Lu Chi nodded dumbly.
"Why?" Xing Yuan turned to look at Lu Chi. "Did something happen at home?"
Hearing Xing Yuan's question, Lu Chi only felt even more baffled. Nothing happened at my house!
Xing Yuan was confused too. "Then why are you in such a hurry to go home?"
Lu Chi: "..." Where else was he supposed to go if not home?
Seeing everyone at the table growing increasingly awkward and confused, Zhang Yang, who had been watching from the side, suddenly got it. "Wait a second."
He waved a hand and asked Lu Chi, "Lu Chi probably doesn't know about Yanda Affiliated High School's tradition of not giving second-years summer vacation, right?"
No summer vacation???!!!
In a flash, Lu Chi suddenly understood what Yue Bin and the basketball team boys had been thinking. But—
"Why wouldn't there be summer vacation?"
"Because senior year is coming up soon. The school believes the National College Entrance Examination is the most important turning point in every student's life. To give students a more solid foundation, second-years don't get summer vacation." Zhang Yang explained patiently.
So that was it!
Lu Chi immediately thought of his younger brother. "What about eighth grade and elementary school?"
"Eighth grade doesn't have that tradition. That's because students in the middle school division of Yanda Affiliated High School generally advance directly to high school after ninth grade—except for the small number who go abroad or repeat a year."
As for elementary school, that went without saying. What school would be crazy enough to take up summer vacation making elementary school students attend extra classes?
While Zhang Yang explained the school tradition to Lu Chi, the basketball team boys also came around to welcome him. Xing Yuan threw an arm around Yue Bin's shoulders and laughed. "With your