Chapter 32: Worry-Free Influenza

  Gu's father gave 5,000 yuan, and Gu Xiang handed it all over to her mother.

  His father later asked him when he would go to choose a piano. Gu Xiang said there was no hurry, and it was fine to practice with an electronic keyboard for the time being.

  Father Gu said to leave the deposit book with her and just let him know when she wants to withdraw money.

  This sum of money, Gu Xiang will not touch for the time being, just keeping it as a reserve.

  She was really scared by what happened to Cen Xiang.

  In her previous life, Gu's mother was already in poor health before the college entrance examination, but she didn't go for a formal check-up until after the exam.

  Who knew that after examination, it was already in the late stage of cancer, and even surgery couldn't be performed, only relying on radiotherapy and chemotherapy to delay time.

  This life Gu Xiang is too confident, never thought that if there is a change, what if Mom Gu encounters this situation again.

  When Gu's mom was ill last time, she refused to take a single penny from Gu's dad.

  Plus his stepmother intervened and his dad didn't insist on giving it to him afterwards.

  Gu Xiang also felt that she had been acting quite nervously lately, and it was hard for Tang Lulu to bear with her continuously.

  She taught her for several weeks without asking anything.

  It moved Gu Xiang's heart.

  It has snowed these days and the weather is getting colder.

  There were no warming measures in the classroom.

  But everyone seemed to be unafraid of the cold and wore very little, Lin Jiahuan only wore a pair of fleece-lined pants inside, and still wore sports shoes on her feet.

  Tang Lulu and Li Wei wore a bit more, but only one more thin velvet pants.

  Gu Xiangke is no longer at the age where she would risk her life for beauty, but wearing too many layers makes her legs and feet feel stiff and uncomfortable, to the point where she can't even ride a bicycle.

  Her mother made her a few pairs of black cotton pants for her to wear directly over her fleece-lined pants.

  Gu Xiang is wearing quite well, both convenient and warm.

  Her mother just thought gray and black were too plain, saying next time she would make her two embroidered ones.

  Gu Xiang hastily stopped her, the plain-colored cotton pants made into small tube socks weren't bad-looking, but embroidering two big flowers on them would be really tacky.

  The road surface has frozen and it's quite slippery where it hasn't been swept clean.

  Gu Xiang didn't let her mom send her off, in the morning when she went to school it was still dark, and the wind blowing on her face felt like a knife.

  Gu's mom saw her riding steadily and gradually felt at ease.

  When Gu Xiang went to school, she had to wear gloves, a thin pair of five-fingered ones and a leather one on the outside. She also had to wear a mask, scarf and earmuffs.

  This girl's behavior even made her mother laugh and call her "a person wrapped in a package".

  She also brought a pair of slippers to the classroom, wearing sneakers when going to and from school and in between classes, and wearing old slippers at ordinary times in the classroom.

  She also brought a blanket with a cover for her legs in class.

  Lin Jiahuan ridiculed Gu Xiang for wearing more than her grandmother.

  Gu Xiang ignored her and continued to focus on keeping warm. She was currently studying and had to curl up with her hands and feet in order to do her homework.

  It's almost Christmas, Gu Xiang bought greeting cards for several other little friends.

  This has become an unwritten rule among good friends who play together.

  It still feels quite fresh for her, she didn't have friends who could exchange greeting cards with each other in her past life.

  But when Christmas really arrived, there was no festive atmosphere in the class at all.

  Because of the drop in temperature over the past few days, people in our class have started catching colds one after another.

  One by one, it eventually spread throughout the class and influenza broke out.

  Mr. Jiang borrowed an alcohol lamp and started boiling vinegar for them at the beginning of every morning reading class.

  Gu Xiang every day after running into the classroom smelled a sour smell.

  After a long time, they finally got used to it, and then Teacher Jiang told them to open the window to let in some fresh air.

  Gu Xiang and his group happened to move to the window side, and as soon as the window was opened, they shivered with cold.

  She also brought a hot water bottle. When Teacher Jiang said to open the window, she used the water from the drinking machine in front to fill a warm one and held it in her hand.

  Although it's a bit of a waste of water, at least it can return some temperature.

  In self-study class, Teacher Jiang said that team members need to be elected, classmates nominate themselves, and the five people with the most votes will be selected.

  It was still an honor to join the team at that time.

  But Gu Xiang knew that by high school, there were almost no more newcomers.

  I joined the group early and paid several more dollars in membership fees.

  The result of the vote is that Chai Zi Yu has the highest number of votes, followed by Gu Xiang in second place, then Tang Lu Lu, Li Wei and Ning Peng.

  Zhao Lei, who was supposed to be on stage, wasn't even there. As soon as she came down from the podium, her face looked terrible.

  It seems like during our junior high school days, everyone's confidence came from their exam scores.

  Gu Xiang felt that during this period of time, Zhao Lei was also not so enthusiastic about discipline.

  And also the classmates in the class are no longer as obedient to her as before.

  Gu Xiang and Zhao Lei didn't have much contact, and he also didn't know if she was affected by this matter.

  Anyway, it wasn't long before Zhao Lei also caught a cold and took a week-long leave of absence. I heard it was so severe that she had to be hospitalized.

  Teacher Jiang called Gu Xiang into her office and asked if she could represent the class to visit her over the weekend.

  Gu Xiang agreed, but didn't want to go alone, so she thought of pulling other class committee members along.

  You can't go empty-handed, so Teacher Jiang asked Gu Xiang to use the class funds to buy some fruit or something.

  The class life committee is Zhao Yue. Gu Xiang thought that last time, Zhao Yue was able to pass on Lin Jia Huan's words to Zhao Lei, so the relationship between these two people should not be bad.

