Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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In the evening, Jiang Sui was on the public phone in the corridor of the hospital.
She didn’t go home for a long time, fearing that Jiang Shuisheng would be worried.
“…Yeah, yes, Dad, I’m fine…Yes, my classmate had a stomach attack, and I sent him to the hospital…Okay, I’ll be home soon, don’t worry…I know I have to sit and take the bus back.”
Jiang Sui hung up the phone and breathed a sigh of relief. When she returned to the ward, Chi Yan still hadn’t woken up.
The boy’s lips were pale, and a needle was inserted into his veins for infusion.
The guard uncle had already left after taking him to the hospital. The doctor walked in at this time: “Little girl, are you his sister?”
Jiang Sui shook her head: “I’m his classmate.”
The doctor looked at her in surprise. The little girl was dirty all over. She might have fallen too much, and half of her pants were stained with mud. The schoolbag she was carrying was full of mud, and the gauze on her face was also stained.
“Auntie, I don’t know if you understand, but your classmate has a serious stomach problem. We just checked him and he has stomach bleeding. He has already suffered from stomach problems, and he has been eating stimulants for the past few days. If you had delivered him a little later, the consequences would be disastrous. He is so seriously sick at such a young age, doesn’t the family even take care of him? Do you have the contact information of his family? “
Jiang Sui was stunned for a long time before saying, “He is the one supporting the family. He only has one younger brother.”
The doctor looked unbearable and sighed deeply: “I understand, little sister, you should go home first, otherwise your family will also be worried. Don’t worry, the nurse sister here will take good care of him.”
Jiang Sui nodded and looked back at Chi Yan as she left.
He lay quietly on the hospital bed, so seriously ill, but no one could take care of him. Including herself, even she couldn’t accompany him.
Jiang Sui remembered that he had told her to leave him alone and stay away from him no matter what. She felt a little sad, but finally walked over and whispered: “Get well soon.”
Jiang Sui touched her body and found three yuan in change. She left the ward.
….
When Chi Yan woke up, it was already noon the next day. The sun was pouring into the ward. The soft-hearted nurse opened the curtains: “Hey, you’re awake. How are you? Do you still feel pain?”
There was a tugging pain in his stomach, but Chi Yan shook his head.
“How long have I been asleep?”
“The security guard at your school sent you here last night. It’s now twelve o’clock noon.”
Chi Yan frowned, pulled out the needle on the back of his hand and got out of bed.
“Hey, hey, what are you doing! You can’t leave now, and you have to be observed for two days. Can you just pull out the needle? Your hands are bleeding.” The nurse said sternly, “Lie back quickly.”
Chi Yan asked: “How much did it cost me to see a doctor? I’ll pay.”
“Why are you so anxious?” The nurse laughed angrily, “Do you still want this life? What can be more important than your life? Just lie down for now and I will find you something to eat. The little one who brought you here… The guard also left some porridge for you, please eat some first.”
Chi Yan looked at her quietly: “Guard?”
The nurse remembered the little girl’s plea and turned away: “Yes, let’s drink porridge first.”
Chi Yan calmed down, and after a while, he lay back silently. The nurse came in with a bowl of liquid porridge. Chi Yan said in a hoarse voice, “I’ll do it myself.”
The nurse handed it to him, thinking how stubborn he was.
He lowered his eyes and finished the bowl of porridge.
After a long while, he suddenly asked: “Did she get hurt?”
“What?”
Chi Yan said nothing more.
He finished the bowl of porridge without leaving any drop, and finally paid the money and was discharged from the hospital. He still had a lot to do, and lying here like a useless person was a waste of time.
Today was Wednesday, which was supposed to be the day for school.
Usually at 7:30 in the morning, he would wait with Uncle Zhang for Duan Ling to go downstairs to school. However, at noon today, he returned to the Duan family’s house alone.
What kind of person was Duan Tianhai? Chi Yan, who was never late even a minute before, only came over at noon, and he figured out the cause and effect.
“How is your health?”
Chi Yan said: “I’m sorry, I’m late today.”
He didn’t mention it at all because of Duan Ling’s indifference and cruelty, which made Duan Tianhai a little more satisfied with him. Although he knew that this matter was his daughter’s fault, which father in the world liked to hear other people say something bad about his child.
If Chi Yan knew how to behave like this, Duan Tianhai would not treat him badly.
He apologized meaningfully: “Lingling is still young and not very sensible. Please be more considerate.”
Chi Yan bent down and said calmly: “I didn’t take good care of Miss Duan Ling. I will pay attention to it in school in the future.”
Duan Tianhai nodded with satisfaction: “You should rest these days and wait a few days before going to school. Your salary will still be paid. Aunt Yang! Bring over the bird’s nests given by Zhang Di and the others from the kitchen.”
Aunt Yang took a gift box and handed it to Chi Yan.
Chi Yan thanked him and left.
