One to Three (First Update)

Xia Chujian thought it over but did not say it aloud. Still smiling, she said, "Yes, but there's one downside: morning drills every day, and attendance counts."

"It's ten kilometers every run. All military academies are like that."

Zhu Yingying gasped sharply. "...Ten kilometers?! Every day!"

"I'll pass. I'm absolutely not applying to military academy!"

Zhu Yingying had originally envied Xia Chujian's life at military academy, but the moment she heard that Military Academy Students had to run drills—and ten whole kilometers at that—she immediately backed down.

Aunt Chen said, "We'll just apply to an ordinary university. Psychology would be pretty good."

Zhu Yingying had a superpower, so getting a psychology license would still be a very good path for her.

Xia Chujian said, "Aunt Chen is right. Yingying really does have an advantage in studying psychology."

Zhu Yingying looked at her mother, then at Xia Yuanfang, and finally at Xia Chujian. "I'll do my best..."

After lunch, Xia Chujian went back to her room for a nap, taking Sixi, A Wu, and A Yuan with her to sleep as well.

Aunt Chen and Zhu Yingying returned to their own room, presumably to discuss Zhu Yingying's plan to return to school.

After Xia Yuanfang's "alterations," Aunt Chen and Zhu Yingying both looked somewhat different from before.

But the changes had happened gradually, like boiling a frog in warm water.

They would slowly make everyone unconsciously correct their perceptions, convinced that this was what they had always looked like while gradually forgetting their former appearances.

To strengthen that effect, Aunt Chen and Zhu Yingying had recently been deleting all their old photos and videos from their Quantum Optical Brains and Smart Bracelets.

Their old Quantum Optical Brains had been registered under their real names and could no longer be used.