Chapter 13 (1/2)

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?”