Chapter 37
When the mother hesitantly asked her best friend about the fraudulent monk who was arrested in the temple today, the voice from the other end instantly shattered the three views that her daughter and Yifeng had built up that day.
"Is that it? Didn't your daughter and I learn about it together?"
"The man who was arrested wasn't a monk from the temple. He was a volunteer there, and he actually defrauded many people of their money. Now, many people have discovered their donations didn't reach the temple, and fearing the Buddha's anger, they've made new donations. They're chanting repentance sutras with the monks in the lobby. Luckily, I checked, and both of us donated through the temple's official channels..."
"By the way, when are you planning to come over? We just learned the karma-eliminating sutra from the masters. If you wait a few days before coming, I'm afraid you won't be able to remember it, and you won't be able to catch up with the masters by then..."
As soon as these words came out, the mother felt a surge of guilt.
At the same time, her thoughts became clearer.
Her daughter knew full well that the person who had scammed her out of money wasn't a monk from the monastery, yet upon returning, she was deceived by the head monk, claiming it was the monastery's head monk. This was simply to get her to give up on returning to the monastery, and nearly ruined her karma elimination journey!
The mother instantly became angry. She couldn't even sleep, as she was filled with anger at her daughter for deceiving her.
She got up from the bed and started packing her things.
Her husband, who had been soundly asleep, was awakened by her noise and asked with a lingering hint of sickness, "What's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong? Go ask your good daughter!"
The husband immediately noticed something was wrong and began to ask, "Are you going to start thinking about that temple again? Didn't you say today that you would never go there again?"
It would have been fine if she hadn't said anything, but once she did, her mother got even more angry. "You're such a good daughter, but you're really not afraid of creating bad karma with your words!"
"It was clearly the volunteers at the temple who scammed people out of money, but she actually slandered the temple's master chef. If the Buddha knew about this, I don't know how he would blame me! I don't know how much money I have to donate or how many times I have to recite the confession letter to atone for this sin... Amitabha, Amitabha..."
Hearing her mumbling, her husband's head began to hurt.
He hurriedly dragged his still-unrecovered body to the bedroom next door to look for someone.
When they learned that their mother had started again, the whole family couldn't sleep and hurried over to try to stop her.
"Mom...what are you doing?!"
"Why are you making trouble again?"
"Ruirui and the others still have to go to school tomorrow..."
The scene was in chaos.
However, no matter what they said, they could not resist their mother's determination.
She looked at her daughter angrily, "Do you still have any reverence for the gods? You dare to slander a disciple of the Buddha. I really raised you in vain..."
After hearing what she said, my daughter’s head was about to explode.
She originally thought that she could fool her mother and wait for a while, and she would naturally get better.
Who would have thought that her mother would be so stubborn? She must have contacted the temple again...
The whole family was in a state of panic and tried to stop her from packing. Unexpectedly, the mother was so angry that she packed a few clothes, pushed everyone away, and walked out of the room with the package.
The family had no choice but to leave those who took care of the old man to take care of the old man, and go after her to chase her.
Unfortunately, no one in the family could do anything about their mother who had been stubborn for years. She took the opportunity to go downstairs, hailed a taxi, and asked the driver to take her directly to the temple.
For her safety, everyone had to split into two groups, one group stayed at home to take care of the old and the young, and the other group went after her.
The whole family was in a state of panic and didn't sleep well the whole night...
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The next day, Yifeng, who thought the other party would come as scheduled, waited in the live broadcast room for a long time, but no one came.
It wasn't until Li Zaiming contacted the platform staff, who in turn contacted the person seeking help, that they learned of what had happened yesterday. The daughter also said that her mother was now locked up in the temple and refused to come out, let alone come to this live broadcast room, which she believed was "blasphemous to the Buddha"...
Yifeng was confused.
The worst-case scenario he had prepared was that the mother still had some attachment to the temple, and he only needed to strengthen his guidance to get rid of her completely.
Who could have thought that the other party's condition would rebound to an even more serious level in just one night.
After Li Zaiming whispered in his ear, he gently stepped away and closed the live broadcast room on behalf of the confused Yifeng, citing the reason that "there was a small problem with the process."
When the onlookers saw this scene, their curiosity was immediately piqued.
