"What's wrong?"
After the initial shock, Gu Youxuan looked Dan Fangze over. Her long brows, more heroic than most women's, furrowed tightly, and her eyes held undisguised worry and confusion.
"Are you sick?"
"...Is it serious?"
Gu Youxuan asked hesitantly.
Thinking of how Dan Fangze's parents had acted earlier, and seeing him like this now, it didn't seem like an ordinary minor illness.
Could it be... that he really had some serious illness, or... a terminal one?
Dan Fangze looked up at Gu Youxuan from the floor.
The girl he liked was right there in front of him. Somehow, saying certain things didn't seem so difficult...
He struggled to get up from the floor.
He'd been lying down for so long that his body had gone numb.
Zhou Zhou helped him up.
He leaned against the bed, one leg bent.
"I'm not sick... probably."
Dan Fangze spoke uncertainly, then gave a bitter smile. "I don't know what's wrong with me, either."
"Maybe I offended some god or spirit."
The confusion on Gu Youxuan and the others' faces deepened.
What did he mean?
By the door, Mother Dan covered her mouth, stifling a sob that was about to escape.
She felt like she hadn't seen her son this calm in a very long time.
How had she not thought of this before?
She should have invited her son's friends over to see him long ago.
Father Dan gently patted Mother Dan's back.
His gaze on his son also held a trace of delight.
It was good that their son was willing to open up to someone.
As long as he hadn't shut himself away, that was all that mattered.
If they all worked together to find a way, they would find a solution.
The auntie