The dragon I raised by myself

The sun at noon in winter is warm but not dazzling, the snow has just melted, the mountains are still green, the streams are still clear, the land on both sides of the road is full of mud, and the air is indescribably fresh.However, no one has time to watch these beauties of nature for the time being.

The old man with gray hair and senile plaques kept chanting things like "I can't come back".

Dong Mingyue's scalp was tense, and his expression was a little embarrassed. He always felt that he was talking too much, which made people like this.

Knowing that it was not the other party's problem, Yu Zhouhe shook his head at him, and at the same time left a question mark in his heart, not understanding why his grandmother would say such a thing.

But now is not the time to get to the bottom of it.Grandmother pulled her hair, her brows were wrinkled, and her mood was very unstable.He stepped forward to hold her in his arms, patted her on the back, and lowered his voice: "Okay, if you don't go back to Longqiyan, you won't be snatched away, it's fine."

His voice is gentle, like a clear spring in the mountains, giving people a feeling of trust and peace of mind.Under his comfort, the grandmother gradually calmed down, her expression returned to calm, and she yawned like a child again, saying she was sleepy.

Seeing this, Dong Bing's wife hurried forward to help the old man into the room. Yu Zhou and him closed the door and left after watching her sleep on the bed and close their eyes for a rest.

In the living room, Dong Mingyue scratched his chin, full of doubts, "Patriarch, why did Zhou He's grandmother hear the word Long Qiyan and react so strongly? And what did she mean by those words?"

They can't go back to Longqiyan, and they will be snatched away. It's as if they are a place where tigers and wolves can't step in.

Dong Bing shook his head, "It happened a long time ago, so don't worry about it."

Dong Mingyue was curious, but since the patriarch refused to speak, then forget it.Curiosity killed the cat, he shrugged his shoulders, suppressing the eagerness to ask questions.

"Go back, your mother must be waiting for you to eat at home." Dong Bing said with a relaxed tone, and patted Dong Mingyue's shoulder.It's just that after the person left, the pretended ease on his face disappeared without a trace.

When Yu Zhouhe returned to the living room, seeing Dong Bingying pursed his lips with a serious expression, he turned his thoughts a few times, and deliberately stepped heavily to make noise.

Dong Bingying turned around, knowing that he had a question to ask. The phrase "don't worry about it" can deal with Dong Mingyue, but it cannot deal with the client.Dong Bing sighed, and gestured to move aside, "Let's talk in a quiet place."

"Okay." Yu Zhouhe followed.

When we arrived in the backyard, there was no one around, so Dong Bing moved two stools, asked people to sit down and said, "If you have any questions, just ask now."

A few thoughts flashed through his mind, and Yu Zhouhe chose one of the most subtle beginnings, "I remember you said that I lived in Longqiyan for a while?"

I didn't pay much attention before, but just now when my grandmother said "I can't go back to Longqiyan", the premise should be that they have been here before.In the midst of lightning and thunder, he suddenly remembered what Dong Bingying had said.

At that time, he had just met the little monster and just learned about the existence of dragons. In order to persuade him to stay, Dong Bing said that he was also a member of the dragon family and that he had lived in Longxiyan when he was a child.

Dong Bingying didn't expect him to mention this, he was stunned for a while before returning to his senses, and said with a smile: "I have a good memory, that's right."

Yu Zhou said softly, "But I have no memory of this incident at all. Can you tell me when it happened?"

Is it three or four years old?But he remembers things early, so it stands to reason that he wouldn't have no memory at all.

Dong Bing: "About eight years old. It happened to be summer vacation. Your parents were busy working outside, so your grandmother brought you back to visit relatives."

Eight years old, he must have remembered things by this time...

Yu Zhouhe's index finger curled up unconsciously, and when he thought about it carefully, he found that his memory of the time when he was eight to nine years old was particularly vague.What happened that year seemed to be separated by a layer of veil, hazy, and there was no way to tell why.

He met Dong Bing's gaze, and slowly said: "My grandmother said that I can't go back to Longqiyan, I will be snatched away, is it because of what happened that time?"

Dong Bingying boiled the water and made a cup of green tea for each of them. The tea leaves swirled in the water from curling to flattening and floated up leisurely.Hearing his question, he nodded, "Something bad happened."

Yu Zhouhe stared at him, "What is it?"

