Chapter 946 - 912: Types of Colds

Xu Chunliang was devouring donkey meat sandwiches.

Liu Haiyu lit a cigarette and smoked it while standing next to him. Xu Chunliang pointed to a small shop ahead: "Buy me a bottle of soy milk, eating dry like this is a bit choking."

Liu Haiyu found it amusing and exasperating; this guy sure knew how to eat well. Nevertheless, he followed Xu Chunliang’s request and bought him the soy milk.

While Xu Chunliang was eating, Liu Haiyu explained to him that he wasn’t monitoring him, that his target was the Mingde Group, because the burned-out car was registered under Mingde Group.

Liu Haiyu said: "Think over my proposal again."

Xu Chunliang finished his donkey meat sandwich, drank the soy milk, shook his head, and said: "You’re not trustworthy, I’m afraid you’ll sell me out."

Liu Haiyu said: "I’m concerned about your personal safety, the barbecue shop explosion was targeted at you."

Xu Chunliang said: "With your wild imagination, why not go write a novel? You might make more than you do now."

Liu Haiyu said: "Do you know that the two people at the barbecue shop also disappeared?"

Of course, Xu Chunliang knew that Che Shixiong and Jin Xin Hui’s disappearance was orchestrated by him. He feigned surprise: "When did this happen? They were fine yesterday."

Liu Haiyu, with a serious expression, said: "Don’t take it lightly, you might be next."

Xu Chunliang said: "You’re cursing me!"

Liu Haiyu said: "I suspect you’ve offended a foreign crime syndicate."

Xu Chunliang pointed to Jingfu Building: "Aren’t you trying to protect me? Seal off Mingde Group, arrest Huang Youlong and his Korean group one by one, surely you’ll find clues."

Liu Haiyu said: "Without evidence, we can’t do that. What’s most important now is to find evidence."

"Then go find it, why waste time with me here."

"Do you know where Bai Lan is?"

Xu Chunliang waved his hand and walked towards the subway station.

"You eat what I provide, yet you won’t tell me a single honest word." Watching Xu Chunliang’s receding figure, Liu Haiyu stomped his foot angrily: "You big jerk!"

On the subway, Xu Chunliang received a call from Pu Jian, who asked if he went to Du Yun Temple yesterday. Pu Jian shared an unexpected piece of news, Monk Tonghui had disappeared.

Xu Chunliang found it odd, as he had clearly seen Tonghui when he visited Du Yun Temple yesterday. How could he have disappeared?

Pu Jian heard it from Ge Guangming, who had contracted the renovation of Du Yun Temple. Ge Guangming went there this morning to do some final work but found the Mute Monk as restless as an ant on a hot pan, gesturing and writing to make it clear.

Monk Tonghui disappeared last night, and the Mute Monk stayed up all night without seeing him return. This had never happened before because Tonghui had a history of mental illness. The Mute Monk feared a relapse of his illness, searched the surrounding woods this morning but found no trace of Tonghui.

Now Ge Guangming and his workers were helping him search. They heard Xu Chunliang and Ye Qingya had visited Du Yun Temple yesterday, so Ge Guangming contacted Pu Jian to see if Xu Chunliang had any news about Tonghui.

Xu Chunliang had felt something odd about Tonghui’s condition yesterday, and sure enough, things had taken a turn. In retrospect, it may have to do with the collapse of the spirit tower. The cracking pottery revealed several items, which might have awakened Tonghui’s memories.

Pu Jian asked Xu Chunliang to help inquire, not because he was concerned for Tonghui, but because the final payment for the renovation of Du Yun Temple had not been settled. According to his agreement with Mo Han, Monk Tonghui’s personal signature was required to release the payment after completion. Now that the work was done and Tonghui had fled, who would sign for him?

Xu Chunliang pondered for a moment. Monk Tonghui wasn’t likely to have a relapse. The most probable scenario was that his memories had been restored, and if so, leaving Du Yun Temple was a strong possibility.

Xu Chunliang thought of calling Ye Qingya to tell her this news. He glanced at the subway line map and recalled that her studio was not far from the next subway station. He decided to go there and speak with her in person.

When Xu Chunliang arrived at Ye Qingya’s studio and rang the doorbell, no one answered. He took out his phone and called her, and on the other end, he heard Ye Qingya’s weak voice: "Hello..."

Xu Chunliang, hearing her hoarse voice, asked with concern: "Sister Qingya, what’s wrong?"

"I have a cold, just in the studio..."

Xu Chunliang said: "I’m right outside."

Ye Qingya then heard the doorbell and asked him to wait a moment before coming to open the door.

Although Ye Qingya tried to perk herself up, it was clear that she was not well.

Last night, she had sent Xu Chunliang to dinner and was planning to go home, but on the way, she sneezed several times and thought she might be catching a cold. To avoid passing it to her family, she decided to spend the night at her studio. She planned to take a hot shower, some cold medicine, and hoped to feel better after some sleep. But in the middle of the night, she felt feverish again. Although she just measured her temperature, it wasn’t high, only 37.5 degrees. But she felt extremely cold, despite it being summer. She had turned off the air conditioner, and the room temperature had even reached 30 degrees.

