A Bumpy Road to Power

Chapter 722 722:

This cop is quite good at handling things.

He gave his chair to Dirk Carter.

Then he found a plastic stool and sat down.

The opportunity was given.

Cuthbert Lewis couldn't refuse.

Appearing quite agitated, she opened the notebook in front of her and said, "From now on, I ask the questions and you answer them."

Seeing Dirk Carter didn't respond.

Cuthbert Lewis asked in a very unfriendly voice, "Name, gender, position."

Dirk Carter kept his head down, looking calm and composed, but didn't answer her questions.

Cuthbert Lewis took a deep breath and said, "I'm asking you for your name, gender, occupation, why aren't you speaking?"

"You already know all this, so why ask me?"

Dirk Carter replied.

Cuthbert Lewis' eyes widened.

"Dirk Carter, I'm the one interrogating you now, not you interrogating me. Answer my questions, or I'll have to resort to coercive measures."

"Oh really? Where's the arrest warrant? Show it to me."

Dirk Carter retorted.

"You think I don't dare?"

Cuthbert Lewis shouted.

Looking at such a frantic and unreasonable woman.

Dirk Carter wasn't in a good mood either.

But suddenly, he realized something.

Suddenly stood up.

Walked over to Cuthbert Lewis.

Cuthbert Lewis thought Dirk Carter was going to challenge her, so she stood up as well.

At this moment.

Dirk Carter grabbed her wrist.

Three fingers placed on her pulse.

"What are you doing?"

Cuthbert Lewis, suddenly having her hand grabbed, blushed and was about to pull her hand back, but Dirk Carter said angrily, "If you don't want to die, stand still and don't move."

As these words were spoken.

Miraculously.

Cuthbert Lewis, who had been noisily ranting earlier, suddenly quieted down.

Dirk Carter occasionally frowned, occasionally relaxed.

About three minutes later.

He released her hand.

Said, "Your problem is quite serious."

"Don't try to fool me, I'm not buying it. Go sit over there, I still have questions for you."

Cuthbert Lewis shouted.

Dirk Carter smiled slightly.

Said, "Captain Lewis, don't be anxious. Let me mention a few symptoms and see if they match."

Then.

Dirk Carter returned to his seat, and leisurely said, "During the day, you're unusually irritable, quick to anger, your emotions fluctuate greatly, often accompanied by headaches, red eyes, bitter mouth and dry throat, chest and rib pains, all symptoms of liver fire uprising. Your thinking is fast but hard to control, easily leading to conflicts with others. Am I right?"

"Yes, yes, it's all true, our Captain Lewis during the day…"

The police officer next to her immediately exclaimed.

Glared at by Cuthbert Lewis, he immediately shut up in dismay.

Dirk Carter continued, "And at night, you are extremely weak, listless, with weak limbs, even experiencing palpitations, insomnia, night sweats, nocturnal emissions, and soreness in the waist and knees, which all manifest as kidney yin deficiency. You often feel your body is drained, losing interest in things around you, emotions fall into a slump. Captain Lewis, am I right?"

"Right, right, it's all right."

The police officer said excitedly.

Cuthbert Lewis angrily said, "Right my ass, how do you know what I'm like at night? Are you freaking sleeping with me?"

With these words.

The police officer stuck out his tongue and shut his mouth again.

Looking at Cuthbert Lewis again.

Her expression was very conflicted.

The previous anger slowly vanished from her face, replaced by shock.

Swallowing, she asked, "What is this illness exactly?"

Dirk Carter did not answer.

Instead, he looked at the male police officer beside him.

The male police officer immediately said, "I also want to know what illness Captain Lewis has, privately we all say that Captain Lewis' menopause has come early!"

"Jacinto Wadsworth, get out of here!"

Cuthbert Lewis finally couldn't hold it in, yelled.

The officer named Jacinto Wadsworth stood up.

Pointing at Cuthbert Lewis, he said to Dirk Carter, "Secretary General Carter, look, Captain Lewis really has a bad temper, please help her check it out, if you cure her, you'll be the great benefactor of our entire team."

After dropping this line.

He bolted away.

As the door closed.

Cuthbert Lewis threw the notebook in her hand at the door.

"Dirk Carter, don't think that just because you understand some medical skills, I'll let your interrogation slide, these things are separate, let's talk them out."

The tone remained unfriendly.

But while saying these words, there was a hint of nervousness.

It was stubbornness deliberately feigned.

Dirk Carter smiled slightly.

Asked, "Captain Lewis, I guess I'm right?"

Cuthbert Lewis didn't want to admit it.

Pouting, she said, "It's somewhat similar, mostly a lucky guess."

Stubborn!

Dirk Carter smiled and said, "This illness is quite rare in Chinese medicine, its full name is 'Day-Night Yin-Yang Disorder'."

"Day-Night Yin-Yang Disorder? What a ridiculous name, did you make it up?"

Cuthbert Lewis raised an eyebrow and asked.

Her eyes full of suspicion.

Dirk Carter said, "I'm not wrong, it should be due to long-term emotional discomfort, excessive anxiety, depression, or large emotional fluctuations, coupled with irregular lifestyle habits, food preferences towards spicy, cold, or overeating, leading to imbalance of yin and yang energies, especially excessive liver wood and insufficient kidney water, forming the phenomenon of 'Wood Excess and Water Drought'."

"In Chinese medicine, the liver governs dispersion and emotional regulation. If liver qi is stagnant or liver fire rises, it easily makes people irritable and angry; while the kidney governs water, stores essence, and is the root of yin. Insufficient kidney water fails to nourish the body at night, causing weakness and lethargy. Simply put, your yin and yang are imbalanced."

All spot on.

Initially, Cuthbert Lewis did indeed have doubts about Dirk Carter.

But as he spoke to this point.

She already believed nine out of ten.

If Dirk Carter was guessing.

He absolutely couldn't guess this accurately.

Without thinking, she asked, "Is this condition very serious?"

Dirk Carter smiled and said, "Whether it's serious, you know best, during the day aren't you increasingly losing control of your emotions, and isn't the weakness at night increasingly serious? In my experience, it won't be long before you're paralyzed."

"Paralyzed? Is it that terrifying?"

Cuthbert Lewis couldn't hold it in anymore, stood up and asked nervously.

Dirk Carter glanced at Cuthbert Lewis.

Said, "Captain Lewis, these issues have been present for a long time, you should have gone to the hospital, taken quite a few medications, but for this yin-yang imbalance, Western medicine can't treat it, it needs Chinese medicine adjustment."

Cuthbert Lewis' eyes suddenly lost focus.

She sat down with some sluggishness.

Fell silent for a while.

Said, "Secretary General Carter, is there hope for me?"

"Of course there's hope, but Chinese medicine also requires targeted treatment, Captain Lewis, if convenient, could you answer a few personal questions for me?"

"Sure, go ahead and ask."

Cuthbert Lewis responded without thinking.

Dirk Carter nodded slightly, asked, "First question, are you exercising excessively for a long time?"

Cuthbert Lewis nodded.

Said, "Yes, Secretary General Carter, you work within the system, you know, it's very difficult for female police officers to stand out, especially in a detective team with more men than women. Those male detectives inherently look down on female officers, so…"