Chapter 84 Grandma Ji is hospitalized
Five minutes had passed since the bell rang, but Qin Lin showed no sign of leaving get out of class, as if the bell hadn't even reached his ears.
Jiang Deyu covered his mouth with his hand, tilted his head and leaned towards Tong Xia, whispering, "You said 'two more minutes,' but five minutes have passed now. Old Qin is still as untrustworthy as ever."
He sighed helplessly, looking enviously at the students coming and going in the corridor, wishing he could fly out of the classroom immediately.
Tong Xia glanced at him and said, "If you want Lao Qin to use the remaining five minutes to scold you, then keep jumping around."
This is indeed something Qin Lin would do.
Jiang Deyu hurriedly made a zipping motion over his mouth, indicating that he would shut up immediately.
The longer the class runs overtime, the more noticeable the rustling noises in the classroom become.
"Bang bang."
Qin Lin slammed his hand on the blackboard twice, looking at the students below with a hint of exasperation. "Pay attention, everyone! What I'm about to say are the key points for scoring on the college entrance exam. You'll be lucky to hear them!"
"Teacher Qin," someone finally couldn't hold it in any longer, "I need to go to the toilet."
"Bear with it."
Qin Lin didn't even stop for a moment.
"If I hold on any longer, I'll wet my pants." The boy said with a mournful face, his legs trembling uncontrollably under the desk, clearly unable to wait even a second longer.
Qin Lin was both annoyed and amused. He couldn't just watch the boy wet his pants. He waved his hand and said, "Go on, go on."
After saying that, he pointed to the blackboard and said, "Write down everything I wrote on it. We'll continue discussing it during evening self-study. Okay, get out of class dismissed."
Seeing the students obediently copying, he felt dissatisfied. "Don't just stand there like idiots copying. The most important thing is to understand. Otherwise, copying is a waste of time!"
After Qin Lin left, Jiang Deyu couldn't help but complain, "Sigh, Old Qin is getting harder and harder to please. He gets angry if you don't copy his work, and he gets angry if you do copy it."
"Come on," Yu Xiaocheng scolded him irritably. "You don't listen in class, you don't take notes, and you talk like you've served Old Qin."
Jiang Deyu argued illogically, "Who, who said I didn't listen in class?"
Yu Xiaocheng got even angrier and snorted, "Really? Then why is it that every time I turn around you you're either playing with your nails or playing with that pile of shit?"
Her voice wasn't low, and the students around her burst into laughter upon hearing it.
"Brother Jiang has truly unique taste."
"Brother Jiang, what does poop feel like?"
"Hahaha……"
"Who plays with poop in class? I'm playing with a pen, okay!" Jiang Deyu was so angry he almost jumped up.
Although Xia Fan immediately explained the misunderstanding, saying that the class monitor had no improper thoughts about him, the pen was so unique that Jiang Deyu couldn't bear to part with it and bought both the smiling and crying faces, thinking that he would let Yu Xiaocheng choose first and he would use the remaining one.
On the first day of school, Yu Xiaocheng saw Jiang Deyu's pen on his desk as soon as he entered the room. Before he could say anything, Yu Xiaocheng wrinkled his nose in disgust, "This pen is so long..."
For a long time, she couldn't think of a suitable adjective.
Xia Fan leaned closer. "Do you like it? I was thinking of buying it for you yesterday."
"Eh..."
Just as Jiang Deyu was about to expose Xia Fan, Yu Xiaocheng breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank goodness you didn't buy it for me. Even if you had, I wouldn't want it. This pen looks too evil!"
At that moment, Xia Fan patted Jiang Deyu on the shoulder sympathetically, "Now you can use a smiling face on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and a crying face on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. No one will compete with you for it."
It's bad enough that the gift couldn't be given, but to be constantly criticized on top of that is just adding insult to injury!
Thinking of this, Jiang Deyu couldn't help but feel overwhelmed with sorrow, "Ah, why is my life so miserable..."
"Shut up." A low reprimand came from behind. Ji Jingyu said coldly, "Be quiet."
Jiang Sui, who was beside him, had already collapsed.
