Chapter 76 Group Chat: "Ye Hantao's great-aunt is actually Zhou Shumiao's teacher..."

Chapter 76 Group Chat: "Ye Hantao's great-aunt is actually Zhou Shumiao's teacher..."

Netizens looked and looked again and found that the picture posted on the official website of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital was very high-definition, and it really was the trending topic of Aunt Ye Hantao!

They were already eating melon seeds early this morning.

Ye Hantao has surpassed 7 million followers, which is more impressive than some minor celebrities, even though she's not a celebrity.

Last night, countless people witnessed Aunt Ye Hantao taking the pulse through the live broadcast.

Leaving aside Liao Jiayue, the performances of Chen Xiaofeng and the cameraman alone highlighted the remarkable skill of Aunt Ye Hantao in taking pulses.

Many netizens were even tempted.

To their surprise, they had just woken up in the morning when they saw the trending topic: Aunt Ye Hantao was practicing acupuncture without a license and almost killed someone.

The victim tearfully recounted in the post that after acupuncture, half of their body was paralyzed, and they had to lie down and recover for a long time after returning home.

The victims also said they had gone to the clinic to cause trouble, but the clinic denied it, saying it was a normal reaction to acupuncture.

Many netizens were incited to go to Ye Hantao's comment section to demand an explanation.

The comments section under Maze is also a mess.

He is Ye Hantao's brother, so Ye Hantao's great-aunt is naturally his great-aunt as well.

Instead of receiving a response from Ye Hantao and Maze, they received a joint statement from the Beijing Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Yuncheng Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.

Face……

That really hurts!

【Ughhhhh, I did something stupid again!】

[Help! I've been slapped in the face by Ye Hantao countless times, why am I still eagerly mocking her?! I actually believed they were harmed by Ye Hantao's great-aunt!!!]

[Don't rush to kneel down! In the victim's post, wasn't Ye Hantao's great-aunt named Zhou Lan?!]

[Yes! Her name is Zhou Lan! She has absolutely no relation to Zhou Shumiao.]

So, the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Chinese Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine had nothing better to do than issue such a lengthy statement?

[Family members, I've re-compared the ID photo at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, and the more I look at it, the more it resembles Aunt Ye Hantao...]

【I don't believe it! I don't believe it! Ye Hantao already has a Maze as her older brother, how could she possibly have a great-aunt who's a renowned traditional Chinese medicine doctor?!】

[Stop arguing. Someone asked this in the comments section of the official website of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Medicine. Please take a look at the reply.]

[I've brought this over for you, you're welcome. (Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Institute V: Dean Zhou is indeed Ye Hantao's great-aunt.)]

【Aa ...

Ye Hantao breathed a sigh of relief, no longer worried about her great-aunt being falsely accused.

However, the disease progression is still stuck at 30%.

Her great-aunt is Zhou Shumiao, isn't that enough to brag about? Why isn't there any feedback on her character?

At this time, the post that Ye Hantao liked yesterday was also pushed to the top by netizens.

[Look at this popular post! Over a dozen people in the comments section have accompanied their family members to see Professor Zhou, and they all say that Aunt Ye Hantao looks like Professor Zhou!]

Ye Hantao even liked this post; a lot of people were mocking it last night.

[Let me sort this out... Aunt Ye Hantao is Zhou Shumiao? Huh???]

[The research institute has already responded, so how could it be fake?]

[Holy crap? We saw Boss Zhou taking his pulse with our own eyes? And you're still saying he was informed beforehand?]

Chen Xiaofeng asked the same question as netizens in front of the camera, "Professor Zhou Shumiao personally took my pulse?!"

"I even managed to get an acupuncture appointment with Boss Zhou!"

He rubbed the spot where he had been pricked by the needle, looked at Cheng Zhao sitting across the table, and said incredulously, "The big shot I just said could stop the pain after two needle pricks couldn't possibly be unknown!"

Although the guests had not yet set off for the recording location, the live broadcast room had already opened on time at eight o'clock.

