novelraw Chapter 161
Chapter 161
Chapter 161: Meeting the Great Humans!
After quickly slicing the pork that Lucia had requested into thin strips, Xia Li added some cornstarch and shredded ginger to marinate it.
Wiping his hands, Xia Li turned to the evil dragon behind him.
“Done.”
The evil dragon had nearly pressed her face against Xia Li’s cutting board.
The hero’s skills were useless on Earth, but just this knife skill… had already defeated 99.9% of humans, right?
Not only were the shredded meat pieces neat and uniform, but their length was also just right, allowing Lucia to eat a chopstick-full in one bite.
“No wonder you can slay a mixed-scale dragon with one slash…”
The evil dragon muttered.
“Yes, one slash for a little silver dragon.” Xia Li flicked her on the head.
The evil dragon shrank her neck and hurriedly covered the scales on her face.
Leaving the kitchen for the evil dragon to explore, Xia Li returned to his computer.
He then remembered that he hadn’t replied to Mrs. Fang’s message.
Clicking it open, he found that two people had sent him messages.
One was from Old Xia, Xia Yuanjun. The other was from Fang Xia, Mrs. Fang.
The content of their messages was roughly the same.
Old Xia: 『Birthday Cake.JPG』
Mrs. Fang: Happy birthday, son!
Then came the unremarkable transfer of two thousand yuan.
Adhering to the philosophy of raising sons frugally and daughters lavishly, Xia Li’s allowance as a child wasn’t much. After becoming an adult and entering university, he insisted on being self-reliant, learning from his senior schoolmates and striving to be independent. He would never ask his family for a penny if he could earn it himself.
The old couple often wanted to give their son pocket money, but they didn’t want to hurt his pride.
Now that they had a legitimate reason, coupled with Xia Li having a girlfriend, the old couple each sent a red envelope.
Xia Li understood his parents’ good intentions.
This was how his family was, rarely expressing their feelings verbally, but rather through subtle actions.
If it were Xia Li during his teenage years, he would have just taken the money and said “thank you, Mom.” But today was different. Xia Li picked up his phone and took the initiative to chat with Mrs. Fang.
Summer Dawn: Mom, you got the date wrong.
Mrs. Fang: I didn’t get it wrong, wasn’t it yesterday?
Summer Dawn: Yeah, but yesterday is over!
Mrs. Fang: I was playing mahjong yesterday and forgot.
Fang Xia admitted it frankly, leaving Xia Li speechless.
Summer Dawn: What’s the difference between forgetting and getting the date wrong??
Summer Dawn: This day was the most painful day of your life.
Xia Li sent back two messages. Fang Xia probably didn’t expect her son to say the last sentence.
The “typing…” indicator quickly disappeared, and she deleted her first reply, instead starting to respond to the second one.
Xia Li opened the red envelope interface and generously sent back a five hundred yuan red envelope to Mrs. Fang.
Summer Dawn: Mom, twenty-three years ago today, you suffered.
Growing up in an ordinary Chinese family that wasn’t good at expressing emotions, it was very difficult to express these feelings verbally. Many words were kept bottled up inside, never spoken.
For such families, using subtle actions to convey their feelings was the only thing they knew how to do.
However, often at times like this, not only could they not accurately express their meaning, but they would also be misunderstood.
Family conflicts were basically formed this way.
Xia Li had already gone through this awkward and difficult way of expressing himself.
After returning to Earth, he not only learned a lot of skills, but also learned how to say these things out loud.
To Lucia, and to his parents.
Mrs. Fang didn’t reply for a while. Guessing that she might be secretly wiping away tears, Xia Li couldn’t help but smile.
Mrs. Fang: What do you mean today’s yesterday!
Summer Dawn: Because you got the date wrong.
Mrs. Fang: I didn’t get it wrong. Today, twenty-three years ago, I could never forget this day!
After a short pause, Mrs. Fang sent a grimacing emoji.
Mrs. Fang: Your dad said he had a hard time too.
Mrs. Fang: He just said you’ve grown up and he’s very envious of me.
Mrs. Fang: Why don’t you tell him too?
“Buzz…”
Another chat window popped up on Xia Li’s phone.
