A sudden commotion

  When the staff hurriedly fetched a black eye mask, this much-watched Chinese and Western medical arena competition finally officially began.

  As the host of this arena match, CCTV's famous host Xie Yunsong felt very depressed, even when he was already standing on the stage and started hosting, he still hadn't completely gotten rid of this depressed mood.

  There are many reasons, but mainly there are only two.

  There were many guests present, and some of them were quite prominent, but none of them were willing to go on stage to give a speech before the competition started.

  This is an unprecedented situation for him after hosting various programs for many years.

  The second, and most importantly, the reason is that originally in this competition, the medical team was supposed to be led by Zhang Datong, an old Chinese medicine doctor. Xie Yunsong had even studied Zhang's life and personality in detail, enough to allow him to speak fluently for several minutes without freezing up. However, just as the formal competition was about to begin, the organizing committee suddenly notified him that the traditional Chinese medicine participant had been changed.

  Okay, temporary replacement is not something he hasn't experienced before. But after the replacement, the contestant's information given to him had less than ten words. Name: Wang Zhengyu, Age: 21, No position, no work unit, and not even a word about where he was from. When Xie Yunsong received this brief introduction, he wanted to curse.

  What's even more disgusting is that the organizing committee explicitly noted in the remarks that contestants did not plan to speak on stage before the competition.

  In Xie Yun Song's own view, today was absolutely the least technically demanding time he had hosted various programs. He only needed to introduce the guests on stage in a routine manner and then announce the start of the competition, that's all. No need to interact with anyone at all. Simple enough, but the question is, does this kind of arena match really need him, a famous host?

  So Xie Yun-song was somewhat lacking in enthusiasm when hosting, but his speech was very fast, and he quickly finished introducing all the guests present.

  "The guests present today are absolutely impressive in terms of quantity, so can our Chinese medicine practitioners defend the honor of Chinese medicine in front of all the guests and national audience? Let's wait and see! Now, we invite today's Chinese medicine contestant, 21-year-old Wang Zhengyu, who is strongly recommended by famous veteran Chinese medicine practitioner, Director of the Department of Chinese Medicine at GZ Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, and Vice Chairman of the National Association of Chinese Medicine - Zhang Datong!"

  Xie Yun Song's words fell, and the thunderous applause that usually followed did not erupt. Except for the area where traditional Chinese medicine was located, which was applauding enthusiastically, other areas were replaced by a murmur of surprise. People began to ask each other who this unknown little person was. And their eyes also focused on the direction where traditional Chinese medicine gathered.

  At this time, Wang Zhengyu had already put on a black eye mask and walked towards the Chinese medicine diagnosis desk on the stage with Zhang Datong's help.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, the two people walking onto the stage now are Zhang Daxiang, an old medical practitioner, and Wang Zhengyu, a Chinese medicine practitioner recommended by him. In order to enhance the fairness of the competition, at the special request of Wang Zhengyu, he will wear a pure black eye mask for this pulse diagnosis and fetal examination. It can be guaranteed that even if the Chinese medicine practitioners had seen the forty pregnant young women who signed up for today's arena competition in advance, they would absolutely not be able to recognize them face-to-face!" Xie Yunsong began introducing Wang Zhengyu's move of wearing an eye mask at the right moment.

  It wasn't until then that some of the audience in the auditorium came to their senses, and scattered applause broke out again. However, the guests on stage were still whispering to each other.

  "What's going on, Old Zhang? Why is he calling a young whippersnapper like that to the stage for a showdown?" Chen Dong looked at Mo Zhong with a bewildered expression.

  Mo Zhonghua didn't respond, but instead looked at his granddaughter with the same bewildered expression, "Yao Yao, don't you understand your classmate at all? For example, where he was born or if there's anything special about him?"

  In fact, after Xie Yun Song announced that Wang Zheng Yu would be going on stage, Mo Xiao Yao was probably the most surprised person in the audience today. Although she had never really understood Wang Zheng Yu before, they were classmates after all, especially after Wang Zheng Yu publicly confessed to her, and their dormitory mates who loved gossiping and comparing themselves to others hadn't stopped whispering about Wang Zheng Yu's various shortcomings in front of her.

  So in her impression, Wang Zhengyu was just an ordinary classmate without any bright spots. What's special? Is being shameless considered special? After all, yelling for ten minutes under the girls' dormitory building wasn't something that anyone could do.

  Mo Xiao Yao shook her head and said, "He's just an ordinary classmate of mine. I heard from other classmates that his parents are ordinary workers, and his academic performance is average. That's all I know!"

  When he heard his granddaughter's words, Old Mo's expression became even more perplexed. Although he didn't know Wang Zhengyu at all, he had some knowledge of Zhang Dashan and knew that this colleague was not a reckless person. But why did he recommend his granddaughter's classmate to take the stage? Old Mo couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he thought.

  He didn't know about Wang Zhengyu's pulse diagnosis with Zhang Dasong last night, so he couldn't think that Wang Zhengyu had conquered those old Chinese doctors with his medical skills. At this time, when he heard from his granddaughter that Wang Zhengyu had never shown any talent for traditional Chinese medicine and his parents were not traditional Chinese doctors either, he naturally felt suspicious.

  As an old Chinese medicine doctor, Mo naturally hopes that traditional Chinese medicine can win out.

