"What's wrong with Teacher Zhang?"
Lin Xi asked him nervously, her big eyes filled with doubt and unease.
"Lin, I just received a call from your mother's hospital. Her condition might not be good right now." Zhang Qi told her this devastating news with a heavy heart. "You should go to the hospital to see your mother first."
"Okay, thank you for your help, teacher."
"Lin, if you have any difficulties, tell the teacher and the teacher will do everything possible to help you."
"Thank you, teacher!"
Lin Xi dared not linger any longer, and without even taking her schoolbag, she ran downstairs at lightning speed.
By the window, Yi Ci could see the girl's calm expression crack, and then she ran outside without a care.
"Ci-ge, what happened to the student behind you?"
"I didn't know you had so much free time?"
Yi Ci, seemingly lost in thought, got up and left the classroom.
"Brother Ci, where are you going?" Song Gufeng quickly looked at him. Are we really good brothers? Now he doesn't even tell him where he's going.
"If I go die, will you go?"
"Never mind, you can go by yourself."
Song Gufeng noticed that Yi Ci had become increasingly irritable lately, easily angered and quick to flare up, and his mouth was becoming more and more venomous.
At the school gate, Lin Xi was riding her electric scooter when it suddenly seemed to deflate and couldn't move anymore.
She stopped and looked down. Both tires were flat, clearly deliberately punctured. Without thinking twice, she parked her car in a corner and ran to catch the bus.
"Beep~"
A sharp car horn blared, and Lin Xi instinctively looked over to see Yi Ci driving a silver sports car.
He coldly said, "Get in the car."
Lin Xi hesitated; driving without a license was illegal.
“I have a driver’s license.” Yi Ci honked the horn again to signal her to get in. His arrogant expression and cold face were somewhat intimidating.
"Thank you."
There was no other way; time was of the essence. Lin Xi got in and said, "Please take us to the First People's Hospital."
"Tsk, they really think I'm their driver. Buckle up."
Yi Ci stepped on the gas, and the car shot off. It has to be said that the young man drove very steadily, both fast and stable.
Twenty minutes later, the silver sports car came to a smooth stop in front of the First People's Hospital. "Thank you."
Lin Qi unbuckled her seatbelt and thanked him again before hurrying inside.
Watching the girl's flustered figure, Yi Ci stared blankly at the steering wheel for a few seconds before finally parking the car and getting out to look for her.
"Doctor, what's wrong with my mother? She was perfectly fine yesterday."
Lin's mother's attending physician was still performing surgery inside, and Lin Xi grabbed a nurse outside and asked.
"Here's the thing, your mother suffered a sudden intracranial hemorrhage today. Her condition is critical, and she has been sent to the emergency room. Don't worry, with Dr. Li here, everything will be alright."
The nurse knew she was upset, so she spoke to her gently and reassured her not to worry too much.
"How could there be a sudden intracranial hemorrhage?"
Lin Xi's tone was somewhat urgent; she didn't understand why things had suddenly turned out this way.
"Ms. Lin looked at her phone today, which caused her to become emotional and her blood pressure to rise."
"Please don't rush, please sit down first."
After waiting outside the operating room for an hour, the operating door finally opened, and a group of nurses pushed the gurney out. Lin's mother's eyes were closed and her lips were pale.
"Dr. Li, is my mother alright?"
Lin Xi quickly went up to ask her what was wrong. She was trembling all over, and her thin body seemed like it could collapse at any moment.
"The surgery was successful, and Ms. Lin's condition has stabilized for the time being, but she cannot be subjected to any stimulation in the short term."
Dr. Li took off his mask and said earnestly.
"Thank you, doctor. I understand. I will be more careful in the future."
"Okay, you can go back to the room with the patient first. If there is any problem, please press the call button immediately."
"Thank you, doctor. Thank you, doctor." Lin Xi kept bowing and thanking him.
"It's alright, it's what we doctors should do."
Ten meters away, Yi Ci leaned against the wall and watched this scene. His eyes flickered slightly. He stood there quietly, neither going forward nor leaving.
Back in the ward, Lin Xi wiped her mother's face and hands. She sat down and held her mother's hand tightly, her lips trembling.
"Mom, you'll get better, right?"
A tear streak marked her face as she buried her face in her mother's side, trying to inhale her mother's fragrance as a way of proving that her mother was still alive.
Under intense mental stress, Lin Xi sat on the edge of the bed and fell asleep, her tightly closed eyelashes wet and trembling from time to time.
