Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
“Beep, Beep, Beep.”
The phone was ringing. Li Ang, who had just walked out on the street, fished out his cell phone. The caller was Wang Congshan.
“Hello?”
“Where are you?”
“I’m scrolling through my WeChat while shopping,” Li Ang answered. “What’s the matter?”
Wang Congshan sounded pretty speechless. “Didn’t you take a look at the QQ group chat? I’ve already informed everyone in the group chat and called a few students who are staying nearby to visit Mr. Shi at the hospital. I even tagged you.”
“You did such a thing?” Li Ang scratched his head and smiled awkwardly. “Where are you guys now?”
No matter what, he was the one who had broken Shi Qingsong’s rib. He had to visit him at the hospital.
After all, he had to show respect to his teacher.
Wang Congshan said, “Yin City General Hospital.”
Li Ang nodded his head. “I’ll be there right away.”
After hanging up the call, Wang Congshan shook her head helplessly and put the cell phone back into her bag.
The hospital ward was filled with people at the moment. Shi Qingsong, who had been surrounded, was holding an apple that had been peeled by a student, looking very touched.
Some of the people who had come to visit him were students of Sophomore Class 7 of the Experimental Middle School and some were students who had already graduated and even entered society and had been taught by Shi Qingsong.
The students who had already graduated from Yin City Experimental Middle School were not all ‘good students’ according to Shi Qingsong’s memory.
Good students with excellent grades had been able to enter major universities thanks to their own hard work so they naturally felt deep affection for their teacher.
Most of the unknown good students with average grades did not have an outstanding personality and therefore had almost not had any contact with their teacher.
On the contrary, many of the students who had come to see Shi Qingsong that day were students who once had been unable to extricate themselves from a difficult situation.
Some of them had been through repeated tests and given up each time they’d failed.
Some had endured bullying at school and had been excluded from the social circle of other students. They had been mocked and ridiculed every day.
Furthermore, because their parents had gotten a divorce, some of them had nearly given up their studies and become society idlers due to a lack of love from their family.
Teaching and educating people that the world was an illusion was of great importance. As a teacher, Shi Qingsong did not dare abandon any students. As long as he could do his best, he had to help them when they were on the edge of giving up to prevent them from getting worse.
Everyone recalled Teacher Shi Qingsong’s graciousness and felt touched.
“Mr. Shi.”
Someone’s voice was heard before he even arrived. When Shi Qingsong, who was eating apples, heard Li Ang’s uncertain voice, he coughed and was almost choked to death by the apple slices.
Out of all the students he had taught, Li Ang had definitely been the most troublesome one. Despite only hearing his voice, Shi Qingsong felt his mental state starting to weaken.
Li Ang knocked on the door with a bouquet of colorful flowers in his hands.
“You’re here…” Shi Qingsong’s expression grew stiff as he said, “Why did you buy these flowers? What a waste…”
Li Ang shook his head with a smile. “It isn’t a waste. I picked them from the flower bed in front of the hospital.”
“That’s not nice,” Shi Qingsong said as his eyes twitched.
“Carpe diem. I wanted to pick a few white flowers from the wreath of the funeral supply store, but that didn’t seem very auspicious and the owner didn’t agree either,” Li Ang said casually. He sat down in front of the hospital bed, putting a bunch of yellow bananas on the bedside table.
Shi Qingsong said in horror, “You didn’t pick these up from somewhere private, did you?”
“Mr. Shi, you don’t trust me much. I bought them at the fruit shop,” Li Ang said. “Most patients who have been hospitalized for a long time often exhibit symptoms such as constipation because they lie down on the hospital bed for a long time. Bananas can help bowel movement.”
As he said that, Li Ang peeled a banana quickly and handed it over to him.
It was hard to decline great kindness, so Shi Qingsong took it and ate it bit by bit.
When he had eaten half of it, Li Ang said slowly, “Alas, I had an upset stomach before. The doctor told me to buy some bananas to treat my constipation. After three days, I still didn’t go to the bathroom. I then asked the doctor, only to find out that the banana had to be eaten.”
Shi Qingsong, who was chewing, turned a little pale. Li Ang said warmly, “Don’t stop eating it, Mr. Shi. Eat it while it’s hot.”
“Will you stop being idiotic?” Wang Congshan struck Li Ang’s head with her hand. “Stand properly.”
“Oh.” Li Ang stood up properly.
Shi Qingsong put half of the banana on the bedside table without leaving a trace before he cleared his throat and told Wang Congshan, “Congshan, I have talked to the school. It will send a class relief teacher for the next two months. I hope you can help him when the time comes.”
“Okay, Mr. Shi.” Wang Congshan nodded her head.
“Damn it!” Li Ang, who stood aside, frowned and rubbed his chin. “I’ve given a red packet to the school principal and tried to be promoted from a student to a class teacher. I didn’t expect this position to be removed. How could he not get things done when I bribed him?”
“Would it kill you not to speak?” Wang Congshan, who regretted calling Li Ang over, pulled at his clothes and led him out of the ward.
When the two of them reached the corridor, Li Ang frowned and raised his chin like an overbearing president. He then said coldly, “Why are you pulling me like that? Woman, if you want to catch my attention by doing so, let me tell you that you have succeeded. However, let me warn you that you are playing with fire.”
Wang Congshan had long been accustomed to Li Ang’s idiocy from time to time, so she said with a squint, “Brother, you’ve read too many stories about overbearing presidents.”
“Eh? I don’t look like one?” Li Ang instantly returned to normal and said angrily, “After all, I learned the quote of a president. ‘Baby, shout it out if you feel nice. Look, you’re blushing. Baby, you’re the only woman in the world who dares to be rough with me’…”
F*ck, baby…
Wang Congshan seemed to be speechless. As the two of them were interacting in the corridor, a middle-aged woman sobbed in a low voice, pushing an old man in a wheelchair down the corridor.
“Huh?”
Li Ang turned toward the old man in the wheelchair.
The old man was thin and looked dull. His mouth was slightly open, and a string of sparkling clear saliva slipped from the corner of his mouth before it landed on the white towel in front of him.
Stroke? Alzheimer’s disease? Cerebrovascular disease?
Li Ang’s thoughts changed direction quickly. His enhanced Perception stat along with the Cat’s Eye were enough to make him aware that the faint aura of some spirits was present on the old man in the wheelchair.
These seemed like the makings of a quest.
Li Ang’s expression changed instantly as he moved closer to the middle-aged woman. While he pretended to be an amiable, easy-going, and kind-hearted young man, he softly inquired about what had happened and whether she needed any help.
‘Idol’, ‘acting’, and ‘strength’ were all tags that described Li Ang. Thanks to his godly acting skills, the middle-aged woman in the ordinary clothes quickly started a conversation.
It turned out that the old man sitting in the wheelchair was her father. A few days ago, he had tried to visit his other daughter with a local specialty. In the end, he had gone home in a daze, unable to speak a word. She had called her sister and found out that he had never visited her that day.
Afraid that he suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, she and her husband had quickly checked him in at the hospital. However, the results of the examination had shown that he was healthy.
“He clearly has no health problems, but how come he can’t utter a word or budge?” the middle-aged woman said while she wiped her tears.
[Conditions necessary to trigger quest have been met]
[Quest Type: Routine Quest]
[Quest Name: Between the Gap]
[Quest Objective: Find out the truth about Qian Jianjun’s dementia]
[Quest Time Limit: 30 Minutes]
[Quest Reward: Random Normal Grade Item*1]
[Accept/Reject]