Chapter 015 Jingjing is a top student
Shu Li previously said that "Jingjing" is the Chinese pronunciation, which is translated into Kumandi in Elvish.
So, when Angel yelled “Quiet”, he was actually yelling “Kumandi”.
And that black-haired young demon was called Kumandi.
When his name was called out in a childish voice by a little kid, the ten-year-old Kumandi had no expression on his face.
The goblin sitting next to him winked at him and said, "Hey, Kumandi, the little guy called your name, why don't you respond?"
Kumandi glanced toward the door and continued eating his fruit. "Not ripe."
The other young goblins were accustomed to his aloof demeanor.
Fairies have all sorts of personalities, some are lively, some are quiet. Kumandi belongs to the quiet category, no, to be more precise, he is so quiet that he is almost indifferent.
I don't care about things that don't interest me. On the contrary, I concentrate on things that interest me and never get tired of them.
At the moment, he had no interest in the three little cubs - even if the silver-haired cub shouted his name loudly, it would not attract his attention.
His indifferent look made the little cub very unhappy.
The simple-minded Angel couldn't understand why the black-haired fairy ignored them. Shouldn't they have responded politely when their names were called?
Other cubs might have retreated timidly, but Angel stood firm to the end for the sake of his "boss".
Just as he was about to raise an eyebrow and ask for culprit, a red shadow flashed past his eyes.
Disio was a step faster than him, his cicada-feather-like wings fluttering rapidly. With a whoosh, he flew to the long table where Kumandi was sitting. With a sullen face, he asked, "Kumandi, why don't you respond?"
His eyes were wide open, like two sparkling golden beads, and his slightly curly red hair was flying like a dazzling flame.
When questioned by the red-haired cub, Kumandi was holding a fork with a small green fruit stuck on it.
The other young fairies couldn't help laughing when they saw this funny scene.
Shu Li maintained his "Erkang Hand" and watched Hongmao rush over to "stand up for him".
Wrong...big misunderstanding!
Angel was overtaken by Disio. He puffed out his cheeks and flew over, not wanting to be left behind, shouting, "Sperian said he missed Kuman... huhuhuhu?"
Shu Li, who caught up with him, covered his mouth with his hand and smiled awkwardly but politely at the black-haired boy.
If Baimao were allowed to finish his words, the misunderstanding would snowball and get bigger and bigger, and he wouldn't be able to clear it up even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
"I'm...I'm sorry..." Shu Li was so anxious that her tongue got tied and she couldn't speak clearly. "It's...misunderstanding..."
Ahhh, his stupid tongue and stupid mouth, why did they fail at the critical moment?
His hesitation made him seem even more guilty!
But Disio didn't understand Shu Li's difficulties. Seeing that he was having a hard time, he helped him out of kindness.
"Sperian said he missed Kumandi!"
The voice is loud and resounding.
Game Over!
Shu Li was stunned, and the sound of the game ending notification seemed to keep echoing in his ears.
Destroy it, I’m tired!
Even though Kumandi had a cold personality, he couldn't help but stare at the three cubs strangely.
The blond cub wearing a flower crown was so stunned that his eyes were about to burst.
Is he Sperian?
A fairy cub blessed by the king.
My Elvish language is indeed average, and my articulation is not fluent enough.
“Puff—”
After the eerie silence, a few good-natured laughs were heard in the cafeteria. The companion sitting on Kumandi's left almost slid under the table laughing so hard.
Kumandi glanced at him coldly, and he immediately covered his mouth, his shoulders shaking violently, trying very hard to hold back his laughter.
At the long dining table where the cubs were sitting, the fat little Budno was poking the fruit on the plate hard, his mouth pouting, looking unhappy.
After being stunned for a moment, Shu Li finally came to his senses. Being stared at by so many pairs of eyes, he wanted to dig a hole in the ground and hide in it. His cheeks and ears were as red as a sunset glow.
Kumandi noticed the blond cub's embarrassment, blinked his charming violet eyes, and his attitude became gentler than before.
"What... do you miss about me?"
"No!" Shu Li quickly denied it, shaking his head like a wave drum, thinking quickly about how to defend himself.
