Chapter III
"Yu! beef jerky!!" Ena was not usually fast, and she had already returned before a minute had passed.
As soon as the little guy who was sobbing and crying at me about the painful experience just now, he immediately "snorted" into my pocket and didn't even dare to breathe, and it seemed that he was quite uneasy about Ena.
But why is he so relieved of me, the man who has tried to kill him in every possible way? Am I being too hypocritical?
"Oh, that's right, I've found it. Let's just make it his lunch!" I smiled and accepted the free refined beef jerky, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I blamed you just now." Well, I thought you agreed to take it for study!"
"Hehe, I don't blame you, if you want to blame our school for being too poor recently! In fact, the principal has no choice, if he doesn't raise funds in time, I'm afraid that all the creatures of the entire Ecological Balance Institute will die!"
"Ena, don't say nice things about that old bastard anymore, I can see through him.
I don't think he's doing anything for the sake of money now. Look at him, in order to win over Ye Lingjian, he even did something to poison his daughter!"
"That matter, in fact, you can't blame the principal, I heard that Ye Lingbing took the initiative to ask for it!
What's more, that kind of poison, the principal has also tested it himself, and there are absolutely no sequelae!"
Seeing that I scoffed, Ena had to shrug her shoulders helplessly and said, "Alas, I know that the principal has indeed gone a little too far in handling some things recently, but I can't say anything other than support him. Yu, the headmaster asked you if you would like to raise this dragon yourself, because the headmaster and I have been busy lately and don't have time to take care of it. And it is not suitable to go to the Ecological Balance Institute to survive alone at the moment, and if you think about it, only you are the most suitable. The principal also said that as long as you raise this dragon, then the decision on whether to use it for research is up to you, but you can only bear the cost of raising it......"
"Hey, this shouldn't have been designed by you to trick me, right? Knowing that I don't have money to support, you use the research institute to scare me?!"
"Yu, this is a condition that I have won with great difficulty! After all, after all, I am the same as him...... So I don't want to see it dissected. And the headmaster, he insisted on sending the little dragon to the research institute at the beginning! If you don't agree to bear the cost of raising the little dragon yourself, I really can't help it!"
I sighed and said, "Well, it's hard for you!
It's just that...... Ena, you know, my monthly salary is just over two silver Luke, this ...... Can you support a little bit as much as you can?"
Ena nodded and said, "Hehe, no problem! I don't have to buy anything anyway, so let's do it! I'll take out half of my monthly salary to sponsor you, how about it?"
I nodded in agreement, looking at the smiling Ena, my heart was really happy. Well, according to Ena's ability, how can the headmaster have to pay a thousand silver Luke a month!In that case, hahahaha, wouldn't I be able to shamelessly rely on this dragon to support myself?
But to be on the safe side, I couldn't help but ask, "How much do you get each month?"
"Hmm...... After deducting the food and lodging expenses, and some messy taxes, there are still thirteen or fourteen silver Lukes left!"
"What?!" I was so shocked that I almost fainted, and it took me a long time before I looked at her and asked, "No, you're a senior assistant to Hearst!
"The principal said that the funds have been tight recently! In fact, I used to help the principal for free, but now the salary has improved a lot!"
"......" Facing Ena with a satisfied face, I had to sigh silently: Ena, you are too easy to deceive, right......
When saying goodbye to Ena, Ena remembered something important: "Yu, I almost forgot to tell you, the principal said that although this dragon is very ordinary, you must keep its origin secret, and you must not let people know that it is from Paradise Island." Also, we can't put any names like the snow-spotted leopard dragon on its body, otherwise if we let others know, we will be in trouble with Hearst......
"Oh, what kind of dragon should I say?"
"Well, let's just say it's a chameleon variant! If someone asks why they came to you, you say that because it's a failure, no one wants it, and I look pitiful and pick it up as a pet and let your cousin pass it on to you......"
"But the chameleon doesn't look like it, and the chameleon is obviously a lizard......."
"Whoever cares! Who knows what a chameleon looks like! Otherwise, you can say that it is a cross between a dragon and a lizard......"
"But...... Ena, don't you feel embarrassed when you say that to your compatriots?"
Ena blushed and took a sip at me: "Where do you think of it? The current hybridization is pure genetic technology, and there is no need for both sides to ...... Belch...... Meet in person...... Besides, wouldn't that be more convincing if I even said that?"
"......" worked on it for a long time, and it turned out that the dragon I found was actually a hybrid that no one wanted, and it was a failed hybrid of a dragon and a lizard......
Alas, there is no way, for the sake of my safety and that of him, I can only say this......
The question of the dragon's identity is finally over, and from now on, maybe he will spend a long time with me until we both starve to death in the dormitory......