Previously there were four celebrity guests, but today there are only three: Chen Xiaofeng, Jin Shiyue, and Wu Xia.

Chen Xiaofeng came to Cheng Zhao's house for lunch at noon.

It's okay if Cheng Zhao doesn't do it.

His real intention wasn't to eat, but to show off to Cheng Zhao that he had received acupuncture from Aunt Ye Hantao!

Even Cheng Zhao didn't receive such treatment.

However, Chen Xiaofeng never imagined that Ye Hantao's great-aunt was actually the big boss Zhou Shumiao!

Cheng Zhao didn't even look up.

He was holding his phone in one hand, reading a message from Tao Tao.

They were all in Yuncheng, so naturally they all departed from Yuncheng Railway Station.

This time, Cheng Zhao didn't subtly inquire about Ye Hantao's train number. He asked directly, "Should I buy both of our tickets together?"

Ye Hantao did not agree.

Two minutes later, Ye Hantao sent a message confirming the successful ticket purchase, which included the specific train number and time.

Cheng Zhao bought a ticket for the same train.

He also wanted to pick someone up to go to the station together.

[Tao Tao: No need, I'm having lunch with my great-aunt and her old friends.]

[Tao Tao: My uncle also came to Yuncheng. He and my great-aunt saw me off.]

The previous post was when he saw it trending in the morning, telling Ye Hantao not to be angry, saying that the culprit would definitely not escape punishment.

Compared to Cheng Zhao's indifference, the audience was far less composed.

While they were speculating about who the fourth celebrity would be and what kind of classmates he would bring, they were also filled with envy and jealousy towards Chen Xiaofeng.

[You managed to get freeloading, kid!!!]

I tried for two months but failed to get a number from last week's top streamer!

[Aaaaaaah, could you please share yesterday's hair care recipe?!!!!]

Did Ye Hantao save the world in her past life?! The script she's been given is practically a life-winning script.

[Still a bit short of being a winner in life, isn't he? His family background can't even compare to Chen Xiaofeng's.]

[My older brother is Maze, a legendary figure in e-sports, and my great-aunt is a big name in traditional Chinese medicine!!]

Even the Chen family has to wait in line to get an appointment with Boss Zhou, thank you!

After a morning of fermentation, the entire internet learned of a major news story.

Ye Hantao's great-aunt is actually Professor Zhou Shumiao!

A master of traditional Chinese medicine in the medical field!

Aa ...

Ye Hantao kept it a secret for too long!!!

"I didn't know the truth much earlier than you guys."

After muttering to herself, Ye Hantao quickly took screenshots of the fabricated rumors and recorded them on her screen before taking a moment to reply to her concerned friends.

The friend was just as surprised as the netizens.

Like her college roommates who are criticizing Ye Hantao in the group chat for keeping things too secret, especially since Ye Hantao recommended a hair care product to them, but they are afraid it's a fake product and won't work.

"Waaaaah! Tao Tao! I was so wrong! I didn't recognize your greatness!" My roommate cried out in the group chat. "Please, please give me a bottle of the hair-nourishing tonic that our great-auntie made!"

Roommate: "For the next month, I'll cover all the lights in our dorm when we turn them off!"

Ye Hantao coldly replied: "One semester!"

"...You!" My roommate gave in. "For the next semester, I'll cover all the lights in our dorm when it's dark!"

The other two roommates quickly chimed in: "You're here to be the lights-out waiter!"

Ever since her great-aunt's identity was revealed, Ye Hantao's message box has been constantly buzzing with messages.

Ye Hantao realized that so many of the people on the list were sick.

Physical illness.

Some people have acne, hair loss, irregular menstruation, or back pain.

One by one, they came to ask her if she could get some folk remedies and acupuncture from her great-aunt.

Ye Hantao: "..."

After replying to her close friends, Ye Hantao scrolled down to reply to a few more friends she had barely spoken to.

Further down, she was caught off guard when she came across Liao Jiayue in the list.

