"I'm also curious, under normal circumstances, practitioners of this kind of traditional Chinese medicine pass down knowledge openly. Why is Dr. Chen's tutelage a secret?"
"Although I don't know who his teacher is, based on my years of experience in gossiping, it tells me that the more secretive something is, the less simple it is..."
"But the less simple something is, the less likely people will dig into it..."
"..."
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Chen Mu glanced at the old man and asked, "Could you tell me why you refuse to undergo surgery? Judging by your pulse, you had a life-threatening event at least six months ago. Back then, the hospital doctors should have recommended heart bypass surgery."
"The reason for refusing surgery..."
The old man wore a reminiscent expression, "Maybe because I'm getting old and scared of dying."
