The New Year's briefing began on the night of December 31st and continued until dawn on January 1st. After the presentations from my family and the subsequent events had concluded, it was around 4 AM, but the agenda didn’t end there. January 1st, Friday, and the following Saturday and Sunday were packed with a major event-filled schedule.

Ideally, since it was already dawn, the best course of action would be to go to sleep and lazily wake up in the afternoon to rejoin the scheduled events. However, this moment felt too precious to simply sleep away.

When would we gather like this again as a family?

It seemed that everyone, including Grandfather, agreed, as the owner family gathered separately after the event. We casually sat around the dining table, filling our stomachs lightly and exchanging pleasantries, promising to meet again later in the afternoon, and parted around 6 AM.

Perhaps it was because it was the New Year. Despite staying up all night, I didn’t feel tired.

Instead, I felt more awake. It wasn’t just me; everyone’s eyes were bright and alert, looking like they wouldn’t be able to sleep anytime soon. And at times like these...

‘Sex.’