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Han Ning'er paused slightly, gently stirring the contents of her bowl with her chopsticks without saying a word.

Liu Yumo and Jiang Lina glanced at her subconsciously, and then heard Liu Yumo laugh and say, "Tomorrow our family is going back to my grandparents' house, and we may be visiting relatives for a few days."

"I'm going to my maternal grandparents' house with my mom tomorrow, but I won't be able to stay for more than two days. I'll probably be able to come back to visit you on the second day of the Lunar New Year," Jiang Lina said.

Since it's a single-parent family, there aren't many relatives to visit. It's enough to have a family reunion at the maternal grandparents' place.

The reason the two said these things was to tell Han Ning'er that they would be reuniting with their families during the Chinese New Year, and they hoped that Han Ning'er could also go home for the New Year.

"According to my family's custom, we're going to my grandparents' house tomorrow night. It's in Qingjiang City, not far. If you're free, you can come with me."

Chen Dong picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth, speaking in a very casual tone.

"Is it really possible?"

Han Ning'er suddenly looked up and blinked at Chen Dong.

"Of course you can, why not? Anyway, they're all in Qingjiang City and not far apart," Chen Dong said with a smile.

"Okay, then I'll hang out with Brother Dong tomorrow." Han Ning'er smiled sweetly.

Liu Yumo and Jiang Lina exchanged a glance. Is this acceptable?

New Year's Eve is a night for family reunion. It's a day for families to get together. No matter how good their relationship is, they are not from the same family tree. What would it look like if Sister Han went along?

Girlfriend?

"No problem, I'll pick you up tomorrow," Chen Dong readily agreed.

Although the invitation just now was meant to test Han Ning'er's thoughts, it was absolutely from the bottom of my heart.

If Han Ning'er doesn't want to go home, or if she usually spends New Year's Eve alone, then he won't let that happen this year. As for what her family and relatives say about her, he doesn't care.

"Just kidding. Tomorrow I'll be going to my grandparents' house with my dad too. We go every New Year's Eve." Han Ning'er suddenly smiled, with a sense of contentment and happiness.

Dong Ge's firm attitude moved her deeply. No matter how cold that home was, at least she still had friends and people who cared about her.

"Are you sure you want to go home? You're not going to just stay here all alone watching the lights of every house, are you?" Chen Dong looked at Han Ning'er with a serious expression.

"Are you kidding me? Do you really think I don't have any family?"

Han Ning'er rolled her eyes dismissively. She just didn't want to go home, not that she didn't have a home.

Although Wu Jie is busy with work and sometimes can't even come back on New Year's Eve, Han Jiancheng never forgets Han Ning'er and brings her with him every year.

It's only because she's grown up over the years and isn't as clingy as she was when she was little that Han Jiancheng has been able to devote more time to his work; otherwise, she would have come looking for him during his holidays.

"That's good."

Chen Dong smiled, not because he didn't have to take Han Ning'er with him, but because Han Ning'er was willing to go home. As for Wu Jie, Han Jiancheng knew what to do without him having to inform her.

After dinner, we stopped doing practice problems and the four of us went downstairs for a walk. We were all on holiday, and we couldn't stay in the house all day doing practice problems. We needed to relax occasionally.

They wandered into a billiards hall, played for a while, and then went home, agreeing to keep in touch and return to their study group when they had time.

When Chen Dong returned home, his parents were still not back. He went straight upstairs to wash up and start writing.

……

The next day, Chen Dong woke up at eight o'clock. He didn't have to rush to school or go to Han Ning'er's place to do practice problems. After washing up, he went downstairs in his pajamas.

"Dad, Mom."

Zeng Ling and Chen Zhenjiang didn't go to the supermarket today. Everyone had prepared everything they needed before the Lunar New Year and bought all the New Year's goods. Once the Lunar New Year officially started, the supermarket wouldn't have much business.

Supermarkets also close for the Spring Festival until the seventh day of the Lunar New Year every year.

"Get up, come down and eat. I've saved some steamed egg custard and hot milk for you." Zeng Ling, who was cleaning the room, looked up and smiled at Chen Dong.

