Chapter 5 Strategy: Day 5, my physical condition is fantastic! [Minor Revision]...
That evening, Bai Jiangxin said he wasn't feeling well and asked for leave.
As the bell rang for evening self-study, everyone was rushing to the classroom, but he went against the flow and walked out of the teaching building.
I don't want to come to school tomorrow either, but I'm in the final year of high school and studying is very demanding. It's not easy to ask for leave; I need the teacher's approval and my parents have to come and say it.
After returning home, Bai Jiangxin had no choice but to call his father, Bai Guang, and ask for a day off.
The man on the other end of the phone seemed very busy. After answering his son's call, he spoke with his subordinate for half a minute before replying, "Why are you asking for leave?"
Bai Jiangxin didn't even bother to make an excuse or say he wasn't feeling well. He simply said, "I'm not doing anything. I just want to stay home for a day."
Generally, parents will absolutely not grant their child leave without first clarifying the reason for the request.
"Please change my flight so I can leave tonight."
Then there was another rustling of paper. Bai Guang said, "Okay, I'll have my secretary call your homeroom teacher to ask for leave later."
Bai Jiangxin nodded.
Is there anything else?
"It's gone."
"The college entrance exam is coming soon, so make sure you balance your study and rest time."
"Um."
After hanging up the phone, Bai Jiangxin looked around the house. Although staying at home was not very interesting, at least it was quiet.
The house was quiet and empty. The housekeeper had gone back to her room to rest. Bai Jiangxin looked up, leaned back on the sofa, and stared blankly at the glass lamp hanging from the second-floor ceiling. His headache had finally eased a bit.
It's really pathetic. For the first time in my life, I've been so scared by a girl's feelings that I could only hide at home.
If it weren't for this accident, he would never have noticed Xiang Di, this unfamiliar classmate, nor would he have discovered that she liked him.
He had overheard other people's inner thoughts before. The last time he heard a woman's inner thoughts was last year when he was sick with the flu. The nurse was drawing his blood and, while skillfully inserting the needle into his vein, she was cursing her colleague, Dr. XX, to die soon.
The last time was during morning exercises in the first year of high school. When the lines were being dismissed, it was very chaotic. A girl bumped into him, and he reached out to help her up. As a result, he heard her inner thoughts.
[Success! Bai Jiangxin helped me up, hehe.]
Later, the girl ran away, and Ye Minjia nudged his arm suggestively, saying that the girl looked a little shy, and wondered if she was interested in him.
"She didn't deliberately bump into you, did she?"
Bai Jiangxin simply denied it, saying, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
So when he heard Xiang Di's thoughts at the bubble tea shop, he only frowned slightly at her calling him "husband" and didn't think much of it, simply pretending not to hear it.
However, this girl was clearly not as innocent and harmless as she appeared.
Rather than saying she liked him, it would be more accurate to say that—
Treat him like a powerful tonic.
That agonizing afternoon, only two things were on her mind.
Studying with him.
I either hear her complaining about how hard it is, having just finished a practice exam and now having to take on a review paper for top universities, or I hear her expressing relief—
Thankfully, my husband is here. Just seeing his handsome face instantly soothes my soul!
"It's just writing test papers, give me another eight hundred, no problem!"
It's incredibly noisy.
How could a girl who looks so delicate and quiet have such a noisy and lecherous inner world?
Now that he's home, she can do her best on those 800 exam papers.
He decided to stay home for a day and then go to school the next day, hoping that by then he wouldn't be able to hear the inner monologue of that cowardly groundhog.
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Bai Jiangxin asked for leave from evening self-study.
Xiang Di's spiritual nourishment is gone.
She spent the entire evening self-study session in a daze, but the next morning, she happily came to the morning self-study session, full of hope that she would see him. However, even after the morning self-study session was over and the bell for the first class had rung, Bai Jiangxin still hadn't come.
She wanted to know why he hadn't come to class yet, but she didn't dare to ask anyone.
She, who usually has no interaction with Bai Jiangxin, suddenly inquired why he didn't come to class. What's the difference between that and a werewolf self-destructing?
There's nothing we can do; it's just that she has a crush on him.
She was so afraid of being discovered that she couldn't even openly express her concern for him.
Fortunately, the teacher also cared about Bai Jiangxin and asked directly, "Hey, where's Bai Jiangxin?"
Xiang Di silently said "Thank you, teacher" in her heart.
This time, Ye Minjia didn't say that Bai Jiangxin went to the toilet. Instead, she said, "Teacher, Bai Jiangxin is sick and is taking leave today."
The teacher said "oh," and asked the students to take out the test papers assigned yesterday before starting the lesson.
Xiang Di absentmindedly took out the test paper.
The following day, Xiang Di would always find an opportunity to casually turn her head and look at Bai Jiangxin's seat.
She knew he wasn't there, but his seat had long become the resting place for every inch of her peripheral vision.
Just like those two years in the first and second years of high school, when Xiang Di was still in a regular class, I passed by his class countless times, running through the corridors of the entire grade, just to create a chance to brush past him with a blank expression.
Although it wouldn't attract his attention, it was enough for her to be happy for a whole day over those few seconds.
Xiang Di patted his face.
Forget it, forget it, don't dwell on such bittersweet memories of the past.
She finally got into the top class and is now in the same class as Bai Jiangxin. She's really lucky.
She tried to look on the bright side, believing he would return to school soon.
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Optimistic people are always luckier.
Bai Jiangxin returned to school the next day.