  In fact, with his identity, just one sentence might have prevented this arena match from happening, and some people would even take the initiative to vindicate traditional Chinese medicine. But Old Mo didn't do that. The reason is simple: the development of traditional Chinese medicine has indeed become increasingly decadent.

  Many people use the banner of traditional Chinese medicine to deceive and cheat, making many deceived people think that traditional Chinese medicine is ignorant and deceptive!

  That's not all, what's more serious is that young people who are now practicing medicine will mostly choose Western medicine. The reason is simple: compared to traditional Chinese medicine, the various theories of Western medicine are more systematic and easier to learn. Especially with the results of various machine tests, they can completely replace years of clinical experience, allowing these doctors to get started faster.

  In such a situation, who among the young people is still willing to learn traditional Chinese medicine which requires more qualifications and experience? This is also the reason why decades ago, when people had a cold or fever, doctors would take a look, ask some questions, prescribe two tablets of medicine and then they were cured. Now, going to the hospital involves blood tests and urine tests, even for minor illnesses, it's necessary to check white blood cells and red blood cells, and after being tossed around for half a day.

  So in the face of Western medicine's doubts about traditional Chinese medicine being a pseudo-science, Old Mo not only chose to remain silent. He even went out of his way to make this match happen, although no one knew about it.

  He just wants to see how far traditional Chinese medicine has fallen and whether there are any brave traditional Chinese doctors who dare to take him on, and if they do, whether they can win!

  Now seeing Zhang Dashan letting such a young man take the stage to diagnose pregnancy with his eyes closed, Old Mo's mood is extremely complicated. He suspects whether such a young person can really represent Chinese medicine, and he especially hopes that Wang Zhengyu can truly represent Chinese medicine in defeating Western medicine, because if Wang Zhengyu can accurately diagnose pulse and pregnancy at such a young age, not only will it restore the reputation of Chinese medicine in front of the whole nation, but more importantly, it will prove that Chinese medicine has successors.

  So in the end, after hearing Mo Xiaoyao's answer, Old Mo didn't get up to question him, but instead said faintly to Chen Dong beside him: "If this kid really can win the competition, I'd actually like to have a talk with him."

  If the guests who watched on site were still whispering when Wang Zhengyu came on stage, then countless audiences watching live broadcasts in front of TVs or computers were shocked when they saw that the one who came on stage was just a young man in his twenties. Especially on the Internet, various comments poured out at the moment Wang Zhengyu appeared on camera.

  "Is traditional Chinese medicine really that simple? They actually found a young person to do it? And with their eyes closed? Are they kidding me?"

  "Are those old Chinese doctors intimidated? Afraid to stand up? Pick a young person to go on stage and lose, easy to find excuses!"

  "It's all over, it seems our ancestors' stuff is going to be defeated today! I told you traditional Chinese medicine isn't reliable!"

  "You guys don't understand culture at all! The Chinese medicine side actually dares to send a young doctor to fight, this shows that Chinese medicine has the confidence of winning, it's just trying to slap Western medicine in the face!"

  "I'm just a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, believe me, diagnosing by feeling the pulse is about experience, not innate talent, so..."

  ……

  Ninety percent of the comments were pessimistic about whether traditional Chinese medicine could triumph, and those who still insisted that traditional Chinese medicine could win were drowned out by the comments that belittled it.

  And in the audience, there were two people who were arguing about something that had nothing to do with the outcome of the East-West game...

  In HB Province, there is a small mountain town called SY, which is also where Wang Zhengyu grew up.

  "Old man, could this Wang Zhengyu be our son?" A middle-aged woman in her 40s or 50s, sitting on the sofa at home, gazed at the TV and said to her husband in surprise.

  The woman's name was Li Shuqin, who was exactly Wang Zhengyu's mother.

  "What are you kidding me? Our family's son? Your son is studying history, not traditional Chinese medicine. Even if he was studying traditional Chinese medicine, he has only been studying for a few years, and he can already represent traditional Chinese medicine on TV? You're thinking too much!" Wang Zhengyu's father, Wang Guoyi, said disapprovingly.

  "Take a closer look, that nose, that mouth, and that figure, how can it not be like our son? And coincidentally named Wang Zhengyu? Also coincidentally twenty-one years old, is there such a coincidence in this world? It's just unknown why the eyes are covered, if they need to be covered, don't cover them now, cover them when going on stage!"

  The camera on TV just gave Wang Zhengyu a close-up, and Li Shuqin directly approached the TV, carefully examining it, muttering to herself in her mouth. She didn't know that her son was deliberately covering his eyes because he didn't want to be too famous.

  "It's indeed a bit like that, but don't worry, your son doesn't have such skills!" Wang Guoyi said stubbornly.

  "I won't tell you, I'll go call my son and ask him!" Li Shuqin said, then stormed off towards the phone in the living room.

  Before she could pick up the phone, it rang first.

  Li Shuqin had just picked up the phone when an excited voice came from the receiver: "Sister, quickly look at the live broadcast of the Chinese medicine arena match on Channel 3, the Chinese doctor who is going on stage looks like your Xiao Yu!"

  "I was just looking at him, unfortunately, I couldn't see clearly, and I was thinking of making a phone call to ask if it's really him!" Li Shuqin said truthfully.

  "Alright, I'll wait for your confirmation before giving you a call!"

  Li Shuqin pressed the hang-up button, but before she could dial out again, the phone rang once more.

  "Hello, is this Sister Li? Is that your son on TV?"