Chapter 1388: Crazy Study Mode

The First High School senior year department has officially started winter break.

Zihan was so happy he jumped three feet high, cheering: "Great, great, Big Brother and Second Brother are on break, finally someone to play with me."

Although he and Zirui are twins, the brothers have completely different personalities.

Zirui has a steady personality; he likes reading in the Study and even enjoys listening to his father hold meetings.

Such a dull hobby is something Zihan cannot understand and cannot accept.

He prefers playing with Big Brother and Second Brother; Big Brother can chat with him about everything under the sun until the sky turns dark.

Second Brother can accompany him swimming and playing ball... and then Big Brother takes over to brag and ramble!

Well, the person Zihan likes most is still Big Brother; if Big Brother isn't on break, he feels his language functions are about to atrophy.

Unfortunately, he was happy too soon.

Big Brother is on break, but he has buried himself in his room and won't come out; he gets up before dawn every day for morning reading, leaves the room only for three meals, and spends all remaining time in the room studying!

Zihan was curious and secretly went to observe a few times.

He quietly pushed the door open a crack and leaned against the door gap to look inside.

One look, and he became even more curious!

Big Brother is indeed studying diligently, to the point of being inseparable from his books, even forgetting to eat the fruit and snacks Mother sent in!

Big Brother can forget to eat?

Zihan went to Mother's room, closed the door mysteriously, and said to Mother very seriously: "Mom, I have something I want to tell you, it's very important."

Mother was teasing Little Sister.

Little Sister Sheng Yue has reached the age where she can crawl; she crawls from one end of the bed to the other, very happily.

But every time she is about to reach the end, she is gently pulled back by her two little feet by Mother, and she can never reach the end!

After a few times, the little girl realized that her path always has no end because someone is making trouble.

"Wah—"

The little girl couldn't stand this grievance; she pouted her little mouth and cried out.

Just at this moment, Zihan arrived.

Sheng Yue thought her brother had come to back her up, so she cried even more miserably and loudly.

"Wait to cry, I have something to find Mom for," Zihan scolded his little sister.

The little girl has been doted on since birth; no one has ever spoken to her impatiently, and he wasn't even playing with her or coaxing her.

"Wah..."

"Wah..."

"Wah..."

The little girl cried even louder, round teardrops falling continuously; her little appearance was pitiful.

"Be good, don't cry, it's Brother's fault; Brother will talk to Mom for a second, and then I'll play with you, okay?" Zihan put aside his anxious mood to comfort his little sister first.

Sheng Yue stopped crying; although crystal-clear teardrops still hung on her cheeks, she was already smiling and lying in her brother's arms, her two little chubby arms struggling to wrap around his neck, wanting a hug.

Zihan didn't really want to hold her.

She is only eight months old but weighs over twenty pounds; chubby and round is cute, but that's limited to looking cute and being fun to tease. Whoever holds her knows—after a while, your arms ache so much you can't lift them, but the child being held doesn't want to come down.

If you put her down, she cries for you to see, acting aggrieved and pitiful.

"Be good, play by yourself for a while, Brother will hold you in a bit."

He picked up a hand-held rattle and stuffed it into his little sister's hand, and Sheng Yue went to the side to play by herself.

It is rare for his youngest son to be this solemn, so Shi Youxuan asked: "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Zihan nodded, his tone even more solemn: "Mom, take Big Brother to the hospital for a check-up, I suspect he's sick!"

"Get lost, you're the one who's sick!"

Shi Youxuan understood immediately; she reached out and patted her youngest son, feeling both annoyed and amused: "Put away your wild imagination, your Big Brother's brain isn't sick, he's just about to take the College Entrance Examination and is studying hard."

Mentioning Zichen, Shi Youxuan felt very gratified.

This child was worrying when he was little, with constant minor issues, but after turning eighteen, he suddenly seemed to become sensible and grew into an adult in an instant.

Especially his performance after transferring to Class Twelve, even her husband Sheng Hanyu couldn't stop praising him.

Her husband said this son is capable and is material for doing great things; although his hobby since childhood has been to be a cook, he will definitely be a good cook!

Professions have no high or low, as long as you reach the top, you are an impressive person.

Her husband's praise for Zichen was limited to within the couple; he wouldn't praise him to his face for fear he would become arrogant.

Mother said Big Brother being "abnormal" is what's normal, and even scolded him, telling him to learn from his older brothers and sister, read more books when he has nothing to do, and stop thinking about playing all the time!

Zihan was scolded and prepared to leave Mother's room.

"Where are you going?"

"Back to study!"

"Pfft, you can study? Stop it, you don't even study in class, what are you going to study at home? Yueyue is yours now, go play with her for a while, I'm going to the kitchen to see how lunch is coming along."

Mother left after speaking, and Zihan was dumbfounded.

How can you play like this?

Being dumbfounded was useless; he obediently watched the child, and the little one who grew up eating 'Cute-More' had already crawled over beautifully...

The Little New Year.

Since entering the Little New Year, the weather has become increasingly cold; Shi Youxuan returned from outside and was frozen stiff after just saying a few words to the neighbor outside the courtyard.

The floor heating in the house was very strong, and she warmed up instantly.

"I'm freezing to death, I'm freezing to death."

She took off her coat, handed it to Zhang Ma, and then went to the kitchen to check on the New Year goods prepared for the festival.

There was no need to rush for chicken, duck, fish, and meat, as fresh ones would be delivered on the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, but the seafood needed to be well-stocked.

The seas are closed before the New Year, and fishermen stop working after the Little New Year; having toiled for a year, it is time to rest when it is time to rest.

The Sheng Family all like to eat seafood, so Shi Youxuan had specially set up several large fish tanks specifically for keeping seafood, with oxygen pumps and saltwater with the correct salinity ratio all fully equipped.

One could eat fresh seafood at home, but the stock needed to be prepared during these few days.

There were also dried fruits and fresh fruits; although the children were never short of new clothes, it was the New Year after all, so one or two sets of clothes from the inside out still needed to be prepared for everyone.

There were also social obligations of visitors coming and going, and many miscellaneous matters, all of which Shi Youxuan had to handle personally.

She had been so busy these past few days that she barely had time to touch the ground, and she didn't even have time to take care of her youngest daughter.

She came out of the kitchen, and Zhang Ma came over to ask: "Madam, this is the list of New Year gifts to be sent to Xi Fu's side this year. Would you like to see if there is anything that needs"

"to be added or removed?"

She didn't look at it and said to Zhang Ma: "Just prepare it according to this list; I trust you with your work."

Zhang Ma had worked in the household for many years and was very thoughtful in her considerations; there was no need to look at any list that had passed through her hands.

But Shi Youxuan remembered one very important thing—it was already the Little New Year, why hadn't her father-in-law and mother-in-law returned yet?

She called her mother-in-law and asked: "Mom, when are you and Dad coming back? I will go pick you up." Her parents-in-law were not like others; she couldn't just send a driver, she had to go personally.

"Hehe, Xuanxuan, I was going to tell you even if you hadn't called... we won't be coming back for the New Year; we will spend it in the countryside..."