Chapter 682 - 682: Recognized

Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "You don't know yet? Your wife is pregnant."

"Huh?" The sick woman's husband's face filled with delighted surprise. "Honey, you're pregnant? Why didn't you tell me?"

The sick woman was also astonished. "I'm pregnant?"

Zhao Yuan was speechless. The couple was unbelievably careless. It really proved the old saying: birds of a feather flock together.

He replied, "When I was taking your pulse just now, I clearly detected signs of a pregnancy pulse. By my estimation, you've been pregnant for about two months."

Only then did it dawn on the sick woman. "No wonder I missed my period last month. I just thought it was irregular because I've been so stressed from work lately..."

"Am I really going to be a dad? Haha, that's great! I'm going to be a dad!" Her husband was overjoyed at first, but then he started blaming himself. "So that's why you haven't had an appetite and have been so listless lately, honey? It was because of the pregnancy? It's all my fault. I saw you were uncomfortable but never even considered you might be pregnant."

At this, it wasn't just Zhao Yuan; even the other diners around them thought the couple was truly careless!

Someone immediately spoke up, "You two are way too thoughtless. You know, the early stages of pregnancy are when miscarriages are most likely. It's a good thing this young doctor discovered it today. Otherwise, if you'd done something strenuous without knowing, wouldn't that have been dangerous? You really need to thank this young doctor properly."

"Yes, we should, we really should." The sick woman and her husband nodded repeatedly, grabbing Zhao Yuan to thank him profusely once again.

The sick woman was still a little worried and asked, "Doctor, this indigestion I had today, will it affect the baby?"

"Don't worry, it won't have any effect. But from now on, you need to be careful about your diet. Make sure you don't eat foods that conflict with each other."

Zhao Yuan's words put the sick woman's mind at ease. She nodded hurriedly and replied, "Yes, yes, I understand. I'll definitely be careful from now on!"

Her husband said with a gentle expression, "Honey, starting today, I'll be the one cooking for you. I promise I'll make sure you're well-nourished and healthy."

This scene made the single people in the crowd want to cry. "Damn, getting a faceful of their PDA like this... There's no justice in the world!"

Even more people were marveling at Zhao Yuan's medical skills.

"This young doctor is amazing! He could even diagnose a pregnancy pulse."

"His healing is incredible too! That woman just now was curled up into a ball in pain; it looked terrifying. But he just massaged her a few times with his hands, had her drink a bowl of medicinal soup, and just like that, she was cured. The effectiveness and the speed of the recovery are simply unbelievable!"

Suddenly, after looking Zhao Yuan up and down, someone said, "Don't you guys think this young doctor looks a little familiar?"

As soon as he said that, it immediately resonated with many others.

"He does look familiar!"

"I thought so too, but I was too embarrassed to say anything. I figured I must have been mistaken."

"Huh, what a coincidence, you all think he looks familiar too? What's going on? Is he some kind of celebrity?"

Someone recalled a news report they had seen and cried out in astonishment, "I remember now! He's Zhao Yuan! The one who single-handedly defeated the challenge from the practitioners of Japanese Traditional Chinese Medicine and defended the honor of Traditional Chinese Medicine!"

Some people still couldn't remember who Zhao Yuan was. "Zhao Yuan? The name sounds a little familiar."

But someone else immediately prompted them, "Have you forgotten? Just before the New Year, the Western Shu Province TV Station's eight o'clock news program ran a special feature, a series of reports on how he defeated the famous masters of Japanese Traditional Chinese Medicine in a medical skill competition!"

After the reminder, this person also remembered. "I remember now, that's right! I even remember that after the competition ended, a bunch of those Japanese Traditional Chinese Medicine masters refused to accept defeat and cornered him to issue more challenges. But he just said, 'You all can stop challenging me. In a little while, I'll come to Japan and challenge your dojos one by one! I'll take down anyone who's still not convinced!' That scene was just so incredibly epic!"

After recognizing Zhao Yuan, the diners instantly grew excited.

After his victory against the practitioners of Japanese Traditional Chinese Medicine before the New Year, in the eyes of the common people, Zhao Yuan had practically become a Divine Doctor! Now that they were lucky enough to meet a Divine Doctor, it would be a huge waste not to ask him for a check-up.

And so, the diners swarmed forward, surrounding Zhao Yuan, all clamoring at once in a mad scramble:

"Dr. Zhao, could you please take a look at me too? I've been feeling dizzy and weak lately."

"I've had this chronic stomach problem for over ten years. Is there any hope of curing it?"

"Dr. Zhao, even though I feel perfectly healthy, could you please check me over and see if I have any hidden illnesses?"

In contrast to the diners' excitement, the few men with malicious intent were incredibly frustrated and annoyed.

Things had developed to a point that was completely off the rails from what they had planned, yet they were powerless to do anything.

The men huddled together, discussing in low voices.

"Boss, what do we do?"

"What else can we do? We have to retreat for now. We'll come back in a few days."

"We thought we could ride the momentum and really screw over Lakefront House. I can't believe someone came out of nowhere and completely ruined our plan!"

"That kid is so damn annoying. How about we ambush him on the road later, beat him up, and see if he still dares to play the hero!"

These people were truly fearless in their ignorance, actually wanting to ambush Zhao Yuan for revenge...

What does it mean to be an ant trying to shake a great tree? This was it!

The leader of the group said in a low voice, "Let's use the chaos to get out of here. When we get back, we'll edit the video we shot today, leaving only the part where the woman was having her fit. Then we'll upload it to the internet and hire an army of online trolls to hype it up. I refuse to believe we can't fool people with something that has 'video proof'! Even if Lakefront House finds witnesses in the end, we can just have our trolls accuse them of doing PR damage control!"

"Good idea!"

"As expected of the boss! You're brilliant!"

The lackeys immediately started sucking up, while also trying to slip away in the confusion.

Zhao Yuan noticed this. His brow twitched, and he was about to stop them, but Hao Li stopped him at that moment. "Let them go."

Zhao Yuan was slightly taken aback, but then he understood. Hao Li was planning to tail the group and ferret out the mastermind behind them.

Since Hao Li already had a plan, it wasn't his place to meddle. He decided to let Hao Li handle it himself.

Hao Li squeezed through the crowd and silently fell in behind the men.

As a Cultivator in the Qi Listening Realm, tracking ordinary people was ridiculously easy. Never mind that these men had no anti-tracking training; even if they did, there was no way they could have detected Hao Li.