Wang Xiu looked smug, "You don’t know, huh? I had someone eavesdrop on the conversation next door. That girl, something happened to her, and she got puppet disease!"

"Puppet disease?"

Zhang Mingyue exclaimed, "Isn’t that like becoming a living dead?"

Wang Xiu said gleefully, "Exactly, that’s why I say, it’s their retribution, they deserve it!"

Zhang Cheng said, "Ming Yue, since you’re back, why don’t you stay here as the chief doctor? Try to use your medical skills, and when those on the other side are gone, help us turn the situation around."

"Of course, Mom and Dad, leave it to me, you can rest easy."

Zhang Mingyue replied with a smile, but she was thinking to herself, that girl got puppet disease, she’s useless now. Yet that man is really devoted, I wonder how long he can last.

Meanwhile, after Li Tingyan brought Nianyang back to Tongxin Hall, they saw that Chu Zhan and Shi Nuan were there. Ever since Nianyang’s incident, Chu Zhan had taken a long leave to stay at home with Nianyang as much as possible.

Shi Nuan had just returned from school. After calling Nianyang without getting an answer, she called Chu Zhan and learned everything.

Seeing Nianyang so motionless, Shi Nuan’s eyes filled with tears, "It hasn’t even been a week, how could Nianyang become like this? Is this really puppet disease?"

Li Tingyan didn’t know what to say, so Chu Zhan nodded, and Shi Nuan asked, "Then how can we cure it? I don’t like seeing Nianyang lifeless like this, it makes me feel so sad, really sad!"

Chu Zhan said, "It depends on when Yangyang wants to recover. Once she can hear us talking, she’ll know we’re all here waiting for her, and she will definitely get better."

These words were so heart-wrenching that everyone present felt their noses sting.

Shi Nuan talked with Nianyang for a while before receiving a call from Lu Xingshen, asking her to come home early, so she had to leave and promised to visit Nianyang another day.

As she was leaving, Chu Zhan called out to her.

"Coach Chu, is there something you need?" Shi Nuan asked softly, knowing that Chu Zhan was upset about Nianyang’s situation, so she spoke more gently than ever before.

Chu Zhan looked at Shi Nuan, took a drag of his cigarette, and said calmly, "I’m in a bad mood. Do you have time to accompany me?"

"Um..." Thinking about her uncle’s call, Shi Nuan hesitated.

Chu Zhan flicked the ash off his cigarette, "What? Didn’t you say, once a coach, always a coach? So as my student, can’t you keep me company?"

Shi Nuan blinked, "W-why me?"

Chu Zhan smiled slightly, "Don’t overthink it, it’s just that, I don’t have many friends, Tingyan needs to stay with my sister, and I’m alone. You can be my friend, can’t you?"

"Alright, I’ll go with you!" Shi Nuan couldn’t bear to refuse, "Where do you want to go? I’ll go with you!"

Chu Zhan exhaled a smoke ring and put an arm around Shi Nuan’s shoulder,

"Good buddy, come race with me. Can you handle it, kid?"

Shi Nuan’s eyes lit up, "I can, I can! I love the thrill of it!"

Chu Zhan squinted at the tomboy whose eyes sparkled with excitement. Her fair skin, now almost transparent under the sunlight, revealed tiny fine hairs.

And perhaps because she hadn’t cut her hair recently, Shi Nuan’s hair was a little longer, with a few unruly strands sticking up from her forehead.

Damn, she’s adorable.

He licked his molars and gave her a playful pat on the head,

"Alright, let’s go!"