[Zhao Xiaodao Taken Away by Ambulance!]
[According to insiders, Zhao Xiaodao arrived at the programme looking pale. She suddenly started bleeding from the nose during makeup, and the blood would not stop!]
[Zhao Xiaodao suspected of suffering from serious illness!]
[Insiders reveal that Zhao Xiaodao has been admitted to the ICU at Haicheng First Hospital.]
[Zhao Xiaodao’s condition is not optimistic.]
[Fans spontaneously go to Haicheng First Hospital to send flowers and pray for her.]
[According to insiders, Zhao Xiaodao already showed symptoms while filming her new drama, but she has kept it hidden until now.]
[Proof with pictures: Zhao Xiaodao’s assistant has cried herself into a tear-stained mess.]
…
Early in the morning, Lu Zheng was lying in bed watching television when his phone began jumping with endless notifications.
He followed one of the push alerts and opened Weibo, only to find the system had crashed again.
He had, however, clearly seen those headlines.
Lu Zheng, “…”
What on earth?
As if. With his medical skills, how could he not know if Zhao Xiaodao had some incurable disease?
She was perfectly healthy.
Fit as a fiddle, ate everything with relish. Yesterday that braised snake alone…
Hang on.
Nosebleed?
Bloody hell, surely not?
Lu Zheng was speechless. In the [Wulin Alliance] group chat that contained only Zhao Xiaodao, he typed a message.
Lu Zheng: @Zhao Xiaodao, did you overdo the tonics yesterday?
A moment later, Zhao Xiaodao replied.
Zhao Xiaodao: My phone and my assistant’s have been ringing off the hook (crying.jpg)
Lu Zheng: You didn’t explain?
Zhao Xiaodao: I did explain! But nothing works now. They’ve taken blood, arranged a whole battery of tests. I’m not finished yet, one more to go.
Lu Zheng: Is it really that serious?
Zhao Xiaodao: The problem is, if I don’t get checked people will think I’m hiding something, refusing treatment. My poor assistant is still crying (facepalm.jpg)
Lin Wan: What’s going on?
Lin Wan was still at work and had not seen Zhao Xiaodao’s messages.
Zhao Xiaodao: I woke up with a nosebleed this morning. It happened again while they were doing my makeup for the programme. Then I was whisked off to hospital by ambulance for tests (speechless.jpg)
Lin Wan: …
Zhao Xiaodao: Brother Lu, your yellow eels and dog meat were far too tonifying. This humble lady simply could not cope!
Lu Zheng, of course, would never admit he had failed to consider the matter properly. Zhao Xiaodao was an ordinary person. Any one of those three ingredients would have been tonifying enough. All three together made a nosebleed perfectly normal.
Lu Zheng: It just shows your body is still weak and cannot handle strong tonics. You need to exercise more in future (dog-head.jpg)
Zhao Xiaodao: (feeling wronged.jpg)
Zhao Xiaodao: Another test coming up. This is the last one. Then we just wait for the results.
Lu Zheng: Off you go then. Tonight I’ll give you a proper tonifying session.
Zhao Xiaodao: (crying.jpg)
…
After the full round of tests, Zhao Xiaodao was naturally found to be perfectly fine and in excellent health. Traces of ginseng, lingzhi, he shou wu, huang jing, bai zhu and other medicinal ingredients were even detected in her blood.
The reason for her nosebleed was therefore clear.
Everyone now looked at Zhao Xiaodao with rather odd expressions.
Zhao Xiaodao could not bear it any longer. She protested to salvage her dignity. “I told you, I simply ate a medicinal meal at a friend’s house!”
“Yes, yes, of course!” Everyone nodded in unison.
Her little assistant, eyes brimming with tears, said, “Sister Xiaodao, you’re all right. That’s wonderful!”
Zhao Xiaodao sighed and turned to the producer who had come with the programme team. “I’m sorry. This was my fault. I’ve delayed everyone’s time.”
