"Congratulations, Rongzhou!"

"Yeah, Rongzhou is amazing!"

"If only my child were half as smart as your daughter..."

As Shen Rongzhou walked into the company's registration area, he was greeted and congratulated by everyone along the way.

Shen Rongzhou had no idea what was going on. While thanking them and exchanging pleasantries, he signed in and asked, "How did you know? I haven't even told you!"

"You don't need to tell me! The school has already put up banners! I saw them when I took a shortcut today!" A person who had taken the same bus as Shen Rongzhou walked up and walked alongside him.

"Really?" Upon hearing this, Shen Rongzhou immediately regretted not taking the road in front of Wangling Elementary School this morning.

I wonder if I'll still see that banner when I get back tonight...

However, people in the company know that Shen Qingqing is Shen Rongzhou's daughter, which is the result of Shen Rongzhou showing off his daughter whenever he has free time.

He would show off how well his daughter studied, how well she could cook, and how she would make him chicken soup at night... After doing this so many times, people who had worked with him found out about it.

Upon receiving the train departure schedule, Shen Rongzhou glanced at the time and realized it wasn't time to leave yet, so he immediately went to the personnel department to request leave.

The final step in applying for leave is to obtain Zhang Zeqin's approval.

Sure enough, not long after the personnel department submitted the application, Shen Rongzhou was summoned to Zhang Zeqin's office.

Meanwhile, Li Xunli's side was also completely surrounded.

She was so excited last night that she couldn't sleep, so she got up a little late this morning to go to the market to buy groceries.

Unlike men who are often preoccupied with external affairs and neglect their families, mothers, grandmothers, and mothers-in-law know everything about their children's lives.

So whenever Li Xunli arrived at the market, no matter which vegetable stall she passed, mothers who knew her would come up to greet her.

"Oh, Xunli! What a joy for your family! Qingqing is so amazing, she can compete in the provincial competition at such a young age and even win an award!"

"Yes, my child told me last time that she did something heroic during the competition!"

"Wow, this is incredible! How exactly does your Qingqing study? Xunli, how do you teach your Qingqing? Tell us about it!"

Li Xunli smiled and replied to them, "Let's be happy together!"

"There was no such thing as heroism! I was terrified by her! It was all thanks to the police!"

"She just loves reading. She stays home all day reading. Her younger sister likes to watch TV, but she doesn't like watching TV..."

As soon as Li Xunli responded, the mothers and grandmothers around her started talking even more enthusiastically.

What should have been a half-hour grocery shopping trip turned into a full hour and a half. At first, there were some people just there for the spectacle, but later it was mostly mothers asking Li Xunli how she raised her child to love reading so much.

Li Xunli left the market only after her mouth was dry from talking.

On my way home, I received a call from Shen Rongzhou; he had taken care of the leave request.

Li Xunli's face lit up with joy, and she immediately went home happily to call Principal Mo.

Shen Qingqing, who rarely sleeps in at home, is still in bed playing with her sister Shen Yangyang.

Shen Yangyang is a restless sleeper, tossing and turning and kicking. Shen Qingqing hates being woken up halfway through her sleep, and when she is not fully conscious, she will fight with Shen Yangyang.

Finally, when Shen Yangyang kicked Shen Qingqing again, Shen Qingqing couldn't take it anymore and sat up, then pulled Shen Yangyang up as well: "Sleep! Still sleeping! Get up!"

Shen Yangyang's rosy cheeks scrunched up as she opened her eyes with a whimper, and then Shen Qingqing helped her off the bed to wash up.

After washing up, Shen Qingqing and Shen Yangyang came out of the bathroom and, like two little dogs, sniffed and exclaimed in unison, "Rice noodle rolls!"

Li Xunli, who was blanching bones in the kitchen, came out when she heard the noise. "The rice noodle rolls are in the rice cooker. Qingqing, take two plates and give one to Yangyang each."

"Okay!" Shen Qingqing deftly scooped out two servings of rice noodle rolls.

Steaming hot and translucent rice noodle rolls filled with eggs and shrimp, topped with diced preserved radish, and the aroma is even more enticing when the sauce placed next to the rice cooker is torn open and poured over them.

She and Shen Yangyang sat at the dining table slurping rice noodle rolls, then listened to Li Xunli's arrangements: "We're going out on the 9th. On the night of the 8th, we'll go to Grandma's house and won't pick up Xiaohong. Yangyang, do you want to stay at Grandma's house and play with Sister Chun?"

Shen Yangyang still had a mouthful of rice noodle roll in her mouth and was eager to answer, so she made a gurgling sound.

Li Xunli scooped up the foam, glanced back at her distractedly, and understood what she meant: "Okay, I'll pack you two sets of clothes. You can stay at Grandma's house for two days. You have to listen to Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle, and Aunt. When Dad, Mom, and your sister come back, we'll pick you and your brother up, okay?"

"Mmm!" Shen Yangyang answered in a soft, muffled voice as she buried her head in her food.

The following days passed by as usual. After Li Xunli told Chen Manyu that he didn't need to go to the kiln on Fridays and weekends, she tried firing corsages several times, but the ones she fired all had some flaws. Time passed and the 9th arrived.

Li Xunli woke up Shen Rongzhou and Shen Qingqing early, since they were going out with the school leaders and it would be impolite to them if it was too late, especially since Shen Qingqing would be studying at Wangling Elementary School for several more years.

Since the Shen family's home wasn't far from Wangling Elementary School, Li Xunli and Shen Rongzhou decided to lock their cars at home and simply walk over to meet them.

Since getting a bicycle, Shen Qingqing no longer walks to school. After stepping outside, she felt the temperature and followed behind her parents with some pain.

Li Xunli thought they were early enough, but she didn't expect Principal Mo and Dean of Students Chen Songli to be even earlier.

When the family arrived, the two men were already chatting in the pavilion in front of the small gate next to the school gate.

"Teachers, I'm so sorry we're late!" Li Xunli and Shen Rongzhou quickly led Shen Qingqing over and extended their hands to shake hands with Principal Mo and the Dean of Students.

"No, no, Qingqing's mom and dad, we just arrived recently." Principal Mo extended his hand to shake hands with them.

Shen Qingqing then obediently greeted them: "Hello, Principal Mo! Hello, Director!"

“Okay.” Principal Mo smiled and continued, “We’ve chartered a car to take us to the train station, and the car is now…”

Before he could finish speaking, a car slowly pulled up in front of the school. The driver's window rolled down, and the driver leaned out to greet him: "Old Mo! Over here!"

Upon hearing the shout, the group of people all turned to look.

When Shen Qingqing recognized who it was, she suddenly smiled and said, "Isn't this Uncle Sanmao?"