The kindergarten graduation ceremony concluded with Mengmeng's recent spirited confession.
The second day of summer vacation marked the beginning of first-grade registration.
Early in the morning, Mrs. Gu entered the bedroom, pulling open the curtains while calling the two little ones, "Gu Zhihan, Mengmeng, get up, we need to go to school to register."
"What? School?" Mengmeng, still in her dreams, was instantly jolted awake by those words. She hurried out of bed, her sleepy little face staring at Mrs. Gu as she cautiously sought confirmation, fearing she had misspoken, "Stepmom, are you sure you didn't make a mistake? Haven't my husband and I already graduated? Why do we have to go to school again?"
"She didn't make a mistake, you did. We only graduated from kindergarten." Before Mrs. Gu could respond, Gu Zhihan, who had been woken up, quickly explained to her, "Next, we have to go through elementary, middle school, high school, and college…"
