May 1st, Labor Day.
Labor Day fell on a Wednesday this year, so Senior Year One had it good. By shifting one day off from each of the weeks on either side, they had somehow cobbled together a five-day break.
Senior Year Two, who would soon be moving into Senior Year Three, had it good too. Their break was only three days, and they had to return to normal classes on Saturday, but at least that gave them two more days to study, right?
"Aaagh..."
Little Cicada howled, "The school's so ruthless! They always used to put the Monthly Exam before the break, but this time they've actually put it after! We only get three days off in total, and now I feel so guilty even when I'm having fun... Yuan Xuan, do you get three days too?"
"We only get two..."
"Huh?! Jianzhang No. 1 High School is that ruthless?! Only two days?!"
"Yeah, but luckily, we finished our exams last week."
The girl playing badminton at the Sports Hall with Chen Shi'an, Wen Zhixia, and Lin Meng Qiu was none other than Yuan Xuan, Lin Meng Qiu's old classmate, whom they had met during their time as exchange students at Jianzhang No. 1 High School back in March.
They had all gone to the Taoist Temple during the Qingming Festival break. This Labor Day, Chen Shi'an wasn't going back, so Wen Zhixia had stayed in the city with him instead of going home too.
Yuan Xuan lived near Lin Meng Qiu's home to begin with, but the Provincial Capital was so far away that she had only come home for a visit because she had two days off.
Since parting in Jianzhang, Lin Meng Qiu and Yuan Xuan had kept in frequent contact over WeChat. Everyone happened to