My Wife is an Evil Dragon

Chapter 145

Chapter 145: My Wife Is Not Home Today

The sky was thick with dark clouds, layer upon layer.

It was as if a giant black silk satin had fallen from the sky, dyeing the entire sky a deep ink color.

In the slow-moving car.

The passenger seat beside Xia Li was empty, and the two sisters were sitting in the back, whispering about something.

Xia Li strained his ears to listen, but he couldn’t hear what Zhou Anqi was saying to Lucia. He could only hear Lucia’s uncomprehending ‘hehehe’ laughter.

He looked up at the rearview mirror.

Lucia covered her face and giggled. As if sensing Xia Li’s gaze, she sat up straight and put away the little expression on her face.

Xia Li: “…”

He wanted to take back his promise just now. Jealous, he must be jealous!

“This car is so spacious~ I heard it’s Mrs. Fang’s new car?”

Zhou Anqi sat in the back seat and patted the leather sofa on both sides with her hands.

She was already considered tall among girls, and her legs could still be spread out comfortably in the car.

Her sister Lu beside her was even more exaggerated. It felt like if the back seat was moved back, she could lie down vertically without any problem.

“Yes, I just got it, and I’m driving it for a few days.” Xia Li nodded.

“It’s good to have a car to drive. Take Lu out for a drive more often,” Zhou Anqi said. “She hasn’t been to many of the places I asked her about. You’ve been dating for so long, and you haven’t even been to the cinema?”

Zhou Anqi clicked her tongue twice.

It wasn’t that she had to criticize Xia Li, but as a modern couple, Xia Li was a bit negligent.

“That kind of place costs money. I can watch movies at home.”

Lucia’s voice came from behind.

After Zhou Anqi’s explanation these past few days, she knew what many places in the city were for.

For example, cinemas were for paying to watch movies, bars were for drinking, arcades were for playing games… and massage parlors were for doing bad things, which Xia Li forbade her from going to.

“That’s different. Love is about enjoying the process. It’s not important to spend money at the cinema. What’s important is the date. It’s an essential step to promote feelings!”

Zhou Anqi was ostensibly talking to Lucia, but she was actually talking to the person in front of her.

“Beep, beep.”

Xia Li strained his ears to listen to the commotion behind him and honked the horn twice to urge the stalled driver in front of him.

He had been driving a lot these past few days, and his driving skills had improved.

“Process…”

Lucia muttered.

Xia Li had also said the word ‘process’ yesterday.

Because the outcome of every life is predetermined, the process is important.

But the Dragon Race never considered this.

The lifespan of the Dragon Race was simply too long, so long that even their memories couldn’t hold their entire lives.

Scattered fragments of memories could only remind them of certain points in time, and most of the time they lived by the memories passed down to them.

They had no process and didn’t need to face the outcome.

Now, she had to try to enrich the ‘process’ of life with her own feelings…

Lucia raised her head and peeked at Xia Li, who was driving seriously.

When she looked at Xia Li every second, was she enjoying this ‘process’?

This process made Lucia feel at ease.

“Is your boyfriend handsome when he drives?”

Just then, Zhou Anqi turned her head and asked.

“Handsome!” Lucia replied immediately.

“Haha.”

Zhou Anqi laughed twice. Sometimes she couldn’t help but worry about this young couple.

A straight man who was as uncommunicative as an iron tree in bloom, and a naive girl who was straightforward and inexperienced in the world.

God knows how these two got along when they were together.

“Lu Mei is too straightforward. I just like this kind of personality!” Zhou Anqi praised.

Xia Li rested one hand on the steering wheel, and his voice came faintly: “I like it too.”

“Tsk, then we are love rivals.”

“You are my love rival, and I am her love rival too,” Xia Li couldn’t help but laugh when he said that.

“She said, I like her, and she likes herself too, so I am her love rival.”

“Hahahaha, you guys are so funny!”

Zhou Anqi was amused.

These were indeed the words that a girl like Lu Mei would say.

The car slowly stopped by the side of the road.

Xia Li dropped the two of them off at the parking lot on Chunbei Road. This was the place Zhou Anqi was taking Lucia to today.

“Let’s go, let’s go, Lu Mei, I’ll take you to get your nails done and pick out some nice clothes.”

After Xia Li pressed the unlock button, the rear door opened, and Zhou Anqi pushed the door open and pulled Lucia out, saying, “Let you experience more of the things girls here like to do. Dress up beautifully and come back to charm him.”

Lucia jumped out of the car and kept looking back.

The moment she made eye contact with Xia Li, she suddenly felt reluctant to leave.

The pedestrian street square was bustling with people. The temperature had dropped a few degrees today, and the hot breath they exhaled turned into a white mist in front of them.

“Xia Li, you…”

Lucia’s golden-brown eyes were wide open, and the expression on her face was full of reluctance.

“You, you are not allowed to flirt with other girls.” She said.

