Song He pulled out his phone and shoved the screen in front of her.
The ward lights were still off. The harsh glow from the phone made her instinctively squint. Only after a few seconds did she recover enough to seriously read the chat history.
After reading it, all the impatience vanished from Xiang Xiaotong's face. She widened her eyes and froze.
"See? Do you understand now?" Song He said. "You're a Chen Prize winner! Congratulations!"
"Holy shit." Xiang Xiaotong sat up, her hair a mess, looking completely dazed. "Holy shit, holy shit. Give me a moment to process this."
"Badass, Teacher!" Song He sat beside the bed and laughed happily. "I'm a Chen Prize winner's student now! Once my mathematics surpasses yours, won't that mean I'm guaranteed to win the prize in four years too?"
Xiang Xiaotong was still in a state of overwhelming shock. She found it hard to believe. After staring blankly for a moment, she took her student's phone again and looked through the chat history.
"It's actually true!" Xiang Xiaotong finally broke into a smile. She put down the phone and covered her face with both hands. "Holy crap, what a surprise!"
"Hurry up, get up and walk a couple of steps!" Song He tugged at her arm.
Xiang Xiaotong obediently got out of bed and walked two steps before realizing it. "Why are you making me walk?"
"How do you feel? Are you floating when you walk?" Song He raised an eyebrow.
Xiang Xiaotong seriously walked two more steps, her face beaming. "I am. I really feel like I'm floating!"
Song He glanced at the phone on the bedside table. He tapped it and discovered that it was turned off, then immediately switched it on.
"How can you turn it off? What if you