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Therefore, studying agriculture will inevitably involve attending a branch campus on Earth or the Moon, just as studying metallurgy is mostly done on Mars.

Of course, this refers to people who are admitted to a regular university in the Star Alliance, which is considered a key undergraduate university by today's standards.

It's hard to say where those regular undergraduate students completed their studies, but it's harder to say where they finished their preparatory courses or short-term programs.

Most of them are in the local or nearby star system, with the only exception being the starship engineering major.

Unless you get into graduate school and go to a research institute on the moon or Titan, you'll spend the vast majority of your study time in the Kuiper Belt or Centaurus.

"Agriculture major? I thought..." Little Tiger always thought this guy was a business management major, or at the very least an engineering design major. It turns out he studied the niche major of ecological agriculture.

"Not enough points?" Little Tiger thought about the common reasons and motivations of those who chose unpopular majors, and asked cautiously.

"Not enough points," Lao Xia said with a heavy heart. He was 37 points behind the Space Engineering College and Starship Engineering major, 49 points behind the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Intelligence major, and 8 points behind the Mechanical Power major. In short, he was not enough points.

"What about the business school?"

"I studied science and engineering..." What's even more tragic is that the Star Alliance Science 2 and Science 3 exams are barely passable by humans, while Science 1 is not even designed for normal humans. As for the difference between Science 3 and Humanities 1... it's roughly like asking an art school student to prepare for the entrance exam for MIT's computer science program.

Why not study humanities?

"Not much future achievement—"

That's the truth. The achievements of liberal arts majors in the Star Alliance are not very high, and they are extremely polarized. Anyone with eyes can see that, apart from the most basic and the highest levels, the middle administrative management will sooner or later be completely replaced by AI and intelligent networks, which is like the Ancient Tomb School of thought.

The lack of interstellar foreign trade also limits the demand for business talent. As for archaeology and history majors, they can barely be considered to have some employment prospects due to the presence of ancestral relics. Sociology and other related majors have not reached a certain level, and their employment prospects are basically zero.

"Okay, it's not true anyway, as long as she can't use it as an excuse..." The little tiger thought about it and felt that there didn't seem to be any problem.

"Hey, Lao Xia, can I apply to your university too?"

"You..." Old Xia looked Yelena up and down, seemingly preparing to attend his alma mater. "You could consider applying to the primary school in my area. No, primary school doesn't require an exam."

"Um...you're exaggerating a bit too much, aren't you?"

"It's no exaggeration. I remember when we took the general genetics exam in middle school, one of the major questions was: How to distinguish and identify genetic material samples from identical twins by using different methyl modifications at gene loci? I remember I gave you my genetics textbook. Can you do it?"

"Uh..." The private room was silent. Not to mention the little tiger, even the white rabbit could only understand a few nouns from the questions.

"So, Lao Xia, have you finished making it?"

"You solved it! If I remember correctly, a similar example is on page 1330 of the textbook. Go back and take a good look."

"No matter how user-friendly the 'Tree of Life' is, it's still a legitimate genetic engineering device. If you can't even do this, you won't be able to use the rest properly later."

"I know, I know, I'll go back and study hard." Just thinking about that pile of textbooks, at least two thousand pages long and excluding lookup tables and reference books, could kill someone, made Yelena feel terrible.

This is just the purely theoretical part; the experimental guides and training outlines for the practical part are even more of a headache.

In particular, Lao Xia doesn't have a wide range of equipment for teaching from basic to advanced levels, so it's impossible to give her some intuitive and fun experiments that would spark a child's interest in learning.

"Then you should talk more about the interesting things that happened at your school. Anyway, they won't understand, and they'll quickly change the subject..."

"Are you really sure I should talk more about this?" Old Xia asked uncertainly, "Those topics..."

"Hey, Lao Xia, Lao Xia, hurry up and tell me about the interesting things that happened at your academy." White Rabbit was intrigued.

"The interesting things that happened in the academy..." Old Xia recalled, for example, winning second place in the robot fighting competition?

For example, in the "Retro Rocket Research Club" that I joined, we almost blew up the faculty dormitory building while tinkering with an old version of a ramjet engine at the back door of the dormitory. Everyone in the club received a major demerit. If it weren't for the department head's intercession, we would probably have been expelled on the spot.

These things don't seem suitable to talk about with the Terrans, so let's try something else, like how you visited the Ring of the Sun Farm and looted all the weightless glass fruits they were using for their trial planting and exhibition? Okay, let's talk about that then.

"There is an interesting story. Once, we organized a visit to a large greenhouse farm..."

That glass fruit tasted terrible, it was even poisonous. It was originally just for decoration. But everyone who tried to steal the pomelo, including Old Xia, ended up in the emergency room. Later we found out that the thing...

