novelraw Chapter 195
Chapter 195
Chapter 195: I Disagree!
After arriving home, Xia Li sat alone on the sofa, lost in thought.
Lucia’s words, “It depends on your performance~,” were etched in his heart like a brand, leaving a deep mark.
Performance?
What kind of performance?
Following the dragon’s way of thinking, Xia Li should act strong and reliable, have a mountain of gold coins, and, as Lucia mentioned last time, she likes to watch fire-breathing.
But the current situation was clearly not like that.
This dragon no longer had the traditional dragon mindset. She was deeply influenced by society, and now, both in appearance and inner thoughts, she was infinitely close to a modern woman.
Sigh…
A woman’s heart is hard to fathom. Xia Li was not a love expert; he had no experience in relationships.
He only had one way to make Lucia happy, and that was “food”…
It didn’t seem difficult to satisfy Lucia just by relying on “food.”
『Your mouth is curled up just like the Smug God of War. 』
Amidst his thoughts, a black shadow walked in from the balcony.
It was a sunny and breezy day, and the branches outside the window had already sprouted some emerald green buds under the warm sun.
With schools starting one after another, the afternoon in the residential complex returned to its peaceful and tranquil state.
In front of Xia Li, Wuqi tucked in his black tail and sat upright on the ground, licking his paws.
『I was watching an old man fishing by the lake a few days ago. 』
He looked up at Xia Li and then continued to lick his cat paws.
“And then?”
Xia Li didn’t understand what this guy was suddenly talking about. He looked at him, waiting for him to continue.
『And then, the old man would throw the fish he caught to us stray cats. 』
“And then?”
『And then, your expression is exactly the same as those fish that bite the hook. 』 Wuqi said flatly.
Xia Li choked.
After all that, this damn cat just wanted to say this??
『Where’s your girlfriend?』
Looking around the living room, Wuqi didn’t see the terrifying… yet petite human girl.
He listened carefully, but there seemed to be no movement from the bedroom either.
“She went to work.”
Xia Li leaned back, nestled on the sofa, looking utterly defeated.
Wuqi noticed something was off and organized the key information in his mind.
『Dragon Sister, work…』
How could these two words be put together??
A giant dragon from another world…
Working?!
This brother just took a giant dragon from another world to work?!
Speaking of which, shouldn’t a dragon’s “job” be to rule the world?
“Have you forgotten? Last time you went to the pet hospital with me and introduced Lucia to be an intern.”
Seeing the cat’s confused look, Xia Li explained.
These words did awaken Wuqi’s memory.
『Oh, that did happen… Too many things have happened recently, I can’t remember them all. 』
“Also, she’s not my girlfriend anymore.”
“Meow??”
Wuqi was startled. His first reaction was that his brother and Dragon Sister had a fight.
But looking at the Smug God of War smile on his brother’s face, he felt that wasn’t the case.
『It’s only been a while, you guys…』
“She’s my wife now.”
“Meow?!”
Another meow. Wuqi’s cry even startled Mianhua, who was sleeping on Xia Li.
Mianhua jumped off Xia Li’s lap and walked over to Wuqi, sniffing him.
Perhaps not liking the unfamiliar scent, Mianhua’s eyes narrowed, and she raised her paw, tapping Wuqi’s forehead twice like striking a wooden fish.
『What the heck?!』
Before he could stop Mianhua, Wuqi was stunned by Xia Li’s words.
『Really, bro?!』
“It’s really fake.”
“Meow??”
『So is it real or fake??』
“She almost agreed.”
『Isn’t this celebrating before the game is over?!』
“…”
Xia Li gave him a cold stare, and Wuqi shut his mouth, sticking out his tongue to lick himself randomly.
Touched his brother’s sore spot?
It made sense.
This brother wanted to marry Dragon Sister three months ago, but he had been struggling to figure out her identity.
“Time to shoot the video.”
Xia Li suddenly remembered that he hadn’t sent the follow-up video to the hospital this month.
Now that Lucia was working at the hospital, he had to be more proactive about this kind of thing. Otherwise, if Lucia’s colleagues asked about it, it would be difficult for her to explain.
After thinking about it, Xia Li decided to film Wuqi’s video and send it to Lucia, asking her to forward it to her colleagues. This way, he could also promote the relationship between colleagues…
“How many months has it been since you last bathed?”
