Warm Water Spirits

Definitely late.

Registering the school uniform took some time. By the time Jiang Yunqi came to the classroom, the whole class had finished the Chinese silently, and Xu Ruijing, the Chinese class representative, was collecting the silent scripts.

Teacher Tao sat in front of the podium and ordered the students to open the textbooks and weekend workbooks, but did not look at Jiang Yunqi, nor did he ask him to come in.

Jiang Yunqi lowered his head and put down his schoolbag, without making a sound, followed by taking out his textbooks, and stood at the door to listen.

When I went back to the stairs, I met Jiang Yunqi, who memorized bare English, and his Chinese was in a mess in the afternoon. Teacher Tao was already angry.After a few seconds, Teacher Tao got up with a sullen face and walked to the door, and directly closed the front door of the classroom with a "bang".

Lin Xiyao, who was sitting in the middle of the second row, frowned at Teacher Tao, and couldn't help saying, "Mr. Tao, the end of term is on Wednesday—"

Teacher Tao glared at her, her eyes steadfast under the thick glasses: "Know that the final exam is on Wednesday? What else do you know? Do you know if you are in the third year of high school?! You are still late!"

The voice was high and harsh, and even a closed door couldn't hide Teacher Tao's anger.

Jiang Yunqi lowered his eyelashes, his expression was very calm. After a while, he picked up his schoolbag and put the books in, carried it on one shoulder, and walked to the railing in a few steps.

Downstairs came the sound of reading aloud by the sophomore classes, and there was a sound of English listening prompts.I don't know which class the math teacher is in. The writing on the blackboard sounds scary, and the chalk is aggressive. With the trigonometric function formula, the sound will be heard every once in a while.

Putting his arm on the railing, Jiang Yunqi rested his forehead, and closed his eyes for a while.

This is his life.It is also the life he wants to live in the future.

The bell rang for the end of get out of class, and Teacher Tao opened the door and asked Jiang Yunqi to contact the parents directly.

Teacher Liu, the teacher in charge, just finished the English class of the next class, and walked over at this time, "What's the matter? Jiang Yunqi, tell me."

Jiang Yunqi looked at Teacher Tao with a gloomy face, "I'm late."

Teacher Liu's expression suddenly dropped, "What's wrong with you?!"

Jiang Yunqi was silent.

"What are you talking about, call him a parent! Do you want to take the college entrance examination?!"

"It's an exam." Jiang Yunqi raised his head and said, "I'm sorry, Teacher Tao, I won't do it in the future."

It was the first time that Jiang Yunqi had such an attitude.

In many cases, the impression he left on the teacher was too indifferent.

Teacher Liu smiled quietly. Jiang Yunqi was a little surprised to admit her mistake so quickly and directly. She blinked and said with a straight face: "I know I'm wrong? Next time——"

"Next time what next time?!" Teacher Tao made it clear, "When is it? At the end of Wednesday, how many months are there before the college entrance examination? Jiang Yunqi, I'm not talking about you, you can talk about it yourself. What is Zhou’s silent writing like?! There is also Zhou’s exam—but once—I won’t talk about it! Teacher Liu, call me his parent!”

Teacher Liu didn't say anything immediately, and said for a while: "Go to my office first."

At Teacher Tao's insistence, Teacher Liu called Pei Zhe.

Did not get through.

Jiang Yunqi recalled seeing Pei Zhe's extra formal attire this morning, "My brother has a meeting today..."

Teacher Tao's anger never came down, and this time he snorted even more.

Teacher Liu sighed, and lost his face towards Teacher Tao, "Let's talk about it after school, let Jiang Yunqi go to class first."

"There is only one elder brother in the family, and there is no one else?"

Teacher Liu: "...he also has a sister who works in the hospital."

When Pei Yue arrived at the attached middle school from the Provincial People's Hospital, Jiang Yunqi had finished three classes in the morning and didn't eat lunch, so he was silent about this morning's Chinese in Teacher Tao's office.

After a few hours, Teacher Tao's anger almost disappeared.

Jiang Yunqi's attitude is still serious, but he really didn't learn that muscle.I understand a few words, but when it comes to writing by myself, I stutter.

