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At seven o'clock in the morning, He Chengrui, who had slept for eight hours, got up on time.

As I went downstairs, I found that Mei had already started preparing breakfast.

Good morning, Mei. You're up so early.

"Good morning, teacher. I also want to do something for everyone."

"Really? Don't push yourself too hard."

As He Chengrui spoke, he walked to the sofa in the living room, sat down, and started watching the morning news.

As the familiar prelude began, He Chengrui started looking for any noteworthy information.

But He Chengrui was overthinking it; even Titan, who had recently appeared at Qianyu Academy, wasn't reported in the news.

He Chengrui was a little tired and yawned, only then noticing that Bronya was sitting next to him playing on her phone.

"Teacher, it's time to eat breakfast."

He Chengrui stood up, stretched, and looked around but couldn't find the white fluffy ball.

"Kiana is still sleeping." Bronya, who was playing on her phone, said to He Chengrui, seemingly knowing what he was looking for.

He Chengrui nodded and walked towards Kiana's room.

He Chengrui turned the handle of Kiana's room door, but it wasn't locked. He went in and found Kiana still lying on the bed, drooling as she slept.

With a sigh, He Chengrui walked to the window and drew back the curtains. Sunlight instantly filled the room, shining on Kiana, who was still sleeping.

Seeing that Kiana showed no signs of waking up, He Chengrui gently nudged her.

"Get up, Kiana."

Kiana slightly opened her eyes. He Chengrui was standing with his back to the sunlight, so Kiana couldn't see his face clearly for a moment.

"Dad?"

Kiana blurted out something, and He Chengrui smiled and shook his head upon hearing it.

"Siegfried would kill me if he heard that."

Kiana snapped out of her daze, sat on the bed, and stuck out her tongue.

"But teacher, do you know my dad?"

He Chengrui nodded and patted Kiana's head.

"Let's talk about it later. Get up and have breakfast first."

"Okay, I'll get up right away."

......

After dinner, everyone began the Spring Festival cleaning, but He Chengrui was a clean person, so there was nothing in the house that needed cleaning.

Of course, except for Kiana's room.

But Kiana is a girl after all, and her room wasn't really dirty, just a little messy.

After cleaning, everyone went out and headed to the shrine to pay their respects.

There weren't many people in the morning. The four of them stood in front of the shrine to pray and make wishes for the new year.

But He Chengrui didn't believe in such things; he thought that what he worshipped might not be able to defeat him.

But seeing that everyone else was taking it seriously, He Chengrui could only pretend to be serious as well.

"teacher."

"What's wrong, Mei?"

"Please continue to guide me in the new year!"

He Chengrui smiled.

"Me too, nice to meet you, Mei."

“Kiana and Bronya are also included,” He Chengrui added.

Then they drew lots, and to everyone's surprise, all four of them drew very auspicious lots.

"Teacher, what's wrong?" Mei asked, noticing He Chengrui's puzzled expression.

He Chengrui shook his head and said, "It's nothing. According to custom, I should draw a very unlucky number at this time."

"But Daji isn't bad either."

Afterwards, the group wandered around for a while longer, but there was nothing interesting to see, so they returned home.

"Please take a seat," He Chengrui said to the three of them after they entered.

After the three were seated, He Chengrui took out the red envelopes he had prepared in advance and handed them to the three.

Seeing that the three women seemed inclined to refuse, He Chengrui interrupted them.

"Take it, just for good luck."

"I am also your elder."

Seeing this, everyone had no choice but to obediently accept the red envelopes.

Having not experienced care and companionship from their elders for a long time, He Chengrui's actions truly moved the girls.

......

After that, He Chengrui took out the prepared dough, meat and some vegetables.

Are we making dumplings?

He Chengrui nodded and asked Mei, "Has Mei made dumplings before?"

"No."

"Then follow along with me, it's quite simple."

Afterwards, He Chengrui instructed Meiyi to roll out the dough, while he mixed meat and vegetables to make dumpling filling.

"Will you be able to finish all this food, teacher?"

"What are you worried about? Kiana is here."

"...That's true too."

After completing the preparations, the two began making dumplings.

"Hmph, Bronya, try out my new combo!"

"Quack, what's going on? No, no, you can't do that!"

"Hmph, does Cricket Kiana also want to challenge me, the Silver Wolf of the Ural?"

Hearing their voices, He Chengrui went out of the kitchen and dragged them over.

"You guys come and make dumplings too."

"Oh, I don't know how."

"I can't study."

"OK then......"

After saying that, Kiana stared at He Chengrui's hands to see how he wrapped the bag, and He Chengrui slowed down as well.

"Yes, I got it!"

Kiana called out and began to work.

She could understand it in her mind, but her hands wouldn't obey her.

He Chengrui fell silent as he watched Kiana wrap the oddly shaped dumplings.

"Eat what you make yourself."

......

"Hmph, although they don't look very appealing, they taste pretty good, don't they?" Kiana said proudly.

"Whether it's delicious or not is probably none of your business," Bronya retorted expressionlessly.

"How can it be okay! I clearly..."

He Chengrui picked up a dumpling and stuffed it into Kiana's mouth.

"Let's stop arguing on the first day of the new year, and Bronya, don't mess with Kiana either."

The two nodded and stopped arguing.

After dinner, the four of them started playing games again, since they still had activities to do for the New Year.

Before I knew it, it got dark, and the sound of fireworks could be heard outside the window.

The four of them took off their headphones and began preparing dinner.

"Boom."

Another firework exploded, and the four of them sat around the dining table watching the Spring Festival Gala and chatting.

"Well, everyone, Happy New Year," He Chengrui said, raising his drink.

"Happy New Year!" the three women said in unison, raising their glasses to clink.