255: Chapter 255 Tang Yao? It's me.

"Tang Yao? It's me."

Ye Chen spoke up to stop them from gossiping behind people's backs. Naturally, he had his reasons for defending Chen Mo. After all, even if Chen Mo hadn't done well on this exam, his usual academic performance was there for everyone to see. Whether he had performed poorly this time or missed a subject, as long as Chen Mo repeated a year, he would still get into a key university during next year's College Entrance Exam; his ability was plain to see. No matter how one considered it, he didn't want to see his classmates gossiping about Chen Mo behind his back. Of course, this was only part of the reason. The main reason Ye Chen spoke up was that the gossip they were discussing was true. Before Tang Yao became a vegetative patient, he had indeed liked Tang Yao and had even launched a monetary offensive toward her. However, the economic situation of Tang Yao's family was terrifyingly more solid than his own, so naturally, he hadn't succeeded...

Of course, these matters were no longer important after Tang Yao met with an accident and became a vegetative patient. He had never mentioned it again, let alone told Cai Miner about these things. However, as a girl, Cai Miner was extremely sensitive to such matters and immediately sensed that something was slightly off with Ye Chen's behavior. "Are you really interested in that Tang Yao?" Cai Miner whispered into Ye Chen's ear, her breath fragrant like an orchid.

Ye Chen was stunned for a moment and hesitated for a while.

He had never told Cai Miner about this, but since Cai Miner had asked, she must have heard the conversation of those classmates earlier. If he told the truth, it would definitely make Cai Miner unhappy. However, Ye Chen didn't want to lie about such matters. After thinking about it, he said: "That's right, I did like Tang Yao, but you have heard about her current situation, so no matter what, that is all in the past." Ye Chen was mentally prepared after saying this.

But unexpectedly, Cai Miner didn't show any signs of Life Qi. Instead, she nodded as if they were just having a normal conversation and revealed an expression that seemed a little envious: "To be liked by you, Brother Chen, this classmate Tang Yao must be very outstanding. It's just a pity..." By the end, Cai Miner's tone shifted, and she sighed in a sorrowful voice.

Ye Chen was quite surprised by this. He had prepared for Cai Miner to have Life Qi, but he hadn't expected Cai Miner to not only not have Life Qi but also be very understanding. What a kind girl!

...

Inside the restroom, a beautiful young girl walked in with an odd gait, causing other guests coming to use the restroom to not dare to get too close. Although this was a KTV and it was inevitable for people to have had too much to drink, causing them to walk unsteadily, this young girl looked completely sober. There wasn't a hint of alcohol on her, and she looked like she hadn't touched a drop of liquor. Therefore, her strange gait was entirely due to uncoordinated limbs. She might have looked like a disabled person, or perhaps a professional scammer who had deliberately come to a high-end place like the Huanghe Hotel to stage a scam, so guests entering and leaving the restroom avoided her.

After this beautiful young girl walked back and forth for a while, her limb movements surprisingly became coordinated at a speed visible to the naked eye. Although it was still a bit awkward, overall, her movements didn't look much different from a normal person. However, those who witnessed this scene were even more terrified in their hearts. Some, after using the restroom, didn't even dare to wash their hands and hurried away, skirting around this beautiful young girl, because in their eyes, this person was like an alien occupying a human body and gradually adapting to it...

In fact, this young girl was not an alien occupying a human body, nor was her leg numb from squatting in the restroom for too long, but rather, she had not controlled this body of hers for too long and was truly quite unaccustomed to it.

Her name was Tang Yao, a vegetative patient who had been lying on a hospital bed for over half a year. However, just this morning, she didn't know what happened, but she suddenly felt her body. Surprised and overjoyed, she tried to control her body, and she directly opened her eyes and sat up from the hospital bed, seeing her mother who had been guarding her room day and night.

Han Shuang was naturally incomparably surprised and excited, but at the same time, she couldn't help but be frightened. She quickly made a phone call to summon Dean Zhang, who brought a group of doctors to examine Tang Yao's body, and also called Tang Yao's father.

