Chapter 1978: 1908 The Ins and Outs of the Scam (Monthly Ticket 46500 Bonus Chapter ×93)

"……" Hua Ying Ying froze for a moment, silently looking at Zheng Ren.

"Don't be afraid, it's just a trick of the martial world; once it's explained, you won't fall for it again even if you encounter it later." Zheng Ren said with a chuckle.

"The boss is worried you'll have nightmares when you go home tonight; that thing looks pretty scary." Su Yun added.

"How to put it? Those are the patient's symptoms and signs." Zheng Ren said: "This illness is called paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia, abbreviated PDK." Zheng Ren looked at Hua Ying Ying, his gaze clear, without a trace of hostility.

Hua Ying Ying felt a bit dazed.

She thought that this Zheng Lao Ban before her was her greatest enemy in life.

But when something happened, she was frightened…… Zheng Lao Ban didn't stand aside laughing at her; instead, he threw his coat over to her.

Just this one act made Hua Ying Ying tear up with gratitude!

If many people had seen it, Hua Ying Ying wouldn't know how to leave. As for whether she wanted to keep living afterward, she couldn't say.

It was utterly embarrassing, embarrassing her all the way to her grandmother's house.

"This is a hereditary disease; patients have a family history of skipping generations."

"You're talking too much, and this isn't a lecture for kids. Tell me, why did that woman make ghostly faces?" Su Yun cut off Zheng Ren's words, directly asking the key point.

This was also the most puzzling thing in the minds of those who saw the scene at the time.

Even Gao Shaojie's ears perked up.

"Oh, I see. PKD is a type of disorder between movement disorder and convulsions, currently thought to be a kind of ion channel disease."

"When the disease occurs, symptoms can affect a single limb or one side of the body, or they can appear alternately or simultaneously on both sides."

"When the facial and jaw muscles are affected, speech difficulties can arise, and facial muscles may also change. So-called her starting to make ghostly faces is due to a movement disorder on one side of the facial muscles."

"Really strange." Su Yun recalled the middle-aged woman's situation, also feeling a bit scared, but he was bold, so the so-called fear was merely a thrill.

"If Su Yun himself encountered this situation, he would probably instinctively kick it; no ghostly trick could withstand that."

"But if he did that, the middle-aged woman would likely get a broken bone from the kick. Afterwards there would be more trouble, far less simple than now."

"Hmm, this situation is relatively rare. This disease itself is rare; being able to control muscle spasms and strengthen control over facial twitching, one could say that aunt is also talented." Zheng Ren said.

"Tch, what talent, all used in crooked ways."

"No way." Zheng Ren was quite open-minded, smiling as he said: "The onset of this disease is brief, usually lasting a few seconds; over 80% of cases last less than one minute, and it rarely exceeds five minutes."

"It's really like epilepsy." Su Yun sighed.

"Yeah, that's right." Zheng Ren said: "Differentiating it is actually quite easy; during an attack there is no loss of consciousness, and stopping or slowing movement often ends the attack, which is how paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia presents."

Hua Ying Ying understood Zheng Ren's words; although she still felt somewhat unbelievable, after all there was a scientific rationale that could be explained, a reasonable explanation, so she wasn't as scared in her heart.

Recalling how she had been scared to the point of wetting herself, Hua Ying Ying's heart felt swollen.

Really fucking scary, really fucking embarrassing.

Even knowing the principle, Hua Ying Ying could be sure that if she encountered that situation again, she'd probably still be scared enough to be startled.

That yin-yang face, just looking at it makes a chill rise from the heart.

"Zheng……Boss." Hua Ying Ying gathered her courage, raised her head and said.

"Huh? Manager Hua, what's wrong?" Zheng Ren asked.

He was completely in character; at this moment he was a doctor giving Hua Ying Ying psychological therapy.

"Her speech suddenly turned into a man's voice; what's going on?" Hua Ying Ying asked.

"That's the so-called speech disorder." Zheng Ren said: "Generally speaking, a speech disorder refers to a language impairment caused by nerve damage leading to paralysis, weakened contraction, or incoordination of the muscles involved in speech."

"Boss, I think you're wrong." Su Yun said: "Speech disorder emphasizes changes in respiration, resonance, articulation, and rhythm; any lesion from the brain to the muscles themselves can cause speech symptoms."

"And then?" Zheng Ren said confidently.

"I've seen patients with speech disorder; their speech is slurred, as if they had an egg in their mouth." Su Yun said: "But just now, aunt's speech turned directly into a male voice."

"I said before, she must have consciously done similar training." Zheng Ren said: "Because paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia can largely be self-controlled. So anyone who wants to make similar changes can indeed do so."

"You guessed that?" Su Yun asked doubtfully.

"First, I base it on not believing in those supernatural powers." Zheng Ren spoke earnestly while spouting nonsense, "After that, it's easy to guess. Also, I think you didn't notice."

"What?" Su Yun blinked.

"I gave aunt a light tap, and her condition began to subside, uncontrollably." Zheng Ren said: "This is another characteristic of paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia."

"Heh!" Su Yun chuckled but said nothing.

"Last point……" Zheng Ren said, hesitating a bit. He glanced at Hua Ying Ying, but still said: "The notable difference between paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia and epilepsy is the basis of my judgment."

"Go on."

"The former can be predicted; during an attack there is loss of consciousness, clonic spasms and urinary incontinence; the latter cannot be predicted, and there is a post-attack state." Zheng Ren said lightly.

Hua Ying Ying's face flushed; although she knew Zheng Lao Ban wasn't intentionally mocking her, she still felt somewhat ashamed and angry.

"But…… sigh, the embarrassment is her own doing; can she really blame Zheng Lao Ban?"

She lowered her head, speechless.

"What do you think about how Dahungya figured that out?" Su Yun cleared his thoughts, feeling somewhat emotional, "He really is a talent!"

"Back when he was causing trouble in the medical field, many doctors fell into his hands." Zheng Ren said: "I guessed that; I'm too lazy to ask Xiao Liu."

"This set of deceitful tricks, from the beginning to the climax and then the finale—though I didn't see the ending, I guess it was a mix of bluff and deceit. Looking at Manager Hua's appearance, I'd say back then whatever was said was taken as truth." Su Yun said with a chuckle.

Hua Ying Ying nodded.

At that time, however frightened she became, she was sure people would say whatever they said and she'd believe it.

Zheng Ren explained everything clearly; the ins and outs were crystal clear. Looking back, it was just a scam, but this scam was based on a strange illness and a determined person.

Everyone started eating, but Gao Shaojie and Hua Ying Ying were somewhat absent-minded.