Great doctors start with pediatrics

Laurent's questioning was slow.

Laurent kept avoiding Dodo's gaze.

In many situations, a direct gaze can persuade many people and make them aware of your attitude.

However, direct eye contact can also instill fear.

The majority of people in this world are vulnerable, especially a child.

The girl's response was also slow.

Laurent asked a question, and it was clear the girl would have to wait a long time.

Frightened and insecure, Laurent was only able to establish a sliver of trust with the girl because he knew sign language.

The girl's sign language is accompanied by some natural sign language. If Laurent's "sign language proficiency" does not include natural sign language, communication will inevitably become a problem.

The girl was as fragile as a little rabbit in my arms.

No one spoke in the consultation room.

No one blamed Laurent for wasting time.

People watched Laurent's conversation in silence.

People often assume that sign language is used to communicate quickly among people with hearing impairments.

However, the reality is that due to differences in education levels and regions, communication among most sign language users is also hindered.

"My parents always come home very late."

"I'm often not home."

The girl spoke slowly.

Laurent nodded, not pressing further: "So you're always carrying your little rabbit?"

"Mm." The girl nodded.

"Inside the school?"

"I go to school often. The teachers are very nice. One teacher is particularly kind, and I like her very much..."

The girl expressed whatever came to mind.

Laurent continued to press the issue of the school.

"How's your classmate doing?"

"Everyone is nice, there are no bad people." The little girl's reply was noticeably more concise.

Laurent, on the contrary, could not breathe a sigh of relief.

"Are you all good at sign language too?"

"certainly."

"Compared to me?" Laurent was clearly joking.

"The older brother's sign language is the same as the teacher's."

Duoduo answered seriously.

Laurent was asking about many other things as well.

School food.

The school's small animals.

And what time to go to school.

Twenty minutes passed.

Duo Duo's mother couldn't help but ask, "Doctor, how is she?"

Zuo Zhenxing also looked at Laurent solemnly: "Laurent."

Laurent looked up, then shook his head slightly: "I only asked him about school-related matters, nothing else."

"what?"

Laurent said, "Duoduo is doing well at school. Neither the teachers nor her classmates bully her. That's what I asked about."

"So you mean, Duoduo is alright? How could the child be like this?"

Duo Duo's mother bombarded her with questions.

Laurent quickly denied it: "I didn't say the child was okay."

I'm more inclined to believe that the child experienced some kind of trauma, since even the brain MRI and imaging tests showed no problems.

So I first inquired about the child's school situation to help her lower her guard and build trust.

"When I started talking to my child about our family situation and asked if we were home, my child seemed a bit resistant."

Laurent pursed his lips, remained silent for a moment, and then asked, "Do you two argue after you get home?"

"Won't."

Duo Duo's father calmly said, "Although her mother and I still argue, we don't spend much time with our child to begin with, so we try to control ourselves and not argue when we get home."

Laurent pressed further, "Then do you hit the child?"

"I won't hit her." Duo Duo's father shook his head. "She's my daughter, my only daughter, and she's so cute and pitiful. How could I hit her?"

Laurent stared intently at Dodo's father.

He looked her up and down.

As a lawyer, it is a basic skill to ask a client whether they are lying.

The man in front of me was not lying.

"Is the child being cared for by his/her grandparents?"

Laurent asked another question.

The man nodded: "But they're good to the children too."

Laurent didn't ask any more questions: "I'll continue talking to Dodo."

Silence fell again.

Duoduo seemed a little bothered by the end of the chat.

The response was noticeably slow.

Laurent crouched down again and quickly used sign language: "They're worried about you, so they came to ask me questions."

"do not be afraid."

Duoduo nodded timidly.

Laurent continued the conversation, asking, "Who drives you to and from school every day?"

Laurent no longer sees himself through the doctor's lens.

He hoped the facts would be completely different from his guesses.

"Grandpa and Grandma."

Do your grandparents take you to school and pick you up from school every day?

Duo Duo gently stroked the patch on Xiao Bai's clothes with her fingers. After hesitating for a few seconds, she slowly nodded and gestured, "Grandpa will take me, and Grandma will pick me up."

"Are your grandparents good to you?" Laurent continued, his gaze lingering on Duoduo's fingertips, deliberately avoiding her eyes to avoid putting any pressure on her. "Do they buy you treats? Do they play with you?"

