Chapter 14: Sickness Comes Like a Mountain "Since you are so smart, why don't you...
However, it is indeed a better choice to keep the phone with Jiang Ci temporarily.
Yu Xiang angrily placed his cell phone and charger on Jiang Ci's desk. As soon as he put them down, his nose started to itch again. He turned his head uncomfortably and sneezed three times.
"Cold?" Jiang Ci was standing not far from him. Seeing this, he simply walked over and naturally reached out his hand to Yu Xiang's forehead, lifted his bangs, and felt his forehead temperature with the back of his hand. "You don't have a fever."
"I'm in good health. How could I catch a cold and fever so easily?" Although he didn't have the strength to speak at the moment, Yu Xiang forced himself to cheer up and emphasized unwillingly.
"I suggest you look in the mirror and see how ugly your face is before you say such unrealistic things." Jiang Ci glanced at him coldly and ruthlessly exposed his words. "It will do you no good to show off in front of me."
"But you also said you don't have a fever anymore."
"Just because you don't have it now doesn't mean you won't have it later. If you're not feeling well, it's best to take a leave and rest at home. Otherwise, going to school in your current state would be a waste of time."
"Don't be such a pessimist." Yu Xiang glared at him. "Anyway, I don't want any leave. Absolutely not."
Jiang Ci heard this and looked at him with a bit more shock in his eyes: "I thought you would agree with both hands."
"If it were before, I might really do this." Yu Xiang curled his lips and told the truth.
But now... even if he took a step back, even if he took a leave to rest at home, he might just sleep on the sofa. It would be better for him to go to school. At least he could take a few hypnosis classes and sleep better.
"Let's go eat first."
"No appetite."
"Even if you don't have an appetite, you have to eat."
“…”
Then, under the joint supervision of Jiang Ci and Luo Fang, Yu Xiang obediently drank two bowls of porridge and ate a tea egg.
Then we went to school together again.
Unfortunately, Jiang Ci's bad luck seemed to come true. After two classes, Yu Xiang felt more and more dizzy and colder.
It just so happened that today was their grade's turn for morning exercises. Yu Xiang was too lazy to go through the tedious process of asking for leave, nor did he want to ask for leave and then have to stand in a row on the playground like a punishment with other classmates who had also asked for leave. So he gritted his teeth and insisted on finishing the run.
But that’s not the worst thing. The worst thing is that the classmates felt too hot after running exercises and turned the fan in the classroom to the highest speed.
The first person to notice his abnormality was Jiang Ci.
"If nothing unexpected happens, you have a fever." Jiang Ci withdrew his hand from Yu Xiang's forehead, "Take a leave and go see a doctor."
Yu Xiang lay sickly on the desk, without saying a word, but just shook his head to express his refusal.
"Why don't you want to ask for leave?" Jiang Ci didn't say coldly like he did in the morning, "It's of no benefit for you to be stubborn," but softened his voice.
"I don't want to go home." Yu Xiang said in a muffled voice.
To be more precise, he doesn't want to go back to his current home.
"I understand." Jiang Ci didn't ask any further questions. "There are still two classes left. Can you hold on?"
"You underestimate me. I can last three days, not to mention two classes."
Jiang Ci just thought he was talking nonsense, "There are still two classes left. If you don't want to listen, don't listen. I will make up for it when I have time."
Yu Xiang pulled out a hand and gave a thumbs-up: "As expected of a genius student. Reliable."
"Thank you. I accept."
Yu Xiang withdrew his hand and put it back on the table to continue using it to support his head. He closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep with the ever-increasing sleepiness.
Just before he completely lost consciousness, he seemed to vaguely hear people talking around him.
"...Can you please turn off the fan..."
“…But it’s a bit hot…”
“…”
He didn't hear what was said afterwards, he just knew that his body was no longer so cold.
Sleeping on the hard desk was actually more sound than sleeping on the soft sofa at home.
He woke up once after the third class, and when he opened his eyes he saw the surprised and happy faces of Fang Chengyu and Zhang Miao, two silly boys.
"Great, Brother Yu, you finally woke up!"
"I'm so touched! It's no wonder I was silently praying for you to wake up soon during class..."
Yu Xiang: "You're crazy. Shut up."
Zhang Miao looked hurt: "Brother Yu, the first thing you said when you woke up was so hurtful."
Yu Xiang had no choice but to cooperate and said, "...So the person in my dream just now was your grandmother."
Zhang Miao was surprised again when he heard this: "You really dreamed about my grandma!"
