novelraw Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Chapter 15: Squeezed by the Brave Hero
“Then what about your car?”
Looking at the evil dragon’s innocent and cute amber eyes, Xia Li fell silent.
How could she ask such a sharp question so innocently?
However, speaking of which, Xia Li’s family was actually quite well-off. His father worked in the government, and his mother ran a small shop. For their convenience, the couple had bought two cars.
When Xia Li just graduated from university, his parents had already discussed buying him a car. But at that time, Xia Li had just gotten his driver’s license and had no job. He had no need for a car, thinking that a car was just a depreciating asset, so he stopped his parents from buying him one.
Like most college students full of aspirations, Xia Li thought he would soar to great heights after graduating and entering society. Buying a car would be a piece of cake. However, reality gave him a resounding slap in the face.
Three months after graduation, he couldn’t find a job and was even summoned to another world to work for three years without pay. Now back on Earth, Xia Li even felt like he was completely out of touch with society.
After all this, let alone buying a car, it was difficult for Xia Li to even support himself.
“Which car on this road do you think looks good?” Xia Li chose not to answer Lucia’s question directly, cleverly changing the subject.
Lucia was simple-minded and easily led by the nose. As soon as Xia Li asked this, she immediately began to think seriously.
“That one over there,”
Lucia pointed her finger in the direction of the traffic light at the intersection, where a beautiful red car was parked.
“It makes a nice sound,” Lucia said.
Good heavens.
To be fair, Xia Li had always acknowledged the evil dragon’s good taste in beautiful things.
She had pointed out a Lamborghini Aventador.
This put a lot of pressure on him.
“Good eye,” Xia Li sighed.
Lucia must have heard the roar of the Aventador’s engine. Dragons had a very high ability to distinguish sounds.
After waiting for about ten minutes, the bus finally arrived.
Lucia was shocked by the steel behemoth in front of her, which was even taller than she was.
She raised her head and sighed sincerely.
“This… is so big.”
“It only costs two yuan to ride this thing?” Lucia’s face was filled with astonishment.
The human world was so strange. The rice cake they just ate cost three yuan, but riding such a big metal box only cost two yuan.
Was the metal box even less valuable than the rice cake?
“Because there are many people riding it, and it runs back and forth every day, its lifespan is about ten years. It’s not like the food we just ate, which is disposable.”
Xia Li explained and led Lucia onto the bus.
The rush hour bus was still terrifying. The crowded people and traffic were like waves, pushing this huge social machine to operate.
“Here, put the coins in.”
Xia Li pointed to the transparent money box inside the bus, signaling Lucia to throw the coins in. He then took out his phone and scanned the QR code to pay for his fare.
Lucia stood in front of the money box and carefully put the coins in one by one.
She stared at the coins, watching them ‘clink and clang’ as they fell into the deeper box.
Only after being urged by Xia Li to ‘hurry up and come in, don’t block the people behind you’ did she reluctantly leave.
It was rare to get two shiny things, and she had to hand them over before she could even warm them up.
This was the first time the evil dragon Lucia had ‘paid money’ in the human world.
This feeling was very novel and subtle.
The evil dragon, who had always relied on strength to grab things, once again had her views refreshed.
“…How can this metal box, this bus, hold so many people?”
Lucia was stunned when she entered the bus.
It was even more crowded inside than it looked from the outside. People were basically squeezed together, chest to back, with no empty space at all.
Xia Li moved forward with the crowd and came to the railing at the back door of the bus. He motioned for Lucia to come over and stand in front of him.
Lucia was squeezed against the railing with her back, and in front of her was the Brave Hero Xia Li’s firm chest.
As more and more people got on the bus, the two of them got closer and closer. Although Xia Li was already holding onto the handrail with one hand and trying his best not to squeeze Lucia, there were too many people behind him. Moreover, the bus had also started moving, and Xia Li’s body swayed like a duckweed with the movement of the vehicle, completely squeezing Lucia’s small body into the corner.
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Lucia suddenly felt a little nervous.
Perhaps it was because there were too many people and the air was too hot, Lucia felt her little heart pounding.
Damn it…
It was the first time she had been so close to the Brave Hero.
Too, too nervous.
Nervous in every sense of the word.
Fortunately, Xia Li didn’t have the Demon Repelling Sword in his hand right now, otherwise he only needed to slightly raise the sword, and she, a newly adult pureblood silver dragon, would be dead.
“It’s so hot…”
Lucia grabbed the railing with one hand and fanned her face with the other.
She didn’t have a mirror at hand, but Lucia knew her face must be a little red.
She raised her head and looked at Xia Li, who was a head taller than her.
The Brave Hero’s magnified face was so close to her own that she could perfectly touch his face if she just stood on tiptoe.
In the past, Lucia would have run away at the sight of this face, ah no, she would have bravely faced the challenge.
But now…
There was no escape, she even had to face this face for a long time.
The breath that the Brave Hero Xia Li exhaled had a slight sweetness of soy milk, which tickled Lucia’s face.
Lucia was forced to stare at Xia Li’s face. From this angle, she could even see the tiny hairs on his face.
Well, well, it was indeed a bit good-looking, but if she looked at it for too long…
Oh no, why was she so nervous??
Lucia didn’t know if it was because she had a natural sense of tension when encountering her natural enemy, Xia Li, or if it was for some other reason, but she could clearly feel her heartbeat accelerating.
“I’m going to be, I’m going to be squeezed flat.”
She looked away, pretending to casually admire the interior of the bus.
“Bear with it for a while, it’s just a few stops,” Xia Li said.
The morning rush hour was so troublesome. It was difficult to hail a taxi, and the bus was crowded… As for whether to ride a shared bike to the city center, Xia Li dismissed this thought as soon as it crossed his mind.
With Lucia’s rookie level, Xia Li would have to teach her how to ride.
Whether she could learn it or not was another matter. If Lucia fell, Xia Li would have to find a way to treat her.
It was definitely not possible to go to a human hospital. Xia Li wasn’t sure if the doctors would find anything unusual about Lucia’s body.
Even though Lucia’s body structure was now exactly the same as a human female’s, her bloodline was still that of a giant dragon.
What if they did a basic blood test and Lucia’s indicators were off the charts? She would be treated as a research subject.
…Should they go to a pet hospital?
That would be even more ridiculous.
Thinking of this, Xia Li suddenly realized that Lucia had a huge obstacle to living in modern society.
He must not let this evil dragon get sick.
Once she got sick, her identity was very likely to be exposed.
By then, forget about hiding a giant dragon in his apartment, Lucia would probably be handed over to the state.
“Chunbei Road is here. Passengers who need to get off, please exit from the back door…”
At this point, the sound of the bus arriving at the stop brought Xia Li back to his senses.
Just as he was about to call Lucia to get off, Xia Li looked down and saw Lucia, whose face was completely flushed, as red as a little monkey.
“Ahaha…”
Lucia’s head was smoking, and she kept fanning her neck with her hand.
“It’s so hot in here, Xia Li, let’s get off quickly.”