Although Li Zaiming said that there was a problem with the process, anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was definitely an excuse.
The most likely possibility is that there is a new problem on the patient's side.
So the question is, why did the mother behave so well yesterday and suddenly change her mind today?
What happened in between? What happened to that mother now?!
Countless questions lingered in the audience's minds, making them eager to find out. Unfortunately, Yifeng's live broadcast room has been completely closed, and there has been no announcement about when it will reopen.
The audience can only wait.
There were originally some posts on the square that suggested Yifeng might be able to take the lead this time, but now there's been a reversal, with some even directly suggesting that Yifeng might be destined to be suppressed by Yu Lanlan for the rest of his life. This statement drew a frantic rebuttal from some Yifeng fans who had crawled onto the post, and the two sides immediately started arguing...
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Yu Lanlan's live broadcast room was not open today, but on Weibo, she published the message that Lei Lei sent to the staff, stating that the police have obtained the most basic evidence of this fraud case, and they will be able to return to the live broadcast room after today.
The audience knew at a glance that the situation was good.
Some sensitive people also noticed something through the live broadcast progress of Yu Lanlan and Yi Feng, and then returned to the platform square to announce their findings.
Doesn't it strike you as a coincidence that Yu Lanlan, the anchor, said her patient was scammed into donating by a temple volunteer? The next day, the daughter of Yifeng's patient also said it was the temple that scammed the donation. Is it possible that both patients went to the same temple?
Other netizens who keep up with 'current affairs' also emerged.
"I originally thought so, but if that were true, Yifeng's patients would have recovered immediately after learning they were scammed. Why did something go wrong today?"
This comment won the approval of many viewers and also sparked a lot of speculation.
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On the other hand, Yifeng and his colleagues had the same doubts, but unfortunately the platform had regulations that prohibited private contact with patients.
The patient's refusal to come to the live broadcast room again does not mean that the fight will be cancelled.
On the third day, Yifeng contacted the patient's daughter through the platform staff and learned about the temple where her mother was.
With the staff's presence, Yifeng led his team straight to the temple.
This is also the first time that Yifeng has performed outside the live broadcast room since entering the live broadcast industry.
The temple was originally reluctant to allow Yifeng to go in and live broadcast, but the platform was officially established after all, and its authority was there. The staff asked the leaders above and discussed it with the person in charge of the temple, and the temple finally allowed Yifeng to live broadcast.
So when the audience saw Yifeng online, they no longer saw the luxurious background of Yifeng's live broadcast room, but a temple...
The barrage of comments instantly became abuzz with discussion.
Li Zaiming had anticipated this kind of reaction from the audience and directly sent in his internet troll army to control the comments.
Yifeng still had a low fever at this time. He stood in front of the camera with a mask on and first explained what happened.
"I'm sorry, this time there was a misunderstanding on the part of the person seeking help. They thought it was the temple's monk who was trying to scam them out of money, but it was actually a volunteer from the temple pretending to be the monk and doing something unjust..."
Of course, these explanations were requested by the temple people after they understood the whole story. Otherwise, after the live broadcast was filmed, it would have a great impact on the reputation of their temple.
After hearing the explanation, the audience immediately realized that this temple was definitely the same one that the patients on host Yu Lanlan's side went to!
It turns out that this is the whole story! The patient on Yu Lanlan's side was deceived by the volunteer, but this was not the case with Yifeng's patient. The patient's family deliberately misled the patient, and when the patient found out, he retaliated directly.
After hearing this dramatic scene, the audience didn't know what to say.
Li Zaiming also mobilized the internet troll army at the right time to make excuses for Yifeng and shift all the responsibility to the patient's family.
【It turns out it’s their own problem! 】
The anchor is truly miserable. He had the opportunity to cure the patient directly, but was hindered by the family, making treatment even more difficult.
[Well, I feel like this fulfills someone's wish...]
The nature of these water armies is too obvious, and they want to direct the matter to Yu Lanlan. In fact, the real audience has long been fed up with their public opinion guidance, and this time they finally began to fight back.
[It's hilarious! As a psychologist, I can't even grasp the patient's psychology, blaming this and that. I should think about my own problems first.]
Who are you referring to? Don't you have any idea? With Yifeng's condition, I'm embarrassed to say anything. Even if the patient's daughter didn't mislead him, could he really cure the patient?
