Thought It Through

Zhang Heng was woken up by the alarm clock beside his bed.

The bad news was that he needed to be in school today to relive his high school life. There was a silver lining though. Today was Friday, and the weekend break was finally on the horizon if he were to hang in school for another day.

Zhang Heng yawned. He was a little sleep-deprived, having spent quite a long time at the college student's house last night. He wanted to try his luck and wait for the student or his parents to come home, but astonishingly, after waiting until five in the morning, none of them returned to the house.

To avoid being discovered by his grandfather, Zhang Heng had to sneak back to his house when the sky began to light up. Initially, he wanted to lie down for a while, but he remembered that he still needed to copy biology homework from someone else. So, he forced himself out of bed and gave his face a splash of cold water to feel better.