Chapter 53: Condition Deteriorates

  The next day, he came to school and Leng Yiyang was still as if nothing had happened. However, he didn't seem as abnormal as the previous few days. Occasionally, he would quietly appear beside Chen Yanqiu and a few others, listening silently to their idle boasts. From time to time, he would suddenly burst out with an unexpected cold joke, making everyone involuntarily nod in praise.

  Ouyang Yunqing has also returned to being that lively and cheerful girl. The gloom of being rejected by Leng Yiyang a few days ago seems to have dissipated. Now she's back to being the smiling and nodding cute little sister who greets everyone, bringing a warm feeling to the whole class.

  Although Cen Yanqiu didn't say anything on the surface, he was still thinking about what Leng Yiyang had said that day. In his impression, Leng Yiyang wasn't someone who would speak nonsense to scare people away. He knew that Leng Yiyang had something hidden in his heart and didn't want to say it out loud. However, even if he did say it out loud, Cen Yanqiu seemed unable to do anything for him.

  When school was over, the animation club had a small meeting again. Cen Yanqiu gathered everyone to talk about Christmas three days later. Every year on Christmas Eve, Chengxia High School would have a lively rabbit dance party. At that time, the broadcasting room would play rabbit dance music, and every corner of the school could hear the festive sounds. All teachers and students in the school could dance freely in the campus. However, Christmas was not as lively. Classes were held normally during the day, and there were no activities at night. It followed the normal routine, going home after school to do homework as usual.

  "Christmas Eve, let's get together. It's been a while since our last autumn outing. After Christmas is New Year's, and after that, we'll be preparing for the final exams. This semester will also come to an end. Next semester, we'll be divided into arts and sciences classes again. At that time, many of us won't be in the same class anymore... So..." Xun Yanqiu stood in the middle of the animation club room, saying this slowly. Actually, he mainly wanted to gather everyone together before Leng Yiyang went to America for chemotherapy, which would also serve as a farewell party for Leng Yiyang.

  Everyone listened to Cen Yanqiu's words and nodded in agreement one after another, as if they all wanted to have a group activity to end this semester.

  But many things always come suddenly, making it impossible to guard against them. The next day, which was Christmas Eve, something happened in the class that made everyone lose their joy of celebrating together.

  In the morning, during math teacher Du Ming's class, Leng Yiyang was originally sitting upright in his seat. But suddenly he fell down and heavily hit the floor, scaring everyone in the class to exclaim. Even math teacher Du Ming, who was always calm and composed, was frightened on the spot. He hastily put down the textbook in his hand, quickly ran down, helped Leng Yiyang up, and said, "Which classmate can help send him to the infirmary?"

  Cen Yanqiu naturally rushed to the front. At this time, his mind was a complete blank. Before this, he thought that Leng Yiyang's illness would only occasionally cause him to bleed a little from the nose. He could not have imagined that Leng Yiyang, who looked so healthy, would collapse in class. Cen Yanqiu and Du Ming lifted up Leng Yiyang, not daring to hesitate, and hastily left the classroom.

  But the classmates who stayed in the classroom seemed a bit out of it.

  Ouyang Yunqing watched as Leng Yiyang was escorted out, and she stood there for a full three minutes, unable to believe what had just happened before her eyes. Her hand was placed on her chest, as if it were aching from something. She only knew that he was usually healthy, although he didn't like to talk or smile, but he was a particularly warm person. At this moment, she even thought of that summer day when he gave her the drawing of SpongeBob laughing happily, and she thought he was special, the best boy she had ever seen.

  Leng Yiyang was sent to the infirmary and then transferred to the hospital because his illness had become very serious. Leukemia, a word that seemed far away from youth, appeared in front of his classmates in Class A of Grade 1. When their teacher, Jin Mingmei, told them about this matter, all the students were extremely shocked. No one would have thought that Leng Yiyang would contract leukemia.

  It's Christmas Eve. The school is filled with joyful songs and laughter, bustling with excitement. However, the members of the anime club didn't attend the first-year high school students' Bunny Dance party. Instead, they all went to the hospital. Over a dozen people gathered in the small hospital room, making it feel extremely crowded.

  Everyone was silent, standing in front of Leng Yiyang with faint worry still on their faces. The atmosphere felt somewhat oppressive. But unexpectedly, the usually taciturn Leng Yiyang spoke a lot.

  "You've crowded my hospital room so much that even the nurse can't get in. I don't know whether to thank you or blame you." Leng Yiyang rolled his eyes and said nonchalantly.

  Everyone heard what Leng Yiyang said and became even more heartbroken. They didn't know how to respond to him.

  Cen Yanqiu kept his head down and muttered: "Leng Xi, you're not being kind..."

  Although Xun Yanqiu's voice was very small, it still reached Leng Yiyang's ears. He couldn't help but sneer: "You're the one who isn't being thick-skinned, right? At first, you used all sorts of sugar-coated cannonballs to lure me into the animation club, but since I joined, I haven't seen you make any moves."

  "Hmph..." Ji Ningning couldn't help but chuckle softly beside Qin Yanqiu. "I've never met a president of a club who's so shameless. I'm disappointed in him too. But he does seem to regret it. He's treating us to dessert tomorrow."

  Ji Ningning's smile suddenly raised the temperature of the entire ward. Everyone began to discuss how to open the Spring Festival Gala tomorrow, chatting and laughing. Even Leng Yiyang's face had a faint smile on it.

  But Ou Yang Yun Qing was unusually silent among them. She just quietly looked at Leng Yi Yang, and didn't know what emotions were in her heart. The whole day today had been spent in a daze, feeling very unreal. She pinched her own hand many times, her fingernails piercing the skin until it bled. Reality told her that all of this wasn't just a dream. Now Leng Yi Yang was right in front of her eyes. She had a feeling that he could disappear at any moment.

  Also don't know how long it took. Leng Yi Yang helplessly looked at everyone and said, "Since tomorrow is Christmas, the ball will be held in the square to invite everyone to have some refreshments. Then I won't be absent either. I'll definitely go."

  Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze fell back on Leng Yiyang. No one knew why. After the joke was over and they had to face reality again, that feeling was the most unbearable. It was like a knife cut, a piercing pain in the heart.

  Everyone was silent. Because they all didn't know if Leng Yiyang could attend the gathering or not. They were all clear about his physical condition and it wasn't easy to invite him to join in. But he took the initiative to say that he would definitely be there. Everyone else didn't know how to refuse, so no one dared to speak up.

  Leng Yiyang saw that everyone was tense and couldn't help but say coldly, "I'm being discharged tomorrow afternoon. I don't want to draw for the animation club for nothing. Can't even get a free snack. Thanks a lot."