"No way." Jiang Deyu lowered his voice. "What's wrong with Jiang Sui these days? She can fall asleep as soon as her head hits the pillow. Even the little pig can't sleep as well as her."
"You're the piglet," Yu Xiaocheng rolled her eyes at him. "Jiang Sui got up at four o'clock, how could she not be sleepy?"
"Four o'clock?" Jiang Deyu almost lost his voice again. "Why is she up so early?"
"Of course, it's studying."
"But how did you know? You two don't even live together."
Yu Xiaocheng lived at school, while Jiang Sui was a day student. She didn't interact with Jiang Sui as much as he did with Jiang Sui, at least he went to and from school with Jiang Sui.
"Because she likes my English practice video every day at four o'clock without fail."
Not only that, Jiang Sui is good at English, and Yu Xiaocheng is far ahead in science subjects, so they sometimes help each other solve some problems.
"I don't remember you posting any videos of yourself practicing English."
Jiang Deyu had liked all of Yu Xiaocheng's posts on WeChat Moments, but he had no recollection of them at all.
Yu Xiaocheng rubbed her nose slightly awkwardly, "It's normal that you can't see me. I've blocked you all. Jiang Sui is the only one who slipped through the net. I forgot to group her."
English has always been Yu Xiaocheng's weakest subject, and also the subject she has devoted the most energy to.
Jiang Deyu was greatly puzzled, "Why are you blocking us?"
Yu Xiaocheng smiled slightly, but pronounced each word very clearly: "Because of my pride, I didn't want people to know how hard I studied."
From childhood to adulthood, everyone praised Yu Xiaocheng for being smart and quick-witted, but only she knew that she was not the "genius" people talked about.
In a corner unseen by others, she sleeps later than a dog and wakes up earlier than a chicken every day.
She's almost forgotten what it feels like to get a full eight hours of sleep.
"So how are you telling us now?"
Yu Xiaocheng looked relieved. "I've figured it out. It's not something to be ashamed of. Are you saying it's so easy to get into the top ten in your grade? That's the result of my crazy studying."
As she spoke, she glanced at Jiang Sui, who was lying down, and said, "Jiang Sui is the same. Otherwise, do you really think that Brother Ji is a god who can make a poor student soar to the sky just by having him tutor you?"
Jiang Sui's progress is obvious to all, but some people are also jealous behind her back, saying that she only got the questions because Ji Jingyu predicted them.
Admittedly, Ji Jingyu's tireless help played a crucial role, but the main reason was Jiang Sui's own hard work.
Jiang Sui is not the first person Ji Jingyu has tutored.
Jiang Deyu is a perfect example.
If you don't want to learn, even a god descending to earth couldn't help you.
However, Jiang Sui's success is indeed difficult to replicate.
After all, not everyone can have both a brilliant mind and an incredibly powerful cheat code.
Noticing Ji Jingyu's gaze falling on her, Jiang Sui, who was lying down to rest, took a deep breath, then resignedly raised her head to look at him, "Who told you to urge me to sleep at midnight? If I can't finish reading at night, of course I can only get up early in the morning to read."
Ji Jingyu naturally understood the reasoning, but this meant Jiang Sui's sleep time was too short.
He stared at Jiang Sui, his brows furrowing slightly, and even the corners of his eyes looked down.
Tired of tilting her head back, Jiang Sui simply lay back down. "Special times call for special measures, and besides, I just slept less at night, but I made up for it with naps during the day, didn't I?"
Jiang Sui took naps whenever she could during the day, and her spirits were still pretty good.
Jiang Sui glanced at Ji Jingyu and noticed that her expression had softened, so she pressed on, "You know I can't handle much hardship. If I really can't take it, I'll stop without you even having to tell me. Besides, I haven't always had this schedule. After the college entrance exam, I'll sleep twelve hours a day..."
Before she could finish speaking, her head was gently rubbed twice.
Ji Jingyu looked down at her and said, "Two more minutes. Close your eyes and rest."
"If I really fall asleep, remember to wake me up."
"Okay, sleep soundly."
Unfortunately, when Jiang Sui opened her eyes again, Ji Jingyu was no longer in her seat.
The next class is English.
As soon as Wen Xin entered the classroom, she glanced at Ji Jingyu's seat, which was empty. However, she didn't say anything and seemed not at all surprised by Ji Jingyu's absence from class.
