"Come, open your mouth. Let Uncle take a look."
Li Xu leaned in close to the child and turned on his small penlight.
The little boy glanced at Li Xu, instinctively shrinking his neck back and pressing his lips tightly shut in refusal.
"Open your mouth, be a good boy."
Seeing this, the boy's mother became a bit anxious, her tone immediately turning stern. "What did I tell you in the car on the way here? You have to listen to the doctor. Hurry up."
Scolded by his mother, the little boy's eyes instantly turned red, on the verge of tears.
"It's fine, it's fine." Li Xu waved his hand to stop her. "Ma'am, please don't yell at him. Especially when seeing a doctor, children are already nervous and scared. If you scold him, his Qi flow will become even more chaotic. Uneasiness of the mind will alter his pulse, which will actually affect my diagnosis."
