Unified College Entrance Examination

Skywater Academy, faculty residential district.

"What do you think Mom is thinking? Forming a team and traveling to gain practical combat experience would obviously benefit the training of outstanding students, yet she still has to think about it?!"

In Shui Qingyue's little courtyard, Lan Lan threw herself onto the broad, soft bed. After rolling around a few times, she turned on her side and asked Shui Qingyue, who was pouring water by the table not far away.

"The dean naturally has her own considerations." Shui Qingyue picked up her cup and took a small sip of the tea, which had already gone cold. "After all, whether it's selecting outstanding students or choosing teachers to lead them, both need proper procedures. It's not as simple as you imagine."

"What's so troublesome about it?" Lan Lan propped her right elbow on the bed and raised her head, speaking unconcernedly. "For the students, just hold a selection tournament in the academy. The winners stay, and the losers are eliminated. Seems simple enough to me!"

"As for the teachers leading the team, of course it'll be you and me!"

"Let's see who dares compete with us! I'll freeze them into an ice sculpture!"

As if to make her point more convincing, Lan Lan raised her left hand, grabbed fiercely at the air, and swung her pale fist a few times.

Shui Qingyue toyed with the cup in her hand, the gently swaying tea reflected in her blue-crystal eyes. Then she suddenly asked, "What if Dean Su wants to compete?"

At the words "Dean Su," the spirited Lan Lan was struck speechless. Her rosy lips opened and closed several times, but in the end she said nothing. Instead, she buried her pretty, valiant face in the soft quilt and wriggled around on the bed like