novelraw Chapter 110
Chapter 110
Chapter 110: Reciprocation of Gifts
Xia Li’s evaluation of stealing a kiss from the evil dragon’s cheek is:
Very satisfying, want to do it again.
That icy, cool-cake-like cheek is very soft. After kissing it, it quickly warms up and becomes as red as a peach.
This can be considered a type of shyness, right?
Although a large part of the reason is that Xia Li turned the tables and questioned her, making her a little embarrassed.
However, even if it’s understandable, this matter has strategic significance for Xia Li.
Yes, the day when the evil dragon shyly cuddles in his arms and says she likes him is not far off.
Coming out of the KTV private room, it was already midnight （（referring to the time before dawn））.
Xia Li’s biological clock started to feel sleepy again, and part of the reason should be the alcohol. Thinking that the time was about right, today’s small weekend gathering was almost over.
Xia Li hailed two taxis outside the KTV. Fu Yuan, Hou Zijie, and Zhou Anqi were unwilling to share a car with the two of them, so the four squeezed into the same car.
“I can’t take it anymore, I really can’t today.”
“If I eat any more dog food in the car, I’m definitely going to throw up.”
Chen Tao raised the white flag in surrender. Hou Zijie and Fu Yuan each grabbed one of his arms and carried him to the car. He was still muttering about how he would find a girlfriend in the future to show off in front of Xia Li.
“Hurry up and go, don’t let him vomit in the car.”
Xia Li waved his hand, urging them to leave quickly.
Pulling Lucia into the other taxi, the evil dragon sat quietly beside Xia Li without saying a word after getting in the car.
Perhaps knowing that Xia Li had drunk alcohol, she didn’t show any signs of claustrophobia in the car today. Instead, she kept her eyes fixed on Xia Li, for fear that he would trigger a dizziness spell and collapse.
Back home, Xia Li walked into the house, lay down on the sofa, and looked at the evil dragon who was turning on the light at the door and asked:
“Why have you been staring at me?”
Lucia was changing her shoes; the light magic was activated with a light touch from her.
The warm yellow light quickly dispelled the darkness, shining on her still slightly flushed face.
“…Do you want to drink some water?”
Dimming the living room lights, Lucia cleverly changed the subject.
Xia Li lay on the sofa, stifling his laughter.
This silly dragon… probably hasn’t figured out how her face ended up pressed against his mouth.
Of course, she wouldn’t understand.
After all, it was Xia Li who took the initiative to kiss her.
“Yes,” Xia Li nodded.
Even if he didn’t want to, he had to. The water poured by Lucia, he would drink it all up without leaving a drop.
“Here you go, I’m going to wash up.”
Lucia placed the water glass on the coffee table, preparing to slip away.
She had checked the dizziness effect after drinking alcohol on her phone before. This effect wouldn’t last long. According to the human body’s functions, it would basically be fine after a night’s sleep, but it was important to replenish water in the middle.
“It might rain tonight,”
Xia Li hadn’t even looked at the weather forecast, speaking nonsense.
“The wind should be quite strong at midnight, too.”
“Oh…” Lucia nodded, seemingly understanding.
Xia Li gulped down the water and rolled off the sofa, his body already in motion.
“I’ll go put your pillow in my room. You can come straight to my room after you’re done washing up.”
“Oh…”
Because his tone was so matter-of-fact, these words were as smooth as ‘Dinner’s ready, come and eat later,’ and Lucia couldn’t react, agreeing in a daze.
Xia Li went to the room, took all of the evil dragon’s bedding, and carried it back to his small dark room to spread out.
He shouldn’t have bought this bed in the first place.
Buying two beds and then tricking… persuading Lucia to come to the small dark room to sleep together, wasn’t that a pure waste?
Otherwise, one bed could be for naps and the other for sleeping at night.
Lying in bed, listening to the intermittent sound of water from the bathroom, Xia Li couldn’t help but imagine the scene in the bathroom.
Dispersing the thin layer of water mist, the girl’s jade-white body glowed with a moist complexion under the wash of hot water…
Just thinking about it for a while made Xia Li’s blood boil.
He grabbed the pillow and pressed it over his head, trying to get rid of these messy thoughts.
The feeling of ‘like’ is definitely not as pure as what’s said online.
It’s a feeling with a strong sense of purpose.
Wanting to kiss her small face under the streetlight, wanting to take out her small hands tucked into her pockets and hold them, wanting to rub her into his arms when she’s being nice to him…
Physical interaction with the person you like is the greatest reward for this feeling.
Although Lucia’s only emotional support in this world is Xia Li, he feels that this is far from enough.
He always feels like something is missing.