"Everyone, take out your English weekly reports. We'll continue going over the test papers this lesson..."
Ji Jingyu had never disappeared without a word before, unless he thought he would be back soon when he left.
Jiang Sui reached out and touched Ji Jingyu's backpack; sure enough, his phone was still inside.
So, what exactly happened?
Ji Jingyu didn't bring his phone, and Jiang Sui couldn't contact him. She couldn't even concentrate on class and kept looking towards the back door.
Her little movements naturally did not escape Wen Xin's eyes. When Jiang Sui turned to look at the back door for the fifth time, Wen Xin said casually, "Ji Jingyu has asked for leave to go home because of family matters. Jiang Sui, Xia Fan and Yu Xiaocheng, you three will take turns grading the quiz later."
As soon as get out of class ended, Jiang Deyu couldn't wait to come over.
"What happened to Brother Ji's family?"
Jiang Sui shook her head. "I don't know, he didn't bring his phone."
She felt a little uneasy. Grandma Ji was sensible and cared about the child. Unless something insurmountable happened, she would never have involved Ji Jingyu.
Jiang Deyu looked worried. "My right eye has been twitching since I woke up this morning. Could something really have happened?"
"Huh?" Tong Xia was taken aback. "Isn't it that a twitching left eye means bad luck, and a twitching right eye means good luck?"
"Who said that? My mom has always told me that it's bad luck if your right eye twitches."
Yu Xiaocheng was about to be driven crazy by these two childish kids. "Is this the time to discuss this issue?"
The more Jiang Sui thought about it, the more restless she became. She stood up and said, "I'll go ask Brother Hao. He's the homeroom teacher, so he must know."
Sun Hao was grading papers in his office when he saw Jiang Sui come in. He adjusted his glasses and said with a smile, "Jiang Sui, what brings you here? I was just looking for you. This essay is quite good. The argument is very relevant to the topic, and even the evidence you chose is more original than last time. Keep it up."
Unlike Jiang Deyu, who only wrote those two model essays over and over again, and whose scores were entirely up to fate regardless of the topic, he did not.
"Let's put the praise aside for now." Jiang Sui walked quickly to Sun Hao's desk. "Brother Hao, where's Brother Ji?"
Sun Hao: "..."
After all that talk about "brother" and "older brother," it turns out he's on the same level as Ji Jingyu.
However, Sun Hao wouldn't hold a grudge against his student over such a trivial matter. "Ji Jingyu's grandmother was hospitalized, so his mother asked for leave for him."
Jiang Sui's face turned pale instantly, and her voice completely changed when she spoke, "Grandma Ji is in the hospital? Why is she in the hospital? Is it serious?"
Sun Hao shook his head. "I'm not entirely sure yet."
The Ji family might not have time to deal with him right now, so Sun Hao plans to contact Ji Jingyu's parents later.
Jiang Sui's brain seemed to have suddenly lost the ability to think.
Why is Grandma Ji in the hospital?
This morning, Grandma Ji smiled and saw Mingming downstairs, saying that she had lost weight recently and that she would make her a delicious meal to help her recover when she got home tonight.
She was so frightened that her mind went blank. What about Ji Jingyu?
Ji He is unreliable. Now that Ji Jingyu is alone in the hospital, will he be able to handle it? Even if he can, he will definitely be scared.
That was his beloved grandmother.
Thinking of this, Jiang Sui grabbed Sun Hao's arm, "Brother Hao, oh no, Teacher Sun, I need to ask for leave."
Sun Hao: "..."
When they need something from someone, they do know to respect their teachers.
Reason for leave.
"I need to go to the hospital."
Sun Hao put down the red pen. "What are you going to the hospital for?"
Jiang Sui was surprised by Sun Hao's dawdling for the first time. She patiently explained, "I'm going to the hospital to see Grandma Ji. I'm worried about her."
Sun Hao wasn't sure if "TA" referred to Ji Jingyu or his grandmother, but regardless of who it was, he wouldn't give Jiang Sui the leave slip.
It's understandable that Ji Jingyu asked for leave, but what's the deal with Jiang Sui asking for leave as well?