The producer shook his head hurriedly. “No, no, it’s fine. It’s only a talk show. It doesn’t take long. It’s nearly midday now. Let’s have lunch, and we can record this afternoon. There’s plenty of time.”
Zhao Xiaodao spoke to her assistant. “Have the studio’s official account post something. Say I’m fine, because…”
The assistant nodded repeatedly. “I know. Nothing serious, just that filming has been exhausting lately. I’ve only just finished one drama and come straight to this programme…”
Zhao Xiaodao gave her a helpless look, glanced at the producer, and said to the assistant, “If we write it like that, where’s the hook?”
The assistant looked baffled. “Sis, we’re keeping things steady now. Why do we need a hook?”
Zhao Xiaodao waved her hand dismissively. “Never mind. I’ll do it myself.”
She took out her phone, snapped a selfie of the medical report, then another glamorous selfie, and rapidly typed a post on Weibo.
[Everyone, please don’t worry. I’m fine. It was all a misunderstanding.
Yesterday I arrived in Haicheng and was warmly invited to a friend’s home. I enjoyed a traditional medicinal meal. The ingredients were top-quality, and I was far too greedy. I ate too much. My constitution is weak and could not handle such strong tonics, so today I had a massive nosebleed and was rushed to hospital by everyone who was worried about me.
The report shows traces of ginseng, lingzhi, he shou wu, huang jing, bai zhu, fu ling, and goji berries…
I’m mortified. If there were a hole in the ground I would crawl into it right now.
Of course, I must still thank everyone who was so kind: @Certain Programme @Certain Programme Producer @Certain Programme Host, and everyone who cares about me. Thank you all!]
…
Weibo, which had only just recovered, crashed again…
…
Twenty minutes later.
“Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter. Couldn’t handle the tonics!”
“Bloody hell, I nearly had a heart attack. Thought it was some massive scandal. Turned out to be a massive false alarm.”
“People these days will do anything for trending topics. A simple one-sentence explanation would have sufficed, but they made such a huge fuss. They’re basically treating fans like idiots.”
“Idiot upstairs, certified.”
“Easy for you to say. You can explain, but people have to believe you. If she hadn’t gone for a public hospital check, the rumours would have flown everywhere. By tomorrow Zhao Xiaodao would have been ‘dead from illness’.”
“Hahaha, exactly. It’s clearly just couldn’t handle the tonics, yet there were rumours she’d been fighting cancer for a year.”
“And stories about her visiting Xiehe Hospital and an old Chinese doctor, complete with detailed accounts and supposed eyewitness reports.”
“But I’m curious. Who is this friend of Zhao Xiaodao’s who cooks medicinal meals? So many precious ingredients. You know, it’s not easy to tonify someone until they get a nosebleed. The herbs must have been exceptional.”
“I guess Deng Paopao and Sun Niangniang. They posted a group photo from their last gathering. Deng is getting on a bit and needs tonics. Medicinal meals would be normal for him.”
“Hahaha, well said. Pin that comment. Forward it to Deng Paopao.”
“Xiaodao doesn’t have many friends in the industry. And this was in Haicheng, so probably not someone from entertainment circles. Otherwise she would have named them.”
“No idea. But she’s a star, all right. That medicinal meal sounds seriously posh.”
“Quick science lesson: medicinal meals require skill. A few main herbs plus supporting ones, taken slowly to tonify and improve constitution over time. Normally you wouldn’t get ‘couldn’t handle the tonic’. In Zhao Xiaodao’s case, I suspect her friend was an amateur who just piled in loads of expensive herbs. Lucky no one was seriously harmed.”
“Wow, really? Poor Xiaodao!”
“Poor Xiaodao +1”
“Poor Xiaodao +10086”
“Which of Xiaodao’s friends was trying to harm her? Did they take money from someone? Expose them!”
Lu Zheng: ???