He took a taxi back to Lizi Lane, his face still pale. Several wild dogs barked at him in the alley. He twitched the corner of his mouth and threw the bird’s nest in the gift box to the wild dogs.
The wild dog raised its tail, sniffed, and left without interest.
Chi Yan knew that Duan Tianhai giving him bird’s nests was essentially no different from him throwing them to wild dogs.
….
Jiang Sui thought that because Chi Yan was so seriously ill, he might not be able to come to school for a long time.
But this April had not passed yet. One Monday, she saw Chi Yan helping Duan Ling carry her schoolbag after school. Her fellow traveler Chen Shujun was about to laugh when Jiang Sui pulled her sleeve: “It’s not easy for everyone.”
Chen Shujun made a zipper movement without smiling.
The schoolbag in the boy’s hand was light pink with a big Kitty cat on it. It looked like it was for girls. Chi Yan was very tall and stood out among the crowd. The tall boy was carrying such a bag, and many people covered their mouths and laughed secretly.
Now everyone knew that Duan Ling from Class 1 of the third grade of junior high school came to study with a “dogleg” who helped her open the door and carry the schoolbag. Such a special existence made everyone talk about him behind his back.
However, Chi Yan’s expression did not change. He was so silent that he held the girl’s bag indifferently, as if he had not heard any gossip.
Chi Yan didn’t respond to this humiliating title, but Chi Yiming couldn’t help but care.
When Chi Yiming came down from the second floor, his classmate laughed and said, “Chi Yiming, look at your brother, he is helping Duan Ling get her schoolbag again.”
Chi Yiming could clearly hear the scorn and sarcasm in his tone. He could barely restrain the evil look in his eyes and gave the classmate a hard push.
The male classmate staggered a few steps and became angry: “What are you doing?!”
Chi Yiming reacted and apologized in a low voice: “I’m sorry.”
The male classmate scratched his head: “Forget it, it’s my fault. I shouldn’t have said anything about your brother.”
Chi Yiming forced a smile.
Because of this incident, Chi Yiming was laughed at a lot. He was the monitor of Class 1 (1) and was also the first in his grade. For such an outstanding person, his brother was called a “dogleg” who helped girls carry their schoolbags. He didn’t know how many people used this incident to laugh at Chi Yiming.
But Chi Yiming actually didn’t care.
He knew how much Chi Yan had sacrificed. Speaking of humiliation, who else had experienced such humiliation as Chi Yan had in the past few years?
Even his brother didn’t care, so he couldn’t care less. He didn’t feel embarrassed by Chi Yan. No one knew how powerful this brother was, and how he was better than him. He only hated that he was powerless and Chi Yan had to shoulder everything for him.
Now this kind of rumors made him feel better.
At least there was one thing he didn’t let Chi Yan take care of alone. The idea of studying hard had become stronger in his heart.
He only hated Duan Ling, a bitch, for making his brother look embarrassed in every possible way.
….
It was already mid-April, and in less than two months, the junior high school students in the school were about to take the high school entrance examination.
There was a mock test before the exam, and the third grade students had to requisition the classrooms of the first and second grade students.
Jiang Sui and Chen Shujun used glue to paint the examination number on the table.
Chen Shujun said: “Jiang Sui, be careful. The nails on your table are protruding and there are wooden thorns, which always scratch your hands.”
Jiang Sui nodded and responded to her with a smile: “Okay, thank you.” She avoided the protruding nail and glued the exam number on.
The exam number under her palm had the word “Chi Yan” written on it.
She knew that Chi Yan went to repair cars without even studying for the second grade of junior high school. He might not be suitable for taking the exam for the third grade of junior high school.
Chi Yan didn’t know who the owner of this table was anyway, so she picked up a mechanical pencil and lightly wrote “Come on, classmate!” on the lower right corner of the table, and also drew a small smiley face.
Jiang Sui held her chin up and couldn’t help but laugh.
….
When Chi Yan finished the paper, there were still thirty minutes left.
He looked down at the paper and blacked out half of the answers. In this chapter, the nail at the bottom of the table scratched his arm. He looked at it and saw that his arm was fine.
Yet he knew whose table it was.
He touched the clumsy and cute “Come on, classmate” with his fingers, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
When the teacher collected the test papers and closed the door, Chi Yan turned back.
He took a few tools in his hand, straightened the bent nails, and drove them into the table until they no longer protruded. Then he carefully ground the small wooden thorns on the table.
The wooden thorns were removed by him, and the half-old table became smooth.
The junior high school exam lasted two and a half days. When the lower grade students came back to study on the third day, Chen Shujun was surprised to find that the small wooden thorns on their desks were missing.
“Jiang Sui, has the table been repaired by the school?”
Jiang Sui shook her head, feeling a little confused. However, schools did sometimes report desks for repair, which was not unusual.
Their attention was drawn to something else.
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