Chapter 71
"You know what, the original is pretty good-looking." Diwu stared at Yu Tu in the small flowerpot, "Don't be shy, Tu, or the tips of your leaves will turn red."
Yu Tu: “…”
Perhaps his silence had already shown through his body, Diwu smiled and said, "The cubs can't talk, and it feels like a lot of fun is missing."
Di Xiu stretched out his hand to stop Di Wu's naughty claws: "Don't flick the Tutu leaves, don't tickle him."
———It was obvious that he was a habitual offender, having done this to other cubs before.
"They are tough, don't treat them like glass." Diwu complained, "Look, you were so busy back then, and I raised Guiyu well, didn't I?"
He said proudly: "In the outer world, there are only a handful of people in Guiyu's generation who can beat her!"
Di Xiu: "...I don't really want you, the clan leader, to lose face in front of Tu Tu."
———After spending some time with Emperor House, any filter can be shattered.
"My concept of raising a child is different from yours." Diwu stared at Yu Tu for a while, and suddenly asked, "Tu has been keeping his original form for a whole day, right? Could it be that after you turned into your original form, you didn't know how to turn back into a human form?!"
Yu Tu: “…”
He closed all the leaves in a closed manner.
Emperor House: "..."
I never thought that one day, the Plant Tribe would have a child that would not transform into its original form at first, and would not transform back into a human form after the transformation. Isn't transforming back into an original form and transforming into a human form just like breathing, and it can be done with just a thought?
"Don't be anxious, Tu Tu. First, imagine yourself in human form, and then focus on your human form." Di Xiu's voice was calm and gentle. "Forget your true form, and you will be able to transform into a human form immediately."
The self-closing leaves opened a gap.
"Don't be afraid." Di Xiu encouraged him, "Take your time, let's try a few more times."
As Di Xiu spoke, a branch appeared out of nowhere as if he had eyes on his back, and swept away the photo bead in Di Wu's hand: "Tu Tu is emotionally unstable, so don't provoke him."
Diwu, whose image beads were swept away, gritted his teeth: "Just spoil him!"
Then, two small round black fruits were stuffed into his hands.
Diwu stuffed the black round fruit into his mouth and ate it while complaining: "...Are you treating me like a cub?"
Emperor Xiu: “…”
The fruit of the Emperor Rest Tree can calm emotions, please the mind, and can comfort both cubs and clan leaders. It is truly a must-have artifact for raising cubs.
After coaxing the trouble-making clan leader away, Di Xiu held the small flowerpot containing the Yu Tu and patiently touched the leaves of the Yu Tu seedlings. The tea tree seedlings that had been holding on just now suddenly fell to the side and looked extremely sad.
Emperor Xiu suddenly realized that he must have tried several times but just couldn't change back into human form.
The leaves under his fingertips became a little wet, and he didn't know if he was crying because of anger. After the plant tribe returned to its original form, it would be affected to a certain extent by its original form. Yu Tu turned back into a tea tree seedling, and his current ability to control emotions was estimated to be not much greater than the small bud on his head before.
"TuTu can now transform back to its original form, which is a great improvement." Di Xiu said softly, "It's only a matter of time before she can transform back into human form."
"While we are still in the prototype stage, how about we try to eat in the cafeteria?" Di Xiu patiently coaxed the drooping tea tree seedling in his hand, trying to make it stand up. "Elder Song Rong just developed fruit-flavored spiritual soil two days ago. It is said that the ones put in the cafeteria today are strawberry and lychee flavors."
The tea tree seedling quietly raised a leaf.
Di Xiu pretended not to notice and continued, "It is said that the research on the spiritual soil of garlic lobster and sweet and sour pork tenderloin is almost done. Tutu can have a meal before school starts."
The tea tree seedling quietly raised its second leaf.
Di Xiu smiled and touched the tea tree seedling in his hand: "If you don't go now, it will be past lunch time."
A leaf of the tea tree seedling turned slightly and lightly touched his fingertips.
Di Xiu had been with the cubs for a long time, and could guess their meaning based on their actions. He picked up the small flowerpot, and the wilted tea tree seedling leaned half-dead against his shoulder, with all its leaves attached to the stem, looking unusually secluded.
Di Xiu carried the reclusive Yu Tu Miao to the cafeteria. The members of the Plant Clan who came to eat later would occasionally look at Miao Miao in Di Xiu's arms.
Di Xiu shook his head gently at them.
Yu Tu had always been skeptical about being a plant tribe cub, but now that he has become a cub, he should be happy to have his identity confirmed, but he is so withdrawn... In the cafeteria, the other members of the plant tribe looked at each other and understood immediately. They probably turned back to their original form and could not transform into human form.
After receiving Di Xiu's clear instruction, everyone stopped looking at Miaomiao in his arms and pretended not to see her. They just released their spiritual consciousness and watched with amusement. The prototypes had just learned how to switch between human forms, so they probably didn't realize the existence of spiritual consciousness.
The first cub of their tribe to transform in hundreds of years is so adorable!
Yu Tu Miao, who was unaware that he was being watched, saw that people from the surrounding plant tribes were coming and going but no one noticed him in Elder Di Xiu's arms, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The closed leaves opened, and he curiously poked his head to look at the spiritual soil in the small grids.
"Would you like strawberry or lychee flavor?"
Yu Tu suddenly heard a voice. He turned the leaves and saw the kind-hearted Elder Song Rong. Elder Song Rong looked like a complete old man, with white hair, a long white beard, and a face full of wrinkles, but he looked amiable and kind.
