Chapter 296
The sky was still early.
Chen An did not delay and went straight to the office.
The office was at the end of the corridor, with its door ajar.
Chen An knocked on the door.
“Come in.”
A response came from inside.
He pushed the door open and walked in.
It was the noon break, and most of the desks in the office were empty. Only by the window sat a mature woman.
She was correcting homework with a red pen. Hearing the noise, she looked up. Seeing Chen An, the woman was slightly startled, then broke into a smile.
“It’s Chen An, what’s wrong? What’s up?”
As the class teacher, Liu Mengzhu naturally knew something about Chen An’s situation.
This child had a difficult and unfortunate fate, full of hardships.
He was usually very good in personality, and his studies never gave her any cause for worry.
It was a pity that misfortune always strikes the weakest, and bad luck always finds the suffering.
Although Liu Mengzhu sympathized with the child’s predicament, she had her own life. Apart from taking better care of him at school, she really had no more energy.
“Teacher Liu, I want to ask for a leave of absence.”
Chen An walked up and stated his intention.
Liu Mengzhu was momentarily stunned. She put down the red pen in her hand and bent down to search in the cabinet.
As she searched, she asked softly, “What’s wrong? You want to take leave all of a sudden?”
“I want to get a check-up at the hospital.”
The young man’s plain words made Liu Mengzhu pause.
She thought of something and her brows furrowed tightly.
She took out the leave form, pushed aside a strand of hair that fell by her ear, and her expression was serious.
“Chen An, are you feeling unwell? If you have any discomfort, you must tell your teacher immediately. Don’t bottle it up alone, okay?”
Her tone became even softer, afraid of hurting the child’s pride.
At the age of sixteen or seventeen, this was what mattered most.
But her worry was apparently unnecessary. Even before experiencing his nine past lives, Chen An would not have had much emotional fluctuation because of this.
“Teacher, my body has indeed undergone some changes…”
He took the leave form, picked up a neutral pen on the desk, and began to fill it out.
Speaking of this, Chen An suddenly raised an eyebrow, “It’s in a good way, so you don’t have to worry too much. Maybe when the hospital diagnoses it, I’ll be like a normal person?”
“If that’s the case, then that would be best…”
Liu Mengzhu sighed. She held Chen An’s hand and looked at him intently, “Promise me, no matter what, don’t give up easily, okay?”
“Your teacher will always stand behind you.”
Feeling the warmth transmitted from her hand, Chen An smiled and withdrew his hand.
“Teacher, I will take care of myself.”
After speaking, he picked up the leave form, got up, and walked towards the door.
“Hey!”
The woman called out to him.
Chen An turned his head and saw her forming a small fist and waving it at him.
“Keep it up!”
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As soon as he walked out of the office, Chen An heard a commotion.
Looking up, he saw a large crowd gathered at the doorway of Class 3-1.
As he got closer, he realized it was onlookers who had voluntarily formed a circle.
Inside the circle stood a man and a woman. The man had the trendy middle part hairstyle, his skin was fair and tender, and in his right hand hanging by his side was an envelope. The seal of the envelope was decorated with a heart-shaped wax seal.
His face was extremely ugly at the moment. His fingers clutched the letter tightly, wishing he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into immediately.
For a young man of this age, there was nothing more embarrassing than publicly confessing his love and being ruthlessly rejected.
Hearing the faint discussions and laughter, Gao Qingyang’s cheeks felt hot, as if they were burning.
He had never been so humiliated in his life!
He awkwardly turned his head and happened to see a familiar-looking boy walking towards them.
Gao Qingyang had a vague impression; this should be his classmate.
As for his name, he couldn’t remember it clearly. He only remembered that whenever there was a physical education class or a physical activity, this person would always dodge quickly.
He was not active in class, just a complete nobody. It was perfect for him to take the blame!
Thinking this, his eyes lit up. He quickly squeezed through the crowd, walked to the person’s side, and then pretended to be familiar by patting his shoulder.
“See, I told you, even if I took your place, Lin Da Xiaohua still wouldn’t accept it.”
Gao Qingyang tutted and thrust the envelope in his hand into Chen An’s.
Then he turned around and left潇洒.
He only left behind a group of dumbfounded onlookers.
This way of pushing the blame was very clever, and Gao Qingyang’s performance was very natural. Even the girl who was confessed to, at this moment, slightly raised her eyes and looked over.
Her features were exquisite, and her face was bright and radiant. Even in a simple blue and white school uniform, she could not hide her youthful charm.
But Chen An did not look at her.
He casually threw the letter into the trash can in the corridor. Chen An didn’t even offer an explanation, he just walked away on his own.
He was very lazy.
Explaining things was always troublesome.
The key was that even if you explained for a long time, people would often not listen.
And sometimes, actual actions were more powerful than words.
“Gao Qingyang from Class 2… I’m dying of laughter, just as expected of him.”
“So he really helped someone deliver a letter?”
“You believe that? Are you stupid or am I stupid?”
“Tsk, I don’t think it’s certain. Didn’t you see that person wasn’t refuting?”
“Idiot, I think the person is just too lazy to bother.”
There was a chatter of discussion. This matter would probably become a topic of conversation for them for quite some time.
As for Chen An, he was long gone.
He walked down the stairs and came to the main gate of Er Zhong.
In the security room at the gate sat an old man. He took off his shoes and stretched his feet out long on the table. He lay back in his chair, pulled his cap over his face, and looked extremely comfortable.
Chen An knocked on the glass window.
The old man’s toes twitched, but he didn’t wake up.
Chen An knocked again.
This time the old man reacted. He took off his hat, sat up slightly to take a look, then lay back down and stopped moving.
“Give me the slip.”
Chen An did as he was told and passed the leave form through the small semicircular window.
The old man squinted and checked it, then flicked his hand and opened the gate.
Stepping out of the gate, the afternoon sun was a bit fierce. Chen An blocked it with his hand.
He stood by the roadside, thinking about how to get to the hospital.
If he followed the ordinary person’s thinking, he would either take a bus or a taxi.
After all, the hospital was some distance from the school, about ten kilometers.
But Chen An wanted to try running there today.
In real life, he had never run at full speed.
So, the young man slowly half-squatted down, imitating the actions of long-distance runners training in his memory. He leaned forward slightly, and tiptoed.
The next moment, he exerted force with his legs and shot out.
The sound of wind rushed past his ears.
Chen An thought to himself, running really felt quite good. No wonder so many people in this world liked to run.
However, his speed was still too slow.
He frowned slightly and silently recited.
“Divine Steps.”
