LBRDI Chapter 18

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Spotted Dragon

Bonus ko-fi chapter

In Lu Yuan’s three-view question, every word had a groove¹.

He Xing was also shocked by such a magical operation after reading this type of answer. He pondered for a while and said, “Lu Yuan is really a little too smart.” With a little childlike smoothness.

But critiquing such a subjective question is troublesome, especially when you run into an unconventional answer like Lu Yuan’s. It can’t be wrong and even discusses logical integrity in points, but it’s tens of light-years away from the standard scale. A score must be given, but how much should be given.

He Xing watched, “How do you criticise this?”

Shen Mian, “Step on it then score.”

He Xing, “… You can do that?”

Shen Mian glanced at him, “If he dares to answer like this, of course, I dare to criticise him like this.”

Picking the points that match the answers and give them marks, Lu Yuan was smart so he must have understood what he(SM) meant when he(LY) got the test paper back.

He Xing applauded, “Good idea! Excellent!”

He actually wanted to say that his dean and dragon cub were evenly matched. Considering that the probability of being beaten after speaking was relatively high, so he changed his words wisely,

Shen Mian wasn’t happy, his face expressionless, “Thank you, no need to praise me like that.”

He recognised the sprawled out characters and marked it with a red pen, giving the corresponding score. The final score after all the scores added together, the total was 85, which is a few points above the passing score- Lu Yuan’s objective questions scored 72 points, but the latter three-view question only had 13 points.

The total score for the paper and the type of questions were based on the standard sample paper, with a total of 100 points for the multiple-choice and short answer questions and 30 points for the subjective question. 

Shen Mian took Gian’s paper. Gian got one hundred and twenty-five points, four points deducted from the subjective questions and only one point deducted from the objective questions, taking it out to be a beautiful answer sheet that could be circulated.

The scope of this test is only one unit and the test was more detailed and relatively more difficult than the online sample paper. The fact that Lu Yuan was able to get this score should be enough to surprise Lu Yuan’s parents.

He Xing held his jaw, “Not bad, his test is pretty good.”

If Lu Yuan’s subjective question hadn’t been “out of the ordinary,” he would have scored more than 90 points and received a better grade. Most dragon cubs graduate from childcare centres with similar grades. As long as Lu Yuan keeps his grades up, graduation will just be a breeze.

Shen Mian thought about it, flipping through Lu Yuan’s paper and deducting three more points from the subjective question.

He Xing, “Why did you deduct it?”

Shen Mian, “The paper was divided and the words were too ugly.”

He Xing laid on the table, “… Why treat a little dragon cub like this?”

Shen Mian took pictures of Lu Yuan’s papers and sent them to Lu Yuan’s parents, then slowly and carefully put away the two papers, “I’m afraid he’d to be too proud.”

He Xing stopped talking and chose to shut up given his lack of familial status – The fact that the dragon cub hadn’t gotten his human form yet, it was understandable that the writing wasn’t good, although Lu Yuan’s writing was indeed ugly and… unique.

Before class the next day.

Shen Mian leaned on the table and watched the two cubs exchange papers.

Lu Yuan was really a grinch. After getting his own paper, he read it against Gian’s paper for a long time and deducted the points that Shen Mian had marked for him one by one. He immediately understood what Shen Mian wanted him to answer and his expression was very bleak, “This world is full of format and rigidity.”

Shen Mian, “Then do you still want more points?”

Lu Yuan, “Want!”

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After the exam, both dragon cubs passed the first unit and Shen Mian started the second unit.

The first book of “Dragon Genera” is about the velvet dragon, the second unit is on the spotted dragon. The spotted dragon has many characteristics, in addition to having the strongest bite force among the dragons, they also have a firm backbone and a pocket on their belly.

Shen Mian, “Dragons of the velvet dragon genus all have a strong bite force. The spotted dragon has the highest bite force among the same genus. The average bite force of the adult dragon can reach…”

The hundreds of thousands of viewers in the live room and the two dragon cubs listened with interest.

[Light and Dark: The appearance of the baby dragon is too deceptive, they don’t even look that brutal…”

“Does your throat hurt today?: It’s quite exciting to review the contents from kindergarten on a business trip.]

[Xue Lulu: So that throat hurt is really a pervert, right…]

[Does your throat hurt today?” I said it’s being obsessed, obsessed! How many times do I have to say it! Say pervert one more time and I’ll burn you!]

[Eternal Planet: Top-speed onlookers.]

[Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs: To the row of onlookers in front, selling magical drinks whose recipe wasn’t lost during the great human migration – cola and tea.]

[Devouring the deep sea: The little cutie in front, give me a bottle of coke.]

When Shen Mian was giving a lecture, he never wore the holographic glasses, so he didn’t know that a love-hate relationship between the audience had formed. 

After talking about the theoretical knowledge of the spotted dragon’s bite force, he felt that since there was such a big spotted dragon cub at the centre, there should be a demonstration, so he told the two dragon cubs to wait a moment, put down his textbook and went out.

