"Hahaha!! So you say that Lisa was drunk last night and forced you to solve math questions, then you asked your dad for help through phone before you can finally went to sleep at twelve?AHAHAHA!! I- I can't, I'm gonna laugh to death!" In the studio, Rosie's laughter can be heard echoing early in the morning.
Jennie covered her forehead, thinking that she still has math formulas in her mind. She can guarantee that she didn't do so many math problems even when she was preparing for high school exam.
"You can thank your lucky star to have a father who teaches mathematics, if your father teaches Korean, do you still have anyone who you can ask for help? If someone asked why, your dad had to answer that 'my daughter was forced by his son-in-law to do math'... hahaha!!" Rosie felt more amused the more she thought about it.
"Have you laughed enough?!" Jennie shouted with a black face, this woman laughed all morning!
"No... I just felt... this thing is indeed... it's quite funny aaaahahaha!!" Rosie can't control herself anymore, she really felt that this thing will be enough to make her laugh for a year. After a while, she finally can barely control herself, "You used to tell me how cute Lisa was, but I didn't think so, however now I can see that he's pretty cute after getting drunk."
"She wasn't drunk." Jennie explained, "Professor Wang said that alcohol stimulates her latent personality."
"Split personality?"
"It's not a split personality, it's..." Jennie recalled Professor Wang's words and explained, "Because of autism, part of Lisa's personality was self-suppressed, this personality can only be brought out under the situation when her mood gets out of control. Alcohol makes Lisa's brain more active than usual, so it may trigger some things she wanted to do but didn't do."
"So when you were taught math before but still can't understand even after so many times, Lisa didn't get angry, but it wasn't because she wasn't angry, only because her personality was suppressed so she had no way to fume out, ahahaha~!!"
Laugh! Laugh again!
"I won't speak with you anymore! I'm going to draw the design." Jennie didn't want to care about Rosie anymore, so she returned to her seat with her unfinished coffee. She designed a pair of autumn boots last week and found it too simple, so she wanted to add some unique accessories to decorate it, making it both detailed and good-looking. While still looking for inspiration, her phone rang suddenly.
"Mom?" Seeing the caller ID, Jennie called out with a smile.
"Excuse me, is this Teacher Hyun's daughter?" The voice that answered her was completely unfamiliar.
"I am, you are?"
"I'm Teacher Min Young's co-worker, surname's Park. Teacher Hyun suddenly fainted in class just now and is now in the infirmary."
"What?!" Jennie stood up straight from her chair, "I... I'm heading there right now, please take care of my mother for a while."
"Don't worry too much, the school doctor just said it might be hypoglycemia, it'd be okay after Teacher Hyun takes a little break. Teacher Hyun is now on intravenous drip but Teacher Min Ho isn't at school right now so I'm calling you to tell this."
"I understand, I'm coming there, thank you." Knowing that her mother was fine, Jennie can finally calmed down somewhat. She hung up the phone and went out with her bag.
"What happened with Auntie? I'll go with you." Rosie also heard Jennie's call.
"It's okay, just a low blood sugar, I'll be fine going there myself."
"Then don't be nervous, drive safely on the road." Rosie said.
Jennie nodded, then went out to Seoul Middle School.
When she arrived at the infirmary, Ji Hyun had already awake, but the intravenous drip was still hanging on her arm.
"Mom, are you okay?" Jennie leaned close to her mother and raised her hand to test the temperature on her forehead.
"Don't worry, no problem, it's just the old illness recurring again." Ji Hyun smiled.
"What old illness? How come I don't remember that you have an old illness of fainting?" Jennie asked.
"Actually, it's just a hypoglycemia, plus a little heatstroke." The school doctor on the side explained, "Teacher Hyun, you can't just give lessons to students without eating your breakfast again."
"Mom, how can you not eat breakfast?" Jennie's face suddenly was full of reproach after hearing that it was because she didn't eat breakfast.
