Chapter 45 Chapter 45
The fulfilling study life every day makes the time of senior year pass by much faster.
In the blink of an eye, winter vacation will be here soon.
Ren Li is like a clockwork machine, busy every day running between the classroom, cafeteria and dormitory. On weekends, she also has to attend tutoring classes.
Because of her concentration, she hadn't thought about anything else for a long time. She felt as if she had entered a new realm and had lost all worldly desires.
As the saying goes, the early bird catches the worm. This is a truth that Ren Li has verified through practice recently.
In the most recent monthly exam, she returned to fifth place in the class, only a few points behind third place, which gave her inexplicably confidence in herself.
Question Zhang Xintong, understand Zhang Xintong, and become Zhang Xintong.
Whenever Ren Li began to fall into a vicious circle of confusion, she would inexplicably think of this sentence.
Every day she could see Zhang Xintong's great devotion, and she herself seemed to be greatly encouraged.
Compared to himself, Zhang Xintong always knows what he wants.
There was a heavy snowfall before the final exams of the first semester of my senior year.
The weather has reached its coldest point, with temperatures dropping to minus ten degrees Celsius and water turning to ice.
The weather is getting colder, and the Political Education Department has become much more tolerant about checking school uniforms recently. After all, you need to wear a thick coat when going out, so everyone is very happy during this period because it is tacitly agreed that you can wear your own clothes outside the classroom.
However, Ren Li always felt that wearing school uniforms was quite convenient, as it saved her from having to think about what to wear when she woke up every day.
She was thin to begin with, and now because she lives on campus, she seems to be even thinner.
Even with the sweater on, her school uniform still looked empty. Every time they ate together, Zhang Xintong always wanted her to eat more because it was windy outside and she was worried that Ren Li would be blown away by the wind one day.
It's no wonder Zhang Xintong was worried. The flu had been raging lately, and many people had been infected. Final exams were a time when physical fitness was crucial, and even Teacher He couldn't help but nag students about improving their nutrition.
As someone who felt the power of the flu at the beginning of the year and had to go to the hospital for intravenous drips for several days before recovering, Zhang Xintong is particularly careful this year and even put on a mask again.
She disinfects her hands carefully several times every day and brings her own alcohol spray when she goes out.
At first, Ren Li thought she was making a big deal out of nothing. She thought it was just a cold. She had a cold every year before. A cold is a self-limiting disease that will heal in about a week, so she didn't take it seriously.
It turns out that relying on luck is not a good idea, and unfortunately, she fell into the trap.
One morning when she woke up, she felt inexplicably weak. Ren Li thought it was because she stayed up late reading and went to bed late the night before, so she didn't pay too much attention to it.
She supported her tired body and went to the classroom. After the morning self-study, it was time for the second class to do exercises. She stood in the open air playground and felt a little cold.
She had never had the flu before and didn't know what the symptoms were. She thought she had caught a cold. At noon, she went back to the dormitory and found the thickest down jacket in the closet and put it on. Although her body was warmer, the feeling of fatigue did not decrease at all. She was even drowsy all afternoon.
The acute attack came quickly. When evening self-study began, she finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep on the table.
Zhang Xintong originally thought that she was just lying down for a while because she was tired from studying, but when he thought about what Ren Li said when she returned to the dormitory at noon, his intuition told him that there was something wrong with the person next to him.
She leaned in closer and observed for a moment. Ren Li buried her head in her arms. The classroom was heated, but she was wearing warm clothes.
Zhang Xintong reached out his hand and could feel the heat radiating from Ren Li's body through her clothes. He couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Li Li, what's wrong with you?"
Ren Li was in a daze and felt that Zhang Xintong's voice seemed to come from the sea, hazy and not very clear.
She moved her head in her arms, opened her eyes, shook her head, and lay back on the table.
Zhang Xintong saw her abnormally red cheeks and casually touched Ren Li's forehead. However, as soon as he touched her skin, he almost stood up from his seat with a startle.
The temperature of her forehead was so hot that you could fry an egg in it.
She quickly nudged Tang Xiaoyun, who was sitting in front of her. Tang Xiaoyun turned around impatiently and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Lili seems to have a fever." Zhang Xintong said quickly, "I'll take her to the hospital. Please ask for leave from the teacher for us later."
Tang Xiaoyun became extremely nervous when she heard the word "fever".
"What?! Ren Li has a fever. Could she have the flu?" She quickly covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves. "Fuck! Take her to the hospital right away."
Her voice was quite loud, and when the people around her heard the word "fever", it was as if an alarm was triggered, and they immediately began to look down for masks and medicine.