When her grandparents were mentioned, Duoduo's eyes softened, and her gestures became more nimble: "Grandpa would buy me candied hawthorns, and Grandma would sew clothes for me. The patches on Xiaobai's clothes were sewn by Grandma."

Duoduo raised her hand and gently touched Xiaobai's left ear, a faint smile appearing on her lips—the first time she had smiled since entering the clinic.

She also shared, "My grandparents are very good to me, and they cook very well, even better than my parents."

Seeing that the situation was gradually improving, Laurent nodded and asked, "What do your grandparents usually do at home? Do they ever get angry with you or make you feel uncomfortable?"

The question had just been asked.

The smile on Duoduo's face vanished instantly.

Hugging the little rabbit in her arms.

Her gentle gaze was instantly replaced by fear, and her head slowly lowered, her fluffy bangs covering her eyes, refusing to lift them again.

Laurent's heart sank.

coming.

Duoduo seemed very relaxed when we talked about school and her grandparents' daily lives.

But when it comes to home, Duoduo becomes alert.

Although I asked too many questions at once, I could tell from Duoduo's expression that she was very afraid of home, or a certain situation or person in home.

The atmosphere in the consultation room instantly became heavy.

Zuo Zhenxing and He Wenzhe exchanged a glance, both seeing worry in each other's eyes; Duoduo's parents also sensed something was wrong, the mother tightly gripping the hem of her clothes, while the father frowned.

They could see Laurent's expression and Dodo's changes.

Laurent remained silent, not pressing for details, and continued, "Don't be afraid, Duoduo. If you're feeling unwell, we won't say anything."

"Would you like us to draw something? Or maybe we could play some games?"

Duoduo did not respond; her body trembled slightly.

Several minutes passed before Duoduo regained her composure after being patted on the shoulder by her mother.

He nodded to Laurent, making a drawing gesture.

"Teacher, prepare my pen, I'm going to draw."

Laurent made the request.

Zuo Zhenxing looked at the ballpoint pens in the pen holder: "Will this work?"

"sure."

Seeing this, Laurent picked up his paintbrush and said, "Then I'll paint my room first."

"I was an orphan, I didn't have a father or mother, so we live here."

Laurent painted the building of the welfare home.

"Each floor has rows of rooms arranged like this."

"This is my room."

Laurent then drew a floor plan of the hallway and room: "I have a room by myself, it's not big, but it has a bed and a wardrobe."

After Laurent finished his painting, he also drew his friends and teachers from his memories next to it.

"What do you think?"

Duoduo watched Laurent's gestures.

He nodded repeatedly.

"Should we draw those flowers?"

Laurent handed the paper and pen to Duoduo.

Duoduo hesitated for a moment, but didn't seem to be so averse to drawing.

He quickly drew the buildings of the residential area on his notebook.

There are also various rooms.

Children can't draw floor plans, but they can still tell from the drawings what the living room, kitchen, and bathroom are like...

"Where is Duoduo's room?"

Laurent inquired.

Duoduo didn't draw it.

Biting her lip, she began to draw people on the side.

The first drawing is of Duoduo herself.

Then Duoduo looked up at her parents and drew them very roughly.

Next came an old man's face.

It's a classic drawing of an old man with the character "王" (king) on ​​his head, and an old woman.

Then I drew a line next to it, but didn't continue drawing.

Laurent pondered for a moment, then asked, "Why didn't Duoduo draw the bedroom?"

"Are you scared?"

Duoduo shook her head, then nodded.

Laurent pondered for a moment, then continued to ask, "What's wrong? Is it a monster? Pain? Or nightmares?"

These words seemed to hit Duoduo's sore spot.

They hugged the little rabbit tightly and made a pained gesture at Laurent.

"where?"

Laurent showed no mercy.

Even breathing became heavy.

His gaze fell on Duoduo.

Duoduo saw Laurent's eyes.

He bent down and drew a circle on his thigh.

Laurent took a deep breath.

My blood seemed to freeze.

"Has the child had an abdominal examination?"

Laurent looked around and asked.

The pediatrician quickly said, "The tests have already been done, here are the results..."

"No, what I mean is, could we find a female doctor to come and examine me, preferably one with experience in gynecology?"

