Candy was stunned for a moment, then remembered: today wasn’t Sunday, was it?

So, this early morning, her brother came to wake her up just to tell her school was tomorrow???

She glared at her brother angrily and went back under the covers, deciding to ignore him.

Even if she gets a beating today, she won’t get up this early.

And Mo Jingchun? Seeing Candy fuming but helpless, he nodded with satisfaction.

Hearing the door close, Candy shut her eyes and fell asleep again.

She used to wonder why her sister loved sleeping in, but since starting elementary school, Candy understood.

Monday to Friday is truly tiring, so why not sleep in on Saturdays and Sundays when there’s nothing to do?

Can’t be watching TV and playing on the phone all day.

That would indeed make her brother angry.

With grievances, Candy drifted into dreamland.

As the sun rose higher, and after Zhou Yaling awoke naturally, she got up to brush her teeth and wash her face, surprised to find Candy hadn’t yet woken up.

Raising an eyebrow, Zhou Yaling had a bad feeling; as they say, when things are unusual, there’s often a reason. Could it be the little one didn’t escape and caught a fever?

Thinking this, Zhou Yaling pushed the door open.

"Candy?"

Touching Candy’s forehead, Zhou Yaling murmured to herself: "Doesn’t feel like she’s got a fever."

Opening her eyes, Candy yawned and asked: "Sister, what time is it?"

"Ten o’clock."

"Oh my, brother didn’t wake me up."

"What?"

"Sister, brother was so bad today. He came to wake me up at dawn, and I thought today was a school day."

"But brother told me school is normal tomorrow, isn’t that infuriating." As she spoke, Candy clenched her fists, full of discontent.

"Hahaha."

Zhou Yaling laughed; that’s so typical of big brother, always tricking his little sister.

Saying he didn’t do it on purpose, no one would believe it.

After comforting Candy, Zhou Yaling smiled and said: "Get up now; it’s already ten. Soon your brother will come upstairs with a stick."

"That makes sense!" Candy nodded agreeably.

However, Zhou Yaling and Candy were surprised to find there was no sign of brother downstairs.

The TV wasn’t on either.

Only Little Grey and Bun lazily lying on the floor, enjoying their happy time.

Maybe it was infective from Bun, now Little Grey just wagged his tail when he saw Candy, too lazy to get up and welcome her.

Overall, Little Grey learned Bun’s life essence—a single word: "lazy."

"Zero, where’s brother?"

"In the yard pruning plants."

"Alright..."

Candy thought her brother had gone shopping alone, but he was just in the yard trimming plants. In an instant, Candy lost interest.

Zhou Yaling looked at the time, not yet ten-thirty, but her stomach was growling.

After thinking for a while, at this point, might as well cook brunch.

Sister went to the kitchen, so Candy, with nothing to do, went outside to find her brother.

In the yard, Mo Jingchun was pruning the roses. Seeing Candy up, Mo Jingchun smiled and asked: "Awake?"

"Mm-hmm~"

Yawning, Candy picked up a small shovel on the ground, eagerly playing with dirt.

Mo Jingchun watched her with a smile, not saying anything.

Kids, after all, love to play, which is only natural.

If a kid doesn’t play, then that’s a problem.

Because of regular soil turning, the earth in the flower bed was very loose. Candy didn’t use much effort to dig a big hole.

But Candy quickly encountered a problem: what to plant in the dug hole?

Unable to think of anything to plant, Candy silently filled the hole back up.

Next time, next time she’ll bring something to plant.

"Let’s go inside."

"Okay." Candy nodded and used her foot to tamp the soil she just dug, following behind her brother into the living room.

Seeing Zhou Yaling cooking in the kitchen, Mo Jingchun asked in surprise: "Eating so early today?"

Cooking double-cooked pork, Zhou Yaling rolled her eyes and said: "What else? It’s already ten-thirty, might as well combine breakfast and lunch."

Mo Jingchun held back laughter and gave a thumbs-up.

"Sounds reasonable."

"Hmph, eat it or not, anyway, Candy and I are having brunch."

Mo Jingchun doesn’t cook, can’t refute Zhou Yaling’s reasoning, lest Zhou Yaling simply refuse to cook in the future.

"Smells delicious."

"Tch~"

Simple four dishes and a soup, lunch was at eleven.

In retrospect, it’s not really brunch.

Eating double-cooked pork, Candy kept praising her sister’s improved cooking skills.

With Candy’s constant praise, Zhou Yaling felt a bit on cloud nine.

The next morning, Candy was promptly woken up by Zero.

Rubbing her eyes, Candy took a deep breath and swiftly got up pulling the covers.

After changing clothes, brushing her teeth and face, Candy ran downstairs with her backpack.

Seeing her brother and sister already eating breakfast, Candy wasn’t surprised at all.

Putting down her backpack, Candy automatically sat in her usual dining chair.

A few minutes later, after Mo Jingchun finished drinking tea, he asked: "Done eating? If so, we’ll leave."

Taking a napkin, Candy quickly wiped her mouth.

"Done."

"Okay, let’s go."

......

On the school bus, Candy looked at Xiang’Er’s usual empty seat, feeling a bit worried.

Brother said Xiang’Er was fine, so why wasn’t the teacher letting Xiang’Er come to school?

It’s quite strange.

The bell for the first class rang, and Candy only then noticed ten classmates didn’t come today!

"Start class!"

Candy paused, then stood up and shouted loudly: "Stand up!"

"Hello, teacher!"

"Hello, students."

"Sit down!"

First time acting as class president, Candy was still a bit unaccustomed.

The feeling was completely different from kindergarten.

"Today we’ll be learning something new..."

The teacher’s voice brought Candy’s thoughts back to the classroom.

Within Candy Technology Park, Mo Jingchun personally visited a few employees who had fevers, finding out from them that even after the fever subsided, there were lingering symptoms, mainly fatigue.

This is why the school temporarily suspended notifying students with symptoms to return to class.

Exiting the employee dormitory, Mo Jingchun told Zero:

"Let’s go take a look at the second lab building; I heard all the groups have coordinated well, and a complete space rocket can be produced anytime."

Hearing this, Zero shrugged and said helplessly: "Their research speed is unexpectedly fast. The manufacturing facility in Anyang County hasn’t installed production equipment yet."

"No rush."

Mo Jingchun shook his head and said: "Anyang County is nearly ready."

PS: Feeling fatigued, throat truly sore, really ↣ can’t take a shower.

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