Now, his project in this city has been completed, and there won’t be any more business here afterward.

Today might be the last time.

Unexpectedly, this kid doesn’t have the foresight, not sure what got into him, but he suddenly threw a tantrum, which made Shen Rong very angry.

"I’m serious, not joking with you, Boss Shen."

Xia Liang remained unmoved, speaking seriously.

"Hahaha, fine, you say Chinese medicine is for diagnosing, then check me and see if there’s any illness in my body!"

Shen Rong laughed bitterly, directly asking.

"First, the consulting fee, five hundred Yuan."

Xia Liang said flatly.

"What? Consulting fee five hundred Yuan? Are you out of your mind?"

"How much does it cost to register at a hospital, dozens at most, and you ask for five hundred Yuan, are you crazy from being poor?"

Shen Rong widened his eyes, asking incredulously.

"Because I am worth that price!"

Xia Liang replied indifferently.

"Hahaha, alright, kid, you have guts, I’ll give you five hundred Yuan, today I want to see if you can make something of it!"

Shen Rong laughed loudly, took out five hundred Yuan, and slapped it onto the bedside.

This is because he had just completed the project, and the client had settled the final payment without defaulting, which made Shen Rong very happy, hence so generous, not caring about these mere five hundred Yuan.

If it were before, not to mention five hundred Yuan, even dozens, Shen Rong would be reluctant to spend.

"Alright!"

Xia Liang nodded, took the consulting fee, and began to use inspection to diagnose Shen Rong.

Diagnosing in Chinese medicine focuses on observation, listening, questioning, and pulse-taking, the four key points.

Inspection involves purposeful observation of the patient’s demeanor, complexion, shape, posture, and tongue appearance to detect organ changes.

Listening includes both hearing sounds and smelling odors.

The main task is to discern the patient’s vocal breath changes in pitch, strength, clarity, speed, etc., to distinguish the condition’s reality, coldness, and heat.

Inquiry involves asking the patient or their companions to understand the disease, including the time, cause, process, past medical history, and the location of pain.

Finally, there’s pulse-taking!

This part is also the only contact with the patient, the most testing of a Chinese medicine practitioner’s skill!

And pulse-taking includes both pulse diagnosis and palpation.

It involves using the feeling in one’s fingertips, touching, pressing, and squeezing certain parts of the patient’s body to understand the condition.

Besides these four diagnostic methods, there’s also the ultimate method: differentiation.

This differentiation more tests the practitioner’s clinical experience and skill.

Because differentiation is a comprehensive analysis process of clinical disease data, judging symptoms, providing treatment evidence, determining the certificate process.

It’s a diagnostic method that considers the surrounding environment, the strength of righteous energy, and the disease characteristics.

However, for ordinary Chinese medicine practitioners, if they can’t determine the patient’s condition through inspection, they need to further inquire.

If inquiry fails to clarify, listening and pulse-taking are needed!

But Xia Liang doesn’t require these.

His medical skill is already top-notch; observation, listening, inquiry, pulse-taking, and the ultimate differentiation, he has mastered them all.

Unless the patient’s condition is extremely complex, basically, there are no patients requiring Xia Liang to use two diagnostic methods simultaneously.

Moments later, Xia Liang clearly understood Shen Rong’s condition.

Then he turned and walked out.

"Hey, are you sure that’s it?"

Shen Rong paused, quickly caught up with Xia Liang, and asked.

He had spent five hundred Yuan, although not with grief, money shouldn’t be spent without reason either.

He wanted to measure this kid’s ability, to see if he had real skills!

Not to be casually fooled by the kid.

Within the outer hall of the clinic, Xia Liang sat behind the diagnosis table, looking at the furious Shen Rong, and said: "Yes, I already know your condition."

Shen Rong paused, then smiled with interest: "Alright, then tell me, what illness do I have exactly?"

"Right, don’t just randomly guess, I know my body better than anyone."

Xia Liang didn’t argue with him but directly stated Shen Rong’s current condition.

And you heard Xia Liang slowly say, "Your condition began to manifest only in the past year!"

"If I’m wrong, feel free to refute."

"Firstly, within the past year, your body has gradually developed symptoms of abdominal distention, sallow complexion, prominent veins, dark complexion, short urination, heat in the five parts, etc."

"Occasionally, afternoon fever, dry mouth and throat."

"Sometimes dental bleeding, nosebleed, red tongue texture, or petechiae, scant coating, taut and thin pulse, etc."

"I wonder if I’m correct?"

Actually, when Xia Liang finished speaking about these symptoms, there’s no need for further explanation, Shen Rong’s facial expression could already say it all!

Basically, each symptom Xia Liang mentioned had occurred to him.

And as time went by, it became more severe.

But Shen Rong always thought it was due to being busy recently, so he never paid attention.

He had visited the clinic near the construction site, where the doctor said it was caused by hard work, and just needed some antiviral and anti-inflammatory cold medications.

Therefore, Shen Rong never took it seriously.

But now, hearing Xia Liang being so specific, he suddenly felt a little anxious.

However, he didn’t want to admit it in front of Xia Liang and instead reasoned: "Hehe, this is just inflammation from overexertion, taking some anti-inflammatory medicine will solve it."

"At most, hang a few IV drips, don’t exaggerate here."

Xia Liang didn’t respond but instead asked: "Do you have a habit of drinking regularly?"

Shen Rong nodded, saying: "Absolutely, I’m in the construction industry, drinking is common for people like us."

"Without drinking, where does the work come from, without drinking, where’s the money?"

He didn’t want to drink, in fact, he even disliked alcohol.

Because in the past, he had mild alcohol allergies.

But to earn money, to survive, he forced himself to drink.

From initially being able to handle one bottle of beer, to two bottles, five bottles, and now a jin of white liquor, unlimited beer.

All forced out!

Others only saw his success, but no one saw his contributions on the path to success!

"I understand, but I can tell you clearly."

"If you continue to indulge in alcohol, you have at most a year and a half to live."

Xia Liang said calmly: "Because you have developed alcoholic liver disease, if you don’t stop drinking, it will become more severe, turning into severe hepatitis."

"This way, it could lead to complications like liver coma, upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage, kidney failure, and secondary infection, resulting in death."