Besides, he found their approach of showing up at his door extremely off-putting. If they could find his home, getting his phone number should have been a piece of cake.
Why couldn't they call first and ask whether it was a convenient time for an interview?
"But..."
The woman wanted to keep talking, but Ye Qing waved them off and ran straight inside.
A week soon passed in the blink of an eye. For once, Ye Qing enjoyed a fairly nice break without Wang Yao pestering him.
On Monday morning, Ye Qing walked into the classroom humming a tune, intending to ask Wang Yao what had been keeping him busy lately and why he hadn't heard from him in so many days.
The moment he entered the classroom, Ye Qing sensed something was off. Wang Yao looked pale and thin. Anyone who didn't know better might have thought he had been suffering from kidney deficiency lately.
"What are you doing?"
Holding the incubator in one hand, Ye Qing nudged Wang Yao with the other as he sat distractedly in his chair.
Wang Yao didn't move, staring blankly at the desk.
Huo Mengyao, the class beauty sitting in front of Wang Yao, chimed in, "He's been like this since he arrived this morning. I don't know what's wrong."
"Wang Yao!"
Ye Qing raised his voice and gave him a pat.
"Huh?"
Wang Yao snapped out of it at once. Looking up, he complained, "What are you doing, Qing? You scared me to death!"
Ye Qing rolled his eyes. "That's what I wanted to ask you. You're out of it first thing in the morning. Is one of your little girlfriends pressuring you to marry her?"
"Oh, get lost!"
Wang Yao was about to say something, but after glancing at their classmates