Chapter 173: Chapter 131: Just Remember the Agreement with the Mysterious Team
After getting home, Xiao Juzi drank a few mouthfuls of orange-flavored nutrient solution. He held onto the nearly full bottle and soon dozed off, slumped on the sofa.
Shu Yao placed him in the sleep pod.
She looked at Shu Xin, who hadn’t left his side, and said with a knowing smile, "Mom, you don’t have to watch him every second."
"I’m not watching him, I’m watching you!"
Realizing her voice was a little loud, Shu Xin covered her mouth guiltily. Seeing that Xiao Juzi was still sleeping soundly, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Lowering her voice, she continued to chide, "You’re always taking him and running all over the place. He’s so little, what if he gets lost! What kind of mother are you!"
Although Shu Xin had complaints, her concern and love for her daughter and grandson were plain to see.
"The unified examination is almost here, and you still haven’t settled down to focus. Wait until the exam is over, then you can take him out to play."
"I know, I know." Shu Yao put an arm around her mother’s shoulders, her words laced with consideration. "Mom, you don’t have to revolve around us all day. Take some time to hang out with your old friends. Pick a time and place for some afternoon tea. If you need me to do anything, just call me. I’ll be there in a flash."
Shu Xin gazed dotingly at Xiao Juzi in the sleep pod, her voice soft and gentle. "How could I have time for fun right now? The baby is just a little over two, and he’s our family’s first Beastman baby. I still have so much to learn."
Shu Yao said that Zaizai was very easy to raise. "As long as you don’t let him go hungry, you don’t need to worry too much about anything else."
Shu Xin gave her a strange look. "You’re way too laid-back as a mother!"
Just then, the robotic butler announced that there was a visitor.
Shu Yao thought it would be Jiang Fei or Ke Dancheng, but it was actually Wei Jin, her homeroom teacher from Class 6.
Shu Yao didn’t open the electronic door right away. Instead, she asked warily through the video intercom:
"Teacher Wei, what can I do for you?"
Wei Jin grinned and waved at the camera. "Didn’t I say at the end of the information session? I told you I was coming for a home visit this afternoon."
Shu Yao: "..."
She vaguely remembered Wei Jin shouting something to her as she was leaving, but it had been too noisy at the time, so she hadn’t heard it clearly and paid it no mind.
Shu Xin came closer and asked, "Who is it?"
Shu Yao: "Someone asking for directions."
Shu Xin was puzzled. ’Who can’t find their way these days? What’s wrong with this person, are they just treating the navigation function on their Light Brain as a decoration?’
Shu Yao had a feeling that a home visit from Wei Jin meant trouble, so she decisively refused to let him in.
Less than fifteen minutes later, Shu Chao Yu returned, and he’d brought Wei Jin with him.
As soon as he saw Shu Yao, Wei Jin put on a wounded expression and started going on about "a teacher for a day is a father for life" and "one should remember the source of the water they drink, and respect their teachers."
Noticing Shu Yao’s growing irritation, he finally stopped.
Wei Jin turned to Shu Chao Yu and said:
"Captain, this niece of yours has excellent aptitude. You should pull some strings and get a letter of recommendation from the Commander of the Fourth Military District. With that letter, she can take the special recruitment exam for the Imperial University Military Academy at the end of May. I guarantee she’ll blow everyone away!"
The volunteer army was an external branch of the military district. Its members didn’t receive the salary or benefits of official personnel, but they were all exceptionally capable and passionate patriotic warriors. When the Federation needed them, they answered the call without hesitation!
Shu Chao Yu was the captain of the volunteer army’s Fourth Division. Wei Jin was the vice-captain.
Shu Chao Yu was younger than Wei Jin, but in terms of experience and ability, he was Wei’s senior.
"Our family is quite open-minded," Shu Chao Yu said. "What major Yaoyao wants to study in the future is up to her. As her guardians, we won’t interfere too much."
"I think a little interference would be good," Wei Jin said earnestly. "After all, the girl has a real talent for this!"
Shu Chao Yu asked for Shu Yao’s opinion. "What do you think?"
Shu Yao leaned back lazily on the sofa. "If I can get in, I want to go to the Agricultural College at Imperial University."
Wei Jin clutched his chest as if he’d been shot.
"Are you serious?" he asked, his tone exaggerated. "Agriculture is the most popular major in every university! And for that major, Imperial University has the highest admission score of them all! Are you sure you can do it?"
"Heh!" Shu Yao shot him a look. "Who are you looking down on?"
Wei Jin’s face was full of doubt.
Shu Yao adopted the arrogant and flamboyant air of a rich second-generation brat and said smugly:
"My eldest uncle is the head of the Fourth District. With a connection that solid, I should get some bonus points for my political background, right?
My second uncle is a professor at Imperial University. The benefits extend to his family, so if we have the same score, they’d have to give me priority admission, wouldn’t they?
And my youngest uncle is sitting right here. He’s not a martyr yet, right? But with all his honors, I should get at least a small piece of that glory, shouldn’t I?"