It's genetically modified, full of biofluorescent agents, and will glow like a light bulb after it matures.

They were garden ornamental plants, not edible plants at all. They only found this out after lying in the hospital for two days. Because the symbiont kept transporting highly toxic fluorescent agents to the sweat glands on their skin, they were glowing all over at that time, so bright that they couldn't sleep at night.

"Wow, there are such amazing plants!"

"Old Xia, you were pretty clumsy back then too—" White Rabbit complained.

However, the rest of the things were more normal. For example, when he went to the apple orchard for practical training, he stole apples and was chased by a girl from the next class who was waiting to get her credits. She chased him for eight blocks with a shovel. However, as the saying goes, "tit for tat," and Old Xia's fragrant apples were almost completely looted by those bastards.

However, since we're all from the agricultural college, we can pick the fruit, but we won't actually damage anyone else's plants.

Moreover, they will leave some things for people, instead of taking everything away and preventing them from graduating.

Moreover, this only applies to fruit trees where harvesting the fruit is not a big deal; no one would touch wheat or similar crops.

During the animal husbandry course, when discussing embryo genetic improvement, a classmate accidentally created a futa cow, attracting the attention of the entire class.

Of course, he successfully earned the course credits and even applied for a patent. However, this achievement was ultimately useless.

"Your university life is really fulfilling... Hahaha—" The little tiger covered his mouth with his folding fan, never expecting that Boss Xia, who was usually so serious and self-disciplined, would have such a side.

Whether it's being chased and hacked down for stealing someone's apples, or guarding the orchard with a shovel, it doesn't seem like something he would do to take a hit.

Time flew by, and soon the day of their meeting arrived. Swire's parents arrived a little earlier than the cargo ship.

Although they set off with the ship, they took other vehicles for the final short journey.

Not only were Lao Xia and Swire making preparations, but they were also preparing. They needed to arrive early, book a hotel, rest to relieve the fatigue of the journey, and then decide on a meeting place, prepare gifts, and so on.

This wasn't just a meeting between parents to see their daughter's boyfriend; it was also an opportunity to explore the next round of cooperation between Swire Group and Mr. Xia, essentially an informal meeting.

It was still the rooftop revolving restaurant at Swire's house. As a basic courtesy for the younger generation, Old Xia, dressed up, led Swire and White Rabbit half an hour ahead to arrive. Both of them looked very nervous.

The little tiger's tail was tucked between its legs and tightly wrapped around its calves, as if this could slightly alleviate its nervous and shy feelings.

Old Xia appeared quite calm, but his whole body seemed very stiff, like a stone sculpture.

However, the white rabbit, who played the role of ruining everything in the end, had it much easier. She wore a low-key, luxurious, and elegant white off-shoulder dress with a light blue ribbon at the waist and a thin light green shawl over it, looking as fresh and lovely as a forest elf.

"Ding—" The elevator reached the top floor, and a face with bristling hair and fur and wide, glaring eyes appeared behind the door. Old Xia almost reached for his gun holster, but only realized he hadn't brought any weapons when he touched the side of his pants.

Because this burly man, who was at least two meters tall and whose muscles were so bulging that his black tuxedo looked like he was about to tear the boy who had kidnapped his daughter to pieces on the spot.

"Don't worry, my dad always has this expression..." Swire gently squeezed Old Xia's hand to tell him not to be too nervous.

"Hello, I am……"

"Ah, Boss Xia, I've heard so much about you, you truly are a handsome man!" The big tiger reached him in two strides, like a whirlwind, "Whoosh—"

Old Xia felt that this guy's hands were like a vise, and the bones seemed to be cracking. Could this be a show of force?

"Not bad, not bad, you're quite sturdy!" The big tiger patted Old Xia's shoulder happily, making a sound like hitting a sandbag. Shi Huaiya's face turned green. "Dad, you..."

"Ahem, sir, please be mindful of your appearance..." Walking behind was Swire's mother, who, like Swire herself, was much petite. Judging from their height proportions alone, the two were completely mismatched.

Like most Victorian noblewomen, Swire's mother wore conservative and proper long dresses and almost no expensive jewelry.

However, the earrings, rings, and necklaces were all exquisite and elegant, perfectly complementing her dignified and classical beauty.

Her long, honey-gold hair, like that of a tiger cub, was styled in a bun at the back of her head, revealing her fair and slender neck. Perhaps due to her eyesight, she wore a pair of small glasses, and a formulaic yet appropriate smile played on her lips. Her entire being exuded the elegant and noble temperament of a mature woman.

"Are you really your mother's biological child?" Old Xia gave Little Tiger a surprised look. The latter rolled his eyes slightly, and only returned to his previous ladylike demeanor when he saw his mother's expression turn cold.

