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“Don’t worry, Zephyr!” Seth said with a smile, “It’s not mock exam papers!”
Zephyr and Cordelia exchanged a look and chuckled. What they heard next made them stiffen up, however.
“There’ll be new mock exam papers when little Zuko grows up! This one here is his customized study plan!”
“What did you say!?” Zephyr’s eyes bulged. “My son just turned one month old, and you two made him… a study
plan?”
“Yeah!”
Zennie opened the big package and pulled out a pretty countdown timer.
Cordelia was astonished. “What is this?”
The wooden cards had little rocket patterns around them to show that the baby would shoot right into success.
There was a big “Exam Countdown” right in the center.
“Well…”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Zephyr, Cordelia!” Seth coughed and smiled like an elderly loving professor. “From now on, there are 6,570 days
till baby Zuko’s first big exam. This study plan is customized for him, specially made by Zennie and me the best we
could!”
Cordelia winced. Her baby in her arms blinked his big, bright eyes at his aunt cutely.
“Zephyr, this study plan is amazing!” Zennie was triumphant. “My nephew definitely won’t lose to anyone right from
the start!”
“Mm!” Seth picked up from her. “I’ve studied infants’ behavioral psychology. Even though babies can’t talk, they
already have language awareness and sensory awareness of their surrounding environment. Thus, our Zuko will
have to be trained slowly, starting with languages…”
“Zephyr, read this set of vocabulary to him every day, so his Chaisene gets an A the moment he’s in pre-school!
“This music score contains all the classics of the world, so he’ll be in Grade 10 for piano when he graduates pre-
school!”
“We picked out this chess book carefully too. He’ll be a professional chess player by the time he’s in elementary
school!”
“When Zuko sits for his exam…”
“He’ll be admitted to the Ivy Leagues on recommendation!”
“Uh, you know what!” Josiah interrupted the couple. He could not bear to watch the family of three wearing
shocked gaping expressions.
“Uh, Z, when are we eating?”
Zephyr finally snapped out of his trance, secretly touched that Josiah was so tactful, and went along with him. “Let’s
go to the restaurant now. Come on!”
“Yeah, yes!” Cordelia chorused. “Let’s eat now, right now!”
Both husband and wife moved faster than everyone else carrying Zuko. The rest of their friends caught up with
them giggling.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmSeth and Zennie were caught off guard for a moment before they smiled. They picked up the exam countdown gift
package, planning to send it directly to the married couple’s home.
Cordelia breathed in relief, hugging her son in the car. She kept breathing in the baby’s scent. It smelled so good.
Zephyr was enviously watching them. Forget about Cordelia coming over to take a whiff at him. She would not even
touch him.
Their son sometimes fussed in his sleep at night—a kick of his leg, and Cordelia would wake up right away as if she
had telepathy and pick the baby up to coax him.
What about Zephyr? Even if he rolled off the bed, his wife would only look at him from the bed and tell him, “Softer,
don’t wake our son.”
Zephyr was dejected. This was no son—he was a love rival!
“Darling, what’s up?” Cordelia asked softly.
“Oh, nothing.” Zephyr smiled. “Just… thinking about the gift package from Zennie and Seth!”
A giggle escaped Cordelia. No one could top Zuko’s aunt and uncle in being this motivated.
“What do you think about it, darling?”
“What about you?”
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