Suddenly, he glanced at the fork in Kumandi's hand, and an idea struck him. He let go of Baimao, who was almost suffocating him, and pointed at the green fruit on the fork, exerting his greatest language talent in his life.
"I was thinking of it—Kukuguo! They misheard and misunderstood! I'm sorry for causing you... causing you..."
Oops, how do you say "trouble" in Elvish?
Shu Li was so anxious that she was sweating all over. She opened and closed her mouth but couldn't make the correct sound.
"Troubled?" Kumandi asked.
"Yes, yes, yes." Shu Li nodded vigorously.
Kumandi slowly ate the fruit on his fork and said nonchalantly, "It's okay."
It is normal for the cub to speak unclearly when it is just starting to learn Elvish.
Seeing that he accepted his apology, Shu Li's alarm bells were lifted and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Discio and Angel looked confused.
"Sperian, are you thinking about Kukugo?" Angel scratched his pointed ear in confusion.
“But I heard Kumandi.” Disio frowned.
Shu Li sternly corrected him, "It's Kukuguo! I'm hungry and want to eat Kukuguo. You heard it wrong!"
Fortunately, there was a Kuku fruit on the black-haired fairy's fork, and even more fortunately, the pronunciations of Kuku fruit and Kumandi were similar.
Disceo and Angel couldn't help but recall the scene in the classroom and finally realized that they had misunderstood.
The reason why Sperian lay listlessly on the table was because he was hungry. Only when he was hungry would he say he wanted Kukuguo.
Disio was a brave little devil who took responsibility for his actions. He bowed his head and apologized to Kumandi: "I'm sorry!"
Angel looked at Kumandi embarrassedly: "It's all my fault for mishearing——"
"It's my fault. It's my fault that I didn't learn... the Elvish language well." Shu Li took the blame on himself.
The three little cubs vied with each other to apologize and admitted their mistakes in a good manner. Kumandi was not a heartless goblin, so how could he care?
Older goblins are always tolerant of younger ones.
He was only ten years older than Xiao San, so of course he would unconditionally forgive their unintentional behavior. He picked up the plate of Kuku fruit on the table and handed it to the blond cub: "Eat it!"
Shu Li stared blankly at the green fruit on the plate and quickly waved his hands: "No, no need——"
Seeing that he refused, Kumandi didn't force him and put the plate back on the table. Then, he reached into his storage bag and took out a thick notebook.
"This is the note I took when I first learned Elvish. Take it back and have a look."
Shu Li was flattered and looked at the black-haired young goblin at a loss.
Seeing the cub in a daze, Kumandi stuffed the notebook into his arms.
Shu Li hurriedly hugged the slightly yellowed notebook and opened it carefully. Seeing that it was filled with tadpole-like elf words, his eyes sparkled with crystal tears.
This is obviously the notes of a top student, with rich pictures and texts, and detailed annotations. It is really a blessing for beginners.
Shu Li closed her notebook and almost burst into tears.
He can’t understand the top student’s notes at all!
Giving it to him is a waste of talent!
Shu Li sniffed, calmed down, and said softly, "Thank you."
Kumandi caught a glimpse of tears in his eyes and thought he was moved. "You're welcome. If you have any questions in the future, you can always ask me."
Cubs are indeed innocent and cute.
Shu Li hugged the notebook tightly, and under the kind gaze of the young goblins, she flew to the long table of the cubs with Red Hair and White Hair.
There were adult goblins in the cafeteria who had been taking care of the cubs. They had seen the whole thing, but they didn't intervene. They believed that the young goblins would not embarrass the cubs.
Sure enough, things developed in an interesting way, and both sides were good kids.
After the three cubs sat down, the adult goblins brought them rich food and especially gave Shu Li an extra plate of Kuku fruit.
Shu Li looked at the plate full of fresh green fruits, feeling mixed emotions.
The kukui fruit was good but there was really too much of it.
However, as if his stomach was not big enough, the kids at the same table gave up their fruits one after another.
"Sperian, you like Kuku fruit, so these are for you!"
"I have them too! I have four right here."
"I have three!"
Budno looked at a Kuku fruit on his plate and had a fierce inner struggle. Finally, he gritted his teeth and decided to give the fruit away.
