novelraw Chapter 472 - 384: The Old Lady’s Gift (Part 2)
Chapter 472 - 384: The Old Lady’s Gift (Part 2)
Sitting next to him was Wu Guinan, also in a daze.
Never in a million years did he expect the exam content to be so difficult.
He didn’t skip a single class, yet he failed every subject.
His average score was just 47, one point lower than Li Pu.
Perhaps he just wasn’t cut out for learning Summoner skills.
"Hahahahahahaha!"
Sitting across from the two, Long Ren was laughing so hard his stomach hurt.
"Show us your report card if you dare, you jerk."
Wu Guinan was extremely annoyed by his attitude.
"Sorry, the exchange students’ exam scores aren’t recorded in the files."
Long Ren coolly brushed his bangs aside and proudly showed his report card.
An average score of just 5, a standout single-digit result.
That score was basically a worthless hand even in a card game.
Actually, Long Ren was similar to Li Pu. He hadn’t attended any classes, and didn’t even cram at the last minute.
So he only filled in questions related to dragon knowledge, filled in everything he knew when he got the exam papers, and then casually handed them in.
Li Pu: "Damn, I want to be an exchange student too."
Wu Guinan: "Enjoy it while you can, next semester it’ll be our turn to laugh at you."
Both of them had submitted applications to go to Imperial University as exchange students next semester, and their homeroom teachers said it shouldn’t be a problem.
"Is that so? But I heard that if you fail a subject, you can’t participate in the exchange student program."
Long Ren said with schadenfreude.
"..." x2
Li Pu and Wu Guinan exchanged glances, it seemed to be the first time they’ve heard that.
So Wu Guinan quickly dialed his homeroom teacher Mr. Bai’s number.
"That jerk wasn’t wrong."
After hanging up, he admitted with a darkened face that Long Ren was right.
"Luckily, there’s a retake in two weeks."
However, he brought a bit of good news.
"Two weeks, huh? That should be enough."
Hearing this, Li Pu breathed a sigh of relief.
Originally, he intended to give his Ugly Little Wolf a second transformation after the exam, but that would have to wait.
Likewise, Wu Guinan had a determined look to cram like crazy.
It’s not really about caring for the exchange student spot but regaining some pride, not letting a 5-score loser look down on them.
"By the way, how many points did Chacha get?"
At this point, Wu Guinan curiously looked at the little treant.
During their conversation, the little treant was still busily writing its review.
"Uh, did the treant also take the exam?"
Long Ren was taken aback upon hearing this.
"Didn’t you see the student ID pinned to its chest? It’s a bona fide student of Xidu University."
Wu Guinan smirked.
Letting a treant beast be a student, only his grandpa could make such an absurd decision.
Li Pu, more straightforward, already walked to the little treant’s desk and pulled out the report card crushed under its elbow inadvertently.
"..."
With just one glance, he put down the report card and silently picked up his textbook.
"What’s going on?"
Wu Guinan moved closer out of curiosity, picked up the report card to take a look.
It was a full pass in all subjects, with an average score of 63!
"Let me see... hahahahahahaha!"
"You two guys, beaten by a blockhead!"
Long Ren snatched the report card, laughing uncontrollably again.
Except this time, he laughed himself straight to the infirmary, ending up bed neighbors with Chang Shoushang.
...
Meanwhile, at the east gate of the school.
Caocao, wearing Bubbu, rode the Ugly Little Wolf to the side of Tower Hawk.
[Chirp chirp?]
Tower Hawk, upon seeing the heavily-loaded little wolf, furrowed its brow slightly.
It was about to scold Caocao and the little kangaroo for bullying the beast, but then saw the little wolf walk up to its claw and lift its hind leg.
[Chirp chirp chirp!]
So Tower Hawk kicked it away with a foot.
What puzzled it was that it hadn’t used much force, yet the little wolf flew far away as if weightless.
[Caocao! Caocao caocao!]
