I Haven't Been to Class in Ages

By the time the hurried footsteps of time reached the sixteenth week of the semester, an anxious atmosphere had begun to pervade the entire school.

On one hand, many students were shocked to discover that only three short weeks remained until final exams—the fervor of the Hunting Moon seemed to have passed only the night before, while the uproar before the semester over demons attacking Four Seasons Market and First University's incoming special plane seemed to have only just died down. Even as everyone wondered where the time had gone, they had no choice but to race against it, trying to keep pace with its passing footsteps in the library and study rooms.

On the other hand, the next three short weeks contained not only a string of festivals and seasonal markers—Winter Solstice, the Winter Hunt, Christmas Eve, Christmas, Laba Festival, New Year's Day, Minor Cold, and more—but also separate holidays for Christmas and New Year's Day.

Under normal circumstances, being able to steal two days of leisure amid hard study would have been wonderful. But this was the final-exam crunch. The students all faced enormous pressure, forcing many of them to make a difficult choice between relaxing and making the most of their time.

That was the main reason the campus atmosphere had become so restless.

"Who the hell came up with this vacation schedule?" Zhang Jixin gripped the timetable in hand and slammed it against the desk, making it bang loudly. "This is practically working against the masses! Why didn't they schedule the holidays during the Hunting Moon? Or on Double Ninth Festival? Or the Lower Yuan Festival? ...What fucking use is there in putting holidays right before final exams?"

"It completely defeats the purpose of a holiday." Fatty Xin nodded sympathetically. At the same time, he pulled