Turning on the camera, Xia Li saw the cow cat in the camera, covered in little white dots and even with cobwebs tangled in his tail, and he was filled with disgust.
Wuqi was licking the fur on his back, and when he heard this, he turned around and said: 『Isn’t this bathing?』
As he finished speaking, his vision went dark as Xia Li lifted him up.
“Let’s go take a bath.”
Xia Li’s tone was unquestionable, as if he wanted to get back at Wuqi for his earlier teasing.
“Meowww!”
Wuqi screamed.
『No, not this, anything but this!』
『Dragon Sister isn’t home, and you’re doing this to me, I’m going to tell her!』
With a “splash.”
Hot water gushed from the showerhead, and Wuqi struggled in Xia Li’s hand like a drowned rat.
“Meow?”
Mianhua sat at the bathroom door, tilting her head, watching the horrifying cat-washing scene.
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One hour later.
Wuqi, who had been thoroughly tormented, lay limply on the ground, letting Xia Li mess with his smooth fur with a hairdryer.
『Bro, I didn’t expect you to last for an hour, you’re so persistent… I’m about to foam at the mouth and see hearts in my eyes. 』
Xia Li ignored the saucy cat’s teasing.
When Lucia was home, this guy knew there was a girl present and would be more reserved.
Now that he was the only man at home, Wuqi chose to let loose.
“Let me ask you something.”
Feeling that the fur was almost dry, Xia Li raised his phone again and started filming Wuqi.
After the bath, Wuqi looked much cleaner and fresher than before, when he looked like he had no one to care for him.
“Meow~”
With his tail raised, Wuqi began to strike poses, very cooperatively showing off various poses.
He lay on his side, stretching his front legs seductively, his hind legs straight, his whole body arched like a bow, his pink barbed tongue sticking out, playfully licking his nose.
If you looked at him as an ordinary cat, you could describe him as “cute.”
But thinking that this cat had human intelligence, Xia Li had only one word to describe him: a minx.
In the end, Xia Li didn’t send this saucy video to Lucia, but directly to the hospital. The hospital’s response was: Cute, you’re taking good care of him!
『Go ahead, what did you want to ask me?』
After completing the follow-up task, Wuqi lay on the ground, sniffing his paws.
He smelled nice, just like Little Mianhua, not bad, not bad.
“I’m buying two plane tickets to the Pacific Ocean. There’s a small country where you can directly immigrate and get citizenship for only 100,000 yuan.”
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Xia Li’s voice suddenly became serious.
This forced Wuqi to put aside his random thoughts.
『Where did you hear that?』
“I read it online.”
『You believe Baidu?』
“What else can I do? I have no other channels to get this information now, I can only try it myself.”
Wuqi was silent for a moment: 『Have you applied for a visa?』
“No, but I don’t need to.”
『Huh?』
“Lucia doesn’t have an ID card anyway, she can’t book a ticket. I’ll figure out a way to use magic to fudge it…”
『Wait, hold on. 』
Wuqi interrupted Xia Li’s series of dangerous statements.
『Didn’t you say, don’t use magic to solve problems, magic will eventually have loopholes, so use modern methods to solve them?』
“Yeah, I said that before, but now I’m desperate.”
Xia Li continued, “Don’t you have precognitive abilities? I’ll take you with me, and if anything happens, you can tell me in advance so I can deal with it.”
As he spoke, Xia Li’s gaze glanced at the Demon Repelling Sword placed on the balcony.
He would take the Demon Repelling Sword too.
『Precognition… My precognition only lasts for three seconds! And, you know, it’s just for trivial things. And I can’t control what I see, it’s completely random! With such a slim chance, does it even matter if I have precognitive abilities or not, meow?!』
Seeing Xia Li so anxious, Wuqi became anxious too, even revealing his verbal tic.
『It would be fine in my time, but what era is it now? How can you get away with it? Whether it’s mind control magic or memory manipulation magic, even if you can activate it on a large scale, how can you escape electronic surveillance… You might be caught as a spy in minutes, meow!!』
“…”
Xia Li stared at Wuqi intently.
These words did calm him down from his impulsive state.
『Don’t take it out on me, the kitty is innocent, meow…』
Wuqi was afraid that his good brother would suddenly become hot-headed…
Men always do stupid things sometimes.
Silence fell in the living room for a moment, as both man and cat calmed down.
