, Lin Yao opened the "Medical Forum," a forum he frequented. It was a very authoritative forum for the global Chinese medical community, with over 1.2 million registered members, more than the number of registered practicing doctors in China. Of course, many of these members were also patients and medical enthusiasts.
Although Lin Yao had posted the rules for leaving comments on the forum, many people still didn't follow them and left comments randomly. Most of the hundreds of messages were spam. Lin Yao spent ten minutes cleaning up the comments before he could finally calm down and read them.
"Angel Teacher, your suggested treatment helped me find the cause of the illness. I thank you on behalf of the patient! Wishing you and your family happiness!" This is a message of gratitude, but it's not very meaningful, so I'll delete it.
"Dr. Angel, following your advice, our research team has developed a finished drug with the expected efficacy. Thank you! Our factory has decided to give you a consulting fee of 100,000 yuan. How can we pay you?" This was the response from a researcher at a pharmaceutical factory in Jilin who sought help three months ago.
Lin Yao was pleased that the other party had developed a highly effective drug for treating bone hyperplasia. He replied, "No need to be so polite. If your pharmaceutical factory has sufficient funds, please donate this money to the Red Cross. If you don't want to donate, you can use this money to strengthen production process management. I hope you can control the production process well so that the efficacy of the drug can be guaranteed."
Lin Yao knew that the other party would likely donate to the Red Cross, and then scan the donation receipt and post it on the forum. This had happened many times before, which made the "angel" even more well-known and famous.
Lin Yao didn't necessarily need this kind of fame. He had thought about the rewards, but if he revealed his real identity, no one on the forum would ever treat him as a legitimate doctor again, and he wouldn't even have the opportunity to be a doctor online, which he found even more unacceptable.
"Dear Angel Teacher, I am a member of the Nanjing Medical Council. A medical seminar will be held on March 12th, and I would like to invite you to attend on behalf of the council. The experts and scholars attending the seminar are eagerly anticipating your arrival. Please contact me, and I will arrange your travel and any other arrangements for the seminar. My name is Zhang Maosheng, please call me Xiao Zhang. My phone number is 025-XXXXXXXX, and my mobile phone number is 138XXXXXXXX."
Lin Yao shook his head regretfully and replied, "Thank you for the invitation, but I can't make it due to scheduling conflicts, so I won't be able to attend this time. I wish the seminar a complete success!"
"Angel teacher..."
Looking at the comments online, Lin Yao felt both proud and frustrated. Was he destined to only realize his dream of healing and saving lives indirectly online? Was he destined to become only an online doctor?
Or perhaps he'd be destined to work behind the scenes in the medical field for the rest of his life? These were not the things he desired!
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Chapter Four Accidental Ingestion
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I opened "Maslow's Hierarchy of Psychology" and read for ten minutes, then browsed a few case studies on a psychology forum. Feeling a bit tired, I went to bed to rest.
Lying in bed, Lin Yao felt a pang of sadness. He loved medicine and spent almost all his time studying it. He also practiced acupuncture every day. Although he was physically weak, his extraordinary talent and perseverance allowed him to pierce a two-centimeter-thick book with a small silver needle. This skillful technique even surpassed that of the acupuncture professors at his school.
He longed for the sea and the beautiful scenery of various places. This almost impossible travel dream could only be fulfilled by relying on pictures on the Internet.
The contempt and attacks he suffered at the Luo family and school since childhood made him very curious about human nature. He wanted to find out why others treated him and hated him. He read a lot of books on psychology and behavioral science, and even dabbled in knowledge about disguise and strategy. After learning this knowledge, his situation improved a little, and his classmates and the Luo family became less hostile towards him.
"Sigh... Mom and Dad must be suffering at the Luo family's place again. It's really unfair to them," Lin Yao sighed inwardly.
His parents owned a pharmaceutical factory that produced and refined gastrodin. Ya'an was a major gastrodin-growing region, and the convenient access to raw materials, coupled with his parents' relentless work, allowed the factory to generate an annual profit of around one million yuan. However, each year's profit was used by his parents to buy precious medicinal herbs such as century-old wild ginseng and mature Polygonum multiflorum. Even that wasn't enough; his father also had to use the dividends from the Luo family's shares to purchase these herbs. All of this was to save his life. Thinking of this, Lin Yao's face was filled with gratitude and warmth.
After hastily eating instant noodles, I arrived at the backyard of the pharmaceutical factory with a depressed mood. Looking at the gloomy sky and the woods, my emotions were in turmoil. Why was my family living such a stifling life?
It was still the Spring Festival, and the pharmaceutical factory was on holiday. No one disturbed him, allowing him to daydream freely. After an unknown amount of time, he was startled awake by a noise. In the dim light, something was jumping around, but he couldn't see it clearly.
Frog? Toad? How could such an animal appear in the dead of winter?
His curiosity was piqued, and his troubled mood vanished. He went back to the pharmaceutical factory to get a flashlight and decided to investigate.
With great effort, I lifted the stone slab in the corner of the backyard, and a pungent smell of medicine wafted out. This was the pharmaceutical factory's sewer system. I never expected that the sewer system of such a small pharmaceutical factory would be so spacious. Underneath the small stone slab, there was a passage that was nearly two meters long, wide, and high. Thick layers of medicinal residue filled the entire sewer, and the rotten smell was mixed with a bitter fragrance of Chinese medicine.