The chat window remains frozen from last night.

She shared her great-aunt's address with her.

Since she had already unfollowed him on social media, Ye Hantao simply unfriended him as well.

Just after the ban was lifted, Shi Yue sent me a message.

[Sister Shiyue: You must have offended someone.]

[Sister Shiyue: This massive, coordinated campaign, practically trying to bury you and your great-aunt, is clearly a coordinated operation by marketing accounts.]

[Sister Shiyue: Think back to who you've had conflicts with.]

Ye Hantao recalled.

Not to mention the few who had conflicts before appearing on the show, there were also Ji Changtu and Cai Qiwei after appearing on the show.

[Shi Yue: To put it bluntly, Liao Jiayue seems to have tacitly accepted the netizens' speculations, right?]

[Sister Shi Yue: Now that the Chinese Academy of Traditional Medicine has issued a statement, the claims that your great-aunt practiced medicine without a license are completely unfounded. I bet Liao Jiayue will soon apologize to you and clarify that her allergy was unrelated to the medicated patch.]

Jin Shiyue had previously felt that Ye Hantao and Liao Jiayue, despite their seemingly harmonious relationship, actually did not understand each other at all.

Why would Liao Jiayue invite such an old classmate to appear on a TV show?

While watching the replay, Jin Shiyue suspected several times that Liao Jiayue was setting a trap.

Before posting this today, Jin Shiyue was prepared to be refuted by Ye Hantao.

To everyone's surprise, Ye Hantao replied: [Thanks for reminding me, Sister Shiyue (hugs.jpg), I just deleted her as a friend.]

A red exclamation mark flashed before Liao Jiayue's eyes.

Liao Jiayue's hands were trembling as she held her phone.

My phone keeps receiving news notifications.

Some netizens who knew Ye Hantao but not Zhou Shumiao were all given a lesson on Zhou Shumiao's status in the medical field after this incident.

Compared to Zhou Shumiao, who couldn't find any social media accounts, they would naturally follow Ye Hantao first.

"Ye Hantao's great-aunt couldn't possibly be Zhou Shumiao!" The agent muttered to himself, his face ashen. "We clearly had someone investigate and found that Ye Hantao's great-aunt's name is Zhou Lan! How could it be Zhou Shumiao!"

Liao Jiayue was too exhausted to reply to her.

Her carefully selected control group consisted of her older brother Maze and her great-aunt Zhou Shumiao.

Ye Hantao managed to keep quiet!

No matter how much the agent didn't want to admit it, seeing the hospital's response, he had no choice but to face reality.

"Jiayue, I'll have someone clarify immediately that your allergy is due to a recent weakened immune system. Tell Ye Hantao that you just saw the trending topic while at work, and whatever you do, don't let Ye Hantao—"

"Ye Hantao has deleted me as a friend."

The agent looked up abruptly. "What did you say?"

"I said Ye Hantao deleted me as a friend!"

The room was deathly silent.

Although they had considered breaking ties with Ye Hantao before releasing the press release, the prerequisite was that the mudslinging would go smoothly.

At that time, Ye Hantao was at her lowest point and was being vilified by the entire internet. It was better for them to distance themselves from each other.

Who would have thought that Ye Hantao's great-aunt was actually Professor Zhou Shumiao?

A true titan in the medical field.

Moreover, Zhou Shumiao's area of ​​expertise is health preservation!

How many wealthy people want to live longer through health preservation?

At least within the Liao family's circle, they held those who understood health preservation and metaphysics in the highest esteem.

Liao Jiayue's grandfather once paid a high price for someone else's appointment and sought Zhou Shumiao's help to regulate his health in the long term.

Even after he offered several million, Zhou Shumiao didn't budge. After treating his underlying conditions for two days, she stopped seeing him.

Liao Jiayue was extremely annoyed by the questions she would face when she got home.

Since transmigrating into the book, she has never been so passive! Never been so humiliated!

