"Alright, since you’ve already decided and the principal has agreed, I won’t say much more. But, as long as you have time, you should still come to school to attend classes. After all, self-study and what the teachers teach are not the same."

"Yes, teacher, don’t worry, I will try my best to make more time to come to school and study." Jiang Xue promised the homeroom teacher once again, which finally made the teacher satisfied and let her leave.

After leaving the homeroom teacher’s office, Jiang Xue saw that it was still early, so she planned to find Principal Huang. She had just heard from the homeroom teacher that Principal Huang had agreed.

She had to thank him.

Thinking this, Jiang Xue quickly reached the principal’s office. Fortunately, Principal Huang was inside, and Jiang Xue called out "report." Principal Huang looked up, saw Jiang Xue, and was very pleased, saying: "Jiang Xue, you’re here, come on in."

"Principal!" Jiang Xue walked into the office with a smile, then stood in front of the principal’s desk, and said: "Principal, I’m here to thank you. The homeroom teacher just told me that you have agreed to my request for a leave of absence."

"Thank you for what? I said that as long as you were among the top twenty in the grade, I would agree. Now that you’ve done it, I can’t go back on my word."

"Yes, I know. But I still want to thank you, Principal." Jiang Xue expressed her gratitude sincerely, knowing that if it were someone else as the principal, they might not have agreed.

"By the way, when are you going back to your hometown? The old man would like to have a meal with you before you go back."

"I’m leaving the day after tomorrow. I probably won’t have time for a meal. How about we do it when I come back?" Jiang Xue had more things to take care of tomorrow, and this time she was taking the train back, which would take quite a bit of time.

"I see!" Principal Huang was a bit disappointed, even though he knew Jiang Xue might not have time, it was still a bit of a letdown to hear her say it.

Seeing the disappointment on Principal Huang’s face, Jiang Xue didn’t quite know what to say. But she really didn’t have time; she still needed to buy some specialties from South City tomorrow.

"Well, in that case, I won’t insist. I’ll let the old man know." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

"Thank you, Principal!" Jiang Xue thanked him and then left the principal’s office without staying long, heading straight to the school gate to go home.

Just as she stepped out of the school gate, Jiang Xue saw a familiar figure. It was An Ru, whom she hadn’t seen for some time.

When Jiang Xue saw An Ru, An Ru also saw her and smiled as she walked over.

"Jiang Xue, I thought you’d already left. Luckily, you haven’t."

"Sister Ru, aren’t you working today? How come you have time to come by?" Jiang Xue asked with a smile. Seeing An Ru at this time was quite a surprise.

"I’m off today. I heard you were going on holiday, so I came by to see you." An Ru replied with a smile.

"Since Sister Ru has time, why don’t we find a place to sit down?"

"Sure!" An Ru was more than willing and agreed with a smile. She had always wanted to find some time to chat with Jiang Xue, but there hadn’t been a chance.

The two of them found a nearby teahouse and sat down.

"Jiang Xue, now that you’re on summer vacation, do you have any plans?" An Ru asked with a smile. She wanted to invite Jiang Xue to her home, which is why she asked.

"To be honest, Sister Ru, I’m going back to my hometown later, and I’ll probably only return when the next school term starts."

Hearing this, An Ru swallowed the words she was about to say to invite Jiang Xue to her home and changed the topic, talking about other things instead.