Chapter 188 - Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infection

Liu Lingxiu, just like a young girl experiencing her first love, was extremely happy when she received the doll and teddy bear from Ye Qiu.

If it weren’t for all the students passing by, she really would have wanted to hug and kiss Ye Qiu.

Under Su Luoluo’s somewhat envious gaze, Ye Qiu rode his electric bicycle and took Liu Lingxiu home.

Watching the two of them disappear into the crowd, Su Luoluo had just thought that Ye Qiu might give her one as well, but in the end, he didn’t.

During the self-study session, Zhang Wei still didn’t know that after he fell asleep on his desk, almost all the other students were gone except for the boarders who stayed to read and review.

Li Qiang came over to wake Zhang Wei up.

Zhang Wei opened his blurry eyes and asked, “What time is it?”

“Boss, it’s the end of self-study.”

Zhang Wei checked the time; it was already past ten at night.

In the eyes of Li Qiang and the others, Zhang Wei’s current condition really wasn’t suitable for coming to the classroom for lessons; it would have been better for him to stay at home and rest.

Zhang Wei yawned and went downstairs with Li Qiang and the others.

Earlier tonight, when the comprehensive studies teacher asked him to stay behind in the office and questioned him about his poor performance on this exam, Zhang Wei could only say that he was very sleepy on the day of the exam and didn’t sleep well, so his mental state was terrible.

The comprehensive studies teacher thought that must have been the case, which led to Zhang Wei’s poor performance on this mock exam.

Now Zhang Wei was even more worried, unsure if his condition was very serious, or if it was the medicine he was taking that made him so tired.

He had already gotten the western medicine for treating hypersomnia from Jinling People’s Hospital and had taken it, and he thought that might be why he was so sleepy.

When Zhang Wei got home and saw his parents waiting for him, he felt a kind of unspeakable emotion, but he was really very tired now.

Without even taking a bath, he ate a packet of the western medicine for hypersomnia and then went to his room to sleep.

Ye Qiu took Liu Lingxiu to her home’s doorstep before heading back to his old neighborhood.

When he arrived upstairs, he saw Ye Xue and Chen Fang watching TV, but Ye Weidong was nowhere to be seen.

He guessed that Ye Weidong must be at the restaurant.

Originally, Ye Qiu didn’t want his parents to continue working hard at their congee and noodle shop, but it seemed Weidong was still working as hard as ever.

Weidong definitely couldn’t rest easy about the workers back in the hometown doing the renovations, not following Ye Qiu’s design plans for the restaurant.

After greeting Chen Fang and Ye Xue, Ye Qiu handed the doll and teddy bear he brought back to Ye Xue.

“Ye Qiu, where did these come from?”

“Sis, I got them from a claw machine, especially for you.”

“I really like them.”

Ye Xue smiled.

For some reason, when Ye Xue saw that Ye Qiu had specially taken the doll he got from the claw machine and brought it to her, it made her very happy.

Ye Qiu went to take a shower, then returned to his room and continued to sit cross-legged on his mat to cultivate.

He knew that Jiangnan Province was still in its rainy season during the summer, and under the circumstances where both the sun and moon were covered by dark clouds, it would be impossible for him to continue cultivating the Primordial Five Emperors Technique.

Fortunately, in recent times, aside from a few overcast days, the weather had been good, so Ye Qiu’s cultivation speed hadn’t slowed down.

After continuing to cultivate and opening his eyes again, it was already after eight in the morning.

Ye Qiu quickly got up, got dressed, and washed up.

When he came out, he found that Ye Xue had made breakfast for him and left him a note.

The note said that she and Chen Fang had gone to the restaurant to check on the renovations.

As Ye Qiu went downstairs after eating breakfast, he saw the butcher couple and He Xiaoqing.

He Xiaoqing seemed a bit embarrassed when she saw Ye Qiu.

However, Ye Qiu didn’t greet the three of them, as he had already made it clear last time that he didn’t want to have anything more to do with the butcher’s family.

As Ye Qiu rode away on his electric bicycle, quickly disappearing from sight, Li Lanfang mumbled under her breath about how Ye Qiu was becoming increasingly rude, not even bothering to greet them.

“Xiaoqing, how are things going with that fish seller Wang?”

“Mom, I don’t think Wang and I are right for each other.”

He Xiaoqing whispered.

She realized that after three years of knowing Ye Qiu, although they didn’t have much interaction, they at least saw each other every day at the congee and noodle shop.

But now, suddenly being expected to enter such a relationship with someone she didn’t know, He Xiaoqing felt very unaccustomed.

If it weren’t for her naturally compliant personality, she might have already rebelled.

“Wang isn’t suitable?

Then I’ll introduce you to Li, who sells beef!”

Ye Qiu rode his electric bicycle to Liu Lingxiu’s house, picked her up, and headed to Jiangbei No.

3 Middle School.

The English test papers for the mock exam had already been handed out, and the English teacher was waiting for Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu.

These two were also the top students in the class, especially Ye Qiu, who scored full marks on the mock exam, just like in the joint exam.

Liu Lingxiu had also made significant progress and scored nearly 140 on the English test.

When the two entered through the front door of the classroom, Ye Qiu returned to his seat and noticed Zhang Wei’s seat was still empty, indicating he wouldn’t be coming today.

Zhang Wei had gone to his room to sleep, and by eight o’clock the next morning, Liu Ying was puzzled as to why Zhang Wei hadn’t gotten up despite breakfast being ready for so long.

When she went to wake up Zhang Wei, he said to her, “Mom, I feel really unwell, is it possible that I have a cold or a fever?”

Zhang Wei’s hypersomnia hadn’t been cured yet, and now he had a fever too?

With her hand on Zhang Wei’s forehead and feeling the slight heat, Liu Ying thought it was normal for him to get a fever after being tortured by severe insomnia and hypersomnia for so long.

However, since he was currently taking medication for hypersomnia, he certainly couldn’t take any medicine for colds or fevers.

“We have to go to the hospital.”

Liu Ying said.

Zhang Wei struggled to get out of bed and, without washing up, was taken to Jinling People’s Hospital once more by Liu Ying.

After registering in the internal medicine department, they went in to see a doctor.

After examining him, the attending physician noted that his symptoms included severe chills, mild fever, no sweating, headaches, body aches, nasal congestion, a heavy voice, itchy throat, and a mild cough.

Upon seeing these symptoms, the attending physician determined that Zhang Wei had a typical acute upper respiratory tract infection, commonly known as a cold.

“When did this start?”

The attending physician asked Zhang Wei.

“There was nothing wrong last night, but it started this morning.”

The attending physician was a bit surprised that his condition had worsened so much overnight, thinking that Zhang Wei’s constitution must be very weak.