novelraw Chapter 196
Chapter 196
Chapter 196: Treat it with Dragon Saliva
“Little Lu, your boyfriend is here to pick you up from work again!”
“Mhm, mhm, I see him.”
“Be careful on the road, see you tomorrow.”
“Goodbye!”
*Click*.
The car door closed with a forceful thud, and a delicate little dragon slipped into the vehicle.
Lucia’s fair little face, always flushed after leaving the air-conditioned room, peeked out from behind her cotton jacket as she carefully climbed into the car, a half-eaten “Wang Wang Snow Cake” dangling from her lips.
Xia Li’s gaze fell upon the Stinky Dragon.
He didn’t recall packing any snacks for her to take to work; this snow cake must have been given to her by a colleague. “Here, for you!”
Stinky Dragon seemed to be in a good mood today.
The first thing she did upon entering the car was to meticulously fasten her seatbelt, then she spat out the half-eaten snow cake from her mouth and, holding it, stuffed it into Xia Li’s mouth.
“…”
Feeling the moist snack pressed against his lips, Xia Li opened his mouth and accepted it.
It had been tainted so many times already, one more time wouldn’t make a difference.
Besides, the dragon had managed to resist eating it all the way; it seemed she had saved it especially for him.
“Lu…”
Just as he was about to convey his thoughts to Lucia, she interrupted him.
“Xia Li,”
The outdoor temperature hadn’t cooled the blush on Lucia’s face; upon seeing Xia Li, the crimson on her cheeks deepened even further.
“My colleagues said… that you should be given some sweetness, otherwise you wouldn’t pursue me.”
“Huh??”
Xia Li hesitated for half a second before realizing what she was talking about.
“There’s such a saying?” Xia Li blinked.
“Yes.” Lucia, her face flushed, nodded weakly.
Her colleagues hadn’t actually said any such thing.
This was all Lucia’s own fabrication.
Xia Li had spoken so much to her and even confessed his feelings, yet she hadn’t given him a definite answer; she couldn’t possibly be expecting him to prove himself, could she?
Matters of ‘feelings’ couldn’t be sustained by just one person.
“Come here.”
Lucia beckoned with her finger.
“I’m coming!”
Xia Li unbuckled his seatbelt and pounced like a hungry tiger.
Lucia’s shoulders were small, her frame petite, but her flesh was soft, especially the part in front of her chest… pressing his head against it was like resting on the finest latex pillow in a furniture store, soft and yielding, making one want to sink right in.
“…”
“Alright, alright, move back.”
Xia Li felt a mosquito bite on his right cheek.
The sensation was so light that he even doubted whether Lucia had actually kissed him.
But when he raised his hand to touch his cheek, he could still feel a slightly damp trace.
“What are you doing…”
Lucia pushed the clinging Brave Hero away.
This shameless Brave Hero leaned in, rubbing his cheek against the spot Lucia had kissed.
The gesture resembled spreading jam on bread.
“Spread it evenly,” Xia Li said with closed eyes, enjoying the sensation, “Top-grade Dragon Saliva, can’t waste it.”
Lucia: “…”
“Meow…”
『Hold on, buddy, this is…』
A speechless meow suddenly came from the back seat of the car.
Lucia thought it was Mianhua and excitedly turned her head to look.
Instead, she saw a black and white cow cat sprawled in the middle, its tail twitching. The look it gave Xia Li was undeniably one of disdain.
“…Why did you bring Wuqi along?”
Lucia tugged at the corner of her clothes, glaring at Xia Li with embarrassment.
“I was just about to tell you.”
“Why didn’t you say so earlier!”
This dealt ten thousand points of damage to the already shy dragon.
She would never do such things with Xia Li in front of anyone…
It wasn’t because of shyness or feminine reserve, but because it would make her, the dragon, lose face.
“Meow.”
Seemingly sensing Lucia’s awkwardness, Wuqi turned his head to look out the window, pretending nothing had happened.
『Dragon Sis, we didn’t see anything. 』
“…What did he say?”
“He said he didn’t see anything.”
Unfortunately, Lucia couldn’t understand cat language, so after Xia Li’s translation, the meaning changed completely.
Lucia was utterly mortified.
She had lost so much face!
“Ahem…”
As the sole beneficiary, Xia Li cleared his throat, breaking the awkward silence.