After repeated examinations, Dean Zhang confirmed that Tang Yao's body was incomparably healthy, even healthier than a normal person who hadn't been ill! But he could never figure out how she had suddenly woken up. After repeated on-site discussions, they finally discovered that it might have something to do with Chen Mo, who had come here a week ago. Because after Chen Mo came here to secretly treat Tang Yao, Tang Yao's physical condition had improved greatly. Given that the hospital's treatment methods hadn't changed significantly, Tang Yao's sudden awakening could likely only be explained by that secret treatment from Chen Mo.

After checking that Tang Yao's body had no issues, some doctors were eager to leak this news, because a vegetative patient waking up in their hospital would undoubtedly be a sensational big news, which would have a very significant effect on improving the hospital's reputation. However, this was stopped by Tang Yao's parents, who said that considering Tang Yao had just woken up, it wasn't suitable for her to have too much contact with the outside world, to avoid excessive emotional fluctuations and negative impacts. The hospital had no choice but to agree.

And the family of three, Tang Yao's family, was finally able to sit together and have a lunch.

Han Shuang and Tang Yuan both had particularly big questions in their hearts. For example, that guy named Hu Gualing who claimed to be Tang Yao's friend and had made it onto the trending searches—he said he was entrusted by Tang Yao to call them and report that she was safe, and also said that he and Tang Yao met in a game. These things left Han Shuang and Tang Yuan both full of doubts. However, considering their daughter had just woken up, they temporarily held back and didn't mention these things, only telling her about what happened when Chen Mo came here to treat her a week ago.

After learning about this, Tang Yao was so surprised that she opened her small mouth wide, her eyes sparkling. She had never expected that Chen Mo would take the initiative to come and visit her alone, and even use medical skills learned from who knows where to save her from the suffering of surgery. Looking at it this way, that day she had faintly felt a very comfortable warm current flowing through her body—was it Chen Mo who did it? It's just that she didn't know where he went to learn such medical skills; it was truly impressive.

After eating, Tang Yao couldn't wait to take out her phone, charge it, and open Qiuqiu, which she hadn't logged into for a long time, wanting to see if she could contact Chen Mo. As soon as she opened it, she saw a screen full of red dots—all unread messages. However, almost all of them were messages of concern and inquiry sent by classmates and friends around the time she had the accident; there was no need to reply to them one by one.

However, there was one recent message notification from today, which was a message from their class group. Tang Yao opened it and looked for a while before realizing that the classmates were all having a gathering at the Huanghe Hotel today.

"What a coincidence, should I go or not?"

Tang Yao didn't really like this kind of overly lively occasion, and having just woken up, she felt she should spend more time with her mom and dad. But at this moment, she saw several photos posted by classmates in the group, and in one of the photos, she saw a familiar figure.

Although the photos taken by the classmates were all to commemorate this special moment of the graduation gathering, so they were all panoramic shots, Tang Yao still noticed Chen Mo sitting alone at a glance. She couldn't help but feel a bit uncomfortable in her heart: "This guy is quite introverted and doesn't like interacting with people, but everyone shouldn't isolate him at a time like this!"

Tang Yao naturally didn't know that the classmates weren't isolating Chen Mo; it was just that after seeing Chen Mo's score of 445 on the College Entrance Exam, everyone didn't dare to sit next to him, fearing that if they accidentally said something, they would stimulate him. So they specially left a space for him to be quiet by himself.

Tang Yao looked at the phone again and found that Chen Mo in the photo seemed to have become taller and more handsome. Height was understandable; at this age, it was the time for growing. But no matter how much he grew, what was up with him becoming fairer and more handsome? Could it be that this kid had learned bad habits and learned to wear makeup from others?

Tang Yao felt that as the former class monitor, it was necessary to discipline this kid, Chen Mo. She immediately told her mom and dad and asked the driver to drive her to the Huanghe Hotel.

"Are you okay? Do you need to use the sink?"

A voice pulled Tang Yao back to reality from her memories. "Oh, oh, I need to use it." Tang Yao replied as if waking from a dream. Looking at herself in the mirror, her cheeks were red for some reason and felt a bit hot. She quickly reached out to catch a handful of cold water and splashed it on her face to cool down. It was only when she felt that the redness on her face was no longer that obvious that she wiped her face and walked toward Room 86.

...