"Although Beatrice hasn't mentioned you much, I've seen your photos, and you two are a perfect match..."

As soon as the big tiger sat down, he began to speak. His voice was very loud, and many people would assume from their first impression that he was a naive and uninhibited chivalrous person like Zhang Fei. However, only Lao Wei, who had actually dealt with him, knew that this was just an impression he deliberately created.

After all, people judge things based on first impressions, and a fierce character like Zhang Fei is unlikely to arouse others' vigilance and hostility. Even if some clues are discovered, it is unlikely that they will associate them with him.

On the contrary, Mrs. Swire, who appears dignified, elegant, mature and composed, is actually the one with the most explosive temper in the family, a typical tigress.

According to Miss Swire, her mother, in her youth, had a fiery temper and could easily subdue other young noblemen with a pair of chain hammers. However, she only pretended to be like that after she got married in order to maintain the dignity of Mrs. Swire.

“In principle, we will not interfere with Beatrice’s life. As far as the Swire family is concerned, as long as she can find a satisfactory candidate, we usually don’t care what the conditions are,” Mrs. Swire said.

In such situations, it is always the "tiger" who is actually "cunning and treacherous like a predatory cat" who takes the initiative, and then the hot-tempered Mrs. Swire carries out the next round of negotiations, giving people the illusion that the tigress is in charge of the household and the tiger is just a boisterous man.

"However, we only have one daughter in our family, and she will be in charge of the entire family business in the future. Therefore, we need to investigate the man's character to some extent, and at the very least, we need to meet him. Mr. Xia Lin, please don't mind too much. We don't have any ill intentions."

"Of course, of course..." Old Xia was sweating profusely. It was just acting, but why did it feel like a real boyfriend meeting the parents? Was it because of the atmosphere? Or was it because he was worried about being exposed while acting, so he was even more nervous and embarrassed than when he was actually meeting the parents?

"Mr. Xia, I'll still call you Xia Lin. There's no need to be so nervous. My wife has already said that we won't interfere with Beatrice's love life. Besides, Xia, you've achieved quite a lot yourself, and you're perfectly worthy of my Beatrice."

"Phew—" He breathed a slight sigh of relief. It seemed the plan was going smoothly. As long as these two didn't interfere, he could get away with fooling the little tiger and also get rid of the other guys who tried to set him up on blind dates.

"So..."

“Uh…” Swire gently kicked him, signaling that her father’s big move was coming. Swire had already told Old Xia enough about the big tiger’s personality and behavior.

This old guy's specialty is to lull his opponent into a false sense of security before launching a surprise attack. So, don't be fooled by his seemingly considerate and open-minded words; the real show is about to begin.

"So, we don't really object to what you're doing, but..."

"It's coming!" Not to mention Old Xia, even the usually lively and carefree Shi Huaiya became nervous, looking like a little wooden tiger sculpture, which made her mother frown slightly.

However, considering that her husband was speaking, and that his tone was indeed one that would make young people nervous, she did not interrupt to reprimand her daughter.

"She's not young anymore, and Xia, you're not young either. If you don't object, what's that saying from the Great Yan Dynasty?"

"There's no time like the present, so let's set the wedding date and venue today, and have an engagement ceremony while we're at it. Hmm, I've already given her the rings...looks like I'm still too slow."

The big tiger had very sharp eyes and immediately noticed the ring on Swire's finger; it was clearly not something she had bought herself.

After all, she was using her own family's card, and her father couldn't possibly be unaware of such a large expenditure. And with the salary of the Lungmen Guard Bureau... well, this little tiger would never be able to save enough in her entire life.

So there's only one truth: it was a gift from her boyfriend, which also demonstrates his financial strength; it was a business marriage after all.

If the man is still so willing to spend, then wouldn't the joy of the marriage and the joy of his daughter finding a satisfactory partner be doubled?

"If neither of you has any objections, then let's settle on this."

Old Xia and Little Tiger were stunned by this sudden turn of events; this reaction was strange.

Whether it's being picky, taking a long-term view, or not opposing or even supporting, it's not right to ask for an engagement or even set a wedding date right now, is it?

This is completely different from what Little Tiger said about her father's reaction during the previous rehearsal!

"Wait, I object!"

"Hmm?" The tiger, who almost blurted out "They are a perfect match, why should a monster like you object?", relaxed slightly after realizing who was objecting. It was Yelena who had spoken up.

This was within his plan and expectations. After all, an adopted daughter is still a daughter, and no daughter would want her father to marry a stepmother.

Especially given the small age gap, it's normal to have reservations; the "big tiger" (referring to a powerful figure) has already prepared persuasive words.

"Why are you against it?" the big tiger asked with a smile.

"Because...because..."

"Yes, why should we object?" Yelena blurted out, but she hadn't thought of what to say next.