Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl-Chapter 872 - 871: Like a Father

"...So, are you planning to bring Teacher Cao over right after the New Year?"

"Yes! The medical conditions at home are just so-so! Not even many special medicines are available in hospitals! Old Cao... I really can’t bear to see him suffer..."

Mrs. Cao’s voice suddenly choked up, and Zhen Yu was instantly moved by her deep affection and loyalty!

"Ma’am, don’t worry too much. The teacher is still counting on you! I can provide you with free accommodation here, and I can also help you check in advance to see which hospital might have better treatment options,"

"Thank you so much! But... free accommodation? Would there be any strings attached? If it’s inconvenient, then let’s not,"

"It’s our own house! You can stay as you like!"

As he said this, Zhen Yu deliberately glanced at Zhen Yan and Han Mingyue.

It meant it was now their turn to step up.

So Han Mingyue quickly chimed in softly, "You can stay at my place! Zhen Yan’s place isn’t cleaned up yet, it’s inconvenient."

Zhen Yan: "..."

Even though he wanted to say he could clean up in time, he had to give his prospective brother-in-law a chance to show himself...

Zhen Yu had just nodded when the voice of Cao Yong’s wife came from the other end of the phone, "I heard it, seems like there’s someone else over there? Saying to stay at his place?"

"Yes! It’s my boyfriend! We’re both Teacher Cao’s students, his name is Han Mingyue."

"Oh! Then thank him for me! Since it’s your own house, we’ll come right after the New Year and bother you..."

——

For some reason, Zhen Yu felt that there was a hint of tears in Mrs. Cao’s last few words!

So after thinking about it, she thought of the issue of needing money for treatment.

Although she genuinely wanted to donate to Teacher Cao for his treatment!

But Zhen Yu feared that this gesture might be seen as charity in the eyes of the other party.

So she left this topic for last and hadn’t quite decided how to bring it up...

Seeing that if she didn’t speak soon, the other party might end the call, Zhen Yu hurriedly said, "There’s one more thing! Ma’am..."

"Yes! Child! Just say what you need to say!"

The tone of Cao Yong’s wife made it clear that her state of mind had reached ground zero!

As if there was nothing more that could surprise her.

Her open-minded attitude allowed Zhen Yu to speak her mind freely.

"...Then I’ll be straightforward! I want to donate some money to Teacher Cao. I hope you can use this money to maintain his treatment as much as possible, until,"

"I understand!" The middle-aged woman on the other end suddenly burst into tears!

"Thank you, Zhen Yu! I just realized I’ve been wrong! Old Cao devoted himself to the students, even staying up all night making practice papers, sometimes neglecting our daughter’s education, but this dedication has not gone unrewarded! Really, good people do get rewarded in this world..."

"Ma’am! I didn’t know any of this!"

Zhen Yu was visibly moved, "Teacher Cao must have put in a lot of effort for those papers!"

"Yes! He often asked friends from other places to send him study materials! He paid out of his own pocket and didn’t mind personal favors, but choosing suitable questions took effort! That’s nothing compared to painstakingly engraving each line with a metal pen on wax paper every night after dinner under the lamp! And then hand-printing it with ink, always ending up with ink stains all over..."

——

"...Ma’am! Before you finalize which day to come to the Capital, make sure to call me! I’ll book the flight tickets for you!"

"No need, no need!" Cao Yong’s wife immediately refused, "We’ll take the train!"

"It’s necessary, ma’am! I’m afraid the teacher’s health can’t endure the long journey by train!"

"..."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and finally, Mrs. Cao solemnly said, "I can only thank you once more!"

"I should be the one thanking you!" said Zhen Yu, her nose tingling, "Could you please tell the teacher for me how much I appreciate his hard work!"

Tears flowed again from Mrs. Cao’s eyes, "Okay! I’ll go tell him in a moment!"

"Also! Happy New Year, ma’am! I’ll hang up now..."

"Yes! Good child! Go ahead and hang up..."

When the dial tone finally sounded over the speakerphone, Zhen Yu could no longer hold back her tears.

"Brother, Mingyue! Do you think, Teacher Cao,"

"What about him?" Han Mingyue asked, gazing at Zhen Yu with red-rimmed eyes, his heart aching!

Even when Xiao Yu was in pain after her surgery, she didn’t cry like this!

This realization made Han Mingyue feel a pang of sadness himself!

For a moment, he couldn’t quite understand Zhen Yu’s feelings for Teacher Cao.

Could she really have such deep feelings for her teacher? Yet he hadn’t noticed anything particularly special about Teacher Cao’s treatment towards her!

——

From Han Mingyue’s current perspective, his thoughts weren’t unreasonable.

But his mistake lay in not knowing that Zhen Yu and Cao Yong had a teacher-student relationship for four years in a previous life.

In this life, Zhen Yu hadn’t faced any significant difficulties, so it didn’t show how good Cao Yong had been to her!

But in her previous life, when Zhen Yu couldn’t pay her accommodation fees, it was Cao Yong who covered for her and told her not to repay.

When Zhen Yu was isolated and withdrawn, it was Cao Yong who repeatedly called her into his office to talk. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

When Zhen Yu fell behind in classes due to part-time work, it was Cao Yong who tutored her for free after school.

When Zhen Yu struggled to light the stove in winter, it was Cao Yong who noticed and came early every day to personally teach her until she got the hang of it!

After learning about her family situation, he quietly helped her and never mentioned her difficulties to anyone, carefully protecting her fragile self-esteem...

There was a phase in Zhen Yu’s heart when she saw Cao Yong as a father figure!

Unfortunately, later on, when she amounted to nothing, she was too ashamed to contact Teacher Cao, let alone visit him.

She always felt that she was such a disappointment, a letdown to his many years of criticism and education, unworthy of facing the elders back in Jiangdong...

Later, after years of struggling in society, all those people, events, things, and those pure and untainted true feelings slowly faded from her heart.

Until they met again in this life! Zhen Yu realized once more that he was her mentor!

Originally, she thought of achieving something after college graduation and returning to First High School to show Teacher Cao her success!

But now...

"What do you think Teacher Cao wants to do the most right now?"