A Guide to Raising a Little Dragon from Space

Ji Yuan found a golden egg.

It hatched into a shiny little golden snake.

The little golden snake was clever, adorable, and knew how to wheedle and throw tantrums. But Ji Yuan had no experience raising small animals, so he could only hire a keeper from the Interstellar Zoo to look after it.

But in less than half a day, the little golden snake had driven the keepers up the wall. They all begged him to take the little menace back.

But the little golden snake was obviously adorable.

It ate obediently, curled up to sleep on its soft cushion while he worked, and liked to coil around his wrist and watch the news with him.

How was it troublesome?

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From the moment Chi Lianyu became conscious, the first thing he saw was his beautiful keeper. Even though his beautiful keeper treated him like a little snake,

His keeper didn't want him anymore QAQ.

He hated every awful human who kept him from seeing his keeper.

Refuse to eat! Hide! Smash the nest!

His keeper was here!

He brushed his tail until it looked beautiful, then lay obediently on his nest, waiting for his keeper to pick him up. He wrapped his tail around his keeper's wrist. This time, he definitely wouldn't fall asleep and let his keeper slip away!

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The little golden snake went from barely making one loop around his wrist to growing long enough to wrap around it more than three times.

One day, he lifted the covers. Instead of the little golden snake curled up asleep in its nest, there was a human child with a pair of antlers and a tail.

?

Ji Yuan gently pulled the covers back over the child. He must have entered the wrong room.

Where was his snake?

It wasn't until the little golden snake had turned human and slowly learned to speak that he planted his hands on his hips and argued with Ji Yuan. "You're the snake! Your whole family... No, I'm the only snake."

"No, I'm a dragon!"

He looked furious, but his tail was still wrapped around Ji Yuan's wrist. The fluffy, cloud-patterned tail was exceptionally smooth and brushed lightly against his palm.

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Interstellar species were scarce, and only the Interstellar Zoo could raise certain animals. They went to great lengths to care for every newborn animal.

That was, until the little golden dragon barged into the simulated wilderness habitat.

The dying kitten came back to life.

The frenzied bear cub calmed down.

The depressed bunny started bouncing around.

But Ji Yuan didn't approve of the little golden dragon raising babies.

The little golden dragon was a baby himself. Babies couldn't raise babies.

But the little golden dragon wrapped his tail around Ji Yuan's wrist, his voice plaintive, his golden eyes shimmering:

"Keeper, can I raise the kitty from the zoo?"

"Keeper, I found a bear cub. Can I raise him?"

"Keeper, a bunny ran into my room. Can I raise it?"

Ji Yuan hesitated, then indulgently nodded as he watched the little golden dragon's nest fill up with bunnies, kittens, bear cubs, tiger cubs, and more...

He wondered if the Interstellar Zoo could just buy them all outright.

Tough-as-nails general x adorably clueless little dragon boy

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