Stars In His Eyes
Chapter 814: Reserved He Teng 12

Chapter 814: Chapter 814: Reserved He Teng 12

"You know?" He Zhilan returned with a smirk to He Teng, glanced at his expression, but without waiting for He Teng’s reply, she went into the kitchen.

Indeed, He Zhilan found that sometimes teasing He Teng’s wooden face was truly very interesting.

"Don’t make too much for dinner." He Teng followed her into the kitchen and said, "I have something to take care of in the city. I probably won’t come back tonight. If you’re scared, you can ask Ya’nan to come over and sleep with you, or just leave the lights on."

For He Zhilan, this was a bolt from the blue.

He Teng was also in a rush, so after making these arrangements with He Zhilan, he took a quick shower and hurriedly left.

He Teng said he might not come back that night, and as it turned out, he didn’t return at all. He Zhilan didn’t see him again before she left early Monday morning with the army vehicle to go to school.

Autumn in the north comes abruptly, shifting from the oppressive heat of summer to the direct onset of fall.

It happened to be this inopportune time when the school’s original English teacher for the first-year high school students broke her leg. Without being able to find a substitute on short notice, He Zhilan was asked to fill in directly.

This substitute teaching meant that He Zhilan’s workload essentially doubled. She was on her feet from the first class in the morning until the last one in the afternoon, and at night she would write lesson plans until late, so much so that on the weekends, because she was valued by the school leaders, she was sent to another school in Lin City for professional classroom seminars.

After half a month of this exhausting routine, not to mention hassling He Teng at the army camp, even getting a full night’s sleep became a luxury. And so, after half a month of running on autopilot, He Zhilan collapsed from exhaustion in the classroom. Her sudden fainting terrified the students, who screamed in alarm.

When He Teng received the call from Chen Ya’nan while he was discussing matters with several platoon leaders in his office, he was shocked. As soon as he picked up the phone, he heard the normally brave Chen Ya’nan sobbing uncontrollably.

"Uncle He, it’s terrible, Sister Zhilan fainted in the middle of class! She’s been taken to the city hospital by other teachers. You have to come quickly! Will Sister Zhilan be okay?"

Upon hearing this, He Teng was dumbfounded, "How could she suddenly faint?"

"I don’t know, Uncle He, just hurry to the hospital!" Chen Ya’nan had no further information, just urging He Teng to get to the hospital as fast as he could.

Hearing this, He Teng immediately became anxious. After giving a few quick instructions, he drove straight to the city in the military vehicle.

When He Teng arrived at the hospital, He Zhilan had already been taken to a ward, with an IV drip in her hand. In the room, Chen Ya’nan stood by with red eyes, along with Chen Ya’nan’s homeroom teacher and another older female teacher.

"What happened?" He Teng frowned looking at He Zhilan on the hospital bed. It had only been half a month since he last saw her; how could she have lost even more weight? Hadn’t she put on a couple of pounds over the summer break? Surely, it couldn’t have all been lost in this half month, could it?

"The doctor said it’s due to exhaustion. Recently, a teacher at the school broke her leg, so she’s been substituting. And then, over the weekend, she had to travel for work and didn’t have time to rest properly. After half a month without proper rest and having a weak constitution to begin with, she collapsed," Chen Ya’nan’s homeroom teacher explained to He Teng.

"Uncle He, Sister Zhilan had already been feeling a bit under the weather these past few days, but she still insisted on teaching us," Chen Ya’nan said, his voice faltering, clearly still shaken by the scare.

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