Several hours later, the sun had set outside the window, and the sky gradually darkened.
"Knock, knock, knock, may I come in?"
Lin Xi woke up with a start, glanced at her mother on the bed, and found that she had been awake for a long time and was looking at her with loving eyes.
"Mom, you're awake but you didn't wake me up."
Lin Xi disagreed with her mother's approach and spoke with a slightly resentful tone.
"It's been a long time since I've watched Qiqi sleep like this."
Lin's mother felt a little nostalgic. In the old days, Lin Xi wasn't so tall or mature, and she always acted coquettishly towards her.
Lin Xi got up and opened the door. A nurse standing outside with medicine said, "Yes, please come in."
"I'm here to change the patient's dressing."
"good."
The nurse quickly changed Lin's mother's dressing and, as she left, said to Lin Xi, "A gentleman bought you some food at the front desk. Would you like me to bring it in?"
"Huh? Has he left?"
Lin Xi was somewhat incredulous. A figure flashed through her mind, but she quickly dismissed it, thinking that someone as impatient as him could not possibly have stayed until now.
"That gentleman just left."
"Thank you, nurse. I'll go get it myself."
"OK."
After the nurse left, Lin Xi said, "Mom, I'll be back soon. Stay here and don't move around."
She pushed open the door and ran out quickly. When she reached the front desk, she didn't see Yi Ci. She sighed and was about to turn around to ask the nurse at the front desk when she heard a voice behind her.
Are you looking for me?
Yi Ci, holding a thermos, tilted his head to look at her. At that moment, Lin Xi could clearly hear her own heartbeat, thumping loudly.
"Yes." She didn't deny it, staring straight at him.
Yi Ci let out a brief laugh and handed her the thermos in his hand, "Warm water, a new one."
"Thank you."
Aside from a verbal thank you, Lin Xi couldn't think of any other way to express her gratitude, so she resorted to the cheapest method.
"It's only right for classmates to help each other. I'll head back now if there's nothing else." Seeing that she wasn't taking it, Yi Ci simply shoved the cup into her hand. "Oh, by the way, I bought some food at the front desk. Remember to go get it."
After saying that, Yi Ci strode away.
Lin Xi stood there, stunned, muttering to herself, "Are you this nice to all your classmates?"
She returned to the ward carrying a large bag of food. Lin's mother smiled and said, "Qiqi, is that the young man who's pursuing you? He's quite handsome and a good match for our Qiqi."
"Mom! I told you not to move around like that, but you still don't listen."
Lin Xi helped her mother to bed. Lin's mother said, "Mom has been lying down all afternoon. Get up and move around."
"Okay, okay, you should go to bed and rest. Dinner will be ready soon."
"Qiqi, so does that boy like you? Mom is very open-minded."
"No, don't overthink it, we're just classmates."
"A classmate~"
Lin's mother said meaningfully, "The way that boy looks at my daughter is not just because she's a classmate."
After a day of turmoil, Lin Xi wasn't in a good mood for class the next day, and she often seemed lost in thought when Shen Muqing spoke to her.
"Qiqi, what's wrong? You're not answering me when I talk to you."
"Huh? Oh, I was thinking about something else. Sorry, Qingqing, what were you saying just now?"
"I meant next week is the sports meet, do you have any events you'd like to sign up for?"
Shen Muqing held the sports meet registration form in her hand. The various events on it made her dizzy. The 3,000 meters and 800 meters were the most basic ones. There were also swimming, baseball, Go, violin and piano.
As expected of a prestigious school, they've put on such a spectacular sports meet.
"I will not participate."
Lin Xi refused without even thinking. She wanted to take leave from the sports meet to visit her mother in the hospital; she had already made up her mind.
"It's such a shame you're not participating in such a fun sports meet."
Undeterred, Shen Muqing pressed on, "Qiqi, are you really not going to participate?"
"I really won't participate, you don't need to persuade me."
The two women's words reached Song Gufeng's ears, and he suddenly appeared between them, saying, "I'll participate, I'll participate."
"I've signed up for swimming, so you guys have to cheer me on!"
"Okay, okay."
Shen Muqing was speechless. There was no one else with such a boisterous personality.
"Lin Xi, you have to come too."
"I'm sorry, Song, I'll probably have to take leave from the sports meet."
Lin Xi looked apologetic.
Why did you ask for leave?
"My mother is sick and hospitalized, and I have to go take care of her."
For a moment, the atmosphere was so quiet that no one spoke. After a while, Song Gufeng came to his senses, slapped his mouth, and said, "You're such a chatterbox!"
