At the classroom doorway.
Cheng Siyi stopped the boy as he was about to leave.
Her voice was gentle but stern. "Yuan Su, I know your family situation is unusual, but as your homeroom teacher, I have to remind you: you can skip classes right now, but you absolutely cannot give up on the college entrance exam."
Yuan Su kept his eyes lowered, his expression indifferent, as though she were talking about someone else.
"The college entrance exam is your only chance to..."
Before Cheng Siyi could finish, a burst of startled cries suddenly rose from downstairs.
"Someone fainted!"
"Get the school nurse! Hurry!"
"They were fine just a moment ago. Should we call an ambulance?"
Yuan Su's casual expression abruptly froze. A surge of dread struck without warning, as though some terrible premonition had come true.
Before Cheng Siyi could even react, he turned and rushed downstairs.
"Yuan Su! Where are you going? I haven't finished!"
Cheng Siyi called after him and hurried out as well.
Yuan Su took the stairs two at a time. As he rushed out of the school building, he spotted that familiar figure from a distance.
A crowd had formed a circle.
Pu Yu knelt on the concrete, desperately trying to hold back the tears in her voice. "Grandma? Grandma, wake up... Please don't scare me..."
Li Suhua's eyes were tightly shut, her face deathly pale, large beads of cold sweat rolling down her forehead. The old woman who was usually so sprightly, even feisty, now lay lifelessly in her granddaughter's arms.
Yuan Su felt his head ring.
Cheng Siyi arrived, panting, and panicked at the sight. "Quick! Help her up and take her to the nurse's office!"
"No."
Yuan Su made the decision instantly, his voice frighteningly calm. "The nurse's office only has