novelraw Chapter 149
Chapter 149
Chapter 149: It’s My Turn to Ride the Brave Hero!
After finishing the hot pot, they came out of the shop.
The gloomy sky finally started to drizzle.
Lucia’s face was flushed red from the spiciness, her thin, moist lips slightly swollen, looking delicate and alluring.
“Huff, huff~”
Taking two deep breaths, the cold air hitting her face brought Lucia back to her senses.
“It’s still so spicy!” she grumbled.
In the end, she was still coaxed by the Brave Hero and ate a large bowl of rabbit meat that had been simmering in chili oil.
Knowing there are tigers on the mountain, but still heading towards the mountain…
Lucia found herself falling for the Brave Hero’s tricks more and more easily. “You’ll get used to it if you eat it more,”
Xia Li pulled up the hood on the back of Lucia’s clothes and put it on her.
“I couldn’t eat spicy food when I was a child either. Later, when I went to elementary school, the food in the school cafeteria was very strong, and I gradually got used to this taste.”
“What’s so good about this thing that hurts your mouth when you eat it…”
Lucia still didn’t like this food that would attack dragons.
Xia Li also put on the hood of his cotton jacket. The two stood under the eaves of the rabbit hot pot restaurant for a while, waiting for the rain to lessen before holding hands and walking forward.
“The older generation says that eating spicy food can dispel dampness. The air humidity in Sichuan is high, and it’s easy to get rheumatism, so every household will eat some. Over time, it has become a local specialty here…
It’s okay, you’ll get used to it after living with me for a few years.
And you still can’t distinguish between nasal and lateral sounds, which is also a characteristic of Sichuan people… Sichuan dragons!”
“…”
Lucia listened blankly.
For a moment, she didn’t know if Xia Li was praising her or lecturing her.
“You’ve only been on Earth for over a month, and you’ve already adapted to this society, which is very impressive.”
Seeing the dragon in a daze, Xia Li praised her without hesitation.
Lucia couldn’t hide the smile on her face.
“Hehe, I’m awesome!”
“Yes, the Silver Dragon Queen is awesome. It only took her over a month to infiltrate the foreign race. This dragon is terrifying!
At this rate, in a few years, I’m afraid you’ll…”
“You’ll…? ”
Xia Li stopped talking halfway through.
Lucia wanted to hear the rest, her innocent eyes looking at Xia Li.
“You’ll… be able to ride the Brave Hero!”
Xia Li finished the sentence with a forced smile.
Lucia’s eyes lit up. “I’ve only heard of people riding dragons before, which is called Dragon Knight… But a dragon riding a human is the first time I’ve heard of it!”
“Exactly.” Xia Li nodded guiltily.
“Then I’ll be called a Human Knight!”
“Mm-hmm, you’re a Human Knight.”
Lucia’s face was beaming with happiness.
So that means…
When she used to sit on Xia Li’s lap while he was typing or playing games, did that also count as ‘riding’?
Oh!
A dragon who could press the Brave Hero Xia Li under her butt, let alone on Earth, even in the entire Azure Continent, that was the first!
The more Lucia thought about it, the more awesome she felt, her confidence unprecedentedly satisfied.
Xia Li led the evil dragon forward with a guilty conscience.
The cold, icy rain slapped randomly on his face.
The winter in Qingcheng City was shockingly cold. The wind felt like blades on his face, and the cold wind that entered his collar was like ice, no less powerful than the ice magic in Azure Continent.
“Meow~ Meow~~”
The cat in the pet carrier was getting restless.
He had been quiet for a long time, and now he spoke with a slightly hoarse voice.
Xia Li listened carefully and found that the cat was mumbling something.
『…Anyway, I’ll give it a try. 』
Just now, Xia Li’s attention was all on Lucia, and he didn’t pay attention to the cat’s inner thoughts, only hearing the last half of the sentence.
Wuqi was quiet again for a moment, and Xia Li thought he should be behaving himself.
However, the next second.
Wuqi’s voice directly reached Xia Li’s mind.
『A plane will fall from the sky in three seconds! 』
『Three, two… 』
The countdown began. Xia Li was stunned for half a second and immediately looked up at the sky.
The sky was still gray, and the drizzle fell on his face.
“…”
After looking for a full five seconds, let alone a plane, Xia Li didn’t even see a bird.
『On the left side ahead… 』
『There are black silk stockings! 』
Because Wuqi’s precognitive abilities had all come true, his words were highly credible to Xia Li.
Xia Li subconsciously looked to the left.
His first thought was that something was about to happen again.
As for the words ‘black silk stockings’, he only heard them later.
『Damn! 』
『This guy can really hear what I’m saying… 』
『Not only the Golden Bell’s precognitive ability, but he can also understand all my words! 』
『What I said just now was all made up, and he reacted, which proves he understands!! 』
The conclusion was confirmed, and Wuqi’s heart surged with excitement.
『After so many years, so many years!! I accidentally transmigrated to that world where I couldn’t understand the language and was ruled by cats. I struggled for most of my life before I was recognized by the artifact… and finally reached the peak of my cat life! 』
『Just when I was about to conquer that other world, bam, I came back to Earth… 』
『And it’s fine if I came back, but I can’t even change back! Brother, do you know how hard it is for me! 』
『Brother, brother, you can hear me, right! 』
『Say something to me, please… 』
『I’m about to suffocate, really!! 』
“Meow~ Meow-ow!!”
