If you don't want treatment, get out! This doctor has a terrible temper.

Chapter 18 King of Glory Cures Mental Illness

"Play...play King of Glory?" Spicy Lily felt her brain couldn't keep up with Wang Minyu's pace.

Just a few days ago they made her slap someone's face with a pig's face, and now they're making her teach people how to play games? Is this really treatment?

"Yes." Wang Minyu pointed to Chen Mo, who was still in a daze. "His problem stems from social anxiety. He's afraid to communicate with people, especially women. Honor of Kings is a perfect social simulator."

"Social simulator?" This was the first time Spicy had ever heard of this term.

"Think about it," Wang Minyu began his "twisted logic," "A game consists of five people, both men and women. You need to communicate, cooperate, have a common goal (to destroy the enemy's crystal), and also a common enemy. In the game, he can use the simplest methods, such as 'I'll gank' or 'protect our damage dealers,' to complete the most basic social interaction. In the virtual world, he can first get used to fighting alongside female teammates, or even being 'carried' by female teammates. When he can calmly accept a girl saying 'Hey bro, carry me' in the game, he won't be so afraid in real life."

Spicy Lily was stunned.

Although it sounds far-fetched, upon closer inspection, it seems... to make some sense?

"Most importantly," Wang Minyu added, "if he loses a game, he can say 'this team is no good.' But in reality, he can't. The game gives him a safe zone where he can shift blame and fail. This is crucial for him to rebuild his confidence."

Spicy Lily was completely convinced.

She felt that it was a waste of Wang Minyu's talent not to get involved in pyramid schemes.

"Okay! I guarantee I'll complete the mission!" She patted her chest confidently, pulled another spare phone from her backpack, and handed it to Chen Mo. "Hey, little brother, let me help you rank up!"

Chen Mo instinctively wanted to back away, but seeing Lala Li's bright, expectant eyes, he inexplicably took the phone.

The phone is very hot; it was just used by Lala Lily.

The warmth of her fingertips still seemed to linger on it.

Chen Mo's heart skipped a beat again.

Thus, a new element was added to the daily routine of Renxin Pharmacy.

Wang Minyu and Boss Liu were treating patients and selling medicine in front, while in Lala Li's live stream behind them, a pink-haired girl was shouting instructions to a complete newbie.

"Hey! Chen Mo, where are you going! That's bushes! There are people in there!"

"Stop chasing him! Stop chasing him! He has Flash! You can't catch him!"

"Use a skill! Why are you pressing the basic attack button?! You're a mage, bro!"

"Oh no, we lost again... Chen Mo, are you a spy on the other side?"

Chen Mo felt wronged. From childhood to adulthood, he had only been exposed to finance, management, and classical music; he had never played with anything like this before.

The screen was so flashy that he couldn't even find himself.

But he didn't dare to argue. Because he realized that although Salvation was verbally aggressive, she wasn't really angry.

After losing, she would only sigh and say, "It's okay, let's play next time!"

This feeling is novel.

In his world, doing wrong will be punished.

His stepmother would scold him, his father would be disappointed, and his grandfather would sigh.

But here, in this world called "Honor of Kings," failure seems to be a very normal thing.

Moreover, he found himself starting to look forward to Saliva's voice.

Although she always called him "bad," occasionally, when he accidentally got a kill, she would excitedly shout, "Great job! Chen Mo, you're awesome!"

That "Great job!" made him happier than any award he had ever received before.

The viewers in the live stream initially watched the spectacle, but it turned into a large-scale "idol-raising" drama-watching event.

[Haha, Mo Shen (a nickname given to Chen Mo by fans) went shopping again today.]

[Saliva is going to have a heart attack from all this anger.]

Have you guys noticed? Even though Mo Shen is bad at the game, he always subconsciously stands in front of Spicy Lily!

[I'm totally shipping them! Is this the legendary "guardianship of the noob"?]

A week later, Chen Mo had advanced from a Bronze-level player who couldn't even walk to... a Valiant Silver-level player.

Although his rank is still low, his progress is astonishing.

