Chapter 289 I Only Treat You as My Sister (7)
Because of Lin Shichu's good cooking skills, Lin's mother was able to show off in front of her colleagues, which made her very happy. Even the anger and frustration she had felt when she was scolded by the old lady downstairs disappeared a lot.
The life of a high school student is dull and uninteresting. Lin Shichu's daily schedule is to go to school to study and go home to cook dinner. Fortunately, she is a patient person, otherwise, if she were an ordinary adult who has been away from high school for decades, she would sooner or later be driven crazy by such a life.
Meng Shiyang's face became more and more haggard at a speed visible to the naked eye. He couldn't fall behind in his studies and sometimes couldn't answer the teacher's questions in class. This was a huge difference from his previous state. Even ordinary classmates could see that something was wrong with him. Everyone was trying to guess why he had become like this.
Lin Shichu's deskmate grabbed her hand and gossiped, "Shichu, what happened to Meng Shiyang? Even his grades have declined. Could his parents be divorced?"
Lin Shichu glanced at Meng Shiyang, who was catching up on his sleep on the table, and said, "Who knows?"
Because Meng Shiyang's parents divorced before he started school, he never told anyone about it, so none of his classmates knew about his family situation - except his teachers.
"Meng Shiyang! The head teacher is calling you to go to the office to find him!" A classmate ran in from outside the classroom, and without caring that he was sleeping, he patted Meng Shiyang on the shoulder and said.
Meng Shiyang stood up expressionlessly and walked towards the office.
"Shi Yang, come here quickly." The head teacher was a middle-aged woman with a good temper. She was especially kind and friendly to Meng Shi Yang, her trusted and beloved general, and she attached great importance to him.
"Teacher, are you looking for me?" Meng Shiyang walked over and asked softly.
The head teacher nodded, looked at the obvious dark circles under his eyes and his ugly face, and frowned and said, "Shi Yang, your studies have regressed a lot recently. Several subject teachers told me that you are not serious in class and your homework is a bit perfunctory... Did something happen at home?"
The head teacher asked the last question very carefully. She knew Meng Shiyang's family situation and knew that he and his grandmother depended on each other for survival.
Meng Shiyang lowered his eyes, and after a while he replied in a low voice: "Teacher, I'm sorry, my grandma is sick and hospitalized recently. I have to take care of her after school, so I can't do my homework... I will try to find time to do my homework in the future..."
His words immediately won the sympathy of the head teacher, who said worriedly: "No wonder, I said you are a self-conscious and good student, you would not fall behind for no reason, it turns out that you are taking care of your sick grandmother... It's really hard for you. However, you are just a child who needs to go to school now, and taking care of patients should be done by adults at home... Your grandmother is sick, won't your father go to take care of her?"
Meng Shiyang pursed his lips after hearing what the head teacher said, and then said in a hoarse voice: "He refuses to take care of grandma, and even refuses to help her pay for the medical expenses!"
"How can this be? This is his duty and responsibility as a son. How can he push such a heavy responsibility onto a child like you?" The head teacher was very angry and felt unfair for Meng Shiyang.
Meng Shiyang listened silently to the head teacher accusing his father of being irresponsible, and then asked him: "Have you looked for him? Can you use legal means to force him to pay for the medical expenses?"
"It's useless, he is a scoundrel." Meng Shiyang finally raised his head and said to the head teacher with an expressionless face.
The head teacher choked up suddenly. She had lived in school for half her life and the environment around her was relatively simple. She didn't know how to deal with the scoundrels.
After a while, she asked Meng Shiyang, "Why don't we raise money for your grandma's medical expenses at school? This will lighten your burden a little. Your important task now is to study, and you shouldn't be ruined by such a heavy responsibility."
An embarrassed look flashed across Meng Shiyang's face. He bit his lip, then shook his head and refused, "No, I can hold on..."
"Why not?!" the head teacher said seriously, "Don't feel ashamed of fundraising. People won't look down on you for it. On the contrary, they will admire you even more because you can continue to study under such heavy pressure. This is very remarkable."
When Meng Shiyang thought about introducing his family situation in detail and accurately in order to win the sympathy of his classmates to donate money, he felt as if he was being stripped of all his clothes in front of everyone. It was extremely embarrassing. How could he, who always had an extremely strong self-esteem, endure such sympathy and pity?
He had always been the object of love and admiration of others, but suddenly he fell to be the object of sympathy by everyone. The gap was so huge that he felt suffocated just thinking about it.
Therefore, he shook his head and rejected the teacher's suggestion, firmly refusing to raise funds. The teacher had no choice but to say, "Then I'll see if I can convince the principal to agree to give you a scholarship!"
"But don't hold your hopes too high. After all, it's hard to get a successful application. Also, don't worry too much about your grandma's illness. Focus more on your studies. Don't fall behind any further, okay?"
Meng Shiyang nodded and agreed.
After leaving the teacher's office, Meng Shiyang seemed to become gloomy all over, completely different from his previous aloof and cool academic master state. When people saw him now, they only felt that he was eerie and a little scary, and they didn't dare to approach him.
After school, he went to the hospital to see Grandma Meng again. He had quit his part-time job a long time ago because he couldn't afford a nurse, so he had to go take care of his grandmother after school.
This time, Old Lady Meng was completely unable to stand up, and Meng Shiyang had to help her with everything. Even though Meng Shiyang had always regarded his grandmother as the most important person in his life, after such a long period of exhausting and seemingly endless care work, his feelings for his grandmother were almost completely buried.
After all, there is no filial son for a patient who has been ill for a long time, not to mention that Meng Shiyang is a more selfish person than ordinary people. Now Grandma Meng has put his life and study in a difficult situation and a mess. Naturally, he can't retain much affection for her.
"Shi Yang, please ask the doctor to give me a painkiller. My waist really hurts..." Old Mrs. Meng, who seemed to be more than ten years older, pulled Meng Shi Yang's hand and begged. Her waist and back were in pain all the time. The torture made her feel worse than death, and she often begged the doctor to give her a painkiller.
"Grandma, you can't give painkiller injections too frequently. You have to listen to the doctor and just bear with it." Meng Shiyang comforted her.
"Why should I endure it? I can't endure it anymore. Shi Yang, just promise grandma, right?" Old Mrs. Meng pleaded with tears streaming down her face. The patients around her couldn't bear it anymore when they saw it, and they all urged Meng Shiyang to ask the doctor to give her a painkiller.
(End of this chapter)
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