"We''re back!" Yueyue announced as the door was opened.

"Welcome back."

The two waved as they entered the house one by one.

"It''s so hot outside! I knew I should have just stayed at home. " Yuqi complained as she lay flat on the sofa.

"You''re the one that came up with this idea. You don''t get to complain." Yueyue pointed out as she walked over to the side to drop off the bags.

"I didn''t know it was going to be this hot today. How is it my fault." Yuqi

"It wasn''t that hot. You guys are exaggerating." Leyan commented as she closed the door behind her.

"I''m going to go take a shower... I really hope it''s not going to be this hot later in the evening."

After Wuli took a sip of water, she and Shuli both went upstairs to the bathroom.

"I''m heading to the shower too. This sweat is killing me."

As soon as Leyan said it out loud, everyone nodded in agreement and followed her upstairs to the bathroom.

Nami and Xiaoyun were now still sitting alone on the sofa, with a bunch of bags surrounding them.

"You''re not curious what''s inside?"

"I''ll see it sooner rather than later. No point in ruining the surprise." Xiaoyun replied.

"But I''m curious..." Nami murmured as she wanted to see what was inside but didn''t want to get in trouble for opening it.

"Daddy! More LEGO!"

Qiaolan suddenly spoke up as she pointed toward the house in front of her.

"Okay, here it is."

Xiaoyun creates a small box of it and puts it on the floor.

"They really do love building that, don''t they?" Nami commented as the three immediately opened the small box and took out all the legos onto the floor.

"Yeah... Hey Nami, do you think we should bring them to school yet?" Xiaoyun curiously asked.

"I think you should ask Mom about that... But aren''t they less than a year old?" Nami raised her concern.

"You''re right. They are only still one year old... But they don''t really feel like only one." Xiaoyun pointed it out as he felt three babies felt a little too mature for their age.

"I guess... But they should still enjoy childhood first."

As the two continue watching the baby playing each other, time soon passes quickly.

By the time the other nine finally finished taking a shower and came downstairs, it was already two o''clock.

"What took you guys so long?" Xiaoyun asked curiously.

"We have to prepare to go out later for the festival. So we washed our hair and even let Yuqi help us put on a little makeup." Leyan replied.

"You guys don''t need makeup. You guys are already perfect." Xiaoyun complimented all of them at once.

"Ah, thanks, babe. But you two did it earlier, didn''t you?" Yuqi asked with a slightly threatening voice.

"I don''t know what you are talking about. Nami and I were watching a movie for the morning." Xiaoyun quickly deflected the question.

But Nami''s face was blushing red like an apple as if she had suddenly remembered something.

"Uh-huh, totally someone forgot to clean the stain at the drain."

As Yueyue replied, they all nodded in agreement with her statement.

"That''s good to hear... Thank you, Yuqi. I really appreciate you writing this."

"No problem. It only took me an hour to write it, so it wasn''t that much work."

"Yuqi actually spend a week writing this." Shuli pointed out.

"S-Shut up, Shuli!"

"Ahem, let''s go enjoy the festival. Lily is dying to try that booth out." Leyan hurried everyone as a crowd was starting to form around them.

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After the festival...

"Whew, that was so tiring," Xiaoyun complained as they walked back inside the house.

"But it was so fun!" Lily replied with a voice full of energy.

"I wish the festival lasted a little longer... I was just about to beat that festival game." Yueyue commented as she walked over to check on the three babies peacefully sleeping in the crib.

"I''m more surprised that there weren''t actually that many people," Leyan commented next as she lifted Yongyi from the crib.

"That''s because we spread the booth... It''s also the reason why we had to walk so far for each one of the booths." Yuqi explained as she lay down flat on the sofa with barely any energy.

"How do you guys feel about the festival?" Xiaoyun asked curiously as he turned over to Kate and Anna.

"It was pretty fun to play some of the games," Kate replied.

"The shooting game was the best one," Anna replied.

"How about you, Tianci?" Xiaoyun asked next.

"It was okay... I felt most of them were a little too easy." Tianci replied.

"Actually, Tianci, how do you not miss a single shot every time?" Wuli asked curiously.

"I can just feel it was the right strength and distance to throw it at," Tianci replied.

"Can you teach me this? Please, I''ll do anything for it." Wuli pleaded as she realized the skill would be insane in combat.

"I can''t really teach you this. It''s just a feeling in my head." Tianci shrugged.

"I''m pretty sure it''s just practice. Wuli, I''m sure you can get just as good as her."

Shuli tries to comfort her, but Wuli doesn''t take it at all.

"Shuli, it''s not just based on practice. I had practiced shooting almost every day, and it was still not as good as hers." Wuli argues.

"Ahem, I''m going to go cook dinner now." Leyan left the living room and went to the kitchen.

"I''ll go help." Xiaoyun left as the eight of them sat down on the sofa.

"Xiaoyun is finally gone. Let''s take this time to check what everyone''s gift to him." Yuqi whispered.

"Okay."

Yuqi opened her bag first, and inside it was a nice formal suit.

"Damn, that looks so nice. This wasn''t just a gift recently, was it?" Nami asked curiously.

"Yeah, I had to measure his size when he was still asleep and have it custom-made for the past few weeks," Yuqi replied.

"Hey, that''s not fair. We only have a day to pick things to buy." Yueyue pointed out.

"Well, it''s just a coincidence that it happens to be the same time we are doing this competition," Yuqi smirked.