As usual, the air was cool in the morning, and the corridors and classrooms were filled with the sound of students reciting their lessons. Bai Jiangxin, with his backpack slung over one shoulder and his hands in his pockets, lazily went upstairs.
Xiang Di stood in the corridor, pulling Liang Qianqian along as she recited her English composition.
She was memorizing an essay template about advocating for a low-carbon lifestyle.
"Resently, it is very popular to live a low-carbon life——"
Her pronunciation wasn't exactly standard, but she was serious and had a sweet voice. Her pauses and intonations were like a child reciting a rhyme, with each word popping out one by one.
As soon as he went upstairs, he heard her reciting English. After listening for a few seconds, Bai Jiangxin breathed a slight sigh of relief.
It must be invalid.
But the next second, Xiang Di, who had suddenly stopped talking, started waving her eyes around and met his gaze directly.
【ah! 】
Bai Jiangxin retracted the relief he had felt a second ago.
It hadn't stopped working; he could still hear the groundhogs' screams.
I should have taken a few more days off. Now his dad is on a business trip abroad and has even less time to answer his calls.
Then he heard her surprised voice.
[Great! Great! He really only took one day off!]
【I get to see my husband again today, hehe.】
【I'm the lucky girl!】
Yes, she is the luckiest person in the world; this great learning supplement has been delivered to her door again.
Bai Jiangxin walked into the classroom expressionlessly.
Ye Minjia, sitting in the classroom, was extremely surprised to see him: "Wow, you recovered from your illness so quickly?"
"Not done."
I thought everything was fine, but it's still the same.
It's just a sip of milk tea, when will the groundhog's screams finally stop?
"You're back in class before you're even done? Dude, is it really necessary to be this obsessed with studying?"
Bai Jiangxin ignored him, while Ye Minjia muttered, "Who are you trying to kill? We've already gotten first place in the eight-school joint exam. What's wrong with missing a few days of classes? Can't you give me a little breathing room?"
Despite complaining, he was still diligently organizing his error notebook.
Bai Jiangxin suddenly asked him, "You really don't want to see me come to class?"
Ye Minjia smirked: "Yeah, go ahead and hit me if you dare."
Having long been used to Ye Minjia's irritating tone, Bai Jiangxin simply looked at him calmly.
After a long silence, Ye Minjia thought he was serious and was about to explain that he was just joking when Bai Jiangxin said calmly, "Then help me think of an excuse to tell the homeroom teacher to let me ask for a few more days off."
"Huh?" Ye Minjia blinked. "Wait a minute, that's not what I meant—"
Before he could finish speaking, the school bell rang, and the students who had been reciting their lessons in the corridor gradually returned to the classroom.
Xiang Di skipped and hopped in, humming a tune to herself.
Bai Jiangxin glanced at her, then quickly looked away, and impatiently ordered Ye Minjia, "If you don't want to see me, quickly come up with an excuse to ask for leave and go home."
The first class was the homeroom teacher's chemistry class. Just as Ye Minjia was about to explain, Chen Jinghua came in with a thermos.
Before class, Chen Jinghua inquired about the students' health.
"Well, the weather's been so unpredictable lately, and the flu virus's back out. Remember to keep warm and maintain good personal hygiene. Don't get sick at this crucial time. There are only a few months left. Every day you miss a class means you'll lose a point on the college entrance exam, you know?"
Weak, feeble responses came from the audience.
"knew……"
Damn it, what kind of bullshit senior year of high school is this? You can't even get sick. Do you have no human rights at all?
Chen Jinghua then asked Bai Jiangxin, "Bai Jiangxin, are you feeling better from the flu?"
He directly assumed that Bai Jiangxin had taken the day off because he had the flu.
Just as Bai Jiangxin was about to say that he wasn't better yet and wanted to go home and rest for a few more days, he heard someone's worried voice.
He did indeed have the flu.
But the flu probably won't get better so quickly, right?
Although I really want to see my husband every day, my health is more important, so it's better to rest at home for a few more days.
A few days ago, my mom mentioned what medicine is most effective for the flu. I think we bought a few boxes. I wonder if my husband bought that medicine too. I really wanted to give it to him... but never mind, we're not that close, he definitely wouldn't accept it. I'd better not embarrass myself.
[Should I think of a way to tell the class monitor, and then have the class monitor tell him...? But that would be too obvious. What if the class monitor finds out I like him? That would be embarrassing...]
Ugh, I'm so conflicted!
It doesn't matter if you don't know me or don't like me, but my husband must be healthy. God bless him.
The weather has been fluctuating between cool and warm lately, making it easy to get sick.
If all else fails, she has good health and has rarely been sick since childhood. If possible, she could be given to Bai Jiangxin.
At this moment, I'm not asking God for blessings because I want to see my crush at school every day; I simply hope that my crush is healthy and free from illness and disaster.
"Bai Jiangxin," Chen Jinghua reminded him again, "The teacher is asking you a question. Are you feeling better?"
Bai Jiangxin came to his senses.
His long, drooping eyelashes obscured his cool, expressionless eyes. His Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and he gave a soft "hmm."
"All done." With a barely perceptible smile, Bai Jiangxin added, "Don't worry, teacher, it's all healed."
Someone was relieved at this moment.
Yay!
[Completely recovered! Just a minor flu, all taken care of!]
[As expected of my husband, aside from that one questionable aspect, his physical condition is fantastic in every other way!]
Bai Jiangxin's face darkened.
Let's go home.
He asked her if, for even a second, her thought process could maintain its straightforward and adorable quality and not veer off in a strange direction.
Also, although it has nothing to do with her and he has no feelings for her, he is great in every way and doesn't need her to question him.
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