Dong Bing said, "You were almost brought back to the Dragon Cave by the dragon."

Yu Zhouhe's eyes widened slightly.

He was eight years old, that was almost 14 years ago.

Generally, dragon eggs will appear every 20 years or so, and then raised by the dragon family.Yu Zhouhe knew that the guardian of the last dragon raising was Professor Chen. The silver baby dragon broke its shell 22 years ago and returned to the dragon cave almost a year later.

In other words, if no baby dragon was born 14 years ago, how could a dragon bring him back to the Dragon Cave?

Dong Bingying explained: "It's not a young dragon, it's an adult dragon. You and your grandmother went up the mountain together, lost your way and got separated, and somehow got to the outskirts of the dragon's cave, and happened to be discovered by an adult dragon, which seemed to have taken you away. The plan to return to the Dragon Cave."

Yu Zhouhe was puzzled, how could there be adult dragons, didn't it mean that after returning to the dragon cave, those dragons settled in it and would not come out again?

Dong Bing said: "There is indeed no record of adult dragons appearing outside the dragon cave in the clan, but it is also possible that they came out rarely and have not been discovered."

It is possible, Yu Zhouhe stopped worrying about this, and changed to the next question, "Then do you know why that dragon wanted to arrest me?"

Dong Bing shook his head, "I don't know the reason, I just know that the dragon dragged you all the way to the Dragon Cave. Fortunately, Chen Yu and several other young men from the clan saw you and rescued you."

Chen Yu is Yu Zhouhe's mentor, Professor Chen.He didn't know there was such a thing in the middle, so he was surprised for a while.

Dong Bingying continued to describe the scene at that time, "When you were rescued, you were unconscious and your head was covered with blood. Chen Yu carried you back to the village, and I happened to be there, so he drove you to the hospital in the town together. It took three days to wake up. Your grandmother was probably terrified by it."

Yu Zhouhe asked uncertainly: "Because I was almost captured by the dragon and was injured, so my grandmother will never go back to Longqiyan again?"

Dong Bing nodded and said affirmatively, "It should be like this."

Yu Zhou and Shen Yin, his grandmother loved him very much, maybe it was because he was afraid that he would get hurt again, that's why he had a big opinion on Longqiyan, and he didn't want to come again.

Dong Bingying pushed the teacup in his direction and let him drink.

In fact, there is one thing he didn't say, that is, when the eight-year-old Yu Zhouhe was discovered, his arms and half of his face were covered with silver scales, which looked really scary.Some tribesmen who saw him said that he was cursed by the dragon, which once caused panic among the dragon raising tribe, and some people even suggested that he should be handed over to the dragon tribe directly for disposal when he was young.

Only Chen Yu didn't believe it, and insisted on sending him for treatment.On the way, the scales on Yu Zhouhe's body began to fade slowly, and finally returned to the appearance of a normal boy, but the wounds on his head and body were still serious and had to be dealt with.

This fact is too weird. Until now, he still doesn't know why the other party grows silver scales.Yu Zhou and his grandmother left Longqiyan completely after this incident and never came back, but there was a message to him in the middle, saying that the child had fully recovered and no scales had appeared.

This matter is considered to be over.

He doesn't talk about it now because he doesn't think it's necessary.Regardless of whether it was a curse or not, Zhou and the child were fine now, and there was nothing strange about it. It would be better to bury this matter so as not to cause panic again.

Yu Zhouhe didn't know what Dong Bing was thinking, and now he was wondering why the so-called adult dragon would arrest him.Could it be that he was punished because he got lost and strayed into the restricted area?

But it doesn't make sense to think about these things now. He is staying here now, and he has lived on the mountain for so long, and he hasn't noticed anything unusual. Maybe it was an accident 14 years ago.

Sensing that there were only two people, the little monster crawled onto his shoulders, its claws hooked around the collar, its bone wings slightly opened and then tightened, and stood firm with its head held high like a guard.

It was the first time for Dong Bingying to see a black dragon that had been shrunk down. It was only the size of a palm like a pet lizard. Out of curiosity, he couldn't help but take a few extra glances.

The little monster bared its teeth at him, and let out a threatening cry from its throat, very fierce.

Dong Bing leaned back on the back of the chair, smiling kindly as if looking at his own outstanding child: "Don't think so much, I also think it was an accident. Seeing that these young dragons like you so much, I said, you are born to be a dragon." Like, they won't hurt you."

