144: If you are sick, you need to treat it

“Put your hand here, I’ll take your pulse.”

Hearing Qin Jiang say this, Zhong Chenglong immediately placed his hand there.

Seeing that Qin Jiang had put his hand on and remained silent, Zhong Xiguo couldn't help but ask from the side, “Dr. Qin, my son shouldn't have any problems, right?”

Qin Jiang glanced at him.

“There are no problems with various aspects of his body; in fact, he’s very healthy.”

“You must usually exercise regularly, and you don’t like smoking or drinking, do you?”

Zhong Chenglong nodded.

“I insist on running five kilometers every morning, and I’m not interested in smoking or drinking.”

As soon as Zhong Chenglong said this, the netizens in the live broadcast room began to exclaim.

“I’ve seen so many patients, and this is the first one who doesn’t smoke, doesn’t drink, and doesn’t have kidney deficiency.”

“So if he’s so healthy, why does he still think he’s sick?”

“I suddenly feel that his father’s suspicion is reasonable; could it really be faking illness?”

Qin Jiang then asked, “Do you usually stay up late?”

“No, our dorm lights go out at eleven, and I go to sleep then. I wake up at six in the morning the next day.”

Qin Jiang nodded.

His sleep time is also very sufficient.

So where exactly did the problem occur?

Qin Jiang stood up and gestured to Zhong Chenglong.

“Come on, I’ll give you an MRI to see if there’s any problem with your brain.”

Zhong Xiguo said from the side, “Dr. Qin, this MRI you mentioned… will it be very expensive?”

Seeing Qin Jiang looking at him, Zhong Xiguo said with some difficulty, “My son’s brain is actually quite capable. He’s the first college student in our village, and even his teachers praise him for being smart.”

“His brain definitely has no problems; let’s just skip this MRI.”

Qin Jiang frowned and asked, “When you went for your previous physical examination, did you have an MRI?”

Zhong Xiguo shook his head.

“I just had my son do some basic check-up items, and all his indicators were very healthy.”

Qin Jiang patiently explained, “Mr. Zhong, I can understand your desire to save money, but seeing a doctor is not a game.”

“Your son is now experiencing inability to concentrate and writing across lines, which indicates that some changes must have occurred inside his brain.”

“To confirm this change, an MRI is definitely necessary.”

Zhong Xiguo was still a bit reluctant to spend the money.

He felt that Zhong Chenglong was just faking illness. He originally brought him to see a doctor just as a formality, and he never expected Qin Jiang to arrange such an expensive procedure for him.

“Alright, then do it.”

Zhong Xiguo gritted his teeth and finally decided to have a thorough check-up to make Zhong Chenglong completely give up!

Qin Jiang took Zhong Chenglong into the pharmacy for the examination, and the results came out shortly after.

Qin Jiang held the film, his expression growing more solemn the more he looked at it.

Zhong Xiguo asked from the side, “How is it, Dr. Qin? Is there a problem with my son?”

Qin Jiang handed the film to Zhong Xiguo and explained, “According to the MRI results, your son has severe leukoencephalopathy.”

“Ah?”

Zhong Xiguo was stunned.

“What is leukoencephalopathy?”

Qin Jiang explained, “White matter is an important part of the central nervous system, where nerve fibers gather.”

“If this area develops lesions, it will cause some damage to brain function.”

“This includes, but is not limited to, visual, motor, sensory, cerebellar, autonomic, and cognitive dysfunction.”

“This is also why your son cannot concentrate when taking notes, and why he always writes across lines when reading and writing; that’s the reason.”

After listening to Qin Jiang’s explanation, Zhong Xiguo immediately fell silent.

He had originally thought that Zhong Chenglong was following bad influences and faking illness to skip school.

He never expected that he was actually sick.

“How could this be? Their school clearly organizes physical examinations too.”

Qin Jiang said calmly, “School physical examinations do not include MRI. This basic physical examination can only screen for some basic diseases and does not mean that you are inherently healthy.”

Zhong Chenglong, being a top student, immediately grasped the core of the problem.

“Dr. Qin, what is the cause of my leukoencephalopathy?”

This was what Zhong Chenglong found most puzzling.

He clearly had a very regular lifestyle, didn’t smoke, didn’t drink, and didn’t stay up late, so how did he suddenly develop leukoencephalopathy?

Qin Jiang glanced at Zhong Chenglong.

“There are many factors that cause leukoencephalopathy, including environmental influences, viral infections, immune system deficiencies, and so on. Drug use can also lead to lesions.”

Drug use!

Zhong Xiguo and his wife immediately looked at Zhong Chenglong in shock.

“You brat, you even dared to use drugs!”

Zhong Chenglong said rather helplessly, “Dad, can you please listen to the whole sentence?”

“Dr. Qin said that drug use can also lead to lesions; this is just one of the causes. How did it become me using drugs?”

“Even if I wanted to, would I have a way to get access to that stuff?”

“You two just suspect me all the time. What did I do wrong to make you distrust me so much?”

Zhong Chenglong’s words did not make Zhong Xiguo feel embarrassed; instead, he said angrily to Zhong Chenglong, “You’d better not have done such a thing. If I find out you’ve done something outrageous outside, you just wait!”

Hearing Zhong Xiguo say this, the netizens in the live broadcast room immediately found it incomprehensible.

“Is this man sick? His own child clearly hasn’t done anything, so why is he already making threats?”

“My dad is like that too. As soon as he hears about anything bad, he immediately associates it with me. Before, when our class lost some class fees, my dad also asked me first if I took it.”

“I really don’t understand why some parents have this kind of thinking, as if their own child is the worst.”

At this moment, Zhong Chenglong no longer had the heart to argue with Zhong Xiguo.

After so many years, he had long gotten used to it.

The reason he worked so hard to get into university was actually to get away from Zhong Xiguo.

Zhong Chenglong felt he would get depression if he lived with Zhong Xiguo every day.

Qin Jiang couldn't interfere with other people's family matters. After the two had argued enough, Qin Jiang spoke, “To further clarify the cause of the leukoencephalopathy, I need to conduct a comprehensive examination of your son.”

After Qin Jiang finished speaking, he listed several examination items on the paper.

Zhong Xiguo only took one look and immediately felt a bit dizzy.

Blood tests, tumor markers, six brain metabolism items, leukoencephalopathy screening—Zhong Xiguo could still understand these.

But what were those things written after that, like lumbar puncture cerebrospinal fluid package? He had never heard of them at all.

Zhong Xiguo looked at these examination items with an embarrassed expression.

“Dr. Qin, are all these examinations necessary? This… the cost is too high, we can’t afford it.”

“How about we just don’t treat this illness?”

Qin Jiang frowned.

“How can you only treat half an illness? If you’re sick, you have to treat it, otherwise, if you drag it on, your son’s condition will only become more serious.”