In the end, Teacher Tao was also convinced. He thought about Jiang Yunqi's silent notebook for a long time, and couldn't help but said, "Have you thought about going to any university?"

Jiang Yunqi looked back at Pei Yue who was standing at the door, and said in a low voice, "I will work hard."

Pei Yue's face was calm, looking at Jiang Yunqi, her expression was as usual, and her demeanor was a little more calm than when she was at home.

"Let your sister in."

Pei Yue is different from Pei Zhe.Maybe it's because he has led Wenwen single-handedly, and he is more comprehensive than Pei Zhe in dealing with the teacher.

In the end, Teacher Tao personally sent Pei Yue out.

"Jiang Yunqi isn't going to eat yet?" Teacher Tao said to Jiang Yunqi with a smile: "Your sister told me to rest if you are not in good health. The college entrance examination is important, and the body is more important."

Jiang Yunqi turned to look at Pei Yue again.

Pei Yue glanced at him, still expressionless, and said lightly, "Let's eat together."

There was no food in the cafeteria, so Pei Yue took Jiang Yunqi out of the school to a wonton shop not far from the attached primary school.

The weather was not very good. The temperature rose slightly but it began to rain. It was not very heavy at first, and the two of them sat for a quarter of an hour before patting down.

"Wenwen is called a parent. When I'm waiting for her, I come here to eat at noon, and sometimes I take her with me. But you also know that she is a picky eater, and she likes to eat unhealthy food."

Pei Yue took out a small bag of tissues from her bag, wiped her cuffs and the front of her body, and handed it to Jiang Yunqi.

Jiang Yunqi squeezed the paper towel and said nothing, waited for two bowls of shrimps, three delicacies and two drawers of small steamed buns to be placed on the table, and the scent of white mist rose, Jiang Yunqi came back and apologized: "I'm sorry, Sister Pei Yue."

The sound of the rain was slow, and the temperature difference between inside and outside was obvious. The glass facing the street of the store was soon damp, and the sight was obscured. The sky was dark, and at first glance it looked like five or six in the afternoon.

"You don't need to apologize to me." Pei Yue picked out two pairs of chopsticks, "Eat quickly, there are classes in the afternoon."

Jiang Yunqi nodded, and ate wontons with Pei Yue.

Both of them were actually a little hungry.

The meal was eaten silently, but there was not much embarrassment.

There were four small cages in one drawer, and Pei Yue insisted on letting Jiang Yunqi eat half of the drawer, until Jiang Yunqi wanted to run away at last, his cheeks swelled and he couldn't speak, his eyes were full of begging for mercy.

Pei Yue laughed and raised her hand to pay the bill.

As their bodies warmed up, the two of them realized that the rain was still falling when they reached the door.

To buy another umbrella and go to the shopping mall across the street, Pei Yue thought for a while, and asked Jiang Yunqi to put on a down jacket and hat. She half-raised her bag over her head, and walked back along the street like this. There is no shelter on the ground, just walk a few steps.

The rain stopped halfway.Perhaps because of the sudden low temperature, the clouds gathered, and it looked like it was going to snow again.

Pei Yue sent Jiang Yunqi to the school gate.It didn't take much effort to have a meal, and there was half an hour left for lunch break.

"go in."

Jiang Yunqi nodded and said with a smile, "Thank you sister Pei Yue."

Pei Yue looked at him, the slight frown between the eyebrows was not very obvious, so there would be no response.

Jiang Yunqi suddenly realized that Pei Yue had something to say.

Jiang Yunqi stood still.

He knew what Pei Yue was going to say.

In fact, this feeling is much better than the random guessing on the birthday, Jiang Yunqi thought.

But maybe Pei Zhe told him on purpose, or something else, Pei Yue stared at him for a moment without saying anything, finally smiled at Jiang Yunqi, turned around and walked towards his car.

"Sister Pei Yue."

Jiang Yunqi caught up and stopped Pei Yue, "Are you going to tell me something? I remember the old me, I—"

"Yunqi", Pei Yue's expression suddenly became complicated, and he turned his eyes away from Jiang Yunqi for a few seconds. His tone was the same as when we first met, very calm, "Go back to class. Take class well."

