University Doctor and His Fragile Patients-Chapter 255 - 222: If You Eat These, Will You Really Have Pink Ashes After Death?

"Dr. Chen, maybe I should skip this..."

Su Bingbing hid her wrist behind her back, revealing an awkward smile.

It's not that she's avoiding the doctor out of fear.

But after following Chen Mu for two days, 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Su Bingbing is really a bit scared of Hai City University's clinic.

Getting a pulse diagnosis in a place with such superstitious beliefs.

Su Bingbing is afraid.

Su Bingbing is truly afraid...

Afraid that when Chen Mu feels her pulse, she'll end up starting in the ICU.

"Dr. Chen, there's really nothing wrong with me. It's just that I stayed up late after going home yesterday, which is why I don't look so good now..."

Hearing Su Bingbing's explanation,

Chen Mu wasn't relieved.

On the contrary,

his brow furrowed even more tightly.

Chen Mu, with a frown, asked, "Why did you stay up late?"

"Could it be that you're mentally exhausted?"

Su Bingbing felt even more awkward: "It's because I was scrolling through Douyin short videos..."

Chen Mu: "..."

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"Oh no, I almost forgot my wife is a heavy internet addict!"

"Every time I pick her up from the airport, I always see her walking into walls because she's glued to her phone."

"I'm not even a fan and I remember when she trended because she gave herself a concussion scrolling on her phone."

"Hahaha!!! I thought only fragile university students were like this, and now the host of this show is just as ridiculous?!"

"I can't even imagine how fascinating those short videos must be if they keep my wife up all night amidst her heavy workload!"

"..."

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Chen Mu was speechless for a moment: "Aren't you tired? I went home, took a shower, and went straight to sleep yesterday."

Su Bingbing yawned, "I am tired, but there's no girl who can resist that content!"

Chen Mu was just about to ask what kind of content was worth staying up so late for,

but then he saw the livestream camera behind Su Bingbing.

Chen Mu forced himself to swallow the words that were about to come out.

He couldn't ask about Su Bingbing's private life on camera.

If his carelessness brought any unnecessary trouble to Su Bingbing, that would be disastrous.

But then.

Chen Mu stayed silent.

Instead, Su Bingbing tilted her head and flashed a bright smile, "Dr. Chen, are you curious about what content is so captivating to me?"

Chen Mu nodded.

Since Su Bingbing brought it up herself again,

it should be content that's okay to discuss on camera.

Su Bingbing eagerly looked at Chen Mu: "It's actually medical-related content, Dr. Chen could help clarify for me."

Chen Mu looked at Su Bingbing in surprise: "I didn't expect Reporter Su to be so diligent even after work."

Su Bingbing: "Dr. Chen, is it true that people can have pink ashes?"

Chen Mu hadn't realized the oddity, answering earnestly, "Yes, it can happen. The main reason might be that during cremation, the ashes mix with apatite, which is naturally pink, causing this phenomenon."

Seeing Su Bingbing listening attentively.

Chen Mu regarded this as a simple opportunity for public education.

He thought of a few common points and continued, "Generally speaking, pink ashes might occur when the phosphorus content in the ashes is high, possibly because the deceased had chronic conditions and regularly took phosphorus-containing medications..."

Su Bingbing shook her head, "No, Dr. Chen, you misunderstood me."

"I saw on a short video science explanation that if you eat..."

"100 grams each of pumpkin seeds, egg yolks, shrimps, grapes, and peanuts, salted and fried, your ashes would turn pink after you die!"

When she said this,

Su Bingbing's eyes were remarkably bright.

Yet Chen Mu, being not the most sensitive, continued nodding seriously: "Such a mixture has a high phosphorus content, it could indeed result in pink ashes after death."

"It's just..."

Chen Mu frowned, "Unless under doctor's advice, I wouldn't recommend eating like this."

"If the phosphorus level in the body is too high, it could easily affect kidney function."

"In severe cases, it might directly lead to hyperphosphatemia, which could cause complications like kidney failure, cardiovascular disease, and increase the mortality rate..."

"Eating like that every day, you're pretty much asking for trouble..."

Moments ago, Su Bingbing was full of anticipation, but now she was terrified: "Eating like that every day means you would just die?"

Chen Mu nodded, his tone light: "Yes, indeed!"

Su Bingbing remained terrified.

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"I can totally understand my wife's feelings now because I actually followed the Douyin recipe..."

"I followed it too, thinking that if I died, I would have pretty pink ashes. Who knew eating this way would just send me off?"

"Do you even have to think about it? Who in their right mind would eat like that every day!"

"Sometimes my wife's intelligence really seems offline."

"Thanks to Dr. Chen's timely enlightenment, otherwise in a while, I might just see my wife in the headlines..."

"..."

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Chen Mu looked at Su Bingbing's terrified face, confused: "Reporter Su, why are you reacting so strongly?"

Su Bingbing: "..."

How could she not react? If it weren't for her busy work these past two days,

leaving her no time to be a guinea pig herself,

she might have already happily dined on that peculiar recipe.

Hosting this show,

always laughing at fragile university students for being absurd,

she almost ended up being more absurd than them.

Thinking that in her mind,

yet still a bit unconvinced,

She glanced at the curious Chen Mu looking at her,

Bingbing couldn't help but keep asking: "Dr. Chen, if you eat lean beef, shrimp skins, goat milk, and seaweed every day, would you really get blue ashes?"