Chapter 64
When they finally returned to their dorm room, all four of them were feeling a little intoxicated. Still, Hao Ren was the soberest.
After such stressful events, Hao Ren should have stayed in the dorm to care for Zhao Jiayi. However, at this time, he dearly missed his grandma who had recently been discharged from the hospital. Also, he would like to have Zhao Guang's advise on the matter. Hence, Hao Ren gathered up his materials and took the bus to Zhao Yanzi's home.
When he arrived at Zhao Yanzi's, it was already seven o'clock in the evening. Zhao Hongyu had just finished cleaning up after dinner and had joined Hao Ren's grandma for conversations while watching TV.
As Hao Ren entered the house, he was surprised to see the healthy glow on his grandma's face.
"Ren, we were just talking about you! I thought you are not coming tonight." seated cozily on the couch, Grandma was pleasantly surprised to see Hao Ren.
"Something happened at the school, so I couldn't leave until later. How are you feeling, Grandma?" Hao Ren asked.
"Haha! Never better! Even my blood pressure has returned to optimal levels!" Grandma's answer was loud and clear.
Indeed, Hao Ren thought Grandma's face looked vigorous, nothing like a recovering patient. In fact, she was looking a few years younger than before.
Standing next to Grandma, Zhao Hongyu smiled in silence.
"Hongyu took excellent care of me, after all. She's been making me chicken soup every day for the past two days, so my body has recovered quickly and grown even stronger!" Grandma added as she looked to Zhao Hongyu appreciatively.
Hao Ren suspected that Zhao Hongyu had been putting some elixir in the chicken soup. The more he looked at her smile, the more he believed it. By all means, it could also be that Grandma was in a great mood, so she was able to recover quickly.
In any case, seeing that his grandma was in good health, Hao Ren finally felt relieved. He turned to Zhao Hongyu and asked, "Where's Zi?"
"She's working on her homework upstairs, go join her. I will chat with your grandma some more," Zhao Hongyu responded kindly.
"Okay!" carrying his stuff, Hao Ren started climbing up the stairs.
On his way, he turned to look at Zhao Hongyu and Grandma who were in the living room. He found that they were getting along exceptionally well and seemed to have developed a relations.h.i.+p even closer than that of Grandma and her own daughter-in-law. "What an interesting world this is," he thought.
Soon, he arrived at the door of Zhao Yanzi's room. Quietly pus.h.i.+ng open the door, he found Zhao Yanzi sitting in front of her desk and burying herself in homework.
Hearing the door, Zhao Yanzi turned around and immediately let out a "humph" at Hao Ren.
"What now? What did I do to p.i.s.s you off this time?" Hao Ren walked over and returned the few textbooks he had borrowed from her last time.
"My mom made a lot of your favorite dishes tonight. Yet, with just a phone call telling her that you were not coming to dinner, you made all her good intention and effort go to waste," pouting her lips, Zhao Yanzi replied grumpily.
"Oh?" as he only learned that from Zhao Yanzi right now, Hao Ren felt surprised and touched.
"Something happened in school today so that I couldn't make it," Hao Ren explained as he sat down next to her and started pulling out materials from his bag.
Zhao Yanzi ignored Hao Ren's remark as she continued to puff out her cheeks, looking like a pufferfish.
"Your midterm exams are this Friday, aren't they?" Hao Ren asked.
"Yeah," Zhao Yanzi nodded her head lightly.
She was wearing a ruffle layered printed top and a pair of mid-length khaki pants, looking nifty and vivacious. Yet, the outfit also made her seem especially sweet. Her lovely pet.i.te body gave off a faint after-shower fragrance, slightly stimulating Hao Ren's olfactory sensations.
She was no doubt the daughter of a renowned designer as even her casually matched outfits were even flawlessly brilliant.
"Let's review for the midterms then," Hao Ren suggested as he spread out the materials.
After having read the textbooks Zhao Yanzi lent him, Hao Ren now had a clear understanding of her learning progress and was able to pinpoint the areas that she should focus on. Therefore, he could now tutor Zhao Yanzi in a way that would better help her prepare for the midterm exams.
Surprisingly, Zhao Yanzi did not try to argue but simply followed Hao Ren's instructions this time and began the review session at once. In the end, it turned out to be the most productive tutoring session Hao Ren had had with her thus far.
Hao Ren felt that Zhao Yanzi was genuinely trying to learn. He could