If you can't even tell whether your patient's daughter is telling the truth or not, what kind of psychologist are you? Go back to farming!
[Can you please hire some high-quality online trolls? I can't stand these RZ comments...]
The audience's criticism finally made Li Zaiming realize it.
Unfortunately for the fearless Li Zaiming, the real audience's voice was not enough. He directly asked Shenshi to increase the number of water armies, and finally diluted their barrage completely.
Yifeng didn't know and didn't care about the barrage. His purpose of coming here was naturally to persuade the patient to come back.
However, when they saw the patient, he was wholeheartedly following the monks in chanting in the main hall.
The platform staff negotiated with the people in the temple, and then a monk went to call the patient out.
The patient thought that the monk called her out because something happened in the temple, but she didn't expect to see Yifeng and a group of people outside the hall when she came out. Her eyes widened immediately and she was very angry.
However, there was a master from the temple next to her, so she couldn't get angry. Under the other party's persuasion, she faced the camera and went with Yifeng to the quietest place in the temple.
Yifeng only started the counseling after the monks left.
This time, the patient's daughter was accompanying him, and her resentful gaze shuttled between Yifeng and her mother.
She had already expected that her mother would never listen to Yifeng again.
Sure enough, no matter what Yifeng said next, his mother turned a deaf ear to it.
This stubborn look really made Yifeng feel overwhelmed.
In the end, when Yifeng was trying to open her defenses again, the other party closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, and chanted the Eighty-Eight Buddhas' Great Repentance.
"With great compassion and great mercy, he sympathizes with all living beings. With great joy and generosity, he helps all sentient beings. With his beautiful and radiant features, he adorns himself..."
Yifeng was so angry that his blood almost refluxed, and he stopped trying to persuade him stiffly.
The audience who saw this scene almost laughed out loud. They also felt that it was not good for the patient to be obsessed with the temple and donate all the money at home, but this scene was really funny...
Yifeng also had to face the fact that it was really difficult to persuade the other party to come back.
In the end, he still ended up failing that day.
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Compared to Yifeng's side, Yu Lanlan's side can be said to be smooth sailing.
Lei Lei and her daughter-in-law returned to the live broadcast room on the third day as promised.
A look of joy appeared on the face of daughter-in-law Lei Lei, and she came up to thank Yu Lanlan repeatedly.
"Master, it's all thanks to you! The scammer has been caught. The police investigation revealed that he didn't just defraud my mother; he also defrauded many others in that temple, totaling over a million dollars! Thankfully, the scammer has been caught, and the money can be returned."
When this amount was announced, the audience watching Yu Lanlan's live broadcast room were surprised.
[Wow, this temple is really a place that makes money]
[It's hard to imagine that a volunteer could defraud millions of dollars...]
However, this amount was already expected by Yu Lanlan.
She smiled calmly and nodded, inviting Lei Lei and her mother-in-law to sit down.
The mother-in-law's expression has completely lost its previous firmness, but she feels closer to her daughter-in-law.
Only after helping her mother-in-law sit down did Lei Lei continue, "According to the police's interrogation of the scammer, it turns out that he had been targeting my mother since she first visited the temple."
"At that time, I happened to be pregnant and had a miscarriage. My mother went to the temple to pray for me, asking the Buddha to bless me with good health in the future. She also prayed for my two sisters who were not born before. That's when the scammer noticed her. He deliberately approached my mother and, in order to cheat her out of her money, he said that our two sisters' spirits were still lingering after death."
"My mother already felt guilty about her two older sisters who never had the chance to give birth. When she heard that having two older sisters would affect my future fertility, she became anxious and fell right into that scammer's trap..."
If she hadn't met the anchor, her mother-in-law would definitely still believe it.
Fortunately, the anchor exposed the other party's true identity, so her mother-in-law would not continue to give money to the scammer in the future.
After listening to Leilei's narration, Yu Lanlan nodded and looked at her mother-in-law.
Although the persistence was gone from the other person's face, he looked listless.
Lei Lei also noticed this, but she didn't understand what was going on with her mother-in-law, so she now placed her hopes on Yu Lanlan.
Yu Lanlan did not disappoint her and gave her a final counseling session.