"Hurry up and help with the work after you finish eating." Chen Zhenjiang was cleaning fish in the kitchen, slicing off the scales with a swish. The brat's cooking skills are pretty good; he's been thinking about it.

"Why should the kids do any chores? You slice the fish and then clean up. I'll take care of the kitchen," Zeng Ling blurted out. The kids have such heavy schoolwork, and there's plenty of room for housework.

"Wow, another sumptuous meal."

Chen Dong walked into the kitchen, where sausages, cured meat, and pig ears were steaming in a pot, along with stewed chicken and fish being killed—it was definitely a feast.

"Everyone has a good meal during the Chinese New Year," Chen Zhenjiang said with a shake of his head and a smile.

Chen Dong brought out a steamed egg custard and milk from a pot next to him into the dining room. As he inserted a straw into the milk, he asked, "Mom, when are we going to Grandpa and Grandma's house?"

"No rush. Your uncle and aunt's family probably won't arrive until four or five in the afternoon. We can go over slowly after we finish lunch," Zeng Ling said.

Chen Dong's father had two siblings. His father was the second oldest, with an older brother named Chen Zhennan. His family lived in the provincial capital and would come back for holidays.

There is also a younger sister named Chen Zhenying, who is married in a neighboring city. Sometimes she spends the Lunar New Year at her husband's home, and sometimes she comes back here. This year, she is coming back for the Lunar New Year.

The eldest brother and the third sister all live in other places, so Chen Zhenjiang usually takes care of the two elderly people.

"Then I'll do some more homework later." Chen Dong scooped a spoonful of steamed egg custard into his mouth, planning to write some more in the morning.

"You go ahead with your work, I'll call you when it's time to eat," Zeng Ling said with a smile.

After Chen Dong finished eating his steamed egg custard and drinking his milk, he wanted to wash the dishes, but Zeng Ling stopped him and pushed him upstairs to study.

They hadn't had high hopes for Chen Dong's grades before, but now that their son had suddenly turned things around, who wouldn't want a top student in the family? This kind of work was hardly his responsibility.

Chen Dong returned to his room with a smile. Instead of immediately turning on his computer to work, he picked up his phone and sent a text message to Han Ning'er, Liu Yumo, Jiang Lina, and Jing Shanshan.

Then I called Ye Wanwan's hometown.

The call went to the village chief's house. After exchanging a few polite New Year's greetings, they waited for the village chief to inform Han Ning'er.

He then turned on his computer, opened a document, and logged into QQ.

I sent a New Year's greeting to the old editor, and then I saw that Liu Yumo suddenly created a group and named it the "Six Academic Superstars Group".

You can tell who the invitees are just by looking at their names.

Half a Candy Sweet to the Point of Heartbreak (Jiang Lina): "Brother Mo, your name is really domineering, but unfortunately you don't live up to it."

Sealing Heart and Locking Love (Liu Yumo): "If you don't want to stay, you can leave. Turn left when you go out. Goodbye."

Sunflower Facing the Sun (Jing Shanshan): I sent an emoji in the group chat, as if I was just watching two academic underachievers bicker.

In their study group of six, four were true academic high-achievers, while Jiang Lina and Liu Yumo fell behind. Jiang Lina was alright, barely not quite a slacker, but Liu Yumo was a complete academic failure.

Singing a Song of Happiness (Han Ning'er): "There are only five people in our group, Yezi hasn't joined yet."

Don't be obsessed with me, I have someone else in my heart (Chen Dong): "Xiao Yezi probably doesn't have a QQ account yet. She doesn't have a mobile phone and doesn't go online. I'll apply for one for her when she comes back from vacation."

Everyone agreed that, putting aside mobile phones and computers for now, at least they should have a QQ account so that it would be convenient to chat in the group later.

Chen Dong was thinking further ahead; besides a QQ account, he also needed to find a way to get the silly girl a communication tool.

Otherwise, we would have to find a middleman to contact them, just like we do now.

Just then, his phone rang, and Chen Dong immediately hung up.