And Caocao, indicating for Bubbu to pull out a large cardboard box from its pouch, then showed it to Tower Hawk.
[Caocao caocao!]
Caocao: This is a gift for you, little Hawk brother!
It spread its arms, posing with a "ta-da" gesture.
[Chirp?]
Tower Hawk looked down and found several plump big worms inside.
These worms weren’t magical beasts, just ordinary insect species common in this otherworld.
Their characteristic was that they could be found everywhere and were cheap to collect.
And because they were plump, they were popular with bird-type magical beasts/summoned beasts.
This was what Caocao and its little pals had caught inside the high walls of the farm, where due to magical beast survival, had gradually become otherworldly and thus housed these alien bugs.
Several of Caocao’s little pals even sacrificed their fingers getting bitten off, though technically they had no fingers.
[Chirp chirp chirp!]
Tower Hawk: What a scrap of junk.
But Tower Hawk seemed unimpressed, thinking, "I’m a dignified carnivorous animal, so who are these tempting bugs meant to insult?"
As it scorned, it nudged the box under itself with its claw, then put on a face saying "You can leave now."
[Caocao!]
Caocao didn’t mind, cheerfully walking away.
It had only come by to check on its little Hawk brother, just like it had just checked on its old dog buddy, bringing over a box of lizard tails.
Today’s visit was because, after having wild fun for a few days, it finally remembered to visit the old granny master, who was the temporary Gatekeeper at the east gate.
"Little Caocao, little kangaroo, long time no see."
"Where’s the little limper? Wasn’t it said the finals are over, why hasn’t he shown up?"
The old lady knitting inside the Gatekeeper’s post soon spotted the two summoned beasts.
Lately, Li Pu often greeted her when passing the east gate, bringing along some gifts.
Occasionally, his summoned beasts would come by themselves, and gradually they got acquainted.
[Chirp chirp~ chirp chirp chirp~]
Bubbu pulled out from its pouch the wooden chair Li Pu had previously assigned it.
"Oh? Is this a magic wooden chair, is it for me?"
"This time, you finally gave a present worth presenting."
The old lady, upon seeing it, laughed so hard her wrinkled face crinkled up.
Material-wise, she wasn’t lacking anything.
It’s not that a gift has to be expensive, but for someone at her age, what matters most is the sentiment.
But previously, the goodies the two little ones brought were nothing more than coke, radishes, lizard tails, or fat worms, or a combination thereof.
So being able to see a proper gift this time, she couldn’t help feeling touched.
[Caocao caocao caocao! Caocao!]
Caocao: You can sit on this stool for now, old lady. I’ll change it to a wheelchair for you someday once you can’t walk!
"Hehe, you’re the sweet talker."
The old lady gently bopped Caocao, having learned a bit of the grass language recently.
[Caocao caocao caocao!]
But Caocao had its own gift to give too, from its belly, it pulled out a transparent jar.
Inside it was a big lump of what looked like honey.
"What is this, honey?"
"Have you recently been to some farm to experience life?"
A magic wooden chair + unknown honey let the old lady accurately guess the answer.
[Caocao caocao caocao! Caocao!]
Caocao: Old lady, you eat it now!
[Chirp chirp chirp~]
Bubbu: Yes yes, you quickly eat it, the Summoner doesn’t let us eat it!
Caocao had stealthily collected it from the valley base while Li Pu wasn’t paying attention.
It figured it must be precious, since the Summoner forbade them from taking it.
So it sneakily got a bit to try, but couldn’t bring itself to eat it and was too afraid to do so, thus deciding to let the old lady taste it and tell them what it was like.
"Hehe."
Yet, as the old lady unscrewed the lid, she immediately knew what it was.
"I won’t be enjoying this, I’ll send it to the principal to make honey tea another day."
She’s confident that with her blending, the principal definitely won’t figure out what it is.
"With your kind intent, this time I’ll give you guys something too, little Caocao, little kangaroo."
After putting away the jar, something seemed to come to mind for the old lady.
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