Fortunately, this time my brother was only injured, lost some blood, and would be fine after a good period of rest.

My anxious heart was finally at ease.

When I returned home, my parents, rare in their affability, let me stew some chicken soup and then rest in my room.

They had been up most of the night, and they were exhausted.

Silently, I went to stew the soup for my brother and rushed to review my middle school knowledge while they were resting.

In my previous life, I lost myself due to confinement, and middle school knowledge seemed distant. Before school starts, I need to pick up as much as I can, or else high school would be difficult.

Usually, I have to help with household chores, squeezing in study time whenever possible. Fortunately, this time my brother's injury would draw my parents' attention for a long while, lessening the pressure on me, allowing me to quicker regain my knowledge.

Several days later–

While watering the vegetable garden, I saw two cars driving towards the village entrance. I immediately put down what I was doing and went to where they parked, intercepting one of the cars.

The high school teachers from the city rode in a car with a license plate starting with A, and those from the county had one starting with J.

I intercepted the car from which the teacher with an A license plate stepped out.

The moment I saw the two teachers, I couldn't help but feel emotional, almost bringing me to tears.

The two teachers were a man and a woman. The man was named Jiang, and the woman, like me, was named Zhang.

“You’re looking for Zhang Hong, right?”

Both teachers exchanged a glance upon being stopped by me, revealing confusion on their faces. However, Ms. Zhang suddenly seemed to remember something and hurriedly searched her bag.

“You...you are...”

“I am Zhang Hong.”

I looked at them

and said.

“Then what do you need from us?”

Mr. Jiang asked me as I nodded, glancing around before raising my head to ask him:

“Teachers...can I... speak with you in your car?”

The two exchanged a look before opening the car door and letting me in.

After ensuring there was no one else around inside the car, I struggled to speak:

“Teachers, I...I want to...borrow money from you...”