In KTV Room 86, Chen Mo saw that everyone had started doing their own things, and it seemed no one was paying attention to him anymore. He felt it was about time to go and deliver the medicine to Old Li; after all, he couldn't keep the old man waiting too long. Thinking this, he took out his phone and composed a message to Old Li: "I'm coming over now, are you at the Sanatorium?"

While Chen Mo was editing the message, he didn't notice the private room door being gently pushed open. A girl poked her head in timidly. Because the lighting in the room was ambiguous and everyone was having a good time, no one noticed a beautiful young girl wearing blue, slightly faded jeans walk in. She walked timidly and directly toward Chen Mo. When she reached in front of Chen Mo, whether it was a whim or premeditated, she suddenly raised her hand and flicked her un-wiped hand toward Chen Mo's face.

Chen Mo only felt a shiver, and when he reached out to wipe his face, it was cool water droplets.

Chen Mo realized something. He looked up and saw an oval face appearing before him, hands behind her back, and a shy smile that seemed like she was feeling guilty like a thief on her face. Who else could it be but Tang Yao!?

For no reason, Chen Mo felt his heartbeat skip a beat and squeezed out those two words with some trembling, "Tang Yao..."

"It's me." Tang Yao sat down next to Chen Mo with a plop.

In fact, Tang Yao was also incredibly excited to see Chen Mo again. Furthermore, upon learning that Chen Mo had visited her alone and even performed secret treatment on her, her feelings became even more complicated, so much so that after arriving here, she first went to the restroom to wash her face and calm down before she had the nerve to come over.

However, Tang Yao was, after all, someone who had seen the world. The consciousness she experienced during the half-year she was a vegetative patient was almost like dying once to her. So now that she had 'come back to life', although she was still her, her mindset had changed a lot, and her behavior had become much bolder. She sat directly beside Chen Mo, at a very close distance, with their arms already touching, which instantly caused Chen Mo's brain to crash.

At this moment, the other classmates finally noticed that there was an extra person beside Chen Mo.

"Who is that? She looks a bit familiar?"

"I think she looks a bit like Tang Yao?"

"What are you talking nonsense for? How could Tang Yao possibly come?"

"Am I drunk? I think that person is Tang Yao?"

Everyone looked at the girl in blue and white jeans beside Chen Mo and felt she looked a bit like Tang Yao, but they subconsciously denied this thought. After all, Tang Yao had become a vegetative patient; no matter how they thought about it, it was impossible for her to appear here.

It was Judy, who was well-acquainted with Tang Yao, who became more shocked the more she looked. She walked over unconsciously, and after a close and careful inspection, "Tang Yao! It really is you!" Judy shouted with great surprise.

"Judy!" Tang Yao was happy to see her good friend and stretched out her hands to hug Judy.

Seeing this scene, all the classmates couldn't believe it. 'Could it really be Tang Yao?' Everyone crowded around, and after seeing clearly, expressions of disbelief appeared on their faces. They said, both surprised and happy: "It really is you!" "Tang Yao, when did you get better?" "Why didn't you say anything in advance?"

Everyone crowded around, asking this and that with excitement. Even Ye Chen couldn't help but squeeze in, and even pushed to the very front, "Tang Yao, ..."

Cai Miner, who had been left alone, had a very ugly expression.

It was true that she had told Ye Chen before that she didn't care that he had liked Tang Yao, but that was under the premise that Tang Yao was a vegetative patient who would never wake up. Now that this vegetative patient had actually come back to life, and Ye Chen had rushed over the moment he saw her, how could Cai Miner feel good about that?

However, Cai Miner also knew that with a vegetative patient waking up, it was completely reasonable for Ye Chen, as the class monitor, to go up and offer comfort. So even if she felt uncomfortable, she had nowhere to vent. Feeling depressed, she walked out of the private room alone to get some air...

...

"Ah—!!"

A piercing scream rang out outside the private room, but because the soundproofing was truly too good, and the environment was already noisy, for a moment, no one heard it.

Only Chen Mo frowned: "Not good, I'm afraid classmate Ye Chen's girlfriend is in danger."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen turned his head to look. Sure enough, he didn't see Cai Miner's figure; he didn't know where she had gone. However, he didn't quite believe that there would be danger, because this was the Huanghe Hotel, Li Tianming's territory. Looking across the entire Jiangnan, he was afraid there was no one who would be so suicidal as to cause trouble here.