When Love Turns the Tables: The Mysterious Husband's Chase

Chapter 1108: Chapter 1108: Sick

Suppressing the irritation in his heart, Xi Siyan continued to work on his practice problems. After finishing two sets of test papers and checking the time, his eyebrows furrowed again.

He was half an hour slower than his usual efficiency with the practice, it was kind of frustrating.

Xi Siyan scratched his head, packed up the papers, brushed his teeth, washed up, and then collapsed onto his bed to sleep.

On the other side, Zhou Chengchen lay on her bed clutching her phone, her eyes fixed on the three words Xi Siyan had sent, feeling a bit warm around her eyes.

She originally thought that if he sent one more message, just one more, she would forgive him, but after those three words, there was no movement at all.

Zhou Chengchen felt stifled, wanting to call Xi Siyan again, to ask him who was the person answering his call, but she didn’t have the guts. What if... what if it’s the girl he likes, what would she do then?

Some answers she dared not seek, yet not seeking them also left her feeling stifled.

Zhou Chengchen tossed and turned on the bed with her phone, unable to sleep, and finally sat up feeling a wave of heat in the room.

Zhou Chengchen got up and went to the window, stretching out her hand to open it. A gust of cold wind rushed in, making her shiver, but her mood seemed to cool down a bit with this cold wind.

Yet a vague feeling of irritation welled up again. The first boy she had a crush on liked another girl, a gentle girl, and she wondered if the second boy she liked also liked another girl, a gentle girl?

Zhou Chengchen rubbed her chest, feeling stifled, even more so than when Sheng Yanxiao directly rejected her.

Back then, there was at least some resentment mixed in, resentment about losing to Su Weiyi, but now, it was purely suffocating.

Unknowingly, Zhou Chengchen stood by the window for a long time, and by the time she came back to her senses, her entire body was almost frozen. She quickly shut the window, got back into bed, and lay down, unsure if the cold wind had calmed her down or if it was simply very late.

This time, it was not long after Zhou Chengchen closed her eyes that she fell asleep.

However, when she opened her eyes the next day, Zhou Chengchen found herself in a hospital.

Her head felt as heavy as if it were filled with countless stones, and her whole body ached terribly.

"Cheng Chen? You’re awake? Didn’t you realize you had a fever?"

Zhou Chengchen moved her lips, and Qi Cheng propped her up, giving her some water and nagging a bit more.

It was only then that Zhou Chengchen realized she had a fever.

Perhaps because she had been out in the cold wind for too long at night, this fever came on fiercely, resisting treatment despite receiving IV drips, only to flare up again in the afternoon.

In a daze, Zhou Chengchen heard someone talking about asking for leave on her behalf. She wanted to say something but her head was too heavy, and she wasn’t sure if she spoke before drifting back to sleep.

On Monday, Xi Siyan, as usual, arrived at school early and glanced at the empty seat beside him. The irritation that had been lingering in his mind for a long time had a significant impact on his efficiency over the weekend.

This was a very frustrating situation for Xi Siyan.

As class time approached, Xi Siyan’s irritation gradually faded away.

However, when the class bell rang, the teacher walked into the classroom, and the seat beside him remained empty, Xi Siyan’s irritation peaked.

Had she overslept? Or was she not coming to class at all?

The first class was the homeroom teacher’s lesson, and it was clear that when the teacher saw that Zhou Chengchen’s seat was empty and said nothing, Xi Siyan knew she must have taken a leave of absence.