Yu Tu Miao is in a bit of a tangle.
Di Xiu suggested: "How about a strawberry and lychee combo?"
"Tu Tu, do you want to have a double order?" Elder Song Rong bent down slightly and looked at the still wilted tea tree seedling in Di Xiu's arms. "You need to eat more to grow well."
Yu Tu Miao bent its leaves.
"Okay, let's make a double puzzle." Elder Song Rong smiled and touched a handful of Yu Tu's tender leaves. The spiritual soil in the two small grids on the ground suddenly floated up, and half of them were separated and recombined to form two grids of spiritual soil in double puzzle.
Di Xiu put down the small flowerpot. Yu Tu Miao shook it. Under their gaze, it felt a little embarrassed to pull its roots out of the soil.
"It just so happens that I haven't had lunch yet. Let me accompany Tu Tu to try the new flavor of the double combination." Di Xiu didn't seem to notice Yu Tu's hesitation. A white light flashed slightly on his body, and suddenly a shrunken tree appeared in a grid of spiritual soil double combination.
The leaves of this tree are shaped like poplar leaves, and its broad branches stretch freely in all directions. The tree is covered with beautiful small yellow flowers, and there are some small round black fruits faintly hidden among the flowers and leaves. Even if it is reduced in size, it does not lose its majestic momentum.
Yu Tu Miao was stunned.
The branches reached out and gently touched his leaves. Yu Tu smelled the refreshing floral fragrance with a hint of sweetness. The embarrassment and nervousness just now seemed to slowly sink away.
Yu Tu pulled out his roots from the small flowerpot, and then jumped off the edge of the flowerpot with a "plop". Perhaps it was the plant's inherent instinct to take root, and Yu Tu smoothly planted his roots in the Lingtu Shuangpin.
The strawberry and lychee flavored spiritual soil is absorbed like drinking milk tea, but it is not greasy and has a long aftertaste.
The tea tree seedlings unknowingly stretched out their tightly closed leaves and began to sway happily—eating a delicious meal makes both humans and plants happy!
Perhaps it was because he had eaten in the busy cafeteria, but after the meal, Yu Tu Miao was not so withdrawn. After only half a day, he had begun to accept that he had turned back to his original form and could not turn back to human form for the time being.
The only problem was that the school year at Miller College would start in two days, and he couldn't go to school in the image of a tea tree seedling, could he?!
But this problem...is almost unsolvable.
Because there has never been a case where the Plant Tribe has changed from human form back to its original form, but cannot change from its original form back to human form.
Even the knowledgeable Elder Di Xiu could only adopt an encouraging teaching method, which translated into human language means letting him work hard on his own to realize the difference between the prototype and the human form in that instant.
Yu Tu: “…”
Yu Tu Miao worked hard in his bedroom for two days, and he finally——
I have learned to use the leaves more flexibly and can even write a few words crookedly!
It cannot be said that it has something to do with becoming a human, it can only be said that it has nothing to do with it.
Waking up from his dream again, Yu Tu raised his hand, but still only saw a piece of tender leaf.
There was a knock on the door from the clan leader's house:
"Are you awake, Tuzi? School starts today. I'll take you to report!"
Yu Tu jumped down from the bed silently. He controlled his roots and ran to the mirror in the bedroom. After two days of careful nurturing, a small tea tree seedling that looked like a jade sculpture and was growing exceptionally well was reflected in the mirror.
Yu Tu: “…”
He doesn't want to go to university with the image of a tea tree seedling!!!
Outside, the knocking on the emperor's door was like soul-stirring music. Inside, the young tea tree saplings were shaking their leaves in panic.
"Tuzi! If you can't change back, then you can't change back! Go register for the new semester first!" Outside the door, the voice of the Emperor's House was trying hard to suppress a smile, "I packed a few small flower pots for you. When the time comes, you can sleep with the gold and jade ones on the 1st, 3rd and 5th, the gemstone ones on the 2nd, 4th and 6th, and the one with extraordinary skills on the extra day!"
Yu Tu: “…”
He doesn't want to sleep in a flowerpot before going to school!
The knock on the door of the emperor's house was neither fast nor slow, like a death knell.
After waiting at the door for nearly an hour, Yu Tu's door finally opened, and a droopy little tea sapling walked out listlessly, dragging a suitcase that was many times bigger than him.
Diwu turned his head, his shoulders shaking, trying hard not to laugh out loud.
The morning passed in such a turmoil. When he got on the bus to Miller College, Yu Tu felt hopeless. Who could be a tea tree seedling? Or a tea tree seedling whose handwriting was as big as a fist and whose leaves were used to roll up the pen?
As time passed, the enlarged version of the luxurious flying leaf they were riding in gave a lovely reminder:
[There are still ten minutes to reach the destination, please don't worry~]
Diwu's smile never left his face. The photo beads he quietly hid in the hidden corner of the flying leaves had already recorded the scene of the tea tree seedlings shaking their leaves madly and wanting to grab the ground with their heads.
The flying leaves stopped and the destination was reached.
Di Wu, who was sitting in the front, was just about to turn around to pick up the small flower pot for Yu Tu when he heard a "bang" sound from behind.
After appearing at the university in the form of a tea tree seedling and facing the horrific reality of four years of social death, Yu Tu finally and with great difficulty turned back into a human at the critical moment.