While driving, he recounted the plan he had discussed with Wuqi that afternoon to Lucia.
Lucia finished work early, so the traffic wasn’t too heavy.
She listened quietly, glancing out the window occasionally and stealing glances at Xia Li.
Only when Xia Li drove into the residential complex and the car came to a slow stop, ensuring there was no danger, did Lucia speak.
“I disagree!”
“Why??”
Seeing the dragon listening so attentively, her eyes bright and focused, Xia Li had assumed she was contemplating it.
But it turned out this Stinky Dragon was just waiting for the car to stop before voicing her refusal.
“I don’t know that kind of magic!” Lucia said with a sniff.
“Impossible,” Xia Li immediately retorted, “You know far more magic than I do, and you’re a pureblood Silver Dragon with inherited memories. Your knowledge of magic is probably even greater than that of high-level mages on Azure Continent!”
“I don’t know it is I don’t know it!”
“That’s not what you said when you were bombarding me with magic back there!”
“I just don’t know it!”
Lucia grunted and pushed open the car door to get out.
Xia Li sighed and turned to look at Wuqi’s expression.
Wuqi also looked helpless.
『See? Dragon Sis has a lot more on her mind now…』
『If she doesn’t agree, it’s all for nothing. 』
Following the open car door, Wuqi nimbly jumped out.
『With me around, Dragon Sis can’t unleash her full potential, so I’ll retreat for now. You guys take your time to discuss it, I’ll come find you in a couple of days. 』
Wuqi didn’t have the leverage to argue with Lucia.
Given Lucia’s bloodline suppression, he probably wouldn’t dare to disobey her slightest word.
“…”
With Wuqi, the only one who could offer Xia Li advice, backing down, Xia Li felt less confident about the situation.
“Why not?”
Pressing the remote control with two beeps to lock the car doors, Xia Li quickened his pace to catch up with Lucia.
Lucia headed upstairs without looking back, taking out the key hanging around her neck to unlock the door.
This key was specially made for her by Xia Li, so she could let herself in if no one was home. Lucia treasured this house key; since she didn’t know where to keep it, she simply hung it around her neck, along with the Azure Continent gold coin.
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Kicking off her little leather shoes, Lucia, like most office workers, collapsed onto the sofa the moment she got home, slowly regaining her energy.
“Why won’t you do it?”
Xia Li still wouldn’t give up on this question, persistently pressing for an answer.
“Not enough magic power.”
Lucia lay on the sofa, one leg dangling, her sock-clad foot swaying gently.
“Then save up some more, and when you have enough, we’ll go.”
“Even if we tamper with their memories, it’s useless.”
“Why?” Xia Li still wouldn’t let it go.
“Because the magic will wear off,” Lucia said.
“Although memory-tampering magic can last forever, it’s like a mark that constantly consumes magic power. The stronger the mark, the more magic power it consumes every second… Earth has no magic power, so the magic will quickly lose its effect.”
Professor Lucia’s words shattered Xia Li’s fantasy.
“Once this magic disappears, the other person’s brain will instinctively sense something is wrong… If it’s a trivial matter, they might subconsciously ignore it, but as long as they have the slightest desire to seek the truth, it will be exposed.”
Lucia snorted and said, “Think about it, this world is full of electronic records. For them to inquire about something, it’s just a matter of moving their fingers… We have no guarantee that they’ll choose to ignore it.”
“Then what about using teleportation magic…” Xia Li thought for a moment and said, “I’ll go through the proper channels first, and then teleport you over.”
“Isn’t that the same problem you mentioned last time?”
Lucia rolled over on the sofa and felt a furry ball of fluff; her eyes lit up with surprise as she grabbed it and held it close.
“Meow!”
Mianhua, sleeping soundly, was suddenly caught in a dragon’s embrace and startled awake.
“I can’t store magic power within my body, and even if I went, I wouldn’t be able to open a teleportation circle. To activate teleportation magic… we need a two-way teleportation scroll,” Xia Li replied.
“Don’t you already know all this…”
There was a rare hint of sigh and helplessness in Lucia’s tone.
“Why suddenly take this risk?” she asked again.
“Take a guess?” Xia Li didn’t answer directly.
“Meow~”
Mianhua was being manhandled on the sofa, Lucia’s small nose rubbing against its white belly.
