The Most Random System-Chapter 814 - 397: The Struggle Over the Persimmons—As Always, My Reassignment Is Already Mercy
"Li Pingxing, do you really think Li Pingshen is foolish? Do you have no sense of crisis at all? Your throne is about to be taken away, yet you seem completely oblivious!"
"What? Why should there be a sense of crisis? Throne? What’s he competing with me for?" Sasuke looked bewildered.
Lin Li’s expression was unreadable, his gaze deep: "Pingxing, have you studied history?"
"Of course!"
"Then let me ask you, what animal symbolizes the ancient Emperor?"
"The magnificent nine-clawed dragon!"
"Then let me ask you again, the Crown Prince...what is he!" Lin Li’s voice suddenly rose, like...a clap of thunder!!
Sasuke was stunned for a moment, instinctively racking his brain for an answer. The next moment, his pupils constricted abruptly!
"That’s right, it’s the baby—dragon—!" Lin Li declared the cruel truth word by word: "The Emperor is the dragon; the Crown Prince, as a dragon not yet transformed, is certainly a baby dragon!"
According to unofficial history, during the five thousand years of China’s feudal dynasties, whenever a succession battle occurred, countless princes would rush to the imperial palace and shout at the Emperor and officials, "I am the baby dragon, I’m the real baby dragon," and the Emperor would decide who the true baby dragon was.
Unofficial history records that ministers, fearing a certain Crown Prince, secretly planned to try to get the Emperor to replace the Empress, and this was later remembered as the ’Dinosaur Replacement,’ becoming a classic tale of antiquity.
Sasuke: "!!!"
"Li Pingxing, oh Li Pingxing, do you still think Li Pingshen is foolish now!"
As Lin Li continued, he grew more convinced of his correctness, advancing step by step with unstoppable momentum:
"Every cry of ’I am the baby dragon’ he makes now is an arrow aimed at the ’throne’ you long for! It’s an unapologetic declaration of war!"
"And you, this fellow, have no defense against it, and are even complacent! Thinking it’s just a matter of time before you become king, calling him foolish? I ask you, now, who exactly is the foolish one!?"
Sasuke’s pupils trembled! Under the massive influx of information, he unconsciously pressed back against his chair, lips trembling, struggling to retort after a while:
"No... Impossible! My brother is just a naive fool! How could he..."
Lin Li sighed deeply, his tone changing, tinged with regret:
"Sasuke, have you watched ’The Eminence in Shadow’?"
"Of course I have! Lin Li, you watch it too?" Sasuke’s eyes lit up, suddenly enthusiastic as if finding a fellow fan:
"I also want to become the Shadow Lord, for this, I’ve even established an organization similar to the Shadow Garden! Lin Li, do you want to join?"
"Joining or not is not to be considered right now," Lin Li waved his hand, returning to the main topic: "Sasuke, tell me, in the series, what is the protagonist like when he’s not the Shadow?"
Sasuke: "He is just a very useless..."
Sasuke’s words stopped abruptly, his eyes widening.
"Exactly," Lin Li knew Sasuke understood, "disguise is the Shadow’s favorite task; he enjoys the dual identity he possesses! Loves playing weak to catch the strong, savoring the fun in it!"
"Since you’re one of his followers, then let me ask you, who gave you the courage to underestimate any opponent in reality who seems ordinary or even useless?!"
"How do you know your brother, Li the Baby Dragon, isn’t an ’Shadow’ hidden by your side? He’s merely gathering strength now, making you underestimate him, numbing your vigilance, just waiting for the day he turns from a baby dragon to a sacred dragon!?"
"Sasuke, you might not know, but I am actually the Imperial Tutor, and I’ve seen dragons."
"Your mother invited me here, not actually to be your long-term tutor, but to determine who is suitable to be the king of the Eastern Palace."
Lin Li’s tone suddenly grew cold, filled with deep disappointment:
"I initially wanted to choose you, after all, although baby dragons are young, the one showing deep scheming right now isn’t my preference, but if you’re going to be such an arrogant guy, I might..."
Without further words, Lin Li just shook his head deeply.
In the room, only Sasuke’s increasingly heavy breathing was left.
Every word Lin Li spoke thundered in his mind.
Ear-splitting! Awakening him like a tranquilizing draught!
Sasuke suddenly straightened up.
So... the biggest enemy is right beside him?!
Perhaps it really is like this! In many animations, isn’t the villain often hiding beside the protagonist, only revealing the true form at the last moment?!
A cold chill instantly shot up from his toes to his head!
At this moment, Sasuke only felt drenched in sweat, his hair standing on end.
No! My throne! My everything! Cannot be handed over just like this!
Sasuke cast a pleading glance at Lin Li, and Lin Li looked back with encouragement at him.
"Sasuke," Lin Li’s voice was like war drums resounding: "Tell me! What do you want to say to me!"
Sasuke took a deep breath, his chest heaving violently, with all emotions turning into a burning flame at this instant!
With all his strength, he roared out:
"Teacher—I! Am! The! Baby! Dragon!"
With the shout, having voiced his grand aspiration, Sasuke only felt his blood boiling, every cell shouting out! The power never felt so abundant!
His passion surged upwards like a volcano!
Lin Li first nodded with relief, then his gaze grew solemn once more:
"Sasuke, being the baby dragon is not about saying it, but doing it, it’s about proving it to others, do you understand?"
"I understand!"
"Do you want to lose against your brother?"
"No!"
"Do you want to become the king?"
"I do!"
"Then—" Lin Li’s gaze was like lightning, set on the textbooks and assignments: "Tell me! What should we do now?!"
"I must study diligently!" Sasuke picked up the pen, his voice firm as if piercing through darkness, "Teacher! Please teach me! Please... teach me!!!"
Lin Li: "Good! Let us... study!"
Sasuke: "Study!"
Lin Li: "Study!!"
Sasuke: "Study!!!"
...
"Click—"
The door to the room opened, and Wu Huizhen cautiously walked in with a tray of fresh fruit.
Wu Huizhen knew that it’s not good to interrupt during lessons, but earlier in the living room, she seemed to hear something that didn’t sound human coming from the room, and considering Lin Li was fundamentally an unknown entity, Wu Huizhen decided to take a look.
And as she pushed open the door, Wu Huizhen froze.
Because she saw Lin Li leaning against the wall, conducting a lesson purely about study-related knowledge, while her elder son Li Pingxing was concentrating diligently, writing swiftly, occasionally nodding.
Both of them turned their attention to her at the sound of the door opening.
Lin Li’s gaze flicked over the fruit tray in Wu Huizhen’s hand, then gestured towards the nearly untouched previous fruit plate on the desk, smiling as he shook his head, indicating it wasn’t necessary.
And Li Pingxing frowned: "Mother, please do not disturb my study."
"I thought you finished the fruit, my apologies, my apologies, my apologies—"
Wu Huizhen awoke as if from a dream, hurriedly withdrew from the doorway.
After the door was closed, Wu Huizhen couldn’t help but press her ear against the wooden panel to listen for a while.
Inside, Lin Li’s calm lecture and Li Pingxing’s occasional questions came through clearly.
It’s true! They’re not pretending!
An indescribable joy and shock instantly overwhelmed her.
Wu Huizhen couldn’t help but break into a smile.
Wu Min, oh Wu Min, I was right all along.
Although she didn’t know why her son called her ’Mother’ in such a peculiar way.
However,
Wu Huizhen believed,
inviting Lin Li to be the tutor, was the best decision she ever made.
