Someone Actually Stood Up for Her?

Her good-for-nothing brother wanted her to drop out, and now this clueless teacher did too?

Was the original owner just too easy to bully?

Qin Xin cut Gou Dachun off and replied calmly, "BMP. Bone morphogenetic protein, extracted from sea urchins."

Holy crap, Ugly Freak really answered.

The whole class froze.

Only after a while did they realize something was off.

Sea urchins belonged to the phylum Echinodermata, not vertebrates. Going by what the teacher had just said, you couldn't extract BMP from them, right?

Sure enough, Gou Dachun roared, "Sea urchins? Why not say you can extract it from plants, too? What a joke! I've told you eight hundred times: BMP has to be extracted from vertebrates!!!"

Qin Xin thought for a moment. "Plants, of course. But what you extract is BMP-16."

Gou Dachun was so furious his hair stood on end. "Of course you can't! I'm failing you in anatomy. You'll fail the final!"

The class was gloating, but they couldn't help shivering.

The Medical School's exams were strict. Failing really could get you expelled.

Lan Qingxin's grades were already terrible. Now she was practically guaranteed to fail anatomy, and the others would be even worse...

Just as the tension in the room kept mounting—

Suddenly!

A sharp, angry voice burst through the classroom door. "You, surnamed Gou! If you dare fail my student for no reason, I'll give everyone in your Class 1 a zero in biochemistry!"

Only after her forceful declaration did the door swing open.

A young woman with a high ponytail, dressed in a sharp black business skirt and a pair of four-inch heels, strode up to the lectern and faced Gou Dachun head-on.

The students held their breath.

"Holy crap, why is the Little Dragon Maiden here?!"

"What Little Dragon Maiden? Our mentor's obviously the Dragon Mother! Tsk, what a force!"

"What I don't get is, why is the Little Dragon Maiden standing up for Ugly Freak..."

"What's not to get? Didn't the Little Dragon Maiden say we're all her little ones? You know she always protects her own!"

Gou Dachun had been caught red-handed cursing and threatening the students of Class 2 by Ao Meng, their mentor. The corner of his mouth twitched, and after a long moment he muttered, "What's there to be proud of? You're mentoring a lousy class. Think that makes you some kind of saint?"

Ao Meng arched a brow. "Who are you calling lousy? Did they do you wrong? I'm already great. Unlike you, all small and shriveled."

Gou Dachun's face reddened. "..."

There was no reasoning with this woman!

He snapped his lesson plan shut and hurried away.

Ao Meng scoffed.

A round of applause rang out behind her.

Ao Meng turned around, her face stern. "Get back to studying! Finals are coming up. If I catch any of my little ones skipping class or slacking off, I'll beat them so badly their own mothers won't recognize them!"

Everyone: "..."

No need to wonder. Sure enough, she was still the same fearsome Dragon Mother.

However—

The next second—

Ao Meng strolled to the last row and stopped in front of Lan Qingxin.

Her expression softened, and she spoke with a hint of motherly affection. "Xiao Qingxin, you're back? Good, good. Showing up to class on time is a good start. Don't listen to that dog-surnamed idiot running his mouth. Study hard, and he won't dare fail you."

Everyone: "..."

Dragon Mother, what kind of magical face-changing trick was that?

After Ao Meng left, Ao Xinghao, who had slipped out of the classroom at some point, returned to his seat.

He sat backward in his chair, arms around the backrest, facing Qin Xin. His expression was languid, but his eyes held a deep smile. "Hey, Xiao Qingxin. Let me introduce myself properly. I'm Ao Xinghao—Xinghao, as in the vast sea of stars."

Qin Xin answered coolly, "Mm."

Ao Xinghao said, "The Little Dragon Maiden is my aunt. Don't be afraid of her. And that Yao Dazhuang—he's just throwing his weight around and isn't a good person. Don't pay attention to him. I heard you cracked his head open? Nice! I've wanted to do that for ages, but my aunt won't let me cause trouble on her turf..."

The genius Ao Xinghao, who seemed aloof to everyone and never paid attention to female classmates, was now chattering away as he filled Qin Xin in on the class gossip.

The girls in the class were all stunned.