"Don't you find it strange? Just a simple cold and fever, and my heart stopped... But when I first got this body, even if I got kicked or starved, it was no big deal. My physical condition has deteriorated so quickly."

4011 scratched his bald, potato-chip-like head. [Hmm... My soul and body are both in the adjustment period. It's normal to feel a little weak during this period.]

Chi Qinghe didn't understand, [adjustment period?]

"After all, it's not original, so occasional issues are normal." 4011 was being reliable for the first time. "Since I brought you into this world, I'll be responsible for you. Don't worry, until you complete your mission, you're... immortal!"

Chi Qinghe raised the corner of his lips, [Thank you.]

4011's black bean blinked, and suddenly turned around. The little potato chip's body trembled, and after a long while, he said, "I'm very strong."

【I know. 】

[Good to know…]

As soon as he returned to the dormitory, Chi Qinghe took his clothes and prepared to take a shower and go to bed, but Gong Huasui stopped him in front of the wardrobe and prevented him from moving.

"Qinghe, it's best not to take a bath when you have a fever, it will make the condition worse."

"It'll be quick, it's okay."

"No." Gong Huasui was firm.

Chi Qinghe was helpless, "But I can't sleep if I don't take a shower."

Seeing that Gong Huasui still refused to move, he sighed, "Then let's change the subject. Can you tell me what happened yesterday?"

Hearing this, Gong Huasui suddenly seemed to realize something. He covered his chin with his hands and shook his head like a small bell.

Chi Qinghe frowned slightly, a hint of nervousness emerging between his words that he himself didn't even notice, "Your face is injured?"

"no!"

"Then let go of your hands."

"...I...I want to go drink some water." Gong Huasui looked away and slipped away after finding an excuse.

Chi Qinghe grabbed his arm, his eyes focused on the boy's fingers covering his chin, and his voice became much more serious, "Gong Huasui."

After saying that, before Gong Huasui could answer, he started coughing violently because his throat was too strained.

Every time I coughed, my dizzy head shook more severely, like water and flour mixed together. My vision was blurry and my knees felt weak, and I was about to kneel to the ground.

Gong Huasui's pupils shrank suddenly, and he stretched out his arms in a hurry to hug the person, but his foot slipped.

"boom--"

The two men fell to the ground, and Gong Huasui's back hit the ground, causing him to feel numb with pain, but he didn't care about it at all. He quickly lowered his head to check if Chi Qinghe was injured.

When he saw the little head on his chest that was slightly arched like a small animal, Gong Huasui first breathed a sigh of relief, and then his whole body stiffened, as if dense small electric currents were running around in his limbs and bones, and then flowing into his internal organs, making him feel a little abnormal.

The scent of lemon leaves and lavender suddenly rushed into his nose. Chi Qinghe couldn't help but relax his brows, squinted his eyes and instinctively moved closer.

Gong Huasui raised his hands to cover his misty eyes, his fingertips trembled uncontrollably, and his voice became hoarse.

"Qinghe...can you...get up first?"

Chi Qinghe was in a daze for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he nodded.

Gong Huasui pursed his thin lips, and his palms were scratched by his eyelashes from time to time. The feeling was indescribable.

When the sudden storm in his mind subsided a little, he slowly moved his hand away.

Chi Qinghe blinked, and when he saw the light again, his eyes fell directly on the small wound on Gong Huasui's chin.

He quickly got up, held up Gong Huasui's face, and looked at it carefully for a long time. After confirming that it was just a small scratch and would not leave a scar, the heavy stone in his heart fell.

"Is that why you're hiding from me?" Chi Qinghe tapped Gong Huasui's head unhappily.

Gong Huasui turned his head awkwardly, only able to see the slightly red earlobe, and said in a muffled voice, "It's injured, it's become ugly..."

"I haven't become ugly." Chi Qinghe couldn't remember how many times he sighed, "So, you will come back at night, right?"

"Ah."

"You, you." Chi Qinghe pinched the boy's face. Although he was depressed, his tone was still very gentle.

At this moment, the door suddenly opened and Song Xulin's loud voice came in.

"Chi Qinghe, have you taken the medicine... Damn it! What are you doing!"

Song Xulin rushed over, grabbed Gong Huasui by the collar, and warned him fiercely, "Gong Huasui, you hypocritical fellow! Chi Qinghe is sick, not dead! You actually hit him!"

Gong Huasui: “…”

Sometimes, he really wanted to pull out this person's brain, cut a few grooves in it with a carving knife, and then stuff it back in!

……

After lunch break, Chi Qinghe was called away by the head teacher.

"How was your rest?" Wang Xuesheng brought a chair over. "Sit down."

Chi Qinghe didn't act pretentiously and sat down obediently, "Not bad."

"That's fine. I called you here just to talk about the competition." He turned on the computer, clicked on the file marked with Chi Qinghe's name, scrolled the mouse, and scrolled down for a long time before finding the analysis of this exam.

"My English teacher also talked to me about it. She strongly suggested that you participate in the competition. I disagreed at first. After all, we had an agreement that if you didn't make the top ten, you couldn't participate. But..."

Wang Xuesheng rolled the mouse down again, and a line graph of total scores appeared on the computer screen. All the exams, big and small, from the time he entered school until now were summarized on this chart.

At first, the broken line showed a steady upward trend, and remained high for a year. Then, it suddenly dropped again. Chi Qinghe squinted his eyes and took a closer look. From September to March of the following year, almost half a year, the original owner's grades had not recovered...

"Your recovery is faster than I expected. And your English teacher said that with your current ability, you don't even need to attend training."

Wang Xuesheng looked at him. "Registration for the competition begins in November, and there's a monthly exam before that. I hope you can show your true strength, and ideally, surpass the current school number one. From now on, I won't care even if you participate in the robotics competition."

"I understand."

Chi Qinghe responded calmly, as if getting the first place in the grade was a piece of cake for him.

Wang Xuesheng nodded. "Very good, it's almost time. Go back and prepare for class. Also, call in Song Xulin, who's peeking outside."

peep?

Chi Qinghe turned his head and looked back, just in time to see the tip of a head flash by on the windowsill.

"The head teacher wants you to come in." Chi Qinghe stared at the boy standing by the wall leisurely.

Song Xulin squatted there, thinking he hadn't been discovered, and replied in a low voice, "Ah? Why? I haven't caused any trouble recently?"

"Probably, peeking."

"Then why did you call me? Wasn't Gong Huasui also peeking?" He turned his head and complained, "Brother Sheng is too partial. Is it because of your good grades... Where are you as a person?"

Looking at the empty space behind him, Song Xulin was petrified.

Chi Qinghe raised his eyebrows and said, "He ran away."

"Is there anyone so disloyal as him?"

"Okay, go in quickly, the homeroom teacher is waiting for you."

"...I'm going to eat all his snacks when I get home! What a heartless guy!"

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