"Auntie, your two daughters, whom I haven't had the chance to meet, are simply less fortunate in this life. They should have inherited your kindness, so how could they have the heart to hurt their own family?"
"After their premature death, they were reborn. Because they were not born smoothly in this life, the heavens will naturally compensate them. So, they will be reborn into wealthy families in their next life. You don't have to worry about it every day."
My mother-in-law raised her head, her eyes full of emotion, "Really?"
"Of course it's true. This is the law of nature."
"Then...where's my mother-in-law?"
The question was quite confusing, but Yu Lanlan understood what the other party meant. Clearly, she was not without resentment for having her mother-in-law abort her two daughters.
"In this life, your mother-in-law ruined the birth of your two daughters. She owes a debt of life and death, and she will have to pay it back in the next life. Every bite and every drink is predestined."
After hearing Yu Lanlan's words, a look of relief finally appeared on the mother-in-law's face.
After the matter was resolved, Yu Lanlan announced the end of this phase of counseling.
The staff took my mother-in-law for the final test, and the results came out quickly - she passed the test.
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Li Zaiming is now keeping an eye on Yu Lanlan. Seeing that Yu Lanlan, who should have been behind, made a comeback again, he was so angry that he jumped to his feet.
The 'open conspiracy' against Yu Lanlan, which he had originally intended to plan carefully before implementing, also came to his mind.
He went to talk to Yifeng about it. Yifeng, who he thought might restrain himself, was silent for a moment and then agreed to his plan.
Soon, through Li Zaiming's operation, a group of accounts praising metaphysics began to appear under Yu Lanlan's Weibo and other platforms.
They widely promoted the wonders of metaphysics. In addition to its ability to predict fortunes, they also emphasized the "medical" aspect of it.
Metaphysical medicine refers to traditional Chinese medicine.
In China, Traditional Chinese Medicine can be called the quintessence of the nation.
Yu Lanlan already has quite a few fans, and after seeing these flattering comments, she suddenly felt a sense of honor.
What followed was further praise from comments from these accounts.
[Metaphysics includes mountain medicine, fortune-telling, and divination. Lanlan is so gifted in metaphysics, so her medical skills must be exceptionally advanced as well. I really want to see her promote Traditional Chinese Medicine!]
I remember the two times Lan Lan prescribed medicine for two patients, the results were immediate. I bet that whenever Lan Lan appears, Western psychology and Western medicine pale in comparison!
[Traditional Chinese Medicine is truly amazing! Lan Lan, please show us some of your Chinese Medicine skills! I really want to see it!]
[That's right! Traditional Chinese Medicine is so amazing! I often see people belittling it. Lanlan must make sure those people see how amazing our Traditional Chinese Medicine is! ...]
If it was a derogatory remark, Yu Lanlan's fans would have definitely started cursing at them.
However, most people couldn't see through these flattering words. They thought they were sincere suggestions from other fans to Yu Lanlan, which immediately attracted their approval...
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Seeing that all the comments under Yu Lanlan's Weibo had been misleading, Li Zaiming smiled coldly.
Didn’t Yu Lanlan use a conspiracy to force Afeng to go on stage despite having a fever when Afeng was unable to go on the air?
This time they gave it back to her.
She gave herself the metaphysical label, and the metaphysical term "mountain medicine, fortune-telling and divination" also came from her own mouth.
Since I dare to make such a boast, I hope she can keep it up.
With fans calling on her to demonstrate her Chinese medicine skills so loudly, she now has only two choices: either tell everyone directly that she does not have a Chinese medicine qualification certificate, or brag and go ahead without a license.
If she chose the latter, then sorry, this evidence would allow them to send her directly to jail.
The winner may not always win in the middle, but those who cannot make it to the end will definitely not be the winner!
Of course, if Yu Lanlan chooses to turn a blind eye, they can also use Yifeng’s Weibo account to help, and then see whether she will accept it or not.
Li Zaiming's smug smile lasted for a long time, but it suddenly collapsed after he received a phone call.
"What? This time, the patient's family is asking for a replacement treatment host again?! No, how dare they do that?! Wasn't her mother's obsession exacerbated by her deliberate misleading? What does this have to do with our Yifeng? How dare they ask for a replacement treatment host?!"
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