CHAPTER 1023: 1022. IF YOU’RE GOING TO GIVE IT, JUST GIVE IT

Tang Shu didn’t do any pre-promotion before the live stream, only notifying two hours in advance.

One reason was that the snow lotus came at just the right time, leaving her no opportunity to announce it. The second was because her main purpose this time was to create a tutorial video—live streaming was just supplementary.

It didn’t matter how many people watched. The fewer people, the more comfortable she felt; she wouldn’t have to answer so many questions and could save time for studying her design plans.

However...

When she entered the live stream room at 8 p.m., Tang Shu was shocked when she saw there were over three million viewers online.

What’s going on? Why are there so many people?

Even if you counted all the Medical College students combined, it wouldn’t add up to this number. So where did these people come from?

Tang Shu almost thought she had paid for a bunch of bots to pad her numbers.

Still stunned, she glanced at the comments section in the live stream and found the scrolling messages moving far faster than she could follow—before she could finish reading one sentence, it would disappear.

You folks are really enthusiastic. Isn’t nighttime usually meant for chatting with your boyfriend or girlfriend while watching a movie or something...?

"Finally! I’ve been tormented by the new textbooks lately, and Uncle She is finally coming out with a tutorial!"

"Exactly! That dense text gives me a headache. Video tutorials are so much easier to understand, especially when the master demonstrates personally!"

"After cramming knowledge points for a full week, I’m totally confused. And the worst part is our professors just parrot the material..."

"Oh my god, finally someone is guiding us through this! Normally, understanding depends entirely on our own mental visualization—is that even reasonable?"

"Will we finally get to see what snow lotus looks like in real life? Will it really resemble the images from the textbook? So curious!"

——These were the endless complaints of medical students. The new textbooks recently distributed had utterly crushed their spirits. Despite their commitment to learning, the snow lotus was nothing like other herbs—it was impossible to practice with it!

So when someone discovered two hours ago that there was a live stream about processing snow lotus, word spread in every big and small group chat like wildfire. Their collective excitement was akin to finding free money.

Given everyone’s shared misery as medical students, they rallied under this quirky banner and spread the word in half an hour flat.

After all, missing today’s live stream meant losing the chance to ask questions in real time!

Tang Shu understood their mindset well. If studying medicine was treated as a passion, then the emergence of a new herb was undeniably inspiring.

Still, what were comments like "I’m just here to see what an immortal herb looks like" and "I’ve heard this thing cures cancer cells, so I’m curious" supposed to mean?

And even "Snow lotus, drop the product link"?!

You people online sure have vivid imaginations and stay perfectly in tune with current trends, huh?

Tang Shu was speechless for a moment. After staring at the scrolling comments for a while, she realized that not only were medical students tuning in, but many medical professionals had joined as well. Their thirst for knowledge had reached new heights.

At 8:10 p.m., Tang Shu put on PVC gloves and turned on her microphone.

"Today, we’re going to learn about a new herb called snow lotus..."

She placed the real object in front of the camera, and the next moment, the video showed a snow lotus growing in a flowerpot. Semi-transparent and faintly pink, it appeared exquisitely luminous under special lighting, almost too perfectly delicate to be real.

"Holy crap, the looks on this thing are unreal!"

"Immortal herb, immortal herb!"

"Such a flower should only exist in heaven; how could mankind witness it even once?"

Tang Shu: "..."

Can you believe she almost forgot what she was going to say?

She started speaking again, "Cut the jokes, stay focused, and listen carefully. Even if you’re just here to join the fun, behave yourselves."

Tang Shu picked up a delicate tool and began explaining the harsh growth conditions of this plant while carefully removing the leaves one by one and placing them into containers. Soon, she found herself in the zone.

The scrolling comments, which had earlier moved at lightning speed, also quieted down—because the scene before them was simply too artistic and mesmerizing to watch.

Snow lotus leaves weren’t as thick as those of succulents, yet they contained a certain amount of moisture. Each leaf had to be plucked with extreme caution, turning what is usually a crude task of processing herbs into one that felt akin to handling precious, priceless art.

As Tang Shu explained, the small snow lotus was quickly dissected, with different parts meant for different medicinal uses. Three containers now held the petals, snow lotus juice, and roots separately.

"Snow Lotus Petals can be paired with Exquisite Plant to help alleviate muscle atrophy..."

Exquisite Plant had already been on the market for two years, so everyone was familiar with it. As Tang Shu worked, viewers noticed that combining the two herbs produced noticeable chemical reactions. Soon, the ceramic pot used for boiling the medicine started bubbling furiously.

Even though they couldn’t smell the medicinal scent, Tang Shu’s vivid descriptions made it feel as though they were there in person.

An hour later, the medicine condensed into small, round pills. Perhaps due to the natural coloring of the snow lotus, the pills took on a subtle gray hue with a faint pink undertone, looking uncommonly beautiful.

"Alright, this is what we call Recipe No. 1."

Tang Shu used tweezers to pick up the pills and carefully placed them inside a small porcelain bottle adorned with intricate landscape paintings—looking even more like a work of art now.

With one recipe completed, the live stream audience—which had patiently watched thus far—exploded into excitement once again. The medical professionals fired off one question after another, and Tang Shu answered them all with great patience.

This Q&A session lasted a full thirty minutes.

"Alright, are there any more questions?"

As soon as Tang Shu finished speaking, the medical practitioners glued to the live stream were too busy furiously jotting down notes and absorbing the knowledge to respond.

The scrolling comments were immediately taken over by her long-time fans.

"I do, I do, I have questions!"

"Of course, we have questions!"

"Who’s getting the porcelain bottle Uncle She is holding?"

"Let’s spin the wheel! I am clearly today’s most blessed viewer!!!"

"Uncle She, honestly, we wouldn’t mind at all if you split the pills into halves, thirds, or quarters. Even if there’s only one pill in that tiny bottle, I’d be over the moon..."

"Drop the product link already! Or auction it off—the highest bidder wins!"

"Get lost, rich people ahead..."

Tang Shu: "???"

Wait a minute. When did I say I was giving it away? Are you all just overthinking this?

She stared at the screen for a moment in confusion, only to recall her usual "routine" in past live streams. Apparently, maybe, probably... there was indeed some kind of process she followed?

Tang Shu hesitated for only a few seconds before decisively making up her mind—fine, let’s give it away. After all, both the snow lotus and the pills made from it were hers, not public property.

But...

"This particular pill has very targeted therapeutic effects and isn’t an over-the-counter medicine. I’ll make a new batch for muscle relaxation after intense exercise instead—wait for it."

As soon as she spoke, the entire live stream room erupted.

"Oh my god! She’s really giving them away?"

"I was just joking! This stuff is way too precious—who knew teasing would turn into reality?!"