Seeing Ye Qingya looking unwell, Xu Chunliang helped her to the sofa to rest and poured her a glass of warm water.

Ye Qingya said, "You don’t have to worry about me. I’ll be fine once I take the medicine."

Xu Chunliang glanced at her medication. It looked quite comprehensive, but these cold medicines don’t have immediate effects.

Xu Chunliang said, "Sister Qingya, why don’t I help treat you?"

Ye Qingya said weakly, "How would you treat it? For a cold, you just take these medicines." As she spoke, she started coughing again and waved her hand, indicating for Xu Chunliang to keep his distance, not wanting to pass it to him.

Although Ye Qingya isn’t a doctor, she’s had countless colds from childhood to adulthood and knows that a cold won’t completely get better in less than three to five days.

Xu Chunliang said, "To treat a cold, you first need to understand which type it is before you can prescribe the right medicine."

A cold usually refers to an imbalance in lung and guardian function caused by wind evil or viral infection, manifesting as nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, headache, chill fever, and overall discomfort.

The main cause is external evil affecting lung and guardian function imbalance, leading to stomach surface disharmony and lung loss of purging and restraint, so we follow the treatment principles of expressing evil, proclaiming lung qi, and addressing concurrent symptoms.

Traditional Chinese Medicine emphasizes treatment based on syndrome differentiation, further dividing colds into wind-cold, wind-heat, summer humidity, and external affections of weak people. Without understanding these subtypes, taking medicine blindly won’t help and might worsen the condition.

Ye Qingya listened to him speak so thoroughly, but she felt dizzy now, inhaling with slight nasal congestion making breathing difficult, "Chunliang, then what kind of cold do you think I have?"

Xu Chunliang said, "Due to the sudden change in climate and getting caught in the rain, coupled with excessive fatigue, your immunity dropped, thus you suffered from wind-cold evil invasion leading to wind-cold cold, treat with warming and dispersing exterior, proclaiming lung and dispelling cold."

Patients with wind-cold cold usually show symptoms like severe chills, mild fever, nasal congestion, clear runny nose, sneezing, dry mouth, coughing, and coughing with white phlegm. Ye Qingya’s symptoms matched all of these.

Xu Chunliang picked up the Yinqiao Detoxification Pills and antiviral liquid on the coffee table, "They’re both treatments for wind-heat cold, typically treated with cooling and dispersing exterior, proclaiming lung and clearing heat."

Ye Qingya said, "Luckily you came, otherwise I’d be taking the wrong medicine." After drinking water, she started sweating, tiny droplets of sweat brushing over her smooth forehead.

Xu Chunliang reached out to touch her forehead, Ye Qingya knew he was checking her illness and didn’t think elsewhere. When people get sick, their emotions become fragile, and they want someone to care for them, and Xu Chunliang showed up right on time.

Xu Chunliang said, "Does it hurt a little, with your palms heating, but your body feels cold?"

Ye Qingya nodded.

Xu Chunliang asked her to stick out her tongue to examine the coating, then asked, "Is your urine dark yellow?"

Ye Qingya’s face blushed deeply, this mischievous lad! What kind of questions is he asking!

Xu Chunliang said, "Sister Qingya, don’t feel embarrassed, just treat me like a doctor not a buddy, I assure you I have no intention of straying."

Ye Qingya thought to herself, "No intention, really? Considering how you acted yesterday, I saw it all." She lowered her dark lashes and responded shyly, pondering how he knew so accurately.

Xu Chunliang said, "You’re suffering from both wind-cold cold and yin deficiency cold."

Ye Qingya said, "Yin deficiency cold?" She hadn’t heard of it, as it wasn’t her field of expertise.

Xu Chunliang said, "You can understand it as having yin deficiency symptoms over laying wind-cold cold."

Ye Qingya said, "I just have a small cold, but hearing you say all this, I feel like I’ve got a terminal illness."

Xu Chunliang said, "Not that serious, mainly because of your weaker constitution. Yin deficiency cold can be treated with medicines to nourish yin and release the exterior."

Ye Qingya pulled out a tissue to wipe her nose, speaking nasally, "Doctor Xu, please write me a good prescription, I need to get better quickly, this cold is unbearable, I have to breathe through my mouth."

Xu Chunliang laughed, "Taking medicine is slow, if you want to recover quickly you’ll need a special remedy."

Ye Qingya said, "Alright, tell me the special remedy, I’ll go purchase it immediately."

Xu Chunliang said, "It’s far away but right in front of you."

Ye Qingya’s face went red down to her neck, scolding, "Don’t talk nonsense, I’ll ignore you if you keep mumbling, cough cough cough..." In fact, she wasn’t angry at all inside.

Xu Chunliang said, "I’m serious, I can help you with qi gong treatment."

Ye Qingya blinked, having witnessed Xu Chunliang using qi gong to help her grandfather with his brain condition before, though he was exhausted to the point of coughing blood, she vividly recalled. She shook her head, "Let’s not, it’s just a minor cold, no need to risk your wellbeing in performing."

Xu Chunliang laughed, "Sister Qingya, you also know it’s a minor cold, last time when treating Grandpa, his condition was more severe, and I expended substantial energy, for you, it won’t require much effort."

Ye Qingya blinked, "Really?"