Yu Xiang changed the direction to sleep: "No. I was just teasing you."
Zhang Miao said "Oh" again with a hint of disappointment: "I thought it was real. I was going to ask them to bless me to do well on the midterm exam the day after tomorrow."
"You might as well read more books with this time." Fang Chengyu complained speechlessly.
"I'm thinking about it, but the problem is I can't understand it," Zhang Miao said aggrievedly. "If I can't understand it, I can only put my hope in metaphysics—By the way, Brother Yu, are you cold? Do you want me to lend you my coat?"
"It's not cold anymore... What do you mean by 'also'?" Yu Xiang's question sobered himself up a little. He turned his head slightly and found that he had been covered with a coat without knowing when.
The coat had that clean, cool, and refreshing scent that was unique to Jiang Ci. You didn't even need to ask to know who had done this.
After realizing this, he immediately turned his head and looked to the side, but Jiang Ci was not sitting there, and he didn't know where he had gone.
He wanted to scan the classroom for Jiang Ci, but before he could even look, a school uniform jacket fell from the sky: "?!"
"Brother Yu, you're welcome. I'm willing to give you my coat!"
Zhang Miao!
Yu Xiang held his breath and picked up the coat with disdain, throwing it back to Zhang Miao: "I appreciate your kindness, you can take the coat back."
Zhang Miao reached out his hand and tremblingly took it, feeling even more aggrieved: "Brother Yu, do you dislike me?"
Yu Xiang forced a smile: "How could that be?"
Zhang Miao: "But your disgusted expression has already betrayed you."
Yu Xiang: “…”
Yu Xiang: "Okay, here's a suggestion. Don't exercise while wearing a coat next time."
Zhang Miao didn't understand: "Huh? What do you mean?"
Fang Chengyu enthusiastically translated for him, "Brother Yu's point is that you wore a jacket after working out, but then you followed the others in the class and wore the same jacket for three days, making your clothes reek of sweat."
Zhang Miao: "...I'll go back and change at noon."
"And this one..." Yu Xiang wanted to take off Jiang Ci's coat as well, but after lifting a corner, he found that his body had already used this coat as a quilt. It would be very cold if he took it off, so he put it down silently.
Forget it, let’s build it for a while longer.
"Old Fang, please give your coat to Brother Yu."
"No, I haven't washed my coat in two or three days..."
"You two go back to your seats and chat. I'm going to sleep a little longer." Yu Xiang's energy had just recovered a little, and after the little fight just now, it was almost exhausted again. After sending the two away, he lay down again.
The next time I woke up, it was time to go home from school.
He didn't even hear the bell for the end of get out of class. He was woken up by the cool touch on his forehead.
When he opened his eyes, Jiang Ci was about to withdraw his hand, but he froze because of his sudden awakening, with the back of his hand still pressed against his forehead.
Their eyes met.
"What time is it now?" Yu Xiang was half asleep, his eyes still blurry.
Jiang Ci finally came to his senses and withdrew his hand, replying, "The get out of class just ended five minutes ago."
"Why didn't you call me earlier..." Yu Xiang held his aching neck with one hand and stood up. He looked around and saw that there was no one else in the classroom except them. "Why is there no one here? Did Sanshui and the others just leave without even saying hello?"
Wasn't it just five minutes after class? How could the classroom be empty so quickly?
"The last class was physics, and this class is about experiments," Jiang Ci explained.
The laboratory was in another building, and it took several minutes to go back and forth. It happened to be the last class, so they chose to take the things they needed with them when they went there, and they could leave directly without having to go back to the classroom after class.
Yu Xiang wanted to ask something else, but he had no strength left and was too lazy to open his mouth. He had no choice but to keep quiet for the time being, supporting himself on the table with his hands and standing up shakily.
Jiang Ci was frightened by the fact that he seemed to be about to fall down when the wind blew, and quickly reached out to hug him to prevent him from falling down.
“No, no…” Yu Xiang’s expression was distorted, but he still insisted on finishing his words: “It’s okay, my feet are just numb…”
Jiang Ci: “…” He is the only one who can do this.
Yu Xiang tried hard to control his facial expression from being too distorted. After standing there for a while, he said to Jiang Ci, "Let's go."
"Walk."
The two of them left the classroom.
"Wait for me here, I'll be back soon." After leaving the school gate, Jiang Ci asked Yu Xiang to wait in a place while he went to a convenience store.