It was from Old Xia.
Old Xia: I didn’t.
Sigh, why was this old man still so tsundere?
Xia Li chuckled and sent a message to Xia Yuanjun as well.
Summer Dawn: Dad, you worked hard too.
Summer Dawn: I heard I gave you a lot of trouble when I was little.
After waiting for a while, Xia Yuanjun didn’t respond.
Xia Li knew that Old Xia was like this, very tsundere. If he complimented him, he would feel awkward.
He was probably blushing and watering the flowers or playing with the goldfish right now.
Even though words could only convey limited emotions, no matter how powerful the words were, when read silently, they would be flattened by the emotionless Microsoft Yahei font.
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But it was still much better than silence, leaving him to guess blindly.
Mrs. Fang: What did you say to your dad?
Summer Dawn: What’s wrong with him?
Mrs. Fang: In the middle of winter, he insists on changing the water in the fish tank, I can’t stop him.
Summer Dawn: Hahaha…
Well, it was pretty much what Xia Li had guessed.
Mrs. Fang: Let’s talk business.
Perhaps due to some kind of bloodline suppression, the moment Xia Li saw these three words from Mrs. Fang, the smile on his face froze.
A bit scary…
These three words were no less intimidating than his mom calling his full name with a cold face.
It would completely paralyze Xia Li in place.
Summer Dawn: You say…
Xia Li stopped being flippant, even straightening his back, which had been leaning against the gaming chair.
Mrs. Fang: Last time you said you wanted me and your dad to come see Little Lu. Your dad can take a few days off. How about it, is it convenient for you? 『Smile』『Smile』
Fang Xia’s smiling emojis made Xia Li’s heart hair stand on end.
If he said “it’s not convenient” at this time, the next emoji she sent would be a bloody knife, right?
Besides, Xia Li didn’t have a job now. In his parents’ eyes, he was just a lazy, unemployed bum.
It was hard to refuse.
“Lucia!”
Lucia, who was busy in the kitchen dealing with the bag of vegetables from last night, heard Xia Li calling.
She quickly came over and poked her head out from the door frame.
“Hmm?”
“My mom said she wants to come see us,” Xia Li said.
“Oh…” Lucia pondered for a moment, trying to remember who the hero’s mother was.
“It’s that great human!”
“Well, it should be two great humans,” Xia Li said, “My dad is coming too.”
“Another great human!”
Although Lucia hadn’t met Xia Yuanjun face-to-face, he had been to their house before. She had been hiding under the covers the whole time, listening to the sounds… He was a man with heavy footsteps.
“My parents, do… do you want to meet them?”
He felt a little embarrassed saying this.
They had only confessed their feelings to each other not long ago, and they hadn’t even taken the step of officially confirming their relationship, right?
They were just naturally getting closer and closer, hugging and kissing every day. Although it was basically Xia Li who was taking the initiative, both sides had already tacitly agreed to the relationship of “lovers.”
Even if Lucia didn’t care about the steps of human courtship, this development was too fast…
Meeting the parents so soon!
This stinky dragon had no idea what it meant to meet the hero’s parents.
“Okay.”
Lucia didn’t hesitate at all.
“Aren’t you nervous?”
Xia Li pulled her small hand over and wiped the water droplets on his clothes.
Lucia shook her head and then nodded, then made a tiny gesture with her fingers.
“A little bit.”
She was indeed a little bit nervous.
Thinking that they might be humans even greater than the hero, Lucia’s heart tightened, not knowing how to deal with them.
“What… what should I do?”
“You don’t have to do anything, we’ll rehearse beforehand.”
Xia Li picked up his phone and replied to Fang Xia’s message.
After sending a simple “Okay,” Fang Xia, as if afraid Xia Li would go back on his word, immediately sent another message, finalizing the matter.
Mrs. Fang: I’ve told your dad.
Mrs. Fang: We’ll be there tomorrow.
Summer Dawn: …
Xia Li slapped his forehead.
Oh no, there wouldn’t be enough time to rehearse.
The little evil dragon beside him was still just a rookie dragon whose social skills were at the starting stage and had only made one friend!