Jiang Yunqi didn't know what to say, he followed his guess, coupled with inexplicable anxiety, lowered his eyes and said quickly: "I'm sorry, I know what I did, I was, I was too scared at that time, Brother Pei— —”

The familiar pronunciation suddenly stuck in his throat, and the next words were cautious enough, so cautious that Jiang Yunqi couldn't say them all in one breath.

Jiang Yunqi took a deep breath, the food he ate before became cold, making him a little nauseous.

"I won't hurt Brother Pei."

The rapid tone fell suddenly, and Jiang Yunqi spoke cautiously.Did not look at Pei Yue.

"I know."

Pei Yue turned and walked away.

Jiang Yunqi stood still.

The temperature is dropping more and more, and the warmed stomach is a little bit cold.

"Yun Qi."

When Pei Yue's voice came again, Jiang Yunqi quickly raised his head.

"Take a good class and get into a university."

Jiang Yunqi nodded slowly, wanting to smile and say something——

"Then leave Pei Zhe and live your own life."

When the guard at the school gate came to urge Jiang Yunqi to go in, Jiang Yunqi squatted on the side of the road and had almost vomited his lunch.

The bile is completely cool, and it is secreted out along the esophagus little by little, and the bitter taste has long been gone.

The afternoon class is all self-study, and the teachers in Chinese, Mathematics and English will explain the wrong questions and papers.

Jiang Yunqi listened more seriously than usual. When Lin Xiyao walked over between classes, Jiang Yunqi was still revising the meanings of ancient Chinese words, concentrating on them.

"Jiang Yunqi?"

Lin Xiyao simply reached out to Jiang Yunqi, "Your face is so pale, are you uncomfortable?"

Jiang Yunqi looked up at her and said after a while: "No. What's the matter?"

"I want to ask you about the winter vacation competition, are you at N+?"

"Well. The captain said yes. He'll let you know if the location changes."

Jiang Yunqi lowered his head to look for the mistake, but for some reason he couldn't find it for a long time.

"here."

Lin Xiyao pointed to him, "What are you thinking? Did you just do this..."

Jiang Yunqi didn't say anything.

Jiang Yunqi and Lin Xiyao took the same bus back after school in the evening.

In the middle of the journey, Lin Xiyao felt that something was wrong with Jiang Yunqi, remembering that Jiang Yunqi was always sick when she was with her classmates in the past two years, she hesitated for a while, before Jiang Yunqi could refuse, Lin Xiyao had already put her hand on Jiang Yunqi's forehead.

Lin Xiyao's move was purely a sneak attack, Jiang Yunqi was caught off guard and hit the back of the head directly on the armchair.

It was quite loud.

"... a bit hot. Do you have a fever, or a cold."

Lin Xiyao withdrew her hand silently, ignoring Jiang Yunqi's helpless frowning eyes, and asked left and right: "Is there anyone in your family? How about I accompany you to the hospital?"

"There are people. Don't go." Jiang Yunqi was annoyed.

Lin Xiyao smiled, "I care about you!"

"Well. I thank you."

"..."

Found in time, not very serious.

When they got home, Jiang Yunqi offered to take medicine, and Aunt Song hurriedly took his temperature and made up the medicine again.

Jiang Yunqi cooperated quietly throughout the whole process, and did whatever he asked.

Before Pei Zhe came back, Jiang Yunqi and Aunt Song went to do their homework after dinner.

Compared with the previous need for Aunt Song to remind him to drink water, this time Jiang Yunqi took the initiative to carry the thermos bottle into the study, and poured several large bottles of water for himself.

The low-grade fever quickly subsided, and the already fragile lungs did not suffer any additional torture.

Aunt Song was very happy, and patted Jiang Yunqi's head, "That's what we want! Drink more water!"

Jiang Yunqi nodded, "Tomorrow should be fine."

When Pei Zhe came back very late, he heard from Aunt Song that he had a fever, so he went into the room to see Jiang Yunqi.

At that time, Jiang Yunqi had already lay down, but he didn't know if he was asleep or not.

Aunt Song's voice was very low, "Yun Qi is quite sensible, and he knows he will get better quickly when he is sick. This time, he didn't cough at all..."

Pei Zhe didn't say anything, and reached out to touch Jiang Yunqi's forehead and cheek, and then followed Aunt Song out.