Locking the Dragon

This story was inspired by several linked dreams of my own, but the story itself is entirely fictional. Please remember to trust in science.

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Three thousand strands of black hair bind the imprisoned dragon; every inch bears a lovesick thought.

Qiao Chunan never imagined that dozing off on the subway just once would turn her world upside down.

At the last stop of the final train, there was nothing at the end of the line but an ancient well. And then... she pulled a dragon up from it!

The dragon also had a deep-seated grudge against her, and tried to kill her the moment it emerged!

After that, a series of strange events began happening around her: an irritable golden dragon, pearl divers who made their living collecting dragon pearls, dragon-trapping formations scattered around the world... Things and beings she had thought existed only in legends kept turning her worldview upside down.

Qiao Chunan only wanted to set everything back to normal and make all these monsters and demons disappear!

But when everything really did return to normal, she found herself unable to get used to it.

That irritable golden dragon... wasn't actually all that annoying.

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A timid, unlucky office worker who gets pursued x a proud, irritable golden dragon

Theme: Work hard and strive forward!