"I'm sorry, I was too talkative. I apologize."
"fine."
Shen Muqing: "Qiqi, how is your mother?"
"It's alright now. Oh, don't look so serious. I don't mind."
Lin Xi looked at their expressions, especially Song Gufeng, who seemed to realize that he had said the wrong thing and his guilt was obvious.
"Ding ding ding"
The death knell for class rang, and Shen Muqing had no choice but to return to her seat.
She hadn't spoken to Xie Siyan for a while. She ignored him, and he ignored her. It was as if they had a tacit understanding; neither of them spoke to the other.
Actually, Shen Muqing didn't know why she wasn't talking to him. It was very strange, but if he didn't come to find her, so be it. If he didn't want to talk, he didn't want to talk.
This class was math. Shen Mu had completely forgotten her high school math. If it were right after she finished the college entrance exam, she would have been absolutely confident that math was a piece of cake.
But now, that's impossible. She hates math; who even invented it?
She seemed lost in thought, her mind filled with all sorts of things, but nothing related to mathematics.
"Shen Muqing, what's the answer to this question?"
"ah?"
Shen Muqing stood up abruptly, not expecting that the math teacher would call her name. The math teacher was a lovely old man who was always smiling and seemed very approachable.
Actually, that's not the case. In his class, the last thing he allows is daydreaming. If he catches you, congratulations, you'll be asked a question.
"Yes, that's you. Chen, come answer this question, what's the answer?"
The old man stepped off the stage, stopped a meter away from her, and looked at her with a grin, gesturing for her to answer.
"select..."
Shen Muqing racked her brains, staring at the answers she had scribbled on the table. She fell into deep thought, realizing that people ultimately have to take responsibility for their actions.
Her gaze wandered aimlessly, and she saw Xie Siyan's paper next to her, where his finger was pointing to the answer to that question.
"B, the teacher chooses B," Shen Muqing said loudly.
"Sit down. Remember to pay attention in class next time, Chen. I'll let you off this time."
Even though Shen Muqing had been out of school for many years, he still felt intimidated when he saw the teacher on the podium. There was nothing he could do; it was an innate fear of teachers that only a mediocre student would have.
"Okay, teacher."
She took a breath and sat down; her luck was just too bad.
Xie Siyan chuckled softly when he saw her, a subtle movement that Shen Muqing noticed.
Are you laughing at me? Huh?
Shen Muqing was quite thin-skinned; in her eyes, this was blatant mockery. Did someone think they could ridicule another just because they were good at studying? Was being good at studying something to be proud of? Well, it certainly was.
"No."
"You still say you didn't? I heard everything, and you're still trying to deny it."
Before Shen Muqing could say anything more, the old math teacher's voice came from ahead again, "Shen Muqing, it seems you have a different perspective on this problem. Come up and write it down."
The old man's voice was cool as he stared at Shen Muqing with a half-smile.
"Teacher, I can't!"
"You don't know? Judging from the way you were talking just now, I thought you had a different perspective on this question."
"Teacher, I really don't know how."
Shen Muqing now wished she could disappear into a hole in the ground; it was just too embarrassing, all because of Xie Siyan.
"If you don't understand, then listen carefully to the lesson and sit down."
"Okay, teacher, I will listen carefully in class." Shen Muqing sat down with her fists clenched, blaming everything on Xie Siyan.
After sitting down, she glared at Xie Siyan and said, "You awful guy, I hate you."
She was still not satisfied after saying that, so she reached out and pinched Xie Siyan's waist hard.
"Hmm." Xie Siyan was stimulated by the sudden touch. The girl's strength was not great, it was like tickling, which made him feel itchy.
"What kind of horrible noise are you making?"
Shen Muqing looked at him with disgust, pinched him, and then rubbed her hands on his leg a few times before wiping them clean, as if Xie Siyan were some kind of dirty thing.
After pinching him, Shen Muqing was still savoring the feeling of his touch. She hadn't expected Xie Siyan, who usually looked thin, to be so well-endowed, with firm, well-defined muscles. However, she wouldn't show it.
"Don't try to get me to talk anymore."
"Um."
Xie Siyan gently rubbed the spot where Shen Muqing had just pinched him, a smile he couldn't suppress on his lips. It felt so good, he wanted Qingqing to touch it more.
"Pervert."
Shen Muqing noticed the look of enjoyment on his face. Sure enough, every silent person has a secretly passionate heart.
She was inexplicably irritable and wanted to bite someone!
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