Xia Li was so envious that he wished he could join in.
“I know… it’s that thing again,” Lucia mumbled, her face buried in Mianhua’s fur.
That bad Brave Hero.
Always thinking about tricking the Silver Dragon stranded on Earth into becoming his wife…
So bad.
She had just told him to prove himself, and he was already starting to do so.
But that wasn’t the kind of “proving” she had in mind.
“Come here…”
Lucia scooted over on the sofa, letting the ruffled Mianhua escape, and beckoned to Xia Li.
Xia Li walked over and sat down beside her on the sofa.
To his surprise, Lucia reached out and gently hugged him from behind.
Lucia was wearing a loose white sweater, her body soft against Xia Li’s back.
Her arms were slender and fair, the tips of her fingers peeking out from the sweater sleeves, shyly curled up like the expression on her face.
Lucia hesitated for a moment, then tightened her embrace, nuzzling her nose against Xia Li’s clothes.
“What are you doing? I haven’t been to the supermarket today, nor have I been in contact with any females… If there’s a scent, it can only be the smell of female cats from Wuqi.”
“Hmph, I’m not smelling you… You were clearly hoping I’d do this just now,” Lucia said in a tiny voice.
“Just now?”
“When I was cuddling Mianhua,” Lucia said, “You had such an envious look on your face, so I thought I’d indulge you.”
“…”
Xia Li was stunned for a moment, then felt an unprecedented sense of contentment.
So that was it…
How wonderful.
Blissful.
If Wuqi ever asked him again what the meaning of being with Lucia was, Xia Li, besides answering “companionship,” would probably also tell him about his current feelings, at this very moment.
“Lucia, you’re so good to me today!” Xia Li exclaimed from the bottom of his heart.
This morning she was still talking about making him prove himself…
Who was actually doing the proving here?
Lucia didn’t reply.
After hugging Xia Li for a while, she let go and picked up the remote to turn on the TV.
Lucia had learned how to connect her phone to the TV for screen mirroring.
Before, she could only watch her favorite TV shows on her phone, as they weren’t available on TV, but she found the small screen uncomfortable.
Now, with screen mirroring, this problem was perfectly solved.
So good.
Human technology was truly amazing!
Lucia couldn’t imagine how she would spend her boring time back on Azure Continent without any technological inventions.
“You’ve been so good to me today, why not go the extra mile and give me a little more?”
Xia Li was truly shameless.
He was easily satisfied with Lucia, yet never truly satisfied.
“What do you want? Tell me.”
Lucia opened a pack of biscuits, looking down at her phone to find something to watch on Bilibili.
“I want that again.”
“Which one?”
Xia Li parted his lips slightly, pointing at his mouth.
“My mouth feels a bit off lately, I might have a mouth ulcer,” Xia Li said.
Lucia, using her recently acquired medical knowledge, quickly thought of a solution.
“Use vitamins, it’ll get better soon.”
Humans were also a type of animal; in a sense, using methods to treat animals on humans could work too.
Don’t underestimate the veterinary intern!
“Maybe using Dragon Saliva would be better,” Xia Li said.
“…”
Lucia stopped nibbling on her biscuit and looked up at Xia Li.
In the past, she would have fallen for it.
But times had changed.
This Brave Hero underestimated her; did he still think she was the easily fooled dragon who had just arrived on Earth?
“Do you have any other discomforts? I’ll take a look at them all together.”
Lucia didn’t comment, popping the half-eaten biscuit into her mouth and crunching it.
Xia Li’s gaze fell on Lucia’s sharp little canines.
At first glance, these small, pointed teeth were just a common feature of human teeth; their presence in a young girl’s mouth was a symbol of sweet cuteness and deadly charm.
But on Lucia, Xia Li knew, these were dragon teeth that could inflict painful bites.
“Can I mention other places too?” Xia Li hesitated.
Lucia continued eating her biscuit: “How would I know where if you don’t tell me?”
After that, they both fell silent for a while.
Suddenly, as if remembering something, Lucia’s lips parted slightly, and the half-eaten biscuit fell from her mouth.
“What are you thinking!”
Flustered, she grabbed a pillow and hurled it at him.
The pillow hit Xia Li squarely between the eyebrows, almost knocking him off his feet.
“I wasn’t thinking anything, I haven’t even said anything!!”