"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…"
"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…"
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