“Meow ha…”
Wuqi sighed and asked in a different tone.
『Why are you in such a hurry?』
“Because I really want to marry her.” Xia Li said firmly.
Wuqi didn’t want to be sarcastic, but he looked at Xia Li deeply, hesitated for a long time, and finally said the words he had been holding back for a long time.
『Bro, she doesn’t belong to this world. 』
“I know…”
『She’s a dragon. 』
“I know.”
『You will die. 』
“…”
“All living things die.”
『You know that’s not what I meant. 』
Wuqi sat on the ground, looking up at Xia Li, who was standing at the balcony door.
The sunlight streaming in from outside stretched the shadows of the man and the cat long. Xia Li was clearly standing in the light, but he felt as if an invisible shadow was engulfing him.
『It seems you’ve thought it through…』
Looking at those black eyes, filled with fear but still resolute, Wuqi was touched.
Sometimes people are so stubborn, once they set their mind on a path, they won’t turn back.
And he was not going to turn back.
『Have you made up your mind?』
“Yes.”
『But why do you have to get an ID card? You’ve been living fine without one… Now Dragon Sister has found a job, this is undoubtedly a good start for you, why break this peace?』
“Because she cares about the identity issue.”
『Isn’t it you who cares?』
“I don’t care, but she… feels that not getting a marriage certificate with me is unfair to me.”
Xia Li organized his words and continued, “She wasn’t afraid of what others thought before, but now that she understands this society, she’s starting to fear how others will see me.
She’s afraid that I’ll be mocked by relatives and looked down upon by friends.”
Saying this, a wry smile appeared on Xia Li’s lips.
When he was constantly trying to get Lucia to integrate into society, Xia Li never considered this issue.
Now that Lucia cared about these things, it was Xia Li who became anxious.
In fact, there were signs of this from the New Year’s incident, when Lucia deliberately lost to him in an arm-wrestling match in front of his friends.
Lucia’s thinking was slowly maturing…
“Meow…”
Wuqi let out a sad meow and lowered his head, his cat ears drooping.
Damn, cat hair got in my eyes, I can’t see clearly.
His brother and Dragon Sister had such a good relationship, loving each other so carefully…
Wuqi closed his eyes, as if he could see the silver dragon girl, who had sheathed all her sharp dragon scales, entangled by blood-colored thorns, but still walking towards Xia Li step by step.
It was so enviable.
He would do the same.
He would go through fire and water!
“Meow…”
『This society is so cruel. 』
“Meow?!”
Wuqi’s face showed sadness, and Mianhua, a fellow feline, seemed to sense this emotion.
Little Mianhua, who had gained four pounds, walked over. Her paws were no longer skinny, and even her paw pads had become plump.
Patting Wuqi’s head, Mianhua comforted the old cow cat.
“Meow!”
『Little Mianhua, would you be sad if I died?』
“Meow?”
『But, as a cat, I lived for eighteen years in another world and three years on Earth, a total of twenty-one years, which is a miracle on Earth… Maybe the hero and the silver dragon also have a miracle?』
Cat hair really got in my eyes.
Wuqi raised his paw to rub his eyes, his heart hardening.
『Memory tampering, brainwashing magic, let’s do it!』
『I’ve even defeated monsters in another world, will I be afraid of electronic eyes in modern society?!』
Wuqi looked like he was ready to roll up his sleeves and get to work, but he wasn’t even wearing clothes. His two cat paws rubbed against his arms, looking utterly comical.
The man and the cat discussed this matter for the whole afternoon.
They even made a plan.
Mianhua was interested at first, watching from the side, imitating Wuqi’s actions, stretching out her little paw to poke at Xia Li’s phone. Later, she got bored and fell asleep on Xia Li’s lap, belly up.
After their discussion, they set their sights on a peaceful small country in the Pacific Ocean.
However, since all the magic power was in Lucia, what magic could be used depended on her situation, so they could only plan half of it, and the other half had to be discussed with Lucia.
Xia Li left home half an hour early and took Wuqi with him to pick up Lucia from work.
As soon as Lucia got in the car and heard the plan of the hero and the cow cat, she felt dizzy.
She had only been away from Xia Li for half a day, and both Xia Li and Wuqi had gone crazy?!
Was it Xia Li’s turn to “rebel” today??
“I disagree!”
The dragon delivered her final verdict.