Yu Xiang didn't pay much attention to it. After standing for a while, he felt uncomfortable again, so he simply squatted down and started thinking about all sorts of things.
A few minutes later, Jiang Ci came back with a bottle of mineral water: "Drink some water."
"Thank you." Yu Xiang stood up again and reached out to take the bottle of water with a painful expression.
Jiang Ci: "Still feeling uncomfortable?"
Yu Xiang grinned and explained, "No. My feet are numb again."
Jiang Ci's expression, which was calm, finally cracked a little after hearing this: "...Then don't squat anywhere next time."
Yu Xiang was too lazy to refute, so he unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip of water.
Soon, a white car stopped in front of them.
Yu Xiang didn't recognize the car, nor the driver. He took one look and was about to look away, but Jiang Ci walked over, opened the back door, and turned to him, saying, "Get in."
Yu Xiang stepped forward curiously: "Your relative?"
"No, it's an online car-hailing service." Jiang Ci didn't waste any words and pulled Yu Xiang over just like he did in the morning and stuffed him in.
Then he sat next to the car, told the driver an unfamiliar mobile phone number and closed the car door. The whole process was so smooth that Yu Xiang was stunned.
"How did you get a taxi?" Yu Xiang's eyes widened in surprise.
"When I bought water, I asked the convenience store owner to help me get a taxi."
"He trusts you so much, isn't he afraid that you'll get it for free?"
"I gave him a hundred dollars."
"How much?!" Yu Xiang sat up straight. Although it wasn't his money, his heart seemed to be bleeding. "Where are we going?"
"Hospital."
Yu Xiang: “?!”
However, a taxi from the school to the nearest hospital usually costs no more than 25 yuan, and Jiang Ci couldn't have been unaware of this.
So he carefully asked in a low voice: "Then, then he should give you the change, right?"
"I told him not to give the change," Jiang Ci replied calmly. He didn't want to explain too much at the time, so he briefly explained the situation. Seeing that the owner still seemed hesitant, he simply took out a whole bill and paid for the fare and water, saying he didn't need to give the change for the rest.
As a result, the boss dispelled all his doubts on the spot, enthusiastically helped him call a taxi, and told him the last digit of his cell phone number.
"No, big brother, you, you..." Yu Xiang was so shocked that he didn't know what to say. "You're such a spendthrift! Doesn't the taxi show an estimated fare? Even if you pay the highest estimate, it won't cost you more than a hundred."
"After all, they are strangers. It's normal to have concerns." Jiang Ci thought it was nothing once in a while.
"No, this isn't a question of whether they're strangers or not." Yu Xiang was so frustrated with his students that he felt like he was going to get sick. "You're still wearing your school uniform. That boss doesn't make enough money from students every day, but he doesn't believe you and yet he charges you so much more—"
He spoke a long string of words in one breath, until he was exhausted. He paused before concluding, "Sure enough, they're a shady merchant who even charges a dollar more for their sour plum soup than other places."
Jiang Ci listened to his sermon carefully.
"Aren't you very smart? How could you still be ripped off like this? Just give me that hundred dollars and I'll run straight to the hospital—"
He couldn't help but start to talk nonsense later. Jiang Ci couldn't bear to listen any longer and interrupted him: "With your 1000m time of 5.5 minutes, I'm afraid you'll need to call an ambulance halfway through the run."
Yu Xiang choked and held his breath for a few seconds before saying, "I was just giving an example. You're such a jerk. I've never seen anyone as dumb as you. You put all your brain into studying, and in life you're just like a moron."
"Are you feeling sorry for my money?" Even though he was called "stupid" to his face, Jiang Ci was not annoyed at all, and even raised his eyebrows with a smile.
Yu Xiang was stunned for a moment, then he looked away silently and muttered, "You're overthinking it. I'm just worried about Aunt Fang and Uncle Jiang's money. Isn't your pocket money all given by them? And you wasted it like this."
"No." Jiang Ci quickly denied, "My pocket money is all the prize money I won from participating in competitions since I was a child."
Yu Xiang: “…”
I almost forgot that the person in front of me is a genius. He has participated in countless competitions, big and small, since he was a child.
"Even if that's the case, it's not right to squander like this." Yu Xiang racked his brains for a long time before coming to a conclusion.
He was prepared for Jiang Ci to continue to refute him with remarks like "You can spend my money however you want" and "I called a taxi for you and you're still talking so much nonsense", but that was not the case.
Jiang Ci just looked at him softly: "Since you are so smart, why don't you help me manage my money from now on."
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