Because everyone knows that this is the final exam and the transcript should be sent home. If you don't perform well on the final exam because of a fever, then it will be a disaster.
Zhang Xintong also adjusted her mask and disinfected her hands and desk twice with alcohol wipes. After making all preparations, she decided to take Ren Li to the hospital by herself.
She leaned over to Ren Li and shook her gently: "Li Li, can you still stand up? Let's go to the hospital."
Ren Li now just wanted to go back to the school dormitory and lie down to sleep, but she didn't have any strength at all and didn't want to move at all.
"Lili." Zhang Xintong continued patiently, "Hold on to me, let's go..."
Before she could finish her words, someone else had already spoken before her.
"I'll take her downstairs. Please open the door for me."
Zhang Xintong was still wondering who moved so quickly, but when he saw it was Wen Shuo, he was inexplicably relieved.
The most important thing now is to take Ren Li to the hospital. If Ren Li has a fever and can't walk, she definitely can't carry her by herself, and she still needs a boy's help.
She no longer had any prejudice against Wen Shuo because of Zhou Qi. She nodded and cooperated with him to open the back door of the classroom.
Fortunately, after the seat adjustment this time, Ren Li's seat was very close to the back door, making it convenient for her to go downstairs.
Ren Li was completely delirious from the fever, and all she could feel was the noise around her. She just wanted to sleep. But the next second, she felt like she had left the surface of the earth and suddenly landed in a solid embrace.
Wen Shuo leaned over and picked her up.
Tang Xiaoyun, who witnessed the whole process, covered her mouth in surprise. Zhang Xintong was also stunned for a moment, and then saw Wen Shuo striding out of the back door.
She came to her senses, quickly grabbed Ren Li's coat, and didn't forget to put her scarf on when she went out.
It was windy outside, and she quickly caught up with Wen Shuo who was going downstairs. Afraid that Ren Li would be cold, she quickly piled her clothes and scarf on her.
"Are you going to carry her to the hospital like this?" Zhang Xintong asked.
Wen Shuo glanced at Ren Li, who was almost delirious with fever, and said, "What else?"
Zhang Xintong: “…”
It seems to make sense.
Ren Li's head was aching with a dull, sometimes sharp, pain from the high fever. In the afternoon, she felt completely cold, as if she had fallen into an icy cave and couldn't warm up no matter what she did.
Now that her body temperature had risen, she actually couldn't feel the cold or heat anymore. Her whole body was steaming and uncomfortable, but when the cold wind outside blew on her, her body temperature dropped slightly, and she felt much more comfortable.
She now finally had the strength to examine her current situation. She recognized Wen Shuo and struggled internally for a while, but she really had no strength left.
Wen Shuo saw Ren Li frowning uncomfortably. The temperature was frighteningly high at the moment, so he didn't bother talking to Zhang Xintong. He quickened his pace towards the school gate, freeing one hand, took out his phone from his pocket and tossed it to Zhang Xintong:
"Hurry up, call a car to the hospital."
Zhang Xintong felt a sinking sensation in his arms and almost dropped the phone.
She turned on the screen and saw a row of passwords, so she held the phone in front of Wen Shuo.
The facial recognition unlocked the phone, and Zhang Xintong took it back. She didn't know how to operate Wen Shuo's phone to find the taxi app, so she opened Wen Shuo's social software based on her experience.
Zhang Xintong swore that she just thought of the taxi-hailing app here and didn't mean to look at anything else.
She saw Ren Li’s familiar profile picture at the top of Wen Shuo’s chat list.
Wen Shuo's comment to Ren Li is [Girlfriend - Angry Version]
There's also an angry emoji next to the name.
"Are you okay?" Wen Shuo suddenly asked.
Zhang Xintong was so frightened that he almost threw his phone to the ground. He quickly switched to the taxi app and fiddled with it for a while. "Okay, I set it up to go to the Third Hospital."
Fortunately, there were many available cars at that time. When I arrived at the school gate, the car I had booked was already parked on the side of the road.
Zhang Xintong opened the car door and helped Wen Shuo put Ren Li into the back seat. Just as she was about to follow, Wen Shuo had already sat in the back seat, so she had no choice but to step back and sit in the front passenger seat.
Along the way, Zhang Xintong kept looking back to check on Ren Li's condition with a worried look on his face.
Ren Li now has a very high fever. She buried her face in the seat with her eyes tightly closed. It is obvious that she is in great pain.
Turning his gaze, Zhang Xintong saw Wen Shuo.
To be honest, when you like someone, even if you don’t say it, your love will overflow from your eyes.