"Yaa, now it's your turn to discipline me? You didn't eat breakfast everyday when you went to college and you still have the face to say this to me?" Ji Hyun looked askance at her daughter.
"You're a teacher, how can a teacher set a bad example ah?" Jennie was speechless.
"Alright, I know, I was in a hurry to grade exam papers and forgot to eat breakfast, I won't do it again in the future." Ji Hyun patted the back of her daughter's hand and promised.
"How about dad? Why isn't he here when you fainted?" Jennie asked.
"Your dad took the students to compete in Daewon Middle School. he went alone, so he can't leave the students. Besides, it's not a big problem."
"Oh~~" Jennie glanced at the intravenous drip, then said to the school doctor, "Doctor, isn't it time to pull out the needle?"
The school doctor came over and saw that the bottle had been emptied, so she took the needle off Ji Hyun's hand and said, "There's no big hindrance, go back and rest, don't forget to eat breakfast in the future."
"Okay, thank you Doctor Lee." Ji Hyun thanked with a smile.
"Thank you." Jennie brought her mother back to next door's home community, went to the kitchen and boiled water, mixed milk and tea bag and made a cup of milk tea for her mother. "Drink this milk tea first, I'll whip something up quickly."
"Thinking of it, you promised to come back tonight and cook for us." Ji Hyun laughed, "You really can cook?"
"Of course, you'll try my craftsmanship in a while." Jennie turned over the refrigerator and found that there were only a few tomatoes and potatoes left. "Mom, there's no food in the refrigerator, so I can only make do this time. I'm going to go out and buy vegetables in the afternoon and make something delicious for you and dad tonight."
"Okay." It was rare for her daughter to be this filial, Ji Hyun also responded with a smile.
However, the diligent people couldn't help themselves. When Jennie was cutting potatoes in the kitchen, Ji Hyun took a mop and began to clean the floor. Seeing that, Jennie immediately went out the kitchen while still holding a kitchen knife, "Mom, what are you doing?! Didn't I tell you to rest?"
"It's okay, I'm already fit again, it was just an old illness, really."
"What old illness? I have never seen you fainting before." Jennie didn't believe her.
"Today happened because I didn't have breakfast so it became somewhat serious, but I used to be absent-minded for some time."
"What? What absent-mindedness are you talking about?" Jennie asked.
"I can suddenly feel dizzy sometimes, but it's not serious, and it's just for two or three seconds, it's like if you're squatting on the ground and suddenly get up and walk away." Ji Hyun explained.
"How come I didn't know about this matter?"
"Didn't I just say this? It's like I was suddenly possessed for about two three seconds, sometimes I even forget everything, when can I find the chance to tell you then?" Ji Hyun said.
"Then... have you been to the hospital to check it?" Jennie asked.
"Haven't."
"Why didn't you go ah? There must be a reason of your frequent dizziness."
"It's hereditary, your grandaunt and aunt all have it. Your grandaunt now is already more than 60 years old, but she's still alright."
"Hereditary?!" Jennie only felt a loud noise ringing in her head.
Did I just find out about the signs of hereditary disease? If this genetic disease didn't happen all of a sudden, then can it be detected in advance?
"By the way, did you feel dizzy too? I first felt dizzy when I was about at your age." Ji Hyun asked her daughter.
"I don't." Jennie shook her head and forced herself to calm down.
"That's good, I think that this illness is half suppressed by your dad's gene." Although it's not a big problem, but if her daughter can be healthy, Ji Hyun was naturally happier.
"I'm going to cook, and after you finish eating, we're going to go to the hospital for an examination." Jennie smiled, told her mother not to mop the floor again and then went back to the kitchen to cook.
After having lunch, despite Ji Hyun's opposition, Jennie still took her to the hospital for a comprehensive physical examination.
After a thorough examination, all indexes shown were normal, her mother was very healthy.
Jennie let out a sigh of relief, and at the same time felt a bit of a loss before she started blaming herself: Jennie, you're too unfilial, what are you feeling a loss for? Do you really hope that your mother has the same problem with you?!
