This incident had no impact on Shi Jing; she immediately forgot about it. Now, her only concern was her academic performance. With the high school entrance exam just months away, she was determined to give it her all.

With increasingly diligent study, Shi Jing's class achieved significant improvement in the mid-term exams in April. Shi Jing even jumped to first place in the class and first in the grade.

She dared not relax at all. Although she had already reached the top in her school, the high school entrance exam was not just an exam for one school, and everyone was working hard for it.

Aside from the day of Ms. Yan's wedding, Shi Jing devoted almost all her time to studying. And the results were gratifying; she achieved first place in her grade in both mock exams.

Qi Shuang's grades have also improved significantly, and she has now successfully entered the top three in her class.

Qi Yan was utterly dumbfounded by the extent of their obsession, and couldn't help but sigh that where there's a will, there's a way.

In June, amidst the sweltering heat, the high school entrance examination arrived as scheduled.

After more than a year of hard work and nearly half a year of intensive study, with the help of the system and Rong Yu and others, Shi Jing's grades have undergone a dramatic transformation. The once clueless underachiever now handles exam questions with ease.

Jing wasn't nervous at all during the three-day exam; on the contrary, she was in excellent condition.

Stepping out of the examination hall, Shi Jing felt a sense of relief. She had given her all to achieve her goal, and she was satisfied regardless of whether she could collect all the system rewards. After that, it was up to luck.

As soon as Shi Jing came out of the examination hall, she saw Shi Hai and Ms. Yan. Chinese people always value exams, and to allow Shi Jing to focus on the exam, Shi Hai specially canceled his work schedule for the next few days, acting like an ordinary father, picking Shi Jing up and dropping her off every day.

Ms. Yan, who was on her honeymoon abroad, also ended her honeymoon early and returned to accompany her to the exam.

The former couple disliked each other, but they haven't argued at all these past few days, at least not in front of Shi Jing.

After receiving Shi Jing, Shi Hai asked, "Are all the exams over?"

"Mm," Shi Jing responded.

"I've been telling you for half a day already, and you still don't believe me," Ms. Yan said irritably.

"I'm just checking," Shi Hai said, then looked at Shi Jing, "Xiao Jing, Dad's going to the company this afternoon. If you're not busy, go play with your classmates."

"good."

After dropping the person off, Shi Hai and the driver left. Ms. Yan saw Shi Jing upstairs and said to her, "Mom has to go back too. Your Uncle Qin has been home alone these past few days, so Mom has to go back and check on him."

"……good."

As soon as the exams were over, the once harmonious family fell apart once again.

Shi Jing was not surprised at all. She was already quite surprised that the two of them could maintain such a considerate and harmonious relationship for the sake of her exam.

Ms. Yan took her belongings and left quickly.

Shi Jing originally planned to move out on her own after Ms. Yan's wedding, but she didn't have time for that because of her middle school entrance exams. However, she didn't need to worry about it, as Ms. Yan didn't bring Uncle Qin back to live with her, and the two sides had basically no contact except around the time of the wedding.

After getting married, Ms. Yan moved to another house, and now only Shi Jing lives in this house.

Once I enroll in the No. 1 Middle School in the city, I can consider living on campus, which would be quite convenient.

In the afternoon, Qi Shuang called her to ask about her exam results. Several high schools in the city had been requisitioned for this exam, so the three of them were scattered across different schools; otherwise, Qi Shuang estimated she would have found Shi Jing as soon as she left the school gate.

Shi Jing laughed at her antics and comforted her, "The exams are over, so don't think about the results anymore. Think about what you plan to do during the summer vacation."

"Huh?" Qi Shuang was taken aback. "It seems like there's nothing I want to do. How about finding a summer job?"

Shi Jing was taken aback by her words and replied helplessly, "Why are you looking for a summer job? Are you even an adult?"

"Not yet..." Qi Shuang also thought of it.

“You’re not even sixteen yet, what place would dare hire you?” Shi Jing said. “Is there anything you want to do?”

"study?"

"......Can."

Qi Shuang is becoming more and more fond of studying these days. I didn't expect that she would still be thinking about studying even during her hard-earned summer vacation.

"How's your family doing lately?" Shi Jing couldn't help but ask, thinking about the Qi family's situation.

As far as she knew, since the Qi family's company went bankrupt, almost all of their assets had been used to pay off debts. Now the whole family lived in a neighborhood not far from the Shi family home, a house that was said to have been left by Qi Shuang's maternal grandmother and her husband. The two elderly people went abroad to live with Qi Shuang's uncle, and the house was left to their daughter and son-in-law to manage. It was precisely because of this that the family of three had a stable place to live, and their property was not even seized.

Shi Jing already knew this before the New Year. What surprised her was a piece of news she heard from Shi Hai these past two days: the Qi family's bankruptcy seemed to be not only due to poor management, but also because of someone inside secretly poaching their employees.

When talking about her family's situation, Qi Shuang didn't feel sad. Although the Qi family owed money, with the help of the Qi family and the support of her uncle abroad, and with her father having certain connections, they were generally doing alright.

“Things have been pretty good lately. My dad’s been quite busy with work, but my mom’s doing okay; her job isn’t too demanding,” Qi Shuang replied.

"That's good. I heard from my dad that someone in your family's old company was causing trouble, and I was worried that it might disrupt your parents' work."

"You've heard about this too?" Qi Shuang smiled. "I heard it's an uncle who started a business with my dad back then, but my dad won't let me ask too much about it. There's no concrete evidence, so there's nothing I can do. But even if it's true, I doubt he'd dare do anything, with so many eyes watching."

“That makes sense.” Shi Jing thought about it and agreed. In the business world, integrity is paramount. This person has already been targeted by rumors, and if he does something now, it will only confirm the rumors.

After exchanging a few casual words, the two brought up their summer vacation plans again.

"It's rare to have a summer vacation without homework. Think about what you want to do. Take advantage of this summer to relax. Once you're in high school, there won't be any time to relax before the college entrance exam," Shi Jing added.

Qi Shuang became a little nervous upon hearing this: "No, now that you mention it, high school seems so scary..."

Shi Jing was amused by her again.

"Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore. Qi Yan doesn't know how she plans to spend this summer vacation. I'll ask her later."

"That works too." Qi Shuang thought it made sense. Since she couldn't figure it out herself, she might as well ask Qi Yan. If Qi Yan wasn't going on a trip.