Xia Li: “…”

Xia Li waited for a while, thinking that she would say something nice.

But this was all she could come up with??

“Don’t slander me! When have I ever flirted with other girls?”

Seeing Zhou Anqi outside the door giving him a suspicious look, Xia Li felt that he couldn’t explain himself.

“Hard to say.”

Lucia shook her head.

“What the hell is ‘hard to say’!”

Xia Li spat and raised his phone: “I’ll send you a message every hour, and you have to send me one too. This way, we can both prove our innocence, understand?”

“Oh…” Lucia thought that this would work too.

However, Zhou Anqi leaned her head over and said, “A lot can happen in an hour.”

“Half an hour!” Lucia immediately changed her mind.

“Fine, fine, fine.”

Xia Li agreed. After he finished speaking, he didn’t forget to glare at Zhou Anqi.

This guy was chaotic neutral. He would do whatever was fun.

“Help me keep an eye on Lucia. She’s a handful.”

The car door closed, and Xia Li rolled down the window and gave a warning.

“Got it~” Zhou Anqi waved her hand.

Lucia also waved her hand, and after waving, she didn’t forget to blow Xia Li a kiss.

Xia Li’s heart itched.

His girlfriend had just run off like that, and he hadn’t even taken her on a few dates…

Forget it, forget it.

It was good to let her experience the outside world in the way of a modern girl.

Xia Li couldn’t teach her this, so he could only ask Zhou Anqi for help.

Stepping on the gas pedal, Xia Li returned home dejectedly.

He pushed the door open, and Mianhua greeted him at the door with her tail wagging.

Xia Li squatted down and hugged her.

“Your mom doesn’t want you anymore.”

“Meow~?”

Padding into the living room in his slippers, Xia Li felt uncomfortable. He went to the balcony for a walk, and finally sat down in front of his computer with Mianhua.

He always felt that it was very cold and cheerless.

He had lived in this house for more than ten years.

It could be said that half of his life in his early twenties had been spent here, and he had become accustomed to living alone here during his university years.

How long had Lucia been by his side? He had already gotten used to her presence.

Habit was a scary thing.

Because of habit, it was taken for granted.

This feeling was like being sick.

Xia Li had never imagined that the moment Lucia was not home, his heart would feel empty.

He suddenly realized that his love for Lucia had also become a habit.

This feeling made him restless, and he always wanted to develop his relationship with Lucia further.

Not only the development of feelings, but also the development of physical intimacy.

A human being who was still in the period of youthful restlessness rarely won over his own reason when facing the person he liked.

He wanted to hold her in his arms so much.

It wasn’t enough to just hold her, he also wanted to kiss her… When kissing, how many men could restrain their hands from moving up?

The moment his palm touched her, he would lose his mind.

Then, coax her to be his wife.

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He was craving her.

The more Xia Li thought about it, the more he felt this way.

He was craving the Silver Dragon, craving her like crazy.

He took back what he said before.

When he first brought Lucia home, he really wanted to trick her into coming home to give birth to little dragon babies!

“Meow~”

Mianhua, who was in his arms, wriggled on Xia Li’s arm.

Her small body was stronger than yesterday. After rolling over, she flapped her two little legs, wanting to get down.

Xia Li stroked her head.

He lifted Mianhua up and sighed softly.

Originally, he raised Mianhua to pass the time for the evil dragon, but now she had become his pastime.

He glanced at the time in the lower right corner of the computer. It was almost noon.

Xia Li’s primary task today was to take Mianhua to get vaccinated.

He moved the mouse and closed the webpage with the browsing information about the pet hospital. Then Xia Li took out his phone and sent a message.

Summer Dawn: Peach

Peach: ?

Summer Dawn: Do you have time for lunch break?

Peach: Yes, today. What’s up?

Summer Dawn: My wife is not home today.

Peach: Damn, I thought we were brothers…

Summer Dawn: Come with me to a place. It’s in your Jinjiang District.

Peach: Where? I’m not going anywhere shady.

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After successfully tricking Peach, Xia Li called Fu Yuan, who was studying and reviewing in the next unit, before going out.

There was strength in numbers.

Xia Li had an idea now, and he needed his brothers to help him out.

“Xiao Lu went out to play?”

“Yeah.”

“So you’re home alone.”

“Yeah.”

“Hahahaha!”

Chen Tao in the car burst into laughter. Fu Yuan on the other side remained silent the whole time.

Fu Yuan only spoke when they were about to get out of the car.

“…Is she with Anqi?”

Xia Li nodded.

Fu Yuan fell silent again.

These two…

These two had something going on, but Xia Li didn’t know how far they had progressed.

However, Zhou Anqi was going back to school tomorrow, and she chose to spend her last day with Lucia today, which obviously meant that her progress with Fu Yuan was not going well.

Xia Li and Chen Tao exchanged glances. They understood each other tacitly, and neither of them asked any further questions.

