novelraw Chapter 102
Chapter 102
Chapter 102: Full of Dog Food
There are only a few ways for men to entertain themselves: eating, drinking, and playing games.
For a young man in his early twenties with friends like Xia Li, internet cafes are an indispensable place.
But Lucia didn’t understand this. When she came to the internet cafe and saw rows of computers and the men hunched over them playing games, she was a little confused.
What’s the difference between playing games at home and playing games at an internet cafe?
Xia Li explained that it had a better atmosphere.
“Atmosphere…”
Lucia didn’t understand the word. She was eager to learn, so she lowered her head as she walked, typing laboriously on her phone to search for the meaning of the word.
“Let’s get a private room.”
Xia Li suggested in front of the internet cafe counter. The private room wouldn’t have much smoke, and it was relatively quiet, making it more comfortable for Lucia to stay by his side.
“Okay,” Chen Tao said as he turned on the computer at the counter. He turned back and asked, “Should we get one for Little Lu too?”
“No need,” Xia Li refused.
In this kind of place, one ID card is required for one computer. Lucia didn’t have an ID card, so they couldn’t get an extra machine.
The three of them didn’t ask any further questions, turned on their computers, and went to the private room to find a place to sit.
Although it was indeed inappropriate to bring a girlfriend to an internet cafe… it was Xia Li’s own business after all. Xia Li was willing, and Little Lu was willing too.
There was no need to get to the bottom of such a consensual matter.
“I’ve topped up my card. If you want to eat anything later, just go to the counter and ask them to deduct it from the balance of machine 87.”
Xia Li sat down on the soft sofa chair. He had brought a chair for Lucia from outside and placed it in the private room. Lucia sat beside him, playing with her phone.
“Oh, okay.” Hearing Xia Li talking to her, Lucia raised her small face and nodded.
She would also play with her phone for a long time at home. For her, the internet cafe was no different from usual, except for the change in environment.
She didn’t have to communicate with unnecessary humans, and Xia Li was by her side, so she felt at ease.
Xia Li put on his headphones and adjusted the position of the keyboard. While waiting for the game interface to load, he took off his headphones again and looked at Lucia to see what she was doing.
“What are you looking at?”
“Hmm? Videos, there’s a lot of food on here.”
Lucia took the initiative to show her phone to Xia Li.
It was playing ‘Challenge the World’s Spiciest Food’…
Xia Li didn’t expect Lucia’s video appreciation level to have evolved to this point.
He hoped that this little chef wouldn’t be influenced by the video and make him some devilish dish.
“I recommend a movie for you. You can watch it.”
“What movie?” Lucia stared at Xia Li with her beautiful eyes.
“‘He’s a Dragon,’ it’s about a human and a dragon… cough, it’s a story about humans and dragons.” Xia Li said.
The movie was about a love story between a human and a dragon.
Except, the human was female, and the dragon was male.
The opposite of his and Lucia’s situation.
It was rare to find a movie with a dragon theme. Lucia never understood human emotions, and Xia Li thought she might gain something from watching it.
“I’ll watch it later.” Lucia nodded.
The dragon, who was completely unguarded against Xia Li, easily boarded his pirate ship.
“I’m starting the game. Call me if you need anything,” Xia Li said to Lucia as he turned his head and clicked the ‘Accept Match’ button with his mouse. “If I don’t hear you, just take off my headphones.”
“Okay…”
Lucia looked up at Xia Li’s big screen.
She knew that this kind of game couldn’t be paused, so she rarely disturbed Xia Li when he was playing it.
Her eyes returned to the super chili peppers playing on her phone, and Lucia swallowed.
She had tasted that kind of spicy, aggressive food before.
But, strangely, even though she didn’t like the taste, she couldn’t help but swallow when she saw it.
“Yuan Zi, I’m filling in as support. Let’s switch, you go top lane, I’ll carry.”
“Get lost! No way!”
“Just play support honestly. Monkey, I’ll jungle, call me daddy and I’ll come to the bottom lane.”
“Screw you… Hey, help Boss Xia get Akali, I’ll let him help me gank later.”
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Lucia couldn’t understand the noisy sounds around her. She was focused on watching her chili pepper video when she suddenly felt the figure in front of her moving. When she looked up, Xia Li was leaning over, his face so close that it almost touched hers.
“Are you, are you not playing the game…” Lucia was inexplicably nervous.
“It hasn’t started yet.”
Xia Li suddenly lowered his voice. In this noisy environment, the two of them whispered to each other.
“Do you want to try the ghost pepper in the video?” Xia Li said, staring at Lucia’s phone screen.
“I don’t like chili peppers…”
Lucia shook her head like a rattle drum. After she finished speaking, she remembered that Xia Li was from Sichuan Province, and people from Sichuan seemed to be able to eat spicy food.
“But Xia Li can try it.”
“I won’t try it.” Xia Li said with a smile. “That thing will make your as…butt spark.”
Hearing this, Lucia’s small hand trembled, and she paused the video.
She looked at Xia Li with anticipation.
Wait a minute…
Looking into those innocent eyes, Xia Li’s heart tightened.
Thinking of how the dragon liked to watch things breathe fire.
Don’t tell me she wants to see that kind of fire-breathing too.
Your hobbies are a bit strange, little dragon.
“First blood, first blood!”
Chen Tao, who was sitting next to Xia Li, stretched out his arm, wanting to pat the AFK mid laner next to him.
But his hand patted empty air. When he turned back, he saw that guy being lovey-dovey with his girlfriend.
“…” Chen Tao’s fighting spirit was extinguished, and he instantly felt that the game in his hands was no longer appealing.
The small private room was filled with the sour smell of love.
“You should go…”
Lucia pushed Xia Li, who was clinging to her, and urged him in a low voice.
Even though it was just a game, Lucia knew it was not good to keep teammates waiting.
When Xia Li was a hero in Azure Continent, he was so proactive towards his teammates… Now he had changed.
Xia Li couldn’t help but reach out and pinch Lucia’s soft, fair cheek before turning back and putting on his headphones, controlling the character on the screen to move forward.
A video on Lucia’s phone finished playing, and she raised her head to quietly watch Xia Li play the game.
Her hero was concentrating on the computer. It was said online that men are handsome when they are serious, but Lucia didn’t think so—after all, Xia Li was always cool and handsome.
The character controlled by Xia Li seemed to have successfully defeated the enemy. Lucia tilted her head to look, but she couldn’t understand it.
But… just now, when Xia Li had focused his attention on her, completely ignoring his teammates’ cries for help, it made Lucia a little happy.
It felt like Xia Li cared about her.
This feeling was different from the last time she was attacked by a flock of birds at the zoo.
Lucia wondered, if it were the current Xia Li… when he saw her being surrounded and beaten by birds, he wouldn’t laugh wildly from the sidelines, but would rush to protect her, right?
It was probably that kind of hazy feeling.
Lucia sorted out her thoughts and realized that her thoughts were somewhat inexplicable.
Hard to understand.
After thinking for a long time on the stool but failing to come up with a reason, Lucia got up and stretched her arms. She wandered around the private room like a ghost. Bored, she went to the internet cafe counter again.
She pushed the ID card with Xia Li’s photo on it towards the counter lady.
This was the first time Lucia had made a transaction with a human, and she spoke nervously.
“Bo…Boss.”
“I’d like some french fries…”