The agent's palms were sweating. "It should be fine. It's just a traditional Chinese medicine research institute. The marketing accounts in our company have been sued over the years. We can just pick a few people to apologize and pay some money."

Suddenly, the cell phone rang like a muffled thunderclap.

Liao Jiayue and her agent were both startled.

"Hey, boss? What recording?!"

Liao Jiayue felt inexplicably flustered and quickly unlocked her phone to browse the trending topics online.

The first trending topic was the Beijing Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, whose official account released surveillance video as evidence.

Ye Hantao's great-aunt's house and clinic used to have surveillance cameras running all year round.

The surveillance footage showed that the two patients, who claimed they couldn't walk after acupuncture, left the clinic normally after receiving their treatment.

A few days later, they came to express their gratitude, saying that after several acupuncture treatments, their back and legs no longer hurt.

The victim has now deleted the post out of guilt.

Liao Jiayue was unsure whether the payment they received would be enough to keep quiet.

These people are always greedy and insatiable.

[A real-life version of the farmer and the snake?]

[I knew it! That's why Boss Zhou keeps making appointments at Yuncheng Central Hospital every few days—he's here to see Ye Hantao!]

[Mr. Zhou is so kind that he's offering free acupuncture at a small clinic. How can there be such ungrateful scoundrels?]

[It's not that they're ungrateful; they've been bribed by Liao Jiayue to deliberately slander them!]

[Hater, don't you have any family?]

[Who's the hater? There's already a recording; you brainless fans, open your eyes and see!]

[Audio Link >>>]

Ye Hantao also found the recording online. The two voices in the recording were unfamiliar, but the content was recorded very clearly.

"Should the press release be issued now?"

"Let's build up the atmosphere tonight, and tomorrow someone will photograph Jia Yue's face showing an allergic reaction. Netizens—"

"What if the old lady does something rash?"

"The two neighbors will say anything for the money we give them."

"..."

"All sent."

"Make sure to communicate well with those two and tell them to keep their mouths shut."

The unedited audio recording brought the false accusations to the forefront.

All the onlookers realized belatedly that this was actually a premeditated smear campaign and frame-up!

It's still possible to say for sure that Ye Hantao's great-aunt is Zhou Shumiao, but what if she isn't?

Then the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital wouldn't have issued a statement in time, and with only one surveillance camera, would it have generated this much buzz?

No.

Perhaps there won't even be a statement.

This person in Liao Jiayue's team probably got scared after learning that Ye Hantao's great-aunt was Zhou Shumiao, which is why they released the recording and exposed their chat with the agent.

If Aunt Ye Hantao were just an ordinary old lady, she would be speechless with anger today.

Who knows how long it will take for the surveillance footage to become public!

This is terrifying! Are they trying to kill someone?

I actually saw some extreme comments in the comments section calling for Ye Hantao's aunt to pay with her life.

I just realized that Ye Hantao unfollowed Liao Jiayue!

[You should unfollow her! Liao Jiayue is too ruthless!]

[What do you mean Liao Jiayue is too ruthless! She's clearly a heartless manager!]

[Do the fans really think your sister is completely innocent and unaware of the situation?]

Was Liao Jiayue forced into an allergic reaction by her agent?

[Don't forget that Liao Jiayue, whom you all love to rave about, is from a wealthy family and her family owns shares in her agency!]

[Liao Jiayue's timing is also vicious! She's absent from this episode, Ye Hantao can't appear either, she's even cut off their channel to speak in the live broadcast!]

In less than half an hour, Liao Jiayue's number of followers dropped by 10 million, and it continues to fall.

The brokerage firm's public relations department was extremely busy.

The rivals were overjoyed and urged their respective teams to make the fire burn even brighter.

The hashtags #LiaoJiayueBackstabbing# and #YeHantaoUnjustlyCausedDisaster# appeared on the trending list one after another.

As a result, Ye Hantao gained another wave of fans by sheer coincidence.

Ye Hantao felt both gratified and troubled as she looked at the praise for her great-aunt in the comments section.