"Go back to class now, I won't approve your leave." Sun Hao opened another notebook and continued grading. "But don't worry too much, Teacher Su is with Ji Jingyu."
"Teacher Su?"
"Yes, she said she was worried, so she went with her."
Sun Hao knew they were neighbors, so he wasn't surprised.
Hearing that her mother was with Ji Jingyu, Jiang Sui felt a little relieved.
She knew Sun Hao wouldn't budge, and staying any longer would only be a waste of time.
"Okay, I'll go back to the classroom now."
"Okay, go back and listen carefully in class."
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"What?! Grandma Ji is in the hospital?!"
Upon hearing this news, Jiang Deyu and Xia Fan immediately became restless.
"I need to ask Hao-ge for leave."
"I'll go too."
Jiang Sui reached out to stop the two, "No need to go, Brother Hao doesn't agree."
"If you won't let me ask for leave, then I'll climb over the wall and go out."
"Are you crazy?" Yu Xiaocheng grabbed Jiang Deyu. "If you get caught doing this, you'll be punished."
Jiang Sui was afraid that Jiang Deyu might impulsively break the school rules, so she said sternly, "If you want Grandma Ji to feel guilty when she finds out, then go ahead and climb over the wall."
Jiang Deyu slammed his fist on the desk in frustration, but at least he didn't make a fuss about climbing over the wall anymore.
"What should we do then?"
Xia Fan easily shows her emotions when she gets anxious; her eyes even reddened with panic.
"Teacher Su is also in the hospital. I'll call her first to ask about her situation."
"Okay, then go ask them right away."
Jiang Sui took out her phone and discovered that Su Yinian had sent her several messages.
[Mom: Sui Sui, Grandma Ji accidentally fell and hurt herself. Xiao Jing and I are on our way to the hospital now. I'll take good care of them, so don't worry.]
[Mom: We've arrived at the hospital. Grandma Ji is having her check-up. It should be fine. You focus on your studies.]
The last one is a voice message.
Grandma is fine, don't worry.
Ji Jingyu realized she hadn't brought her phone and was worried that Jiang Sui would overthink things at school if she found out, so she borrowed Su Yinian's phone and sent her this voice message.
Hopefully, Jiang Sui will feel more at ease after hearing his voice.
How could Jiang Sui feel at ease before seeing Ji Lanwan and Ji Jingyu in person?
Moreover, he only mentioned Grandma Ji's situation, without mentioning himself at all.
"Fanfan, you and Jiang Deyu should focus on your studies first."
Xia Fan nodded first, then asked, "And what about you?"
"I'm going to the hospital right now."
"How are you going to get there? Doesn't Brother Hao refuse to give out leave slips?"
“I have outside help.” Jiang Sui tugged at Xia Fan’s hand reassuringly. “Don’t worry, I’ll let you know as soon as anything happens. After I leave, you’re not allowed to cry in secret.”
Xia Fan was a little embarrassed, but still nodded obediently, "Yes, I know, I promise I won't cry."
The foreign aid that Jiang Sui mentioned arrived very quickly.
Not long after class started, Sun Hao quietly called Jiang Sui out.
His expression was strange; he seemed about to say something, but ultimately held back.
“Your dad just called to ask for leave for you. He said your grandfather got into a fight with a caregiver at the nursing home and was injured. He's now on a hunger strike and insists on seeing you.”
Jiang Sui almost lost control of her expression.
She never expected Jiang Yunzhao to come up with such a ridiculous reason to ask for leave for her.
But as long as you can get leave, it's the best reason.
"Oh right, my grandpa has a terrible temper and no manners. He doesn't listen to anyone but me. If I don't go, he'll really starve to death."
Sun Hao: "..."
I always felt that the other person was lying through their teeth.
What a coincidence!
But he had no evidence.
"Then I'll go pack up. Thank you for letting me know, Teacher Sun."
Ignoring Sun Hao's shocked and suspicious expression, Jiang Sui quickly ran back to the classroom, stuffed Ji Jingyu's phone into her backpack, and then strode towards the school gate.
Author's Note: I can finally announce the countdown to the end!
Thank you so much for the nutrient solution, everyone! [heart emoji]
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