This partly relates to the child’s age group and partly to the child’s own personality. Younger children have poor language skills and can’t express themselves. Older children, who have developed language skills, often face more complex factors limiting their ability to articulate their illness.

The primary reason for doctor misdiagnosis is the patient’s unclear description of their condition. Some patients downplay their symptoms due to various reasons, leading to a misjudgment by the doctor. Clinicians prefer patients to describe their ailments as severe; if the disease is not serious upon examination, everyone is pleased.

Before Tan Kelin answered, Shi Xu and others nearby started discussing the situation themselves.

"Given the patient’s condition, why didn’t they take the child to the hospital emergency room? What are they trying to do?"

"A child’s illness can progress quickly and deteriorate fast."

"Appendicitis can be serious or not. Did that renowned figure forget this after moving from General Surgery to Hepatobiliary Surgery?"

Suggesting that Tao Zhijie overlooked the seriousness of appendicitis seems unfounded. If he truly considered this ailment to be trivial, he wouldn’t have called the hospital’s most famous laparoscopic expert from General Surgery.

Tan Kelin decisively ended the meal gathering, picked up his coat, and walked out.

Seeing this, the others stopped eating. Upon hearing that Student Xie’s younger brother was ill, these instructors lost their appetite. Shi Xu hurriedly went to pay the bill at the counter.

Fortunately, the dining location of both parties was not far apart. A short car drive, around ten minutes, would suffice.

Qiu Ruiyun stood at the hotel entrance to greet the arriving people and said, "The child is currently sleeping."

"Sleeping?" exclaimed the group from General Surgery Department Two.

A sleeping patient is not necessarily a good sign. Some patients’ conditions worsen, resembling shock, making them appear "asleep," which is cause for concern.

Tan Kelin went ahead.

The group from General Surgery Department Two walked swiftly like a whirlwind, prompting Qiu Ruiyun to jog in front and open the private room door for them.

The door made a sound, and Sun Rongfang and Wu Lixuan turned their heads.

Wu Lixuan didn’t know that an attending doctor had called someone, and upon seeing the newcomers, shrank back slightly.

"Who is it?" Sun Rongfang asked her goddaughter, noticing her strange expression.

Wu Lixuan gave a dry smile. Her childhood friend is known in the hospital for being able to learn under temperamental and skilled instructors. Be it Tan Kelin or Tao Zhijie, they’re difficult to get along with. Yet her friend managed to establish good relationships with each of them, which is quite incredible considering these instructors do not necessarily harmonize well.

The goddaughter remained silent; Sun Rongfang continued observing, spotting a man with striking single eyelid eyes walking straight to her son, immediately realizing he was also a doctor.

Wu Lixuan introduced to her godmother, "He’s Dr. Tan, also Yingying’s instructor." The implied message was that if it weren’t for Xie Wanying’s relationship, this poker-faced teacher Tan would not have willingly appeared here.

Having overheard the conversation of the two women nearby, Tan Kelin sharply glanced over: He recognized Wu Lixuan, but who was the other woman?

"She is Student Xie’s mother," said Sun Yubo and the new arrivals, seizing the opportunity to scrutinize Mother Xie. They had planned to meet her during Student Xie’s participation in the General Surgery Department Two gathering.

Everyone holds curiosity about Mother Xie, and they in General Surgery Department Two are no exception.