At that moment, she seemed to be back in the study room. Wen Shuo was the same, staring at Ren Li all day long.
She actually always knew that Wen Shuo liked Ren Li very much.
Although she had already heard Ren Li's version of the story before, in Ren Li's description, Wen Shuo had someone he liked, and Ren Li felt that person was not her, but Zhang Xintong still didn't believe it.
She knows what it feels like to like someone.
In the past, Ren Li always said that she could let go of things easily, and joked that she should learn from herself. However, whether she had truly let go of someone, only she knew the answer.
If God could give her another chance to go back to the past with Zhou Qi, she would still agree regardless of the consequences, but they could no longer go back to the past.
Perhaps because Zhang Xintong looked at them for too long, Wen Shuo finally raised his head.
Zhang Xintong quickly turned his gaze away.
"Have you told Teacher He?" Wen Shuo asked.
Zhang Xintong was worried whenever she had to deal with Teacher He: "No, I told Tang Xiaoyun that I'll help her talk to him if she meets him during evening study."
The car was speeding on the overpass. Wen Shuo took out his cell phone and called Teacher He.
In a few words, he told Teacher He that Ren Li was sick and that he and Zhang Xintong were taking her to the hospital. He asked the other party to contact Ren Li's parents and send their location when they arrived at the hospital.
After finishing all this, Wen Shuo put down his phone and heard Zhang Xintong say, "Did you ask Teacher He to contact Lili's parents? But I heard from Lili that her mother is on a business trip this week..."
The car went down the overpass and the Third Hospital appeared in front of us.
The traffic here was bad and there was a traffic jam in front of the hospital. Wen Shuo couldn't wait, so he opened the back door, picked up Ren Li and got out of the car.
He walked so fast that Zhang Xintong had to jog to catch up with him.
A cold wind blew, and Ren Li took a nap in the back seat. She felt better, but after she woke up, she couldn't stand being shy and insisted on going alone.
Fortunately, the fever clinic was just a short distance away, and Wen Shuo found a stable place to put her down. Zhang Xintong supported Ren Li and finally climbed the stairs into the hall.
It was the peak season for influenza, the fever clinic was overcrowded, and there were not even any empty seats in the waiting area.
The nurse at the door gave everyone a mask. Wen Shuo put them on himself and Ren Li, then looked at the countless people in the hall and regretted taking a taxi here.
This is a top-tier, top-tier hospital, so naturally, there are a lot of people here. Everyone is anxious, and the doctors are overwhelmed. But Ren Li's fever hasn't subsided, and if they wait any longer, what if it gets worse?
Wen Shuo handed Ren Li to Zhang Xintong and hurried to register.
After a while, he came back.
"How's it going?" Zhang Xintong asked anxiously. "What's your number? Why don't we go get some fever-reducing medicine from the nurse and give it to Lili first?"
Wen Shuo glanced at the number 140 on the registration form in his hand and said, "There are at least 30 more people ahead of him."
Zhang Xintong quickly calculated in his head that according to the current rate of calling numbers, it would take at least midnight for Ren Li to receive the IV drip.
Everyone here was in a hurry, and they couldn't cut in line. She was completely at a loss and could only stare at Wen Shuo, hoping he would come up with a solution.
"Let's go to Yihe Hospital," Wen Shuo said. "I just contacted them and they're available."
"Yihe? Where is it?" Zhang Xintong said, "The name sounds familiar... Oh, I remember, it's the one near the Third Ring Road. Every time I pass by there on the bus, I can see the hospital sign on the building. But it's a private hospital, right? I think it only accepts patients with memberships."
Wen Shuo didn't explain too much and called another car.
After tossing and turning for so long, Ren Li's body temperature seemed to be even higher.
There was fatigue on her face. Although she could stand for a while, every step she took was so weak and soft, as if she was walking on cotton.
After finally walking out of the hospital gate, when going down the stairs, Ren Li's feet suddenly slipped and she almost stepped on the wrong step and fell. Fortunately, Wen Shuo who was standing beside her quickly caught her.
She looked up and met Wen Shuo's eyes.
This time he finally stopped looking stern, he was just very worried.
But he quickly let go and handed Ren Li to Zhang Xintong beside him.
From the moment they left school, Zhang Xintong sensed the subtle atmosphere between them.
It was obvious that both of them cared about each other, but it was as if one owed the other something and they refused to say a word.
But she didn't bother to care. It was getting late, and the school would be closing soon, so she should go home.
She knew that Wen Shuo would not leave Ren Li alone, and after sending Ren Li here, her mission was over.
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