He pushed the plate in front of Shu Li and said shyly, "Here you go—"
Shu Li was almost overwhelmed by the Kuku fruits and quickly declined them one by one. When she saw the little fat boy's reluctant look, she rolled her eyes, picked up the fruit with a fork, and stuffed it into her mouth.
"Thank you, Buteto," he mumbled as he ate.
Budno stared blankly at his empty plate.
Sperian refused the fruit of others but ate his fruit. Why?
Also, his name is not Buteto, his name is Budno!
After a while, Budno came back to his senses and wanted to correct Sperien's wrong pronunciation, but he saw Sperien picked five Kuku fruits from his plate and put them on his plate.
"Do you want to eat?" Shu Li asked with a grin when he saw the little fat man staring at him.
Budno, who never refused food, nodded without hesitation: "Eat!"
Shu Li pushed the plate back in front of him.
Budno looked at the five tender and round Kuku fruits on his plate and was overjoyed.
Any fairy who is willing to share food with him is his good friend!
He decided never to go against Sperian again.
Shu Li ate too much at lunch today.
His little belly is as big as a ball, but fortunately he is still a child, so it doesn’t matter if he is a little fat.
Fairy cubs need a nap every day.
After dinner, Shu Li took the top student's notebook, burped, and staggered back to his cabin.
It was still early and he couldn't fall asleep for a while, so he sat at his desk and studied hard.
First, copy the ten Elvish characters of Western Protestantism, and then read them aloud according to the pronunciation of the Chinese characters.
What you lack in talent, you make up for in hard work.
Sure enough, after reviewing it more than ten times, he finally learned how to read and write.
"call--"
Yawning, Shu Li took the notebook that Kumandi gave him to bed, opened it and read it slowly. No matter whether he could understand it or not, as long as he got more help from the top student, he would definitely achieve success in his studies.
The handwriting on the first page of the notebook is a bit childish and has traces of erasures, but it becomes cleaner and neater as you go along.
In addition to being good at handwriting, the top student is also an excellent painter.
The early stage of learning elven language is to recognize words by looking at objects.
Today, the ten characters taught by Xi Te have real objects. Shu Li was afraid that he would forget them, so he drew pictures.
However, his drawings were cartoons, so cute that they were a little distorted, while the drawings in the top student's notebook were realistic, each one was vivid and clear at a glance.
Shu Li flipped through five pages in a row. Her eyelids became heavier and heavier, and sleepiness overtook her brain.
"Pah~"
He could no longer hold on and fell asleep on his stomach.
In the dream, a group of tadpoles swam around, looking for their frog mother everywhere.
Shu Li woke up to the sound of clear and melodious birdsong. She opened her eyes drowsily and found that she had fallen asleep with her laptop on top of her.
He yawned, sat up from his knees, and then—he saw a suspicious puddle of water on the notebook.
ah?
Is this...his saliva?
"oops!"
He hurriedly pulled the quilt over the notebook.
It was so bad that he accidentally got the notebook that the top student borrowed from him wet.
After soaking it with a quilt for a long time, it finally dried. Although there was still a small mark, it was not visible unless you looked carefully.
Shu Li wiped the sweat off his forehead.
“Knock knock knock—”
There was a rhythmic noise coming from the window. Shu Li closed his notebook, flew to the window in confusion, opened the curtain and took a look, only to see the big head of the yellow bird.
It's Sif.
A biological alarm clock dedicated to waking up the cubs.
"Chirp—" Sif urged the cub to go to the afternoon class.
Shu Li quickly picked up the pens and notebooks on the table and stuffed them into her waist bag. The top student's notebook was too thick to fit in, so she had to leave it at home.
Twenty-five cubs hurried to school sleepily accompanied by the clear chirping of Sif.
A passing adult fairy looked at the cubs flying crookedly and smiled to comfort them: "Don't worry, there is music class in the afternoon, it's okay to be late."
"Yes, it's okay. Leah will just punish you by asking you to recite a few more poems." Chris, who loves to play pranks, deliberately stepped forward and added a sentence.
When the cubs heard about the punishment, all their sleepiness disappeared and they flapped their little wings faster.
After the cubs left, the adult goblin slapped Chris on the back. "Go to the forest and pick some thorn berries!"
“Ah~~~”
Chris wailed exaggeratedly, and before the adult goblin could slap him a second time, he slipped away.
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