God forbid, I hope its appetite is the same as its IQ, less than half that of an ordinary carnivorous dragon......
"Yu, you have been absent from work for two days for no reason, and you finally came to work, and you actually brought me a mouth that can only eat and not work?!" The boss looked at Xiaolong, who was surrounded by a large group of motherly waitress and enjoyed the blessings of all people, and accused me angrily.
"Boss, I can't help it! If I don't keep this dragon, no one will want it, and maybe it will be used by some unconscionable madman to do some kind of inhumane ecological research."
Didn't you say that you must be merciful and do more good deeds, and then you will be reincarnated in the house of a rich man in the next life to become a handsome man with a lot of gold and enjoy life......
"But I'm already handsome enough, I don't need to do any more good deeds......" The boss shook his head, rejecting my theory.
"That'...... Why don't I just let him eat the rest of the guests' food? Anyway, it's going to be thrown away, so why don't you use it......"
The little dragon in the distance immediately screamed in protest.
"Look, you're willing, but it's still unwilling!" the boss touched his chin and looked at me maliciously, like a pervert seeing a beautiful woman without clothes, which made my cold hairs stand up: "Otherwise...... The right to name this dragon will be handed over to me, and I will give him a free gold collar engraved with the name of our restaurant and the recipe of the specialty, so that everyone who sees it can know about our restaurant. Hehe, as long as you agree, our restaurant will take care of his lunch in the future. β
"Uh...... That's a good condition, but what are you going to name it?"
"Hahaha, I've thought about it a long time ago, so I'll name it after our restaurant's signature dish "Cod Soup", how about it?"
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"Oh, not satisfied, then use our specialty, "spicy lobster"? Look, there's a dragon word!"
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"Otherwise, let's name it after our well-known "Steamed Turtle King"! It's delicious, kidney-nourishing, catchy and domineering, it's really a rare and good name!"
β......β
In order for Xiaolong to eat a delicious and nutritious lunch every day, after several bargains with the boss, I had to tearfully succumb to the boss's obscenity, and temporarily named Xiaolong "251 Longsheng Street, opposite the He's Gate", referred to as "251".
By the way, the famous "No. 250" on the whole street is the Hirst that all the Hearst children are proud of......
Two hundred and fifty-one, who was wearing a gold collar, seemed to be extremely dissatisfied with the heavy collar around his neck, and always tried to take it off his neck.
In order to calm him down, the owner took great pains to make a grilled steak that was full of color and flavor. As long as he didn't touch the collar, the boss would call it by name and feed him the steak, and if he tried to break free of the collar, the boss would take the steak away and let it jump up and down and scream without taking it out.
It took an hour for our two hundred and fifty-one to finally succumb to the charm of the steak and never bother to take off the collar again.
To be honest, looking at that plate of steak that is worth a lot of money, I was really a little jealous of that happy 251......
Sometimes Hearst is big, so big that I always get lost. And sometimes, it's small, a trivial piece of news, and it doesn't take half a day to spread all over the campus.
The news that the 251 I raised had become the mascot of the restaurant was known to almost all the Hearst students who came to the restaurant to eat under the boss's proud show-off.
Of course, all the guests were very interested in the lovely 251 with the gold collar, and tried every means to tempt him with their own food and take the opportunity to get close to him.
Of course, our 251 does not treat all guests equally, and as long as the food in the hands of the guests is too low-grade or fresh enough, it will not pay attention to it, and like a proud princess, she will walk over with her head held high without looking at it, and will rush to the more delicious food with a big grin.
When I got off work, the boss happily took my hand and said, "Two hundred and fifty-one is really capable! In one afternoon, I sold more than 40 steaks, more than 30 plates of cod, and more than 50 bottles of high-end red wine.
Seeing 251 lingering in the hotel, I couldn't help but think about it, and I didn't want to disturb its Yaxing. Anyway, the food and drink are free, so I just let him stay in the restaurant, so that I don't have to crawl into my bed in the middle of the night, which makes me have nightmares.
Not far from the hotel, he suddenly heard a series of rapid calls behind him. When I looked back, 251 was standing at the door of the hotel and saying goodbye to me! Hey, this little guy is really polite.
I smiled and waved at him, turned my head and went on, but the two hundred and fifty-one chased after him enthusiastically, grabbed my trouser leg and called out vigorously, and when he saw that I was just smiling, he crawled down my trouser leg into my arms, closed his eyes, and leaned comfortably back in the crook of my arm.
Hmmm? This action is a little familiar! I think I've seen it somewhere...... Want a parting kiss?
Don't dream, my kiss can only be dedicated to beautiful women, you ...... Stay where you want!
Putting it back at the door of the hotel, I patted it on the head, turned around and left again. Unexpectedly, 251 chased after him again.