Having an older brother who lets her flaunt her house is no longer enough; having a great-aunt as well makes portraying a vain, jealous, and competitive persona incredibly difficult.

Zhou Shumiao arrived at Tao Tao's new home less than half an hour after receiving Tao Tao's call.

Seeing Ye Hantao's droopy face, she asked with concern, "Are you heartbroken because your friend betrayed you?"

“She’s not my friend,” Ye Hantao shook her head. “We’ve always just been old classmates.” Or rather, not very close old classmates.

Ye Hantao doesn't think she's particularly good at judging people; she just makes friends based on whether they can chat well.

She and Liao Jiayue did chat after recording the show, but they would only exchange a few words on the phone and then nothing more.

Zhou Shumiao smiled and said, "As long as you're not sad."

After saying that, Zhou Shumiao patted Ye Hantao on the shoulder, "Come on, your great-aunt will take you to lunch. We've already agreed to introduce you to some old friends in Yuncheng."

In the past, when she ate with her old friends, she would always hear them boasting and complaining about their younger relatives.

Zhou Shumiao also boasted that her younger generation was loved by everyone and was excellent in every way.

But she can neither post photos of Tao Tao nor bring Tao Tao out to meet them.

This led several of her old friends to disbelieve that she had such an outstanding junior.

From the moment Zhou Shumiao officially recognized Tao Tao, she had been eagerly anticipating taking Tao Tao to visit her old friend.

They have to be envious!

Ye Hantao handed over the phone first, "Grandma, my friends are looking for you."

Zhou Shumiao: "???"

Looking down, she saw that Tao Tao had just added her to a discussion group.

Aside from her and Tao Tao, there are twelve other people in the group.

The group quickly formed a queue.

[Tao Tao, the leader: Great-Auntie is here!]

[Wang Tantang, who suffers from insomnia: May my great-aunt be blessed with good health and happiness!]

[Huang Yin, who is losing her hair: May my great-aunt live a long and healthy life!]

[Jianyi Heng, who suffers from back pain: My great-aunt is getting more and more beautiful!]

[Yue Xue, who fights acne: My great-aunt is smitten!!!]

Ye Hantao snuggled against her great-aunt's arm in a coquettish manner, "I never thought my great-aunt was so amazing! That's why I didn't recommend her medicated soaps and such to them."

"Now that they know you are my great-aunt, they all want to ask you for advice."

Zhou Shumiao then realized what was happening.

As early as when Tao Tao discovered her identity, she asked if any friends had any questions about her, and if they could consult her.

When Zhou Shumiao heard that she could use her status as a great-aunt to get to know Tao Tao's friends, she naturally agreed.

Now that everyone in the group knows she's Tao Tao's great-aunt, Zhou Shumiao straightened her back slightly. Before answering questions, she changed her group name card to "[Tao Tao's Great-Aunt]".

When I switched back, there were already 99+ messages in the group.

Ye Hantao whispered, "Grandma, although I've created a group chat, you should still prioritize your work and rest. Just reply when you see it occasionally."

Zhou Shumiao has already replied.

For her, these are really minor issues.

If they could just keep it up for a month or two, things would definitely improve.

Of course, they have to take your pulse first, because the symptoms may be the same but not necessarily caused by the same problem.

Zhou Shumiao had some recollection of the dozen or so people Tao Tao had added to the group.

Some would bring gifts to visit Tao Tao's home during holidays, and some would appear in the travel videos Tao Tao filmed.

Ye Hantao quickly stood up and started massaging her great-aunt's shoulders.

As she continued kneading, Ye Hantao slowed down, her expression strange, as if the scene was eerily familiar.

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Author's Note: Big Brother: I'll bring a few more stacks of autographed cards home tonight. We'll start signing them as soon as Tao Tao gets home. [droopy-eared rabbit head emoji]

Great-aunt: [Loud-eared rabbit head]

Other family members: [Angry][Angry][Angry]

Updated ahead of schedule! [heart emoji]

--Randomly dropped small red envelopes--