After all, if they really wanted to harm someone, it would be impossible for Chen Yu and the others to rescue him from that adult dragon's claws.

The little monster hugged his neck and gently touched his chin with its mouth.

Yu Zhouhe didn't pay much attention, touched the smooth scales on its back, and curled the corners of his mouth.Indeed, it doesn't matter what happened in the past, the important thing now is to bring up a few cubs smoothly, and then send them back to the Dragon Cave to retire.

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Throughout the winter vacation, Yu Zhouhe spent most of his time reading and reviewing. When he was free, he took his grandmother for a walk in the village.Except for the first time she knew that this place was Longqiyan, she was emotionally agitated, and then she forgot about it, walking around outside every day, her spirits improved a lot.

Afraid that she would not be able to accept the existence of the young dragon, he never took his grandmother to the yard on the mountain, and every time he went down the mountain to accompany her to have a meal, and he had to answer the question "Who are you" repeatedly every time.

For example, now, the old man glanced at him, then quickly lowered his gaze and asked, "Are you my grandson?"

"Yes, it's your grandson Zhou He." Yu Zhouhe helped her wrap the woolen scarf tightly, "I've eaten right food recently, so I'm growing fast."

She laughed when she heard this, "That's good, don't be picky eaters, eat more vegetables to grow taller."

Yu Zhouhe walked forward with her, "Then do you think I am tall now?"

She really stopped, looked up at him, and looked at him from top to bottom for a long time.Yu Zhouhe stood still and waited patiently.

As the breeze blew through the tips of his hair, the old man's cloudy eyes sparkled a little, and he said happily: "Gao, my grandson is so tall, it's so good, so good."

"Well, that's great." Yu Zhouhe smiled softly.

Maybe when people get old, they will never forget the things they care about.When I was a child, my grandmother always talked about him, to grow tall and strong, not to be bullied, not to get hurt.

It still seems to be the same now.

Day by day, the winter vacation was over, he sent his grandmother back to the nursing home, and agreed to visit her again when he had time, and then he went to the college to register and report.I ran into Professor Chen in the office and chatted with him about papers and review.

Professor Chen asked: "Did you receive the exam notice?"

Yu Zhouhe replied: "Well, March 3th."

Sign up for the joint training program of the scientific research institute and the college, and it has been confirmed that the written test will be held on that day. The top four will enter the interview, and two will be admitted in the end.

Professor Chen: "No matter how much you prepare, you can also look at the test questions for the postgraduate entrance examination and doctoral examination of the Academy of Biological Sciences in previous years. If you have any questions that you don't understand, please feel free to ask me."

Yu Zhouhe nodded, expressing that he must study hard and live up to the professor's expectations.

Professor Chen smiled with satisfaction, and asked about his plans for this semester, "Do you still want to stay in Longqiyan? Do you have time to come back and help me with the project?"

The few cubs in the family didn't return to the Dragon Cave, and the little monster was still clingy as always, and the remaining two dragon eggs hadn't broken their shells for a long time. In this situation, he really might not be able to go back to school.

Professor Chen said helplessly: "Let's take a look again. I hope you can come to the laboratory as soon as possible and get familiar with it."

Yu Zhouhe had no choice but to say, "Professor, I'm sorry."

Professor Chen waved his hand: "Raising dragons is really beyond your control, I understand, you can do it at your own pace."

The conversation ended here, and Yu Zhouhe left the academy.Walking on the deserted tree-lined path, the little monster poked its head out of the thick down jacket, wearing a small black toothless boy's clothes. If you didn't look carefully, you would think it was a little doll.

Yu Zhouhe poked its head with his hand, and it felt pretty good through the fleece, "Cub, when will you go back to the Dragon Cave?"

He would be reluctant to part with it, but since the Dragon Cave is the habitat of the dragon clan and the home of all the dragons, the cub will not go back like this, which will make him worry about something wrong.

The little monster shook its head from side to side, and its slender tail also swayed from side to side, occasionally touching his abdominal muscles, itching.

Don't go, I want to stay with you.

It endured the tingling pain that burst out of its body from time to time, just to stay with him and protect him.

This plan, from beginning to end, has not changed.

But the little monster doesn't know that there is a saying in human language called "plans can't keep up with changes", let alone that this saying can be used on both humans and dragons.