Seizing Dreams [B1]

Ch3 - Recalling Old Memories

Yu Hao lay quietly on the bed with only the ceiling of the school's infirmary in his eyes. He heard Xue Long speak to a doctor outside to gain a better understanding of his current situation.

"He doesn't need to transfer to another hospital. He didn't inhale much, so we just need to observe him for awhile more."

Xue Long ensured that his life was no longer in danger before he left.

It has been said that those who've died once wouldn't seek death again. Right now, it seems that he had really gotten rid of the idea. It was as if "General" had stayed in his heart and was repeatedly telling him, "you will be fine".

Someone knocked on the door a few times. Yu Hao turned his head, then widened his eyes in surprise. That person was carrying his backpack and he was the Sports Department's basketball captain — Fu Liqun. He thought of the familiar voice he heard when he was unconscious — the one who had carried him to the hospital was him!

He knows Fu Liqun. He had helped him fill in an application form for a work-study program, and they have had brief conversations. Right now, his hair was drenched in sweat, yet he still looked very energetic. He had thick and black eyebrows, and his nickname was "Sports Department's Wang Leehom1".

"Feeling better?" Fu Liqun said, then put his medical record next to his pillow and passed Yu Hao his campus card and mobile phone.

Yu Hao wanted to get up, but Fu Liqun asked him to lie down and said, "I have a roommate who said that he saw you near the field."

Yu Hao uttered an "un", then Fu Liqun continued, "Don't worry. If someone asks, we'll just say that you just got dumped, so you went up the mountains to take pictures of gingkos and entered that old house to burn your diary but ended up choking on the smoke instead." As he spoke, he laughed to himself and said, "It actually sounds quite reasonable when I put it that way."

"No one will ask me anyway." Yu Hao answered.

"But there'll always be people who like to gossip." Fu Liqun answered.

Yu Hao whispered, "Thank you."

Fu Liqun was wearing a sports jacket with a basketball vest underneath it and a pair of training pants that he hadn't changed out of. He bent over slightly as he sat on a chair. He had carried Yu Hao to the infirmary as soon as he left the court so he was still gasping for breath as he looked at Yu Hao. Yu Hao remembered that there was once when he saw from afar someone drive a BMW to school to pick him up. Rumors has it that the car belonged to Fu Liqun's girlfriend from the Dance Department at Sichuan Conservatory of Music — a beautiful woman with fair skin and long legs.

There were many girls in the college who had a secret crush on Fu Liqun, plus he came from a well-to-do family as well. This kind of male-god-like existence seemed to be destined to live a bright and magnificent life. He belonged to a different world from Yu Hao, and had rarely taken the initiative to talk to him.

"You're welcome." Fu Liqun had stayed silent for a long while before he replied. His expression looked like he was trying to find something to talk about, but his mobile phone rang. Fu Liqun thus lowered his head and began to reply on his WeChat.

Sneezing sounds could be heard outside, and the sneezes sounded one after the other.

"Redhead?" Fu Liqun said.

Someone followed behind the nurse and entered the ward. The school infirmary's ward was partitioned into two with a privacy screen. Zhou Sheng entered while he sneezed, looked at the Yu Hao who was on a drip and uttered a "yo", then said, "What happened?"

"He's sick." Fu Liqun answered for Yu Hao.

"You're not getting enough nutrition ba, look at how skinny you are." Zhou Sheng's snot was dripping as he walked to the other side of the privacy screen. The nurse smiled as she held a tongue depressor2. She has seen all kinds of weirdos in the school infirmary, so she didn't make any comment. She held up Zhou Sheng's chin and asked, "Where does it hurt?"