Teasing an innocent dragon single-handedly, in the end, is just amusing himself.
There’s a saying that’s very true: happiness is the joy of two people…
One person’s joy, that’s called unrequited love.
So, is this silly dragon happy?
Feelings are really complicated. Because there’s no formula or standard answer, it always makes people feel lost.
The small night light on the bedside table flickered on and off. Xia Li looked at the ceiling, his mind filled with chaotic thoughts.
The alcohol from the last bottle of wine rushed straight to his head. The Earth seemed to be spinning in his mind. Xia Li exhaled heavily.
Damn.
He really drank a lot today.
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“Bang, bang, bang.”
Someone knocked gently on the door. Since it wasn’t closed at all, it swung open after two knocks.
“We’ve been living together for so many days, why are you being so polite?” Xia Li looked back.
The evil dragon, wrapped in a Little Yellow Duck bath towel and holding the oversized sheep plush toy that Xia Li had left behind, crept onto the bed.
“It doesn’t seem to be raining outside…”
A freshly showered little evil dragon wriggled closer, her icy feet burrowing into the blanket.
“Maybe it will rain later…”
Xia Li swallowed the rest of his sentence.
These things he made up to tease her were just for his own amusement. Occasionally teasing the silly dragon could indeed spice up their lives, but it wouldn’t do anything to advance their relationship.
Xia Li’s goal was now very clear.
If he was the only one making moves, the evil dragon would never realize his feelings. He needed her to take the initiative.
And if she didn’t… then he would just have to be shameless.
“I was wrong,” Xia Li said.
“It shouldn’t rain. Do you want to go back to your room to sleep, or sleep here?”
“It’s not raining today?”
Lucia hooked her cold little feet together, turned over in the blanket to face Xia Li, and blinked.
“Are you going back to your room?” Xia Li asked again.
“No…”
Lucia smelled the alcohol and wrapped herself tighter in the small blanket.
“You’re currently under the influence of the Dizziness Magic… that is, you’re drunk. If you go back to your room and the alcohol attacks you in the middle of the night, I won’t even know.” Lucia explained.
Xia Li felt a warm current flowing in his heart. He reached out and peeled the evil dragon’s soft cheek out of the blanket.
“What if the Alcohol Magic activates in me later and drives me into a frenzy? What will you do?”
“I’ll use the Great Sobering Spell on you!”
“Slap me?”
“No, no… I’ll make you throw up. The internet says that helps you sober up quickly.”
Lucia spoke earnestly. It seemed she had actually done her research on this matter.
Unfortunately, they were not on the same page.
Xia Li stealthily stretched his hand out under the sheet, like a hunter lurking in the darkness. He groped around for a long time but couldn’t find the evil dragon’s claws.
The evil dragon lifted the blanket and caught him red-handed.
She didn’t understand why Xia Li had reached out his hand, but she was worried that it would get cold being exposed like that, so she silently pushed it back under the covers.
“…”
Xia Li retracted his hand in frustration, his expression gloomy. His attempt had failed.
While it was important for Lucia to take the initiative, there was no need for him to be reserved.
Why be reserved? The girl he liked had practically delivered herself to his doorstep. If he didn’t even hug her, wouldn’t that be pure foolishness?
Xia Li simply moved his body over and pulled the freshly showered and fragrant little evil dragon into his arms.
“Do you know what reciprocity means?”
“What are you… going to do?”
“It’s ‘li’ not ‘ni’.”
As expected of a Sichuan dragon, she couldn’t distinguish between the ‘l’ and ‘n’ sounds.
“It’s an idiom… It roughly means that if you do something to me, I should do the same to you. That’s reciprocity.”
“Oh…”
“Like, you rubbed your face against my mouth today, so I should also rub my face against your mouth. It’s a common way for boyfriends and girlfriends to interact among humans.”
“Oh! There’s such a thing…”
This was the first time Lucia had heard of this. The internet didn’t teach such things.
“But I really didn’t mean to do it today…” she explained.
“I know, it’s okay. So now I’ll just rub back.”
“Okay…”
Lucia didn’t refuse. It was just rubbing, not anything else.
So she puckered her little mouth, waiting for Xia Li to come closer.
However, Xia Li shamelessly remained motionless. He pointed to his right cheek, indicating to Lucia to ‘put your lips here’.
Lucia was confused.
Who was supposed to be rubbing against whom?
“Reciprocity.”
Xia Li lay on the bed with his eyes closed, repeating the word.
“…”
Lucia had no choice but to sit up. In the dim little dark room, the shadow cast by the nightlight swayed as she rose.
The evil dragon’s figure loomed over Xia Li. She leaned down, cupped his face in her hands, and planted a wet kiss there.
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