"Two hundred and fifty-one! Don't be like a, okay?!I don't want to be gay with you...... Please, you can spare me! I'm going to go to self-study!"
Seeing that he ignored my advice, and grabbed my trouser leg and tried to climb into my arms, I thought to myself, when will I finish playing like this?
When I ran to the gate of Hearst and turned around, I saw that 251 was still there, looking at me stupidly, and it seemed that I didn't say that he would not give up.
In desperation, I threw a kiss at him, hoping that he would understand my normal sexual orientation.
As soon as he walked through the door, an earth-shattering cry came loudly.
The boss made a fuss there and said, "Two hundred and fifty-one! What's wrong? Who bullied you...... Don't cry, stop crying, I'll get you another steak later, how about it?"
The trick worked, and the crying stopped, replaced by the cheerful cry of 251......
When I returned to my dormitory in the evening, I saw a large number of people crowded into my dormitory, and there were many people peeking around the door.
Although there were many people, few of them spoke, as if they were all nervously paying attention to something.
Puzzled, he walked to the door, and just wanted to probe to see what happened to Ah Yuan, but he heard several people inside shouting at the same time: "Haha, don't cry!
The crowd of people crowded at the door suddenly all smiled and cheered.
"Please, big brothers, what's going on? Let me in first, okay?"
When several people turned around and saw that it was me, they immediately exclaimed in amazement: "You are back? β
"How can there be a virgin in my room? You shouldn't be hungry to treat Ah Yuan as a woman, right?"
As soon as I entered the house, I realized that they were not looking at Ah Yuan, but the 251 that they had found with the boss.
"Huh, boss, why are you here?" I looked at the boss who hadn't come to me once in 800 years, and immediately woke up in horror: "Could it be that 251 has also bitten your most precious platinum recipe?......!"
The boss shook his head and said, "No, no, 251 is very well-behaved! It's just that since you left, he kept crying, except for when he was more happy when he ate, he didn't stop for a minute for the rest of the time, and he continued to cry until his throat was hoarse. Alas, I think he thinks of you as his relative, and when you are not with him, he will cry non-stop. β
"No, with his intelligence, he also knows how to recognize people?"
"Well, you see when you came back and didn't even go into the house! It can be seen that he is really very dependent on you!" The boss touched the head of 251, which was already a little swollen from crying: "This little guy is very spiritual! Although it is said to be a failed experiment, but it is really likable! When I saw it, I remembered a snow dog I once raised, hehe, just like it, he refused to leave my side for a moment, although it was very clingy, but it was really touching!"
Ah Yuan also nodded beside him and agreed: "Generally speaking, animals will regard the first person who is close to them after birth as their parents, and I think 251 has already regarded you as its mother." β
"Ah Yuan, can you pay attention to my gender?" I glared at him angrily, "I don't have that ability to give birth to him." β
The boss patted the two hundred and fifty-one and said with relief: "Your mother is back, are you happy?"
Then he said to the room full of people: "Okay, well, there will be more time to visit in the future, and when the show is over, everyone should go and rest! If you want to see it in the future, don't forget to come to the hotel opposite Hearst!"
After a day of tossing and turning, I finally got into bed.
Ah Yuan teased 251 and asked me curiously, "Why did you give it such an ugly name?
"My boss. I couldn't help it, so I had to let him call him that for his daily lunch. Do you know what the boss used to want him to call it?"
"What's it called? Two hundred and five?"
"No, it's called 'a bottle of batllΓ³', and the boss says something like this, and the guests have to pay for red wine as soon as they call it by its name......"
"Damn! It might as well be called "ten bottles of Chevrel", and the tax money alone will be enough to buy a car. β
The next night, Snow City Yue, who learned the news, led the Hearst Five into my dormitory.
When she saw 251 sobbing on my pillow, she exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! This is your little broken dragon who failed to hybrid?!
Cute? I just got wet with my report tomorrow, and this guy is cute?!
If he hadn't been able to write, I'd love to punish him for writing a thousand times, "I'll never defecate again."
"Come, sister, feed you candy! it's very sweet...... Why does it look like he's crying?"
Nonsense, after I got a good beating, I can laugh out loud to hell!
Agali also exclaimed in amazement: "Hehe, hey! This little guy can still cry!
Lisya also approached it in amazement, and looked at it with a smile: "Haha, I can't imagine that we He's can breed this new variety! β
I quickly stopped, "Haha, this seems unlikely! I heard that its appearance is purely coincidental, and the chance of repeating it again is lower than zero." If it weren't for my cousin's big face, I'm afraid I wouldn't have come......"
The two girls sighed regretfully at the same time, and Syracuse stared at me fiercely with a jealous look.
