Chapter 2334: with translation of chapter title

Zheng Ren returned home, sitting on the sofa waiting for dinner like Heizi.

I really wish to spend every day living this idle, waiting-to-die life; it's one of his ultimate dreams, and I estimate it won't be fulfilled in this lifetime.

Being able to have nothing to do each day, quietly returning home to wait for Xie Yiren to finish cooking, is already quite satisfying. Although Zheng Ren doesn't consider himself hungry, eating isn't that important either.

Even when Xie Yiren isn't around, Zheng Ren often thinks eating is a waste of time.

But with Xie Yiren, everything is different.

"Boss, don't you think something's up between those two?" Su Yun said while playing with her phone, talking to Zheng Ren.

Today Chang Yue and Xie Yiren were washing vegetables and cooking while whispering something.

Isn't it normal for girls to whisper and mutter? Zheng Ren couldn't be bothered to listen; what does girls' whispering have to do with him?

He slightly shook his head.

"Hey!" Su Yun, seeing Zheng Ren's indifferent expression, directly shouted.

"Dinner will be ready soon, don't rush." Xie Yiren's voice came over.

"No rush, take it slow." Zheng Ren immediately replied, his attitude completely different from when talking to Su Yun.

"What are you two whispering about?" Su Yun asked.

"What's it to you!" Chang Yue said, "Why are you so nosy?"

"Isn't this just a bit of concern?" Su Yun said: "Your muttering usually means nothing good; you're definitely afraid we'll find out."

"Tch!" Chang Yue showed disdain for Su Yun's words.

"When we went out to eat at noon, we passed a newly opened beauty salon claiming it could do lymphatic massage, help lymph drainage, detoxify and beautify." Xie Yiren didn't mind and directly said: "They also say it promotes health and weight loss; we plan to give it a try."

Zheng Ren widened his eyes looking at Xie Yiren in the open kitchen, his mouth twitching.

Su Yun, however, didn't hesitate at all, directly saying with contempt: "You're saying you two studied medicine?"

"Getting a lymphatic massage has nothing to do with studying medicine!" Chang Yue said.

"That's a scam; why would you believe it? It's fine to fool ordinary people, but you medical students are also being duped…… Boss, you should manage your subordinate doctors. With such quality, if you went for a Nobel Prize, you'd be laughed to death." Seeing Zheng Ren silent, Su Yun then dragged him into the team.

"……" Zheng Ren remained silent, knowing full well.

"Zheng Ren, do you think this is true or false?" Xie Yiren asked while stir-frying.

"False." Zheng Ren replied without hesitation.

"No way, I see lymphatic massage and detox beauty services everywhere in salons." Xie Yiren said.

"This is the most standard falsehood, mixing truth and falsehood together so it sounds somewhat plausible, but it's all nonsense." Su Yun said bluntly.

"How could that be? Many celebrities endorse……"

"Celebrity endorsements are just for money; you think they actually use those products?" Su Yun said contemptuously: "What about IQ? It's turned negative."

"Can't we speak properly?" Chang Yue said, adjusting her glasses.

"I ask you, what is the function of lymph nodes?"

"Detoxification." Chang Yue said firmly.

"Boss, with this person's basic competence, it's lucky they've gotten this far without trouble." Su Yun said.

"The main function of lymph nodes is to filter lymph, clear bacteria and foreign matter, produce lymphocytes and antibodies, etc." Zheng Ren said, "Bacteria aren't toxins; the body's detox organs are mainly the liver and kidneys."

"Exactly, can't you have some professional expertise?" Su Yun said, "Sweating and defecation are normal metabolic processes; some metabolic waste is expelled that way, but it has nothing to do with detox."

"Huh?" Chang Yue, stepping out of the lymphatic massage concept, also began to feel something was off.

Many pseudo-concepts are like this: seventy percent true, thirty percent false. They sound plausible, but ultimately they put forward a false conclusion.

"Just as the boss said, the body's detox organs are the liver and kidneys; lymph is not a detox organ. There are some toxic harmful substances in the environment, and we also have skin, liver, immune system, etc., to help us resist or clear them."

"What they say is scary, claiming 99% of people's lymphatic ducts are blocked."

"You think it's a blood vessel? Where would clots come from, and still be blocked?" Su Yun retorted at Xie Yiren, then immediately felt a sharp gaze from nearby.

"Boss, indulging you like this isn't good." Su Yun whispered, "If you make a mistake, you still need to correct it; otherwise, what then?"

Zheng Ren turned to look at Xie Yiren, a smile appearing on his face again: "Don't go, it's all a scam."

"Really?" Xie Yiren, whose mind was mainly on cooking, seemed not to be paying attention to the conversation at all.

"The causes of lymphatic obstruction are many, divided into primary and secondary. Secondary includes inflammation, tumors, injury, and post-radiotherapy situations, etc." Zheng Ren said, "Clinically, lymphatic blockage typically presents as lymphedema. Obstruction of trunk lymphatic pathways can also lead to chylous ascites, chyluria, chylous pleural effusion, etc."

"Exactly, there's nothing at all, just spouting that the lymphatic ducts are blocked—how big are their mouths?" Su Yun stood behind Zheng Ren, saying contemptuously, "You're the same, believing whatever others say."

Chang Yue glared fiercely at Su Yun.

However, with Chief Zheng present, she didn't feel comfortable directly rebutting Su Yun.

"Lymphangiography can be used to determine whether there is lymphatic obstruction and to pinpoint the exact site of blockage, which is greatly helpful for clinical diagnosis and treatment. When analyzing lymphangiography results, one must pay attention to the number, course, outline, diameter, and valve condition of the lymphatic vessels." Zheng Ren used professional knowledge to analyze lymphatic blockage.

Su Yun ignored Chang Yue's glare and then said, "Lymphatic massage, I believe, is a pseudoscience; the earliest traceable source is a book by Senjie Xiumei, published in 2005 by China Pictorial Press."

Saying this, Su Yun made an exaggerated gesture, covering her head, and said: "Pictorial Press, does it have an Impact? How come it's still being taken seriously to this day?"

Chang Yue froze for a moment.

"If you don't believe me, you can check the secondhand book website; I think there are still copies for sale."

"What Su Yun said is right; before 2005 this concept wasn't popular, and I have no memory of it. Later it spread quickly, and a course of lymphatic massage costs a lot of money."

"Tsk tsk, you're still young, but when you get older, won't those gangs that specialize in scamming the elderly in the community swindle you out of everything?"

Su Yun hadn't finished speaking when a vegetable leaf flew over.