“Didn’t I ask you guys last time, what would be a good business to start?”

Xia Li changed the subject.

He began to talk about his idea.

The reason why he brought his brothers here this time was to see if his idea was feasible.

This plan was still in its infancy, and it was not a good time to discuss it with Mrs. Fang, so he called Peach and Yuan to talk about it.

“Boss, you’re planning to get into the pet hospital business?”

Fu Yuan rationally analyzed, “…This is considered a new industry in the past ten years, but the investment is quite large, and it’s not certain that you can obtain all the necessary qualifications.”

Chen Tao slapped his thigh and said, “This place makes money! Last time my Blackie accidentally swallowed a rag, and I had to take him to the pet hospital to get it out… It cost me a thousand yuan!

At the time, I thought this hospital was really shady, but after checking online, I found out that there are even shadier ones!”

Chen Tao felt that Xia Li’s idea was very reliable: “If you can open one, it will definitely make money!”

Xia Li only listened to half of what he said.

This guy was impulsive and reckless. Listening to him boast, a chamber pot could turn into a golden cup.

What Fu Yuan said was more realistic.

Although pet hospitals didn’t have as high qualification requirements as human hospitals, the equipment and instruments alone were already a huge investment.

Moreover, Xia Li’s major had nothing to do with this field.

If he really wanted to get into it, he had to take it one step at a time and feel his way around.

“Meow~~”

Xia Li got out of the car and took Mianhua out of the cardboard box.

This cat was also a homebody. She was very comfortable at home, but when she went out, she started to shrink her neck and become socially awkward.

Chen Tao came over to help Xia Li close the car door, and he reached out to hug Mianhua, but Xia Li didn’t let him. He just handed her over to him for a touch.

“Why did you suddenly get a cat?”

Chen Tao tapped Mianhua’s little head with his index finger.

He was strong, and Mianhua’s little head bobbed up and down.

“I got her for Lucia.” Xia Li casually replied.

“I thought so.” Chen Tao sighed, his tone full of envy. “When I have a girlfriend in the future, I will also get her a cat.”

“…Do all girls like cats?” Fu Yuan, who had been silent for a long time, asked from behind.

Xia Li looked back, and Chen Tao said first:

“No, if you give Zhou Anqi a cat, it will only cause her trouble… It’s very convenient for her to travel back and forth by high-speed rail. It’s not convenient to bring a cat.”

There was no need to ask. They knew what Fu Yuan was thinking when he asked this question. Xia Li and Chen Tao both knew it very well.

Fu Yuan didn’t try to hide it either. There were no outsiders here.

“…I don’t want to take the civil service exam anymore.”

Fu Yuan hesitated as he spoke. These words seemed to surprise even himself, but his tone was surprisingly firm.

“I want to take the postgraduate entrance exam.” He said.

“…”

Chen Tao didn’t say anything.

This kind of thing couldn’t be easily persuaded. This was a turning point in Fu Yuan’s life, a major event.

Uncle Fu’s family was looking forward to Fu Yuan taking the civil service exam as soon as possible and getting an iron rice bowl.

Those two were very conservative, and Fu Yuan was a good boy who listened to his elders very much.

Therefore, the path of taking the civil service exam had been destined for Fu Yuan since he was a child.

“With your learning ability, it’s no problem for you to get into graduate school.”

At this time, Xia Li spoke.

If it were before, he would have chosen to advise Fu Yuan to calm down and think it over.

This impulse might lead to regret in the future.

But, life was a wilderness, not a track.

Everyone had the right to be ‘impulsive’.

“Life is only a few decades long. Whether it’s worth it or not depends on you…”

Chen Tao thought that Boss Xia was going to talk about some life philosophy, so he was ready to listen attentively.

However, Xia Li’s next sentence choked him.

“Every night when I hold my girlfriend and sleep, I feel that it’s worth it. Even if my life ends just like that, I will die without regrets.”

Chen Tao: “…”

Why did someone suddenly start showing off?

“So, if you don’t want to be trapped by something unattainable for the rest of your life, take action.” Xia Li said again.

Fu Yuan took a deep breath and made up his mind.

Doing so might not be understood by those around him, and his parents might object.

But he didn’t want to be trapped by his own incompetent decision for the rest of his life.

“Ding-dong~”

The elevator door opened.

Xia Li walked out holding Mianhua.

Once bitten, twice shy.

This time, he deliberately took a look to make sure that the calico cat director was not squatting at the door before pressing the open button.

The electric glass door slowly opened, and a black figure darted past Xia Li’s feet.

“The director ran away!”

A shout came from inside.

Xia Li’s eyes were quick, and the three years of training in the other world had brought his reaction speed to the extreme.

The moment the black figure came to his feet, he bent down and grabbed the calico cat by the back of its neck.

The man and the cat looked at each other.

“Jingling bell—”

The small golden bell around the calico cat’s neck swayed, making a crisp sound.