"What’s the panic?" Everyone in the room was frantic. Wang Jiuming held his Old School Mobile Phone and struggled to get a good signal from inside the room to call for help, so he moved out to the window to call. Yet, the center of attention, Old He, was as calm as ever. "Didn’t I just have a bit too much to drink? Pour me a cup of honey water. It’s a good hangover cure, I’ll be fine after drinking it!"
Upon seeing the honey that Yan Fei had brought on the table, Granny He quickly grabbed the bottle. Struggling to open it, Yan Fei immediately stepped in, "Let me do it!"
Taking the bottle, opening it, and handing it over, he apologized rather embarrassedly: "I’m sorry..."
Indeed, he was genuinely sorry. Had he known it would come to this, he should have more firmly deterred Old He from drinking more. It now turned into a downright horrible and embarrassing scenario.
"Don’t blame yourself. You all came to visit your old teacher, you’re good kids, we don’t blame you..." Granny He was very understanding. "It’s this old man who is to blame, he deserves to learn a lesson."
Undeterred, Old He called out to Wang Jiuming: "Come, come back. Stop showing off your crappy phone, I’m fine. A bit of honey water is all I need."
By the time Wang Jiuming came back from making the call, it indeed didn’t seem like there was a serious issue with Old He. This put him at ease. "It’s fine. Even if they move now, they will take some time to get here. And if we end up not needing them, then, at most, they would have made a fruitless trip..."
He turned to Yan Fei and said, "Did you know Old He would overdrink? You brought honey along with the wine..."
Yan Fei really didn’t know what to say to that, "What a coincidence, this honey is..."
"I know, I know!" Old He interrupted him before he could finish. "Your honey is something else, isn’t it? It’s a bit different from others, right?"
I really wasn’t going to say that, Yan Fei felt wronged—I was going to say that we had too much honey and didn’t know how to dispose it, so we thought of bringing some to you.
Granny He had already prepared the honey water. After taking a sip to check the temperature, she handed it to Old He. "Stop talking and drink it quickly while it’s still warm. Take a few sips and see how you feel, if you still don’t feel well, then you’re going to spend the rest of your time in the hospital..."
Taking the cup, Old He gulped down the honey water. "No good, it’s a bit hot, I have to get up and move around..."
Saying this, he held the cup in one hand and a towel in the other, wiping his nose every now and then. He stood up intending to walk around, but stumbled a bit due to the alcohol. Yan Fei, with his quick reflexes, supported him.
As soon as he regained his balance, he pushed Yan Fei away and laughed, "See? I’m fine, right? The bleeding’s less than before. I’ll be fine when this wears off!"
Watching him stagger around the room, everyone became concerned again. Granny He and Wang Jiuming quickly stood up to follow him, one on each side, while Yan Fei and Xu Xiaoyan prepared to catch him at any moment.
Seeing everyone worrying, he wiped his nose again, showed the towel to everyone, and joked, "See? It’s stopped bleeding. Miss, don’t worry, I won’t sue your boyfriend. Look how scared you both are!"
Observing him closely, it seemed like he was really okay. Everyone took a sigh of relief.
"This little rascal must have done it on purpose. Hmph, bringing Medicinal Wine and honey... Hmph!" After wandering around for a bit, Old He seemed to feel much better and started teasing Yan Fei. "Knowing that I can’t resist drinking, you intentionally provoked me, waiting to see me make a fool of myself, right?"
"No, that’s not true! He originally only wanted to bring wine, it was my idea to bring the honey!" Not realizing that Old He was jesting, the anxious Miss Xu Xiaoyan quickly defended Yan Fei.
"Miss, don’t pay attention to him, he’s just joking!" Granny He quickly comforted Xu Xiaoyan. "You old man, at this age, are still joking around with these kids? It doesn’t make you look like a teacher at all!"
Seeing Xu Xiaoyan , Old He feels a bit awkward. After Granny He’s scolding, he embarrassingly says, "I just wanted Little Yan to make up for the alcohol I drank tonight!"
At this, everyone present burst into laughter.
Xu Xiaoyan, realizing that she had overreacted, blushed in embarrassment, lowered her head and continued to giggle silently.
Wang Jiuming helped to lighten the atmosphere, "Why haven’t the people from the hospital arrived yet? I’ll call them again to hurry up. Later, teacher should get checked out at the hospital anyways. It won’t delay much, go there and then come back."
"I won’t go!" Old He refused as soon as he heard the suggestion. "Shouldn’t I be fine now? Do I look like there’s something wrong with me?"
Saying this, he raised his arms in a riding stance and started singing out loud, "Through forests and snow plains, my spirit soars high..."
He truly was drunk, the effects of alcohol clearly showing...
Granny He immediately stood up and pulled him down onto the seat: "You better sit down! Look at you, making a fool of yourself after drinking. Be mindful of your image, the children are still here! If you misbehave again, I’ll spend a few days at our daughter’s house tomorrow... I haven’t said anything about dismissing the guests earlier, but you are still causing a fuss. Do you want to be left alone, cooking noodles to eat all day?"
This threat worked wonders, making Old He straighten up immediately...
Just as everyone started to relax, suddenly they heard a hurried knock on the door. As soon as the door opened, two figures in white lab coats walked in. The old man of similar age to Old He asked anxiously as he entered, "What happened to you, Old He?"
"I’m okay now!" Seeing the newcomers, Old He called out, "I just had a little too much to drink and got a bit flustered. They’re overreacting. Old Li, you’ve come at just the right time. How about trying some of my wine?"