"Didn't I say it already? I'm okay. Just look at you wasting all that money and still tossing me around for the whole afternoon for nothing. The school arranged a medical examination every year, and three months ago I already got my medical report, everything was normal." The tired Ji Hyun couldn't help but rebuke her daughter.
"Just take it for me so I can feel at ease ah." Jennie tidied up her mood.
"Relieved now?" Ji Hyun poked her daughter's head with her finger.
“Em.”
"Then, let's go, didn't you say you want to cook a big meal for me and your dad?" Ji Hyun got up with a smile and the two left the hospital together.
When they got home, Father Kim and Lisa were already waiting inside. Originally, they wanted to go to the hospital, but after making a phone call, they knew that Jennie and Mother Kim were already on their way home, so they waited here obediently.
"Ji Hyun, how is it?" Min Ho asked with concern.
"I'm okay, if you don't believe it, you can go over the stack of examination reports in your daughter's hands." Ji Hyun laughed, "It's just the old illness recurring again, and it just so happened to recur together with low blood sugar. Jennie was worried so she forced me to go to the hospital for a thorough check."
"It's good to have a check." Min Ho obviously knew about his wife's problem, "Although your dizziness isn't a serious problem, but if it can be cured, then it must be cured."
"The problem is, nothing was found at the examination."
"You're probably too tired recently, how about if you leave the head teacher position?" Min Ho didn't want his wife to work too hard.
"My job is just getting on the right track, and my children are just getting used to me, I can't change." Ji Hyun refused without thinking.
Lisa didn't talk much, from the moment mother-in-law entered the door, she only stood beside Jennie and expressed her concern through her eyes.
Ji Hyun noticed Lisa's gaze and reassured, "Don't worry, I'm okay."
“Em.” Lisa was relieved.
"Dad, mom, there's no food left in the refrigerator, I'll go with Lisa to buy some food, we'll come back and cook dinner for you guys later." Jennie put the examination report in her hand on the coffee table in the living room and took Lisa out.
There was a vegetable market not far from the gate of the small home community, but considering the messy environment of the market, Jennie finally chose to go to a supermarket. It's just that from the time they went until they arrived back, Jennie had been laden with worries, and Lisa on her side was somewhat at a loss. she even tried to start the conversation, but Jennie only dismissed her with an 'em' or 'ah'.
Lisa wasn't good at speaking, and at this time, Jennie clearly refused to communicate, this made Lisa a bit scared. When they arrived to the gate of the residential area, Lisa finally couldn't bear it anymore and stopped her steps, at the same time, reaching out to Jennie who was walking forward by herself.
"Ah? What?" Said Jennie who finally returned to her senses.
"I'm talking to you, but you didn't pay attention." Lisa complained.
"Sorry, I was just worrying about my mom's illness so I didn't hear what you said. What did you say just now?" Jennie asked.
"I understand, let's go back." Lisa released Jennie, carried the vegetables and continued to walk. she just wanted to know what Jennie was thinking about.
"..." Understand what? Jennie was a little muddled.
Back at home, Jennie carried the ingredients directly to the kitchen, while Lisa stayed in the living room and waited for dinner with her parents-in-law.
"Lisa, is Jennie's food delicious?" This was a question from her own biological father. After all she already grew up so big, but Min Ho had never seen his own daughter cook.
"Delicious." Lisa nodded.
"You're asking Lisa, of course she'd say it's delicious." Ji Hyun laughed, Lisa's thoughts were all on her daughter, anyone with eyes all can see it. But it seemed that after marriage, Lisa's condition was much better than before, her speech and reaction were much more quick and acute.
"Ah, that's right." Min Ho also laughed.
Lisa looked at the two elders who were talking and laughing in ease, and suddenly stood up very solemnly and bowed.
"Lisa, what are you doing?" The two people jumped in a startle.
"I want to ask you for one thing." Lisa said.
"What thing? You speak ah." the two looked at each other, their faces were curious.
"Can you both stop getting sick again in the future...?"