It wasn't until she returned to her bedroom that Xia Sanghuan was still recalling that sentence, "The porridge is delicious."
She shyly buried her face in the huge teddy bear that Fu Lingshi had bought for her. Little did she know that her flushed ears had already given her away.
If someone were beside her now, they would surely think she had a fever again.
From the moment she returned to the bedroom until now, her heart had been pounding non - stop. She tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. All she could think about and see was Leng Chuanjin.
But she had to go to the laboratory early the next morning. If she didn't go to sleep soon, she wouldn't be able to get up the next day.
So Xia Sanghuan got caught in a vicious cycle: forcing herself to sleep, suddenly remembering Leng Chuanjin, getting too excited to sleep, and then forcing herself to sleep again...
She let out a sigh. This wouldn't do.
She took out the player that Fu Youqing had given her from under her pillow, put on the earphones, and randomly found a video.
Afraid of getting excited again, she simply turned off the screen of the player and only listened to the sound in the video.
Fortunately, these videos were all made by the exclusive sleep - aid teachers of Fu Youqing and Fu Moning. Their effect of soothing the nerves and helping one fall asleep was extremely remarkable, which could be seen from Xia Sanghuan, who fell asleep in less than five minutes.
She had a good night's sleep.
The next morning, Xia Sanghuan woke up ten minutes earlier than the alarm clock as usual.
Although her body still felt a bit unwell, it was much better than the day before.
She got up, dressed, washed up, and had breakfast as usual.
"Brother Chuanjin has gone to the company?" she asked Wang Fu, who came to see her off before she left.
"Yes, Young Master left home an hour and a half ago."
Sure enough, Second Brother would always leave earlier than her.
Xia Sanghuan nodded without saying much more and then got into the car.
The Leng family villa wasn't far from the school. It took less than twenty minutes to drive there.
During the car ride, she always liked to go over yesterday's research first, and then roughly draw up a table for today's research, so as not to be at a loss when she got to the laboratory and thus reduce the research efficiency.
But today was a bit different from usual.
She remembered that when Leng Chuanjin had just returned home last night, there were still faint dark circles under his eyes.
With her sharp eyes, she could tell at a glance that he had been staying up late for several days in a row.
Moreover, his sleep quality was very poor.
She couldn't help but let out a sigh and worry about him involuntarily.
What kind of thorny problems was Second Brother facing alone in the places she couldn't see?
Before she knew it, the driver stopped the car.
They had arrived at the school.
Even though Leng Chuanjin had arranged the most low - key car of the Leng family for her, her appearance still made the students at the school gate turn their heads frequently.
Feeling those curious, envious, or disdainful looks, Xia Sanghuan walked straight towards the laboratory building without looking sideways.
She wasn't someone who would pay too much attention to others' evaluations, but she was just an ordinary teenage girl who had just come of age. To truly ignore others' malice, perhaps only the immortals in the sky could do it.
In the past, those looks were like thorns in her heart. They didn't hurt much, but they still ached when touched.
But after reuniting with her father, brothers, and sisters yesterday, that thorn had been pulled out.
Moreover, there was Leng Chuanjin.
His unobtrusive but gentle and caring attitude was like a gentle spring breeze.
Now, Xia Sanghuan seemed to be more mature and steady than before, and she also had the courage to face malice directly.
In fact, if she told her family about the situation, the Fu family would surely come to support her and ensure that she wouldn't be wronged at all.
But thinking about how they had panicked and rushed around just because she had a fever, she sighed helplessly and thought it would be better to handle this kind of thing by herself. Otherwise, God knows what kind of chaotic situation it would turn into.
After walking for more than twenty minutes, she finally arrived at the building where the laboratory was located.
Xia Sanghuan took a breath. Although she didn't want the Fu family to come to the school to support her, could the Fu family sponsor her a small electric scooter?
After all, walking such a long way to the laboratory every day was a waste of time and tiring.
Moreover, many students in the college also used electric scooters as a means of transportation.
Thinking like this, she decided to call her father that night.
After entering the main entrance, she bumped into the group of people who had blocked her at the laboratory door the day before yesterday afternoon.
She wondered what these people were doing all day long. They were like hooligans loafing around the school without learning anything. Was the quality of the students at Fernoss College really that low? She thought that if she had known earlier, she wouldn't have come here.
The senior at the head of the group bumped straight into her as if he hadn't seen Xia Sanghuan. She wasn't steady on her feet and the folder in her hand fell to the ground. The materials inside scattered all over the floor.
"Sorry, junior. I bumped into you, but you were standing at the main entrance blocking the way. It would be strange if I didn't bump into you," the senior said in an exaggerated tone.
The little followers behind him burst into laughter when they heard him.
Looking at the senior who had bumped into her, Xia Sanghuan wordlessly squatted down, picked up the materials one by one, and stuffed them back into the folder.
"Dear seniors and seniors, I wonder if the students at Fernoss College are all like you all day long."
"But I can only say that you are really embarrassing the college."
"If you got in by paying money and just want to get a diploma, just ignore what I said."
"But, as far as I know, the students at a school of Fernoss's level should have all been admitted by their own strength, right?"
"Don't let your talent be buried by jealousy."
Then, she slowly stood up.
"Now that I've said what I wanted to say, can you please get out of the way?"
The group of people were a bit shocked to see the little girl in front of them, who was different from the day before when she didn't even dare to refute a single word.
Where had the timid little girl from a few days ago gone?
Seeing that the group of people didn't move, Xia Sanghuan simply walked around them. She was too lazy to entangle with them any more.
If she had chosen to remain silent a few days ago to end that chaos earlier, today she said all these words to let these people stop bothering her. After all, compared with them, her time was much more precious.
"What do you mean by loafing around? We are a medical research group!"
Hearing the senior shouting from behind, she turned around and gave them a cold look.
"Then put your mind into medical research. Instead of scheming against each other, think about how to save a few more patients with incurable diseases!"
The senior on the other side was rendered speechless by her retort. He pointed at her and stammered "You, you, you" for a long time, and finally left a harsh word.
"Just you wait! We'll see who wins in the term - end thesis!"
After shouting, the senior led the group of people behind him out of the building.
Xia Sanghuan also turned around and continued walking towards the elevator.
She was glad that it was still early and there were only herself and this group of people in the research building.
If there had been a conflict when there were people coming and going, she didn't know what the other side would think, but at least she would have felt extremely embarrassed.