Book 19: Chapter 77
“I need your help,” aggressively demanded Liu Yue.
Vera narrowed her eyes and placed her teacup down. She replied, “Oh? You never came in autumn or early winter. Then, you ask for my help on your first day here? What is it? What do you need my help with?”
Liu Yue sat down to the side. She voiced, “What’s your academic level? Before you reply, bear in mind that you didn’t come welcome me when I arrived. Needless to say, that is my complaint. As you three didn’t welcome your cute sister, you are obligated to help me. Before that, however, I need to know how good you are at academics.”
Vera immediately understood what her sister was after. Lost for words in the spur of the moment, she laughed before answering, “We’re educated as per the imperial family’s standard. How could we be underachievers? What’s the matter? You’re not going to ask us to do your homework for you, are you?! Our younger sister we’re most proud of is going to ask someone to do her homework for her? Aren’t you our straight-A’s sister we’re most proud of? If you’re so good, why do you need us to help you do your homework? Do you have that much homework?”
“Firstly, I’ve never been a straight-A’s student, okay? I don’t need to be one, either. I’ll be staying here for a long time during this winter break. How am I going to have time for homework when I’m with Dad? Therefore, I need to complete all of my homework in the first week. You don’t have any homework, anyway, so help me with mine. Here, this is maths. This is natural sciences. This is literature. This is elven literature. I’m sure Vera and Nona are both experts at elven literature. Mm, I’ll complete the practical exercise myself.”
“What’s your practical exercise?” inquired Nona
Nona cheerfully leaned over to Liu Yue. She watched Liu Yue take out a notebook from her bag. The book was thin, so Nona surmised it was specifically for reporting her practical exercise.
“Mm, observe an animal’s life for one month. I’ll do it. I just need to observe something every day. What animals are there in the Imperial Palace?”
“Ah, there is an animal in the Imperial Palace. A fox.”