"You're feeding me with an ulterior motive!" Qiu Yuxuan said with a smile, folding her arms and making no move to eat.
"Well, I've run into a little trouble, so I was hoping you could help me out!" Xiao Ran replied with an awkward smile. With Qiu Yuxuan leaving her chopsticks untouched, he could hardly start eating first.
"Tell me what it is first. Then I'll decide whether to eat this meal!" Qiu Yuxuan said briskly, giving Xiao Ran no chance to bluff his way through.
"Um... all right, I'll tell you first!" Seeing that he couldn't get around it, Xiao Ran gritted his teeth and spoke.
"As far as I know, our country has a few exchange student slots every year, right?"
"You want to go abroad?" The moment Xiao Ran finished speaking, Qiu Yuxuan's stern voice rang out.
She didn't even need to think about it. Bringing up exchange students at a time like this had to mean going abroad, and might even be connected to the scene Xiao Ran had previously witnessed through Future Sight.
"What can I say? You really are sharp, Professor!" Xiao Ran paused before offering the painfully awkward compliment.
"Absolutely not!" Qiu Yuxuan's answer was as crisp as ever, leaving no room for negotiation.
"No, Professor, I really have something I need to go abroad for!" Xiao Ran said urgently.
"Then tell me what you saw before." Ignoring his plea, Qiu Yuxuan went straight to the point.
"..."
Xiao Ran immediately fell silent. It wasn't that he couldn't mention the Ultra Wormholes, but that he couldn't explain how he knew about them—or about the ultra beasts.
"If you won't tell me anything, I can't submit an application for you! You should know that the country won't readily let Awakened like us go abroad