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Chapter 18 - Chapter 18: Playing Honor of Kings Late at Night—Driven to Palpitations by Useless Teammates

"Dr. Chen, I knew you were amazing!"

Upon hearing what Chen Mu said, He Xingchen's eyes lit up.

Chen Mu waved his hand dismissively, "No need to flatter me."

"First of all, I need to tell you, your lifestyle is extremely unhealthy."

"To some extent, staying up late for a long time is one of the reasons causing your heart palpitations."

He Xingchen rested her chin in her hand and asked seriously, "But Dr. Chen, my three roommates have similar habits. We all stay up late every day."

"Why am I the only one experiencing heart palpitations?"

Chen Mu sighed, "Everyone's body is different, and for you, staying up late is just a trigger..."

He Xingchen nodded and eagerly asked, "Then, Dr. Chen, what is the real reason for my heart palpitations? I've seen many doctors at big hospitals, and none of them found the cause of my palpitations. How did you figure it out?"

Chen Mu sighed again, "They couldn't figure it out because they're not university doctors and haven't seen as many self-destructive young people."

He Xingchen: "..."

"Hiss! Young night owls, feeling called out."

"Not gonna lie, I've been feeling a bit anxious staying up late recently too. Dr. Chen, am I dying soon?"

"I'm about to cry, staying up late as a young person is not self-destructive! Although... it kind of is..."

"Dr. Chen, I know staying up late isn't a good habit, but it's really hard to change my schedule all of a sudden!"

"..."

In the midst of speaking.

Chen Mu wrote two more words on the paper in front of him.

"Irritable."

"Unhealthy diet."

He Xingchen saw the evaluation on the paper and silently opened her mouth, trying to argue something.

But before she could make a sound, she closed her mouth, knowing she was at a disadvantage.

The things Dr. Chen just wrote down were analyzed from her own descriptions of her life.

She seemed to have...

no way to argue back.

After writing down the two words, Chen Mu looked up and saw He Xingchen's conflicted expression.

As their eyes met.

He Xingchen, who had been making many expressions earlier, suddenly sat up straight.

Afraid that Chen Mu would find more faults with her lifestyle.

But sometimes.

It's precisely this kind of...

Fear what!?

Face what!

Chen Mu's gaze fell on He Xingchen's legs, "I suggest not crossing your legs for no reason, it can lead to spinal curvature, you might not feel it now being young, but when you get older, you'll suffer."

He Xingchen: "!!!"

Quickly adjusted her sitting posture.

"Really? Crossing legs can cause spinal curvature? How come I didn't know before? (The cry of a seasoned leg-crosser who's been doing it for decades!)"

"At this moment, a macho man in front of a computer silently put down his crossed legs."

"Hiss! People with spinal curvature visiting the hospital, suddenly I know where my problem came from!"

"Brothers, while we're still not sick, it's time to rescue ourselves, quickly adjust your sitting posture!"

"..."

He Xingchen quietly shifted her body.

This school clinic she was so familiar with suddenly felt a bit unsettling.

She always felt.

In Chen Mu's eyes, any random little move she made could turn into a cause for illness.

With a bitter face, He Xingchen made a pleading expression, "Dr. Chen, I promise never to cross my legs again. Please tell me, what exactly is the real reason for my palpitations!"

"The palpitations are really uncomfortable, sometimes I wonder if I'm about to die."

Chen Mu looked up at her, "If you keep going like this, the possibility of sudden death isn't zero either."

He Xingchen: "..."

The girl looked at Chen Mu silently, daring not to speak out in anger.

"Actually, if you want to stop having palpitations, it's quite simple. Just uninstall your King of Glory game, and within a week, your palpitations will mostly be gone."

He Xingchen's mouth twitched, she could no longer control her expression.

"No..."

"Dr. Chen, you're not saying that just playing a game causes my palpitations, right?"

Su Bingbing, who had been silently watching, couldn't resist chiming in after hearing Chen Mu's words.

"Dr. Chen, I remember you play the King of Glory game too, that game shouldn't be unhealthy, right?"

Chen Mu looked at Su Bingbing, with a calm gaze: "Just because I play a game, does that mean it's healthy?"

Su Bingbing: "..."

The articulate Reporter Su was suddenly stumped.

With Chen Mu's habit of eating hotpot first thing in the morning, perhaps the games he played were indeed unhealthy?

Chen Mu's gaze returned to the indignant He Xingchen.

He sighed softly.

Then began speaking, "Since you're not convinced about uninstalling the game, let me give you a simple analysis of how a game could start causing your palpitations."

He Xingchen: "Go ahead! If you convince me, I'll uninstall the game right before your eyes!"

At this point.

He Xingchen raised her hand, pointing at the camera held by the man filming, and declared loudly: "I can even swear to the camera, if I stay up late playing King of Glory again, I, He Xingchen, am a dog!"

Chen Mu's lips curved, "Alright, it's a deal!"

Seeing Chen Mu's confident demeanor, He Xingchen suddenly felt a chill down her spine.

Damn it!

Did she start talking too soon?

Chen Mu: "Every night when you return to your dorm, you silently tell yourself, 'I absolutely won't stay up late today, just play two or three games and then sleep,' right?"

He Xingchen nodded silently, "Yes..."

How does this Dr. Chen seem like a worm in her stomach, guessing everything right?

Chen Mu: "But once you start playing, everything doesn't go as you thought!"

"Your journey in the game world isn't smooth, you encounter terrible teammates at times, and your anger level actually peaks in those moments."

He Xingchen continued to nod: "Yes! Dr. Chen, you really understand me well!"

Chen Mu smiled faintly: "Don't rush, I understand you even more."

"You encounter teammates in the game who are very lousy and swear obscenely, at those times your anger peaks and you begin to argue."

"And basically, every night when you have palpitations, it starts when you're in a verbal fight in the game."

He Xingchen was dumbfounded: "It does... seem that way???"

Chen Mu: "If you win the argument, perhaps your heart will calm down quickly. But if you lose, you will clearly feel your heart beating faster and have palpitations alongside."

He Xingchen: "Amazing! Dr. Chen, your deductions are completely spot on!"

Chen Mu didn't respond to He Xingchen, but instead pulled up He Xingchen's record in the school's medical system and silently typed a line.

"Late night gaming on King of Glory leading to heart palpitations from bad teammates."

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