Soon after, everyone gathered together.
Liu Yiyi also put on her birthday hat amid all the attention.
Next was the segment of lighting candles, singing the birthday song, making wishes, and blowing out the candles.
Nearly sixty people huddled together, creating an atmosphere that was both lively and warm.
Then, as if by some unspoken agreement, everyone raised their glasses high to celebrate the end of the gaokao.
The gaokao, which once stood before them like an imposing mountain, a grueling journey laden with countless pressures, sweats, and dreams.
Now, at last, it drew to a perfect close, like the resplendent curtain falling on a grand performance.
Under the night sky.
On each of those youthful faces beamed a sense of relief and comfort, as well as joy gushing from deep within, as though they were the most dazzling flowers blooming in the spring.
The brows that were often furrowed during the days of preparation had long since relaxed.