"Listen to me."

Laurent greeted Dodo.

He picked up the painting, placed one hand on the wall, held the pen in the other, and took the cap off with his mouth, saying, "Look, this is Duoduo's painting. There's no bedroom in his room painting."

"As I told you before, Duoduo is very resistant to home, but you can see from the footage that Duoduo is not actually resistant to other parts of the family."

Duo Duo's parents nodded quickly.

"Then this is Duoduo's drawing of her family: her grandparents, dad, and mom."

Laurent looked at everyone, forcing himself to calm down: "So this is just my speculation and hypothesis, without any scientific basis, but don't you all find something strange?"

"where?"

Zuo Zhenxing and his two companions, along with Duoduo's parents, gathered around to watch.

"Is there an extra paintbrush now?"

Fang Qingxue looked to the side.

Zuo Zhenxing stroked his chin and said, "These people..."

"Yes, there are more things."

Laurent drew a circle.

"Although I don't know if special education colleges teach sex education, according to our country's education system, children of this age are not taught sex education."

Therefore, it is not necessarily the case that men have this knowledge.

Although the drawing is rough, you can tell that it was consciously revised.

"Then, as you all saw, Duoduo next to her seemed to want to draw someone else as well."

"So there are three questions in total. The first is why Duoduo is afraid of the bedroom."

"The second question is, why did Duoduo draw the extra people?"

"The third question is why Duoduo knows knowledge she shouldn't know."

Laurent's focus shattered everyone's silence.

"you mean……"

Duo Duo's mother, holding her child, was deathly pale.

The father also clenched his fists, his face flushed.

"Teacher, has the doctor arrived?"

"Soon."

Soon, the gynecologist came over, pulling back the screen, and examined Duoduo.

This is an area that is usually overlooked during routine inspections.

"Duoduo, Duoduo..."

Duo Duo's mother kept speaking in a low voice.

The child's father leaned against the wall.

"Director Zuo."

The gynecologist looked up and said, "Although I don't know what's going on here, take the child to the radiology department now for an ultrasound."

"No, Xiaoxue, go and get a bedside ultrasound machine."

Zuo Zhenxing quickly refused.

Fang Qingxue quickly walked out.

A short while later, he walked in silently.

Duoduo lay in bed as the gynecologist gently examined her.

I don't know how much time passed.

"Look at this, there's slight congestion and edema... This isn't something a child should have."

"So I suspect... there might have been external contact."

The gynecologist's words shattered everyone's hopes.

Duo Duo's parents could no longer hold back and hugged Duo Duo, crying.

"Teacher, please contact the headmaster."

"Gynecologist, could you please take Duoduo to the radiology and gynecology departments for a complete examination and medical record?"

"Neither of you should cry now. After the examination is finished, call the police immediately."

"The hospital's call to the police is not necessarily taken more seriously than yours."

Laurent felt incredibly heavy-hearted.

In fact, based on the red and black light above Duoduo's head, he already had some guesses when he first asked the question.

Modern medical methods have now confirmed his suspicions.

"Professor Zuo, your help in solidifying the evidence will ensure its validity even if further examinations are required in the future."

"Evidence is more important than tears."

Laurent then asked Dodo's parents, "And do you have CCTV footage at home?"

"Yes, doctor," Duoduo's father hurriedly replied, "only from the hospital."

Laurent spoke even faster: "Go home right now, don't tell your family what happened, then save the video recordings, don't let anyone touch them, and once you find them, upload them to the cloud and your phone immediately."

"It's not about doubting your family, it's about minimizing the damage."

"The surveillance cameras only need to show people coming in and out."

"Try to recall who else usually comes into your house."

Duo Duo's father glanced at his child, then at his wife, and hesitated in place.

Zuo Zhenxing stood up: "The child and the police are in the hospital's care. You should go home now."

"This is my employee badge, Zuo Zhenxing, Deputy Director of Pediatric Surgery."

Duo Duo's father did not take Zuo Zhenxing's work badge. He glanced at his wife, nodded emphatically, and left.

Duo Duo's mother and Duo Duo were also scheduled to undergo the corresponding examinations.

Jiangnan Guo also rushed over and accompanied Duoduo's mother to call the police.

The police car arrived at the hospital entrance quickly.