Long Di asked curiously, "Two hundred and fifty-one, how did you come up with that name?"
In the past two days, almost everyone who saw 251 has asked this question, and in the face of the inquisitive eyes of the five people, I had to recite mechanically: "Ah! This is the address of our Hearst Hotel! Our Hearst Hotel not only has excellent service, first-class chefs, but also countless beautiful women. What's even more amazing is that this mascot that can not only be invisible, but also perform all kinds of beautiful singing, "251 Longsheng Street, opposite the Hearst Gate", ......"
Before the introduction was finished, the five men were already laughing on their backs.
Xue Chengyue almost burst out of breath with laughter, holding on to the bed board and gasping, "Oh my God, help...... Hahaha, the name...... It must have been given by your boss......"
On the third night, Ah Yuan's idol Miss Long Yin Yaolong came to the humble house regardless of her identity after the concert on Paradise Island.
Of course, in order to avoid being recognized by the fans of Hearst, our Miss Long also took great pains to bring a pair of sunglasses that almost covered half of her face. The light in the staircase was so dim that she almost broke her nose bridge for a dragon she had never met.
As my old hatred persisted, I was very unkind to her, ignoring her series of questions about 251 and concentrating on my homework.
Fortunately, Ah Yuan, who warmly welcomed Long Yinyao's arrival, did not make Miss Long mad at my indifference.
"Failure?How can such a cute little guy be a failure?Why didn't I hear that we Hearst are also researching lizard-dragon hybrids?!" Long Yinyao was quite surprised when she heard the news.
Ah Yuan smiled flatteringly and said, "I heard that its IQ test is less than half of that of an ordinary dragon, so it was recognized as a failure." β
"Oh, so this dragon should have belonged to us Hirts, and it was only because the institute didn't want it that we gave it away?"
"That's right, hehe, fortunately, Ah Yu is well-connected, otherwise this dragon might not be ours. β
"Alas, his name is too much of a failure. You guys, don't raise it if you don't have money!
The name of the dragon became the mailing address, and people who don't know the reason think that he escaped from prison!"
"Huh...... This one...... I believe that when we have enough economic strength, we will try to change its name......"
"Wait for you, forget it! By the time you have the money, the dragon will probably already be called Hearst and Twenty-Fifty-One. Long Yinyao's tone at this moment was like a daughter rewarding a woman named Hanako for food: "It's better to do this! I'll raise this dragon on your behalf, and I'll cover its food, medical expenses, pet taxes, and all kinds of expenses." That way, he won't have to be called 251 anymore, and you won't have to stay in your dorm every day to study for him. I don't think you will refuse such a double thing......"
"This ...... In principle......" Ah Yuan looked at Long Yinyao at a loss, completely confused by this shameless robbery under the banner of the World Rescue Organization.
I couldn't hold back any longer, so I stood up from my seat with a bang, looked at her coldly and said, "Miss Long, this is the boys' dormitory, if you don't have anything else, it's best to leave quickly." Otherwise, I'll shout, "Long Yinyao is in my bedroom," ......
Long Yinyao was taken aback by my tone, and asked Ah Yuan in wonder: "Why haven't you seen you for a few days, and your fellow sleeper is like taking gunpowder?"
"Ah...... Recently, he has been a father and a mother again, and he has some mental confusion, I believe that when he adapts, he will get better......" Ah Yuan looked at me sympathetically.
Long Yinyao ignored Ah Yuan's answer, tilted her head sideways, looked at me with an unkind face, and suddenly smiled: "Hehe, it turns out that I was angry about your cousin's matter! I said Ah Yu, just based on my relationship with you, how can I say that this dragon should also be counted as me...... Okay, okay! Let's leave it to the person to choose his owner...... Well, why did you suddenly disappear in a good way? Then, it's decided by tossing a coin, how about it? I just have one here, the head is you, the word is me, how about it? Fair right......
Before I could make a statement, Long Yinyao had already tossed the coin into the air with an assertive attitude.
I grabbed the coin, pointed to the coin that had no human head at all, and yelled at her: "Take this kind of unethical trick to bluff me, do you treat me as a three-year-old child?!
Long Yinyao looked at me aggrievedly and said, "Don't be angry! How did I know that the coin would have no head, it would be so abnormal? Ahem, okay! Since you are so determined to raise it, then I am relieved...... Oh, by the way, if you're going to change its name, don't forget to use the word "Yao......"
Seeing that I was pointing to the door unceremoniously, I didn't pay attention to her pleas at all, and Long Yinyao, who knew that she was wrong, had no choice but to walk out boringly.
After I slammed the door shut and locked it, Ah Yuan exclaimed, "Wow! I can't imagine that you even dare to roar Long Yinyao?!"