Christmas Eve is followed by Christmas Day.

When I arrived at the classroom early in the morning, there were many greeting cards and small gifts on Lu Chuqing's seat.

With the end of the semester approaching, all she wanted was to get good grades. She packed everything into an empty bag and took out her textbooks to start reviewing.

The girl wasn't a naturally gifted individual. In her previous life, she only attended a vocational high school, and after so many years, she had completely forgotten the knowledge she learned from textbooks.

Now that she's relearning, as she progresses through the higher levels, she truly feels that her brain cells are starting to run out of capacity again.

Sure enough, she was illiterate.

Although she remained first in her class in several major exams, her ranking in the grade fluctuated. The first time she was fifth in the grade, the second time she dropped to seventh, and although she caught up to fifth again in the third time, there was a student from Class 1 above her with the same score, so they were tied for the same ranking, but she was ranked below them.

This made her a little unhappy; she was supposed to be fifth, but everyone saw that she was ranked sixth.

This was a bit of a blow to her, who wanted to study hard in this life.

After a fulfilling day of studying, Lu Chuqing returned home and stayed on the sofa reflecting on herself.

She felt she had become more magnanimous.

Perhaps because she had been reborn as a child for too long and spent a lot of time with other children, she felt that she was becoming less and less indifferent and carefree than she had been in her previous life when she grew up.

Even when she carefully recalled her past lives, she suddenly found that those memories were becoming blurry, as if they were covered by a layer of fog, making it impossible to distinguish whether they were dreams or real events.

If those painful experiences hadn't been real, Lu Chuqing would have almost doubted herself.

"Qingqing, Mom has cut a fruit platter." Lu Ying brought over a plate of cut fruit and sat down next to the girl.

Lu Chuqing opened her mouth and bit into the piece of apple that her mother fed her; it was crisp, sweet, and bursting with juice.

"Mmm, thank you, Mom! The apple is so sweet!"

Lu Ying also ate a piece and nodded in agreement, "Yes, it is indeed sweet."

"This is the apple you brought back yesterday. It looks small, but it's actually quite sweet."

Lu Chuqing recalled the lonely little apple and chewed on the flesh, saying, "Hmm, indeed, you can't judge a fruit by its appearance alone."

She had roasted lamb leg for dinner and ate quite a bit of roasted meat, so she wasn't hungry. After eating a piece of apple and two or three large strawberries, the girl went upstairs to sleep.

Lu Ying couldn't finish the remaining fruit by herself, and just then Xi Jun came over after cleaning up the kitchen. Most of the remaining apples and strawberries ended up in the man's stomach.

School gave us a three-day holiday for New Year's Day. A few of us friends wanted to go out and have fun together, and the weather forecast predicted that it would most likely snow on New Year's Day, which would be the first snow of the year.

But Lu Chuqing said she had something to do and couldn't go out to play.

With studying and taking various quizzes during this period, she hasn't had enough time to take on orders and earn money. She still has some details to finish on a private photo shoot she took on earlier, and the deadline for submitting the photo shoot is fast approaching. She can't go out and have fun anymore.

Moreover, the girl suddenly developed a new interest; she wanted to earn more money to learn this new hobby.

With New Year's Day over, the remaining time flew by. After the last exam of the term, Lu Chuqing returned to the classroom to pack her textbooks.

Qiao Xiangdong and Nangong Yu were too lazy to clean up, so they threw their textbooks into the trash can in the back corner and ran over to sit on the empty desks that had already been cleaned up and left.

"They'll be giving out new textbooks when school starts again, why bother cleaning it all out?" Qiao Xiangdong asked, puzzled.

Quite a few students threw their books away; the large trash cans at the back were already overflowing with textbooks.

Zhao Jiayan picked up a workbook and slammed it on his shin, yelling, "Where are you kicking your hooves!"

The boy let out an exaggerated cry of pain and quickly put his foot down from the table. "Big sister, spare me! I won't do it again, I won't do it again."

"Hmph, I'll show you!"

Qu Fusang looked distressed as she realized her backpack couldn't hold all the books she was packing. "Ah, so many books! My backpack is overflowing."

Nangong Yu and Qiao Xiangdong casually put their arms around each other's shoulders. "Why bring back books that you've already finished studying? It's so much easier for us!"

The little girl suddenly felt envious, looked at the workbook in her hand and hesitated, "Sigh, maybe I should just take the textbook home and leave the workbook behind."

After packing her things, Qi Yu showed her her workbook and some used notebooks. "I only kept the textbooks. I've already done all of these, so it doesn't matter whether you keep them or not."

Seeing this, Zhao Jiayan also said, "Then I don't want the workbooks either, there are too many to carry."

As she was putting her books away, she remembered something and asked her friends, "Do you all have plans for winter break? There will be fireworks by the river in the south of the city on New Year's Eve. How about we go see them together?"

“Hey, that’s great! They set off fireworks there every year. It’ll be so much fun if we all go together,” Qiao Xiangdong was the first to agree.

Qu Fusang looked apologetic. "I'm sorry, I'm going back to my home in the south for winter break. I'll come back when school starts."

Everyone knew she wasn't a local, and Zhao Jiayan felt very sorry when she heard this. "Ah, I'm so sad, I won't be able to see you for the whole winter break."

"It'll only be a month. I'll be back when school starts. When you go to see the fireworks together, remember to video call me. I'll bring you some local specialties from my hometown when school starts."

At this moment, Lu Chuqing spoke up, "I'm sorry, I'm going back to my grandparents' house during winter break, so I can't watch the fireworks with you."

"Oh? You're leaving too!" Zhao Jiayan was even more heartbroken. "Both of my best friends are leaving me. I'm so sad..."

Lu Chuqing patted her back to comfort her, "I'm sorry, my grandparents are very good to me. I haven't been back to see them for half a year. I should go back and spend more time with them during this long holiday."

"Okay, I'll video call you when we go see the fireworks."

"Okay, I'll bring you some good food when I get back."

Nangong Yu suddenly raised his hand, "I want one too!"

Next was Qiao Xiangdong, "Me too! Me too!"

Qi Yu: "Count me in."

After waving goodbye to her friends, Lu Chuqing met up with Xi Qingxu and Lu Linqi at the school gate and took the bus home together.

During this time, Lu Linqi had accepted the fact that Xi Qingxu was Lu Chuqing's adopted brother, and his attitude had improved considerably. On the way back, the two even discussed the last major question on the physics exam.

After arriving at the station, Lu Linqi got off the bus first. Lu Chuqing and Xi Qingxu rode for two more stops before reaching the outside of the residential area. After returning home, they learned from Lu Ying that they were going on a trip.