When she returned to the dormitory, it was nearly ten o’clock.
She sent a leave request message to her counselor, and the response came quickly.
An Yin had always been seen as a good student by her counselor, so this time her leave was approved smoothly.
Arriving at the desk, she opened the bag handed to her by Assistant Lin. Inside, besides some medicine, there was a doctor’s order.
An Yin picked it up and glanced at it. The paper detailed dietary precautions, as well as the dosage and frequency of medication.
After reading it, she casually placed it on the desk.
Originally intending to crawl into bed for a rest, she remembered she had just come out of the hospital. Dragging her weary body, An Yin went to the bathroom, took a shower, changed into clean pajamas, and then lay back on the bed.
She hadn’t been lying down long when the sound of her phone vibrating woke her up.
She opened her sleepy eyes, picked up the phone from beside the pillow, and saw it was a video call from Jiang Keke on WeChat. She tapped to answer.
"Yinyin, why didn’t you come to class? You’re in... the dormitory."
In the video, Jiang Keke craned her neck, seriously inspecting the environment around An Yin.
"Yeah." An Yin explained weakly, "My gastritis flared up, feeling a bit unwell."
"Oh, did you go to the hospital? Is it serious? Should I take leave and come to accompany you?" Jiang Keke asked anxiously.
"It’s okay, the doctor prescribed some medicine. A day or two of rest will do. Please don’t take leave." An Yin didn’t want her to miss class, and the last sentence came out a bit hurriedly.
"Alright then." Seeing An Yin’s insistence, Jiang Keke had no choice but to relent. "You better take good care of yourself. Don’t go to the cafeteria at noon, I’ll bring some congee up."
"Okay, thank you, Keke." An Yin mumbled.
"Hmph, no need to be polite with me." Jiang Keke feigned anger, then suddenly had a question pop up and couldn’t help but ask, "How did you suddenly get gastritis? Ever since I moved to Ah Cheng’s, have you not been eating properly every day?"
Hearing her friend’s question, An Yin suddenly recalled Bao Shaojin’s attitude when leaving the hospital room. He seemed a bit angry, and even his tone was unusually cold. At that moment, An Yin’s mood became gloomy again. Facing Jiang Keke’s inquiry, with a low spirit, she didn’t want to elaborate and brushed it off, "No, it’s just an old problem acting up."
An Yin had been having stomach issues since freshman year, and Jiang Keke knew about it.
Hearing An Yin’s dispirited tone, Jiang Keke just assumed she was very weak now. "Then have a good rest. I’ll come over later."
Su Family living room.
Madam Su’s delicate face showed hints of anger as the maid quietly said beside her, "Young Master is not awake yet."
"Stay at the door and inform me when he wakes up." Madam Su cast a glance towards the stairs and said coldly.
"Yes, Madam." The maid lowered her head and respectfully retreated.
Over the years, the younger son’s studies had always been excellent, never troubling her. Sometimes, when the ladies gathered to chat, Madam Su always spoke of her younger son with pride.
Recalling last night’s situation, she only felt a faint headache.
In the middle of the night, someone rang the Su Family’s doorbell.
Madam Su was in a deep sleep and was disturbed, so when she followed the maid to the living room, she saw her younger son being assisted into the hall.
Madam Su looked at the scene in front of her in astonishment.
After the driver helped Su Yifeng lie flat on the sofa, he bowed and said, "Madam Su, Young Master got drunk at ’Qin Land’, so we had to bring him back first."
Upon hearing the words "Qin Land", Madam Su’s cold face instantly softened, and she said, "Thank you."
Then, Madam Su instructed the maid to see the driver out.
As evening fell, the Su Family’s living room was brightly lit, illuminating every corner of the interior. The maids who had been asleep also woke up.
Madam Su stared in a daze at her youngest son, who was drunk beyond measure. Despite her full displeasure, she could only direct others to move Su Yifeng to his bedroom.
When she snapped out of last night’s thoughts, a maid came downstairs, face full of delight, "Madam, Young Master is awake!"
Upon hearing this, Madam Su stood up and headed towards the second floor.
Su Yifeng reached out to cover his forehead as waves of splitting headaches struck him, causing him to hunch over in discomfort. Fragmented scenes from last night intermittently surfaced in his mind.
Vaguely, he seemed to have seen An Yin’s figure. Did he also make a phone call to her?
Thinking about this, he forced his staggering body up slowly, looking around.
At the same time, Madam Su opened the door, seeing her son frantically searching around like a headless fly.
"What are you looking for?" Madam Su suppressed the anger in her heart, her brows tightly furrowed.
"Where did my phone go?" Su Yifeng had turned all the blankets over, and even the pillow was thrown under the bed.
His anxious demeanor only made Madam Su angrier.
The maid standing beside spoke up at this moment, "Young Master, I placed your phone here." After the maid said that, she picked up the phone from the shelf in the corner and handed it to Su Yifeng.
"Give it to me quickly." Su Yifeng, as if finding a lifeline, swiftly grabbed the phone from the maid, unlocked it, and directly checked the call log.
Su Yifeng instantly saw the call record with An Yin at the top of the list, even glancing at the call duration...
Su Yifeng collapsed onto the carpet beside the bed, his face looking utterly dejected.
Ever since Madam Su stepped into her son’s bedroom, she noticed that her son completely ignored her presence, treating her as if she were air. From his series of reactions, even if she were slow to react, Madam Su could sense her son’s unusual behavior.
"Yifeng!" Madam Su scolded sharply. For origınal chapters go to 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵※𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮※𝓷𝓮𝓽
Her angry voice caught Su Yifeng’s attention.
Su Yifeng tightly grasped the phone with both hands, turning his dazed face, "Mom..." After speaking, he looked back at his phone, continuously staring at the name on the screen: An Yin!
His gaze was filled with infatuation.
From the events that happened when he was drunk last night, he didn’t remember clearly. Even whether An Yin appeared at the "Qin Land Club" might have been just his imagination, as entering such a place required a membership, and based on his understanding of An Yin’s family background, she wouldn’t be able to appear there.
Hence, he concluded that the slender figure from last night might have been just a figment of his dream!
Seeing her son’s absent-minded appearance, Madam Su walked forward and snatched away his phone, "Yifeng, explain what happened last night?" Someone who should have been at school was brought home in the middle of the night in such a drunken state. How could Madam Su not be angry?
"Give me my phone back." His phone suddenly taken away, Su Yifeng reached out to grab it, but when faced with the angry glare of his mother, he slowly stood up, pleading, "Mom, can you please give me the phone?"