Wuqi’s voice rose and fell.
The hoarse and urgent neutral voice made Xia Li’s head ache.
“What’s wrong with this cat?”
Lucia only heard a cat howling in the cage and wanted to check on it.
“…It’s probably just been adopted and is a little excited.”
Back in the car, Xia Li directly threw Wuqi into the trunk.
The car was an SUV, and the trunk was connected to the entire interior space. Even after sitting back in the driver’s seat, Xia Li could still hear Wuqi’s continuous meows.
『You’re the first human I’ve met who can understand me… 』
“Meow~~”
『Even just replying with an ‘mm-hmm’ would be fine, please, I want to talk to someone, ah, ah!! 』
“Meow-ow~ Ow~~”
“Mianhua, you can’t learn from the cat in the back.”
Lucia hugged Little Cotton and squeezed its soft paws.
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Because of the drizzle, Xia Li closed the sunroof. The air in the car wasn’t circulating, and Lucia felt stuffy.
Coupled with the cow cat’s noise, she felt even more suffocated.
“Mianhua is very well-behaved and never meows randomly…”
Lucia muttered, stroking Mianhua’s head.
“Cats that are too noisy will be eaten~”
“…”
In the trunk, the cow cat who was still holding a solo concert suddenly shut up.
If other humans said they would eat cats, Wuqi would only think they were joking.
But this little girl said she would eat cats…
Wuqi would definitely believe her.
After all, her eyes truly had the power to make cats tremble.
“Hey, it stopped meowing?”
As Lucia was speaking, the sound from the trunk suddenly ceased.
“Well, it probably understood what you said and got scared.” Xia Li said.
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Back home.
Xia Li was still changing his shoes at the door when Lucia kicked off her shoes, then rushed back to the bedroom with her shopping bag and hid it.
“…”
Xia Li looked at this scene helplessly.
What the heck.
What did this evil dragon buy?!
He had to secretly pry open the seal on her bag later to see.
“Xia Li!”
“Huh?”
Just after returning to the bedroom, Lucia came running back barefoot again, her small feet in white socks stepping into slippers, standing in front of Xia Li.
Lucia had changed quite a bit today.
Not only were her fingernails painted with small red flowers, but her hair also had many more decorations.
Her cascading black hair was styled into two ponytails, the strands smoothly resting on either side of her shoulders. The ends were tied with a few red ribbons, forming playful bows.
Xia Li leaned in for a closer look and found two tiny cherry hair clips on Lucia’s head.
The cherries looked just a little bigger than peas, small and cute.
It was very much Zhou Anqi’s dressing style.
According to her, this lively and cute style suited Lucia.
Xia Li remembered the dating tips he had read online.
When his girlfriend had specially dressed up, regardless of how it looked, he should just keep praising her.
“You look so good today…”
“Slap!”
Before Xia Li could finish his sentence.
Lucia stretched out her small hand and slapped Xia Li’s chest.
It wasn’t just her hand that came slapping over, but also what she was holding in her hand… two red banknotes.
“Here’s two hundred yuan for you!”
The evil dragon spoke with an air of pride.
Her attitude was as if she was tipping a waiter.
“…You didn’t spend it all?”
Xia Li took the money.
Thinking to himself, this wasn’t right.
The money he transferred to Lucia was electronic currency, so how did the dragon pull out paper money?
Remembering that Lucia didn’t have a bank card, this money could only have been exchanged from Zhou Anqi.
“Tomorrow, I’m buying you for a day!”
The big-tailed dragon declared proudly.
“Huh?” Xia Li was confused. “Why?”
“No reason, I’m just buying you for a day!”
“You want to celebrate my birthday?”
At this point, Xia Li had guessed what was going on.
Chen Tao had just asked him this question during the day.
The group of friends in Building Number Three all knew each other’s birthdays well, and Zhou Anqi knew this too.
She had been contacting Lucia so frequently recently… It was likely that she had already spilled the beans about Xia Li’s little details.
Dragons had no concept of birthdays.
They even had a vague concept of time and didn’t care about a specific day of the year.
Originally, Xia Li didn’t care about it either.
But obviously, Lucia had been influenced by Zhou Anqi.
A human’s life was very short, and they couldn’t celebrate their birthday more than a hundred times.
So every time was important.
Especially the first time they were together.
“N-no!”
Her thoughts were instantly seen through, and Lucia showed a hint of panic.
It was supposed to be a surprise!
It was exposed before it even started?!
Lucia deeply reflected on herself.
She couldn’t figure out when she had started to reveal her plans.
Just now, when she slapped the money on Xia Li’s chest, she was so cool!
“Mm-hmm, no, no, I must have misunderstood…”
Xia Li held back his laughter.
He patted the evil dragon’s shoulder and said earnestly.
“Then I’ll sell myself to you for a day. Tomorrow, I’ll belong to you, do whatever you want with me.”
“Okay!”
Hearing this, Lucia blushed and smiled.
Although there was a slight hiccup in the process, the result was correct.
“What do you want to do with me?”
“Anything!”
“Really?”
Xia Li held Lucia’s thin shoulders, wishing he could drag her back to the room to sleep right now, and then the next second would be a new day.
“Meow-ah!!”
At this moment, a meow came from the pet carrier at the door, breaking the lovey-dovey atmosphere.
『Brother, emergency! 』
『Let me go to the litter box, I need to take care of something!! 』