Haha, they're not happy at all!

The New Year's Eve party is still something we do at school!

The school is so cunning!

"Alright, have some fun! We're not having evening self-study anymore, we're watching a variety show instead, have some fun!" Zhao Qian said excitedly.

The students in Class 10 were already getting annoyed, and Lu Ziyin even started to feel sleepy, so she couldn't help but lower her head.

Ding Kemeng was afraid that others would disturb him, so she reached out and covered Lu Ziyin's ears to make it easier for him to sleep.

Although Zhao Qian's news didn't really pique the interest of the students in Class 10, they were still somewhat looking forward to the possibility of not having class one day.

On New Year's Day, every student in Class 10 arrived very early, their schoolbags bulging, clearly stuffed with a lot of things.

"Tang Zhizhou, are you here to study or for a field trip?" Lu Ziyin couldn't help but ask when she saw Tang Zhizhou enter the classroom with bags and packages.

"Hehe, it's New Year's Day! I accidentally bought too much. Anyway, money's no object, let's all eat together!" Tang Zhizhou opened a bag, which was full of snacks of all kinds.

Lu Ziyin spotted the yogurt sticks immediately, grabbed a bag, tore it open, and stuffed it into Ding Kemeng's mouth. "Cute baby, try it, is it good?"

Ding Kemeng suddenly found a yogurt stick in her mouth. It was sweet and sour, with an apple flavor. Not bad!

"Delicious!" Ding Kemeng nodded emphatically, her eyes narrowing.

Seeing that Ding Kemeng liked it, Lu Ziyin couldn't help but become curious about the taste of the yogurt sticks. However, he wasn't interested in competing with her for these snacks, so he gave the whole bag of yogurt sticks to Ding Kemeng.

"If it's delicious, take it all."

Seeing Lu Ziyin using his snacks to please his girlfriend, Tang Zhizhou felt incredibly jealous. He zipped up his backpack, moved closer to Lu Ziyin, and held out his hand, "Give me the money, hurry up!"

"Are you possessed by Xie Sichen?" Lu Ziyin looked at Tang Zhizhou's appearance, smiled, reached into her pocket, and handed Tang Zhizhou a banknote.

"Here's the money, I'll look for the rest of the snacks!" With that, Lu Ziyin opened her schoolbag, wanting to find some more of her adorable child's favorite treats.

Tang Zhizhou hadn't really intended to ask for money; he was just saying it casually. But since Lu Ziyin had given it to him, he couldn't refuse! He pulled out another bag from behind him and handed it to Lu Ziyin, saying, "There's more here. The snacks in that other bag are so-so, but the ones in this one are much better. You can find this one!"

Lu Ziyin didn't dawdle when she saw the new bag. She immediately took it and started looking for snacks inside.

Ding Kemeng couldn't bear to watch the two of them childishly sharing food. She handed the notes she had just finished writing to Xie Sichen and quickly pulled Lu Ziyin back.

If we don't bring him back soon, Lu Ziyin's image as a powerful figure will be completely ruined!

The school has already issued a notice about holding a New Year's Eve party. Classes that are going to perform have already gone to the main venue for rehearsals. Many teachers also have rehearsal duties, so many classes have turned their scheduled classes into self-study periods.

By afternoon, the sky had gradually darkened. Where there had been a sliver of sunlight before, now it was completely obscured. Ding Kemeng looked up at the window, shivered—it looked like it was going to snow.

Lu Ziyin noticed the girl beside her shivering, pulled a thick coat from under the table, and draped it over Ding Kemeng. "Are you cold?" The little girl seemed to be very afraid of the cold; even with the heater on, she was still shivering.

"Yeah, a little." Ding Kemeng tightened her clothes and nodded.

Lu Ziyin glanced at the empty thermos; the hot water inside had all been drunk.

"Then you stay in the classroom, I'll go get you another cup of hot water," Lu Ziyin said, picking up the thermos.

"Mmm." Ding Kemeng didn't refuse; she really wanted something hot to drink.

There weren't many people in the teaching building at this time; many had already gone to the playground to play since they weren't in class.

Lu Ziyin slowly walked towards the hot water room with her thermos cup in her hand.

"Ring ring ring..." The phone rang and vibrated. Lu Ziyin calmly screwed the lid of the thermos on and answered the phone.

“Ziyin…”

A familiar voice came from the phone... Lu Ziyin froze for a moment.

"Ouch—!" Lu Ziyin felt the pain when the hot water scalded her finger and cried out softly.

"Ziyin, what's wrong?" The person on the other end of the phone immediately asked with concern when they heard that Lu Ziyin's voice sounded off.

Lu Ziyin rinsed her fingers briefly with cold water, then found a place to sit down.

"It's okay, Mom...you go ahead." Lu Ziyin hadn't used that term of address in a long time, and she had almost forgotten how to pronounce it.

"Mom misses you, really, really wants to see you..." The woman's voice was light and gentle, but every word seemed like a hammer, striking Lu Ziyin's heart.

Lu Ziyin remained silent for a long time, and the woman did not urge him, only occasionally saying that she missed him.

“Okay…” Lu Ziyin heard herself answer.

The woman seemed to have known all along that Lu Ziyin would agree, and she smiled instantly: "Ziyin, Mom is really looking forward to our meeting."

After hanging up the phone, the woman's laughter seemed to still echo in her ears. Lu Ziyin looked up at the gray sky. A few small snowflakes had already begun to fall. A crystal snowflake landed on the corner of her eye, bringing a touch of coolness, before being melted by a drop of hot water and quickly disappearing.

Lu Ziyin lowered her head again, put her phone in her pocket, stood up, picked up her thermos again, her expression returned to normal, and slowly left the hot water room.

Two girls came together to get hot water and were startled when they bumped into Lu Ziyin, but fortunately, Lu Ziyin ignored them.

Once Lu Ziyin had walked away, one of the girls breathed a sigh of relief and pulled her friend to get some hot water.

"Huh? Is one of the water outlets on the water heater broken? Why isn't this outlet working?" The girl pressed the water heater button for a long time, but no hot water came out.

"I don't know, but this one will work. You can use mine!" The girl next to her had already prepared the hot water, and seeing that she wasn't ready yet, she quickly gave up her spot.

“Okay…” The girl prepared to change her position, but as soon as she raised her hand, she knocked something over, and a stack of red banknotes scattered all over the place.

"This...this is money, isn't it?!" His companion exclaimed in astonishment!

"Really! How can there be so much money here!"

"Hey, hey, lift your foot!" Hearing her companion's voice, the girl quickly lifted her foot, which was currently stepping on a piece of paper.

I picked it up and glanced at it. It was blank paper with ugly handwriting!

"Who wrote this? It's so ugly!" his companion immediately exclaimed in disdain.

The girl ignored her and began to carefully read the note.

The water heater broke down; the compensation is right next to it, Lu.

Although the handwriting on the note was ugly, it was still easy to read.

So, this money was left by Lu Ziyin?

"No, why would he break the water heater for no reason?"

"Why are you worrying about all that? Just pick up the money first, then go find the teacher and get the water heater fixed."