"Sure." Avery hung up and felt extremely energetic.


    There was only twenty percent of battery left for her phone, so she got out of bed to search for the charging cable. Once she charged her phone, she stepped out of her room.


    It was quiet in the mansion and when she walked past La''s room, she took a nce inside.


    La heard footsteps and turned around immediately. When she saw that it was Avery, she immediately exined what happened earlier, "Mom, I made Robert cry because he keeps badgering me to y with him."


    Avery walked into the room with a smile. "I know. I don''t me you for it."


    "I know you won''t," La said smugly. "Robert said that you and Dad were talking inside the room. What were you talking about?"


    Avery pursed her lips in embarrassment for a few moments, before clearing her throat. "It''s New Year''s soon, so we were debating if we should all go to Bridgedale to see Hayden, or should we ask Hayden toe home. After all, Hayden doesn''t have any holidays for New Year''s."


    "Oh... I see! But why did you have to close the door if that''s what you are discussing? Robert came running to me because you closed the door."


    Avery scratched her head. "We were kind of arguing because your dad wants us all to go to Bridgedale. I think that''s too much of a hassle, mainly because Robert is too young and hasn''t traveled that far before. I think Hayden should take leave ande home. Your dad said that Hayden has already taken leave toe homest time, and asking him to take leaves again might affect his studies..." "Oh... What''s there to argue about?" La said in confusion. "Don''t you think it''s silly to argue about things like that? Why don''t you just ask Hayden what he wants."


    "Yeah, we n on doing so."Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g!


    "Mom, I think I used to be quite smart, right? Everything seems so easy back then, but everything at school feels so difficult now!" La sighed. "I don''t know if I can get first ce again."


    Avery picked up her homework to


    read it through. "La, we don''t expect you to be the best, as long as you don''t end up inst ce. Of course, we would be overjoyed. there''s improvement in your


    academic achievement. With "et


    year, the content that you have to


    learn gets harder. The things you are learning right now are much harder than what we learnt as a child."


    "I feel like I''m improving bit by bit, but so are my ssmates. If I knew making progress is that hard, I should have never abandoned my studies on purpose before."


    "Don''t feel guilty, La. There''s no


    hurry. As long as you''ve tried your best, we don''t me you, no matter what the results might be," Avery consoled her. "Just give it your best and will still take you out to y during the holidays, no matter which ce you are in."


    La had been waiting for her mother to say that. "Mom, I will study hard."


    Two hourster, the two children finally went to bed and Elliot and Avery returned to their room.


    "Avery..."


    "I''m so tired, Elliot. Let''s go take a shower! Do you want to go first?" After a whole day of work, Avery could not quite rx at night as well. Her two children preferred to cling onto them even when there were servants there to help take care of them.


    "Let''s shower together!" Elliot, too, felt drained.


    Every time he looked after Robert, Robert would cling onto him like a monkey to a tree, and Elliot realized that Robert did not do the same to La or Avery.


    "Sure! There''s something I want to ask you about, anyway." Avery went to the closet to take out their pajamas.