  She went to tell Zhao Yue about it, and Zhao Yue said she had something on the weekend and wouldn't go. She gave Gu Xiang 100 yuan and told her to buy it herself, just remember to get a receipt.

  Gu Xiang was stunned.

  When asked about others, Zhao Lei's poor human relations were revealed once again. Except for Tang Lulu who agreed to go because of Gu Xiang's face, no one else was willing to go.

  By the weekend, Tang Lulu made an appointment with Gu Xiang to meet after lunch.

  Because Tang Lulu's dad must be sending her off, so they agreed to meet at the hospital entrance.

  At noon, the warm sunshine made Gu Xiang wear a woolen hat, and on her head hung a fruit basket that her mother had bought for her at the roadside fruit stall near their home two nights ago.

  Tang Lulu's dad put her down and left, seeing Gu Xiang coming, Tang Lulu helped her carry the fruit basket and followed her to park the bicycle.

  Zhao Le's ward was on the 6th floor, and Gu Xiang found it without much effort.

  She lived in a double room. Gu Xiang went in and found that the whole room was just her, and the other bed was still empty.

  Thinking that her parents were probably at work, Gu Xiang pulled Tang Lulu and went in.

  Zhao Lei was coughing while still holding a book in her hand.

  Gu Xiang wasn't very familiar with her either, but she knocked on the door and went in anyway.

  Zhao Lei saw that they were still quite happy, and Gu Xiang's awkwardness also dissipated.

  After they came in, Zhao Lei was still looking back at them.

  Gu Xiang could only force himself to explain: "Teacher Jiang asked me and Tang Lulu, as representatives of the class committee, to come see you, hoping that you will get better soon."

  Zhao Le was very disappointed. Her cold got worse and worse, and later she had a fever. Her parents were busy at work and there was no one to take care of her at home, so they sent her to the hospital.

  Later her mother told her that the class teacher said a classmate wanted to visit her. She was quite looking forward to it.

  Spent a week in hospital, usually don't even have anyone to talk to, it's quite boring.

  Zhao Le asked them where they had gotten to in their lessons, and Gu Xiang thought it was a bit pitiful that she was alone in the sickroom, so he took her math book and circled some questions for her.

  Gu Xiang asked her how she was doing.

  Zhao Lei said she was almost recovered, but sometimes at night she still had a low fever.

  "You need to get better quickly, Teacher Jiang said there is one last round of review before the final exam."

  Zhao Lei also felt anxious: "I want to go back to class as soon as possible. But my mom insists that I have to wait until I'm completely better."

  "Your mom must be doing it for your own good. You should rest well and when you get back, try harder and you'll definitely catch up."

  Gu Xiang felt that Zhao Lei was like a different person now, much easier to get along with.

  Tang Lulu really just accompanied Gu Xiang and didn't say a word from start to finish.

  Before leaving, Gu Xiang also promised Zhao Lei to photocopy her notes for her to see the next day.

  When leaving the hospital, Gu Xiang was still marveling: "Zhao Lei's illness has completely changed her."

  Tang Lulu smiled and said: "When others show weakness to you, you want to be good to them. This personality of yours that loves to take care of people, those who don't know you would think you're older than us by a lot."

  Gu Xiang smiled and didn't say anything.

  Because the hospital is not far from Jiefang Road Shopping Mall, Gu Xiang had all her recent notes printed at a printing shop next to her school and sent them to her the next day after school.

  It got dark especially early today. When Gu Xiang arrived at the hospital, she was struck by the bright lights inside, and outside it was pitch black.

  Zhao Le's mother saw Gu Xiang for the first time.

  Gu Xiang naturally shouted "Auntie" as soon as she entered the door.

  Zhao's mother then gave up the chair beside the bed for her to sit: "You're Lere's classmate, right?"

  "Gu Xiang said: 'Auntie, I'm Gu Xiang. I came to deliver a notebook to Zhao Lei.'"

  Zhao's mother looked at Gu Xiang's eyes that had turned pale from the cold and asked her if she was cold or hungry.

  Gu Xiang handed the note to Zhao Lei and said: "My mom is still at home waiting for me to eat, I'll go first, Auntie goodbye."

  Mrs. Zhao also thought it was not good for the little ones to stay in the hospital for dinner, so she asked Gu Xiang to go down and have dinner at their home.

  After Gu Xiang left, Zhao's mother said to Zhao Le: "I think this classmate of yours is quite good, named Gu Xiang, right? Why haven't I heard you mention her before?"

  Zhao Leixin said that she had actually mentioned it before, and from the beginning of school, she felt that Gu Xiang was disobedient and quite annoying. When talking to her mother about unpleasant things at school, most of the time she would mention her, but not by name, just calling her "Fatty".

  If I tell her mom about that annoying fat guy, she'll definitely remember him right away.

  In just a few days, Zhao Lei returned to school for classes. She had lost even more weight.

  Gu Xiang looked at him with a hint of envy, thinking that being pale and slender was quite good-looking, but she only thought about it and didn't have the guts to take action.

  The biggest test of this semester - the final exam is coming soon!

  The author has something to say: Some girls in the comments said that the female lead is deceiving people for money and should just ask directly, but when asking for money, you need a reason, right? You can't just say "my mom might get cancer in the future" and "I know dad, you won't be around to take care of her, so I'll just take some money first".

  Then her father believed her and asked why she didn't wait until something happened later on.

  Is it mainly because you said that I know you might go bankrupt in a few years and can't even take out tens of thousands?

  So the female lead just made an excuse and asked her dad for some money first. Of course, if her mom didn't get sick later and they didn't need to use it, she would definitely return the money to her dad...