The elders were gone, and the vast Gao Family home felt as though it were missing something, leaving everyone slightly unaccustomed.
Furthermore, Gao Jiaxing was busy, Xia Xiao was busy, and even the children and grandchildren were busy with their studies. Previously, when Gao Guoqiang and Zheng Xianghong were around, their children would often return for visits. Now, everyone was too caught up in their own affairs; meetings were few and far between, and sometimes they wouldn't see each other even when they came home.
During the Spring Festival of 2010, the Gao Family did not celebrate much, and time passed extraordinarily quickly. Before anyone realized, Shitou and Beibei had each grown a year older.
Shitou had planned to take the college entrance examination at ten, but at nine, he resolutely decided to take it, becoming the youngest candidate that June.