Lu Yuan touched his pocket and took out the last two milk candies, one of which was handed to Gian, which little Gian seriously rejected.

“We can drink water in class but not eat.”

Lu Yuan rubbed his belly, “But the dean didn’t say that.”

Gian,“But the dean doesn’t eat in class either.”

Lu Yua obediently admitted his mistake and put both candies back into his pocket.

Shen Mian walked into the classroom with a plate that held a dozen or so fruits slightly smaller than an egg and looked at the time, “Just in time for the end of class.”

As soon as these fruits were revealed, the audience in the broadcast room immediately recognised them.

It’s sugar white²!

This fruit, which is smaller than an egg, has a hard shell. After prying it off, it has a sweet and soft flesh. It was originally a favourite food of the vegetarian dragon family. It was later exported to the human civilization and quickly conquered human taste buds.

Sugar white can be regarded as an internet celebrity food. Since the shell is hard and difficult to open, humans or dragons are often challenged to open the sugar white with their bare hands- a challenge that is largely unsuccessful.

[Death Rays: I don’t have high demands for my future boyfriend, just as long as you can help me open the sugar white.]

[Lao Tzu is the cutest in the interstellar: These things can’t be opened by ordinary dragons, I can’t either.]

[Gururu: Oh, is it morning tea already? Is the dean going to demonstrate opening the sugar white with just his hands?]

Shen Mian quickly acted out what he was going to do to the audience- He took two sugar whites and handed each one to the two dragon cubs, “Do you want to eat?”

The little dragon cubs quickly became hungry, Lu Yuan had been already hungry since before. At this time, he held the sugar white and looked at Shen Mian then at Gianm “Can I eat it?”

Shen Mian, “We just finished class.”

Lu Yuan, “Thank you Dean.”

He held the sugar white and sent it into his mouth, applying force with his upper and lower jaw. The hundreds of thousands of viewers in the live broadcast room heard a crisp crack. Lu Yuan had already broken the outer shell of the sugar white, revealing the tender yellow flesh.

Shen Mian turned to Gian and said, “Look, that is their bite force.”

Gian, who had been gnawing at it for a while and only managed to imprint his teeth mark, slowly widened his eyes and exclaimed, “Wow-”

[Tanghulu: Dean Shen- Live teaching, real knowledge comes from practice.]

[Very round: It has appeared! Dean Shen’s magical operation!]

After eating a plate of sugar white with the two cubs, Shen Mian then picked up the textbook and taught around half of the course.

When they were taught about the spotted dragon’s firm backbone, Shen Mian brought Gian over to Lu Yuan to feel his back. Under the soft and smooth fur, the firm bone’s were divided into three sections to ensure that the spotted dragon could stretch and move.

Combined with the terrifying bite force, the spotted dragon is notoriously difficult to mess with, despite being a predominantly vegetarian dragon species.

Gian felt him a little, “Lu Yuan’s tail is different from mine.”

Spotted dragons have a short, rabbit-like tail.

Lu Yuan subconsciously shook his tail and couldn’t help but look at Gian. The little gem dragon’s whole body was green and gold, with jagged crystal spines on his tail, shining brightly.

Shen Mian found that Lu Yuan was shy and when he was about to take Gian back, Lu Yuan shyly asked, “Do you want to feel?”

Shen Mian: “…”

Are this kid and He Xing long-lost relatives?

Lu Yuan had begun to introduce himself, turned to face Gian and Shen Mian, patting his belly, “There are pockets as well.”

Gian, “I know, it’s for carrying candies, right?

Shen Mian leaned over, “In the beginning, it was used to hold seeds and some handy tools, they often exchanged the seeds for food from other dragons. If they had a cub, the will put them in the pocket when they go out foraging for food.”

Gian showed an envious expression.

Shen Mian continued, “So when they exchanged things with other dragons, they often lose their cubs.”

Lu Yuan nodded again and again, “When I was a kid, I grew up with my grandpa and he put his collectables in his pocket. Once when he was exchanging things with another person, he pulled me out and didn’t even realise that I was missing after he left.”

[Vanilla nutrient supplements: It’s too true. When I was a kid, I was often pulled out…]

[Got any wine: That’s why we spotted dragons have always been the dragons that lose the most children. I was at the police station and a report had said that 80% of the cubs lost were spotted dragons…]

[Possessed because of you: Although that is very distressing, I’m sorry but I really want to laugh hahahahaha.]

The author has something to say:

Spotted – All the kids were picked up – Dragon

Edited by Whistle

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1. Groove as in a long, narrow cut or depression in a hard material.
   
2. 甜白 (tián bái) – literally sweet white. I don’t think there is any english word so you can comment below if you would rather me use sugar white or the pinyin :DD

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I’ll try to get up bonus chapters faster but currently I’m farming in a fgo event and it ends tomorrow 🤘😔

I’m going to spoil you guys for a while :DD

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