He was no longer afraid to talk to Saliva.

He even dared to say in the game, "Lily, you go first, I'll cover your retreat."

Although he would turn into a corpse within three seconds every time he covered the rear.

That afternoon, Wang Minyu was seeing a patient when Chen Mo walked over with his phone.

"Dr. Wang," he whispered, "I...I don't have any money left to buy skin treatments."

Wang Minyu glanced at his phone screen. His hero, "Arthur," was wearing his original skin, looking completely out of place among a bunch of flashy limited-edition skins.

"Aren't you the grandson of the richest man? You wouldn't have money?"

"I... my grandfather suspended my credit cards." Chen Mo said somewhat embarrassedly, "He said he can't give me money while I'm receiving treatment."

"Oh." Wang Minyu nodded, then pointed to the mountain of cardboard boxes filled with medicinal herbs piled up at the entrance of the pharmacy. "See those boxes? They're worth fifty cents each. Go sell them for scrap. You can buy the skin whenever you save enough money."

Chen Mo was stunned.

Let him, the sole heir of the Chen Group, sell scrap metal?

He glanced at Spicy Girl, who was interacting with fans not far away, and then at the unassuming Arthur on his phone.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Fine!"

Thus, Renxin Pharmacy has become another wonder.

A handsome young man pushes a dilapidated tricycle every day, collecting cardboard boxes and bottles in the nearby streets and alleys.

At first, the neighbors all thought he was a newly hired clerk at the pharmacy.

One day, Chen Wanshan's butler arrived in a Rolls-Royce to deliver something and was stunned by what he saw.

"Young...Young Master? What are you doing?" The butler's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"Collecting recyclables to earn money to buy skins." Chen Mo didn't even look up as he skillfully crushed a mineral water bottle and tossed it into the tricycle.

The butler felt his worldview had been shattered once again.

He quickly took a picture and sent it to Chen Wanshan.

Chen Wanshan, who was in his office on the top floor of the company, stared at the photo on his phone and remained silent for a long time.

In the photo, his grandson, the once fragile child who couldn't even look people in the eye and was as fragile as glass, is now wearing an inexpensive tracksuit. Although his face is covered in dust, his eyes reveal an unprecedented focus and... joy.

"Let him be," Chen Wanshan said to the housekeeper on the other end of the phone, his voice trembling slightly. "That Dr. Wang... is a very capable person."

A month later.

Chen Mo finally saved up 888 points and bought a "Mind Warrior" skin for his Arthur.

That night, he got his first pentakill with this new skin.

Although it was in the human-machine game.

Spicy Lily excitedly hugged him, shouting and jumping.

He was stiff all over, but he didn't push her away.

He just smelled a really nice shampoo scent.

"Dr. Wang," Chen Mo walked up to Wang Minyu and bowed deeply, "thank you."

"What are you thanking me for?"

"Thank you... for letting me live like a human being."

Wang Minyu looked at him and nodded.

"You can be discharged now. Your grandfather has already paid the medical fees."

He handed him the check for ten million yuan and the bank card containing the three hundred and twenty-eight yuan and fifty cents that Chen Mo had earned from selling scrap.

"From now on, don't be afraid anymore. If the sky falls, you'll bear it. You're a man."

Chen Mo took the card, looked at Wang Minyu, and nodded solemnly.

He didn't leave in a Rolls-Royce.

He simply said to Lily, "Lily, can I... treat you to a movie? It's money I earned selling scrap."

Lala looked at him and smiled like a little sun.

"OK."

[Congratulations, host, on completing the high-value "harvesting韭菜" (a metaphor for exploiting unsuspecting investors) mission: 'The Richest Man's Redemption'.]

[Therapeutic effect: Perfect. Emotional control: Ultimate.]

Overall rating: S-level.

[Reward: 1000 million RMB in cash; Advanced skill 'Remote Acupressure' (Beginner) unlocked.]

Wang Minyu looked at the text message on his phone confirming the arrival of the funds and the new skill icon on the system panel, and breathed a sigh of relief.

It must have been exhausting to cut this leek.

But it was truly worth it.