He carefully placed his feet on the raised stone steps at the bottom of the sewer, waving his flashlight around, hoping to find the frog or toad he had just seen. This little creature, which could still move around in the dead of winter, might be a top-quality medicinal herb.
The sewer wasn't very deep. After walking about fifteen meters, he could hear the sound of water flowing at the exit. At that time, the pharmaceutical factory was closed for the holidays, which saved him from wading through the water. He walked to the end without any trouble.
"What's this?"
Lin Yao suddenly noticed a strange plant growing in the sludge and dregs at the end of the path. Its leaves resembled water hyacinths, but instead of being green, they were a dark brown. Its root system was extremely developed, densely intertwined into a huge root network that covered the entire bottom of the nearby sewers.
Seven leaves of varying sizes surround a crystal-clear fruit, which appears as red as blood under the light of a flashlight.
Uh… what kind of plant is this? How come I’ve never seen it in the pharmacopoeia? I’ve never even heard of a plant with such a developed root system. The ratio of the root system to the plant’s above-ground parts is just too big, isn’t it? Lin Yao was very curious about this plant that he had never heard of before. It looked very beautiful.
He didn't find the mutated frog today, but finding a novel plant was pretty good. He carefully picked the fruit, which was about the size of a fresh egg, and prepared to go back to the pharmaceutical factory for testing, where there was a complete set of drug analysis equipment.
Just as he turned to leave, unable to bear the stench of the sewer, he did not notice that the plant whose fruit he had picked withered and decayed rapidly, decomposing into humus and sludge in less than a minute, blending into the dregs of the sewer and disappearing without a trace.
As Lin Yao climbed out of the sewer, he worried that the soft, delicate fruit would be crushed while climbing if he put it in his pocket, so he gently held it in his mouth to make climbing easier. Anyway, he was a walking pharmacy with a strong immunity to ordinary medicines, and even common toxic herbs could not cause him any adverse reactions.
As he laboriously covered the sewer slab, he let out a heavy sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, his relaxed jaw broke the tender skin of the fruit in his mouth, and a sweet, fragrant juice overflowed, filling his mouth with a delightful aroma.
Lin Yao was a little stunned. He knew the principle that one shouldn't eat things of unknown origin, especially plants growing in such a strange environment. However, the sweet taste was just too delicious, and he was reluctant to spit it out. Just as he was still hesitating, the juice automatically flowed from his throat into his esophagus, as if his throat muscles had been paralyzed and could no longer close his esophagus.
"Oh no!" A sudden burning sensation spread rapidly from his stomach throughout his body. This intense heat made him feel as if all the blood in his body was boiling. His head spun, his breathing quickened, and he could no longer control his limbs. He was losing sensation in his body little by little, leaving only the burning and searing pain.
He fell straight to the ground and gradually lost consciousness...
When he woke up again, it was completely dark. Lin Yao found himself still in the same spot. The cold outdoor air did not make him feel cold; his whole body was still hot and he felt a little warm. He immediately got up from the ground and walked towards the pharmaceutical factory in the dark.
Huh? Why does my whole body feel sticky? Lin Yao was surprised to find that his underwear was sticking tightly to his skin, as if his whole body was covered with a thick layer of lard before he put on his clothes. His face also felt itchy and uncomfortable, and blinking felt like there was a heavy object on his eyelids, making it a bit difficult.
Lin Yao reached out his right hand to wipe his face, but suddenly found that his right hand was stuck to his face, making it very difficult to wipe his face. For a moment, he couldn't wipe it off his forehead smoothly.
This is… Lin Yao quickened his pace. The sudden, inexplicable incident made him eager to know the reason. In the dark, he couldn't see anything clearly, and the fact that his face didn't seem to be bleeding was his only consolation. He rushed to the entrance of the pharmaceutical factory, feeling his way to the light switch on the wall, and immediately turned it on.
What happened? Lin Yao was extremely surprised. He saw that his palms and the backs of his hands were covered with a thick layer of grease. This black grease also emitted a foul odor, which he hadn't noticed before. He lifted his sleeve and found that his entire arm was covered with a thick layer of grease. His clothes clung to his skin, and he couldn't be dirtier.
Without looking in a mirror, Lin Yao knew that his face was like this, his neck was the same, and his whole body was the same.
After a careful examination, he was fortunate to find no major problems with his body; there was no injury, not even a broken skin, and naturally, no bleeding. Although he didn't know the specific cause, his immediate priority was to take a shower and change his clothes; he simply couldn't bear the feeling any longer.
I also encountered trouble when taking a shower. After struggling to take off all my clothes, I found it difficult to wash off the oil stains all over my body. The oil stains stuck to my body like a plaster, which was very uncomfortable.
After trying everything, when the second towel was completely stained black with oil and became heavy, Lin Yao remembered that there was dish soap in the temporary residence of the pharmaceutical factory. This cleaning product with a significant cleaning effect finally emulsified the oil and removed it from his skin, which then flowed out of the bathroom with the black dirty water.