novelraw Chapter 216
Chapter 216
Chapter 216: Marking Territory
It turns out that the previous phrase ‘washing dishes to pay off debts’ wasn’t a joke, Qin Chuan really was kept behind.
This guy is very quick with his hands and feet, he’s not the least bit shy about clearing dishes and cleaning, he just grabbed a rag and started working.
It’s really hard to find young people in big cities who are both diligent and hardworking like this, the restaurant boss also gave Qin Chuan high praise.
“This kind of small restaurant has few staff, so there are many things to do… but on the other hand, the time is more flexible, and the human touch is stronger than in those big restaurants and hotels.”
After the lunchtime rush of customers left, the remaining task was to run errands and deliver food.
The Boss’s Wife asked Qin Chuan to deliver something, Qin Chuan didn’t say a word and set off on the tricycle at the door, while Xia Li followed behind him at a leisurely pace.
It’s hard to imagine that an hour ago they entered the door as customers, just ordinary people coming to eat a meal. An hour later, Qin Chuan officially started working, directly getting to work.
The Boss’s Wife is a straightforward person, once the terms were negotiated and Qin Chuan’s identity information was kept, it was considered as hiring him.
Qin Chuan adapted very quickly, doing what he was told without any hesitation. Only Xia Li felt a bit out of place.
After he returned to Earth, he was cautious about everything, feeling like he had to take things slowly and prepare before doing anything.
He didn’t know if this was a good habit or a bad habit.
“Well, it’s fine, I used to do all sorts of things…”
Qin Chuan pedaled the tricycle with his feet, occasionally checking the map on his phone, looking like he had completely entered work mode.
Xia Li decided to follow him for a while and see how things went.
He didn’t want Qin Chuan to be exploited by the boss, bullied by colleagues, or made things difficult by customers, leading to some world-weary thoughts again.
But…
After these two days of getting to know him, Xia Li actually felt that Qin Chuan’s personality was very good in all aspects. If the people and things he encountered weren’t so extreme, he wouldn’t have made such a choice.
“Eh? New here?”
Arriving at the destination, Qin Chuan held the packaged meals from the tricycle in his hand, someone was already waiting, and they smoothly took the food into their hands.
This was at a nail salon, only two hundred meters away from the restaurant, it should be a regular customer of that small eatery.
“Yes, I just came today, I should be responsible for delivering food around here from now on.”
Qin Chuan forced a smile on his face, handed several boxes of rice to the customer, thought for a moment, then picked up the remaining plastic boxes and took the initiative to deliver them into the store.
This nail salon is quite big, they probably ordered a group meal, there were a total of seven or eight dishes and ten portions of rice scattered around, when Qin Chuan came out, a girl even smiled and saw him off.
“Thanks, handsome, take it slow~”
“You’re welcome, it’s my job.”
Qin Chuan, with a straight face, returned to the tricycle and went on to the next delivery.
“Meow.”
『Quite popular. 』
Wuqi looked up at Xia Li with some envy, then at Qin Chuan.
At first glance, the two looked quite similar, but Xia Li’s eyes were sharper, he was a spirited and flamboyant young man, while Qin Chuan was the type who was stern and reserved…
But it’s hard to say, people like Qin Chuan are usually secretly passionate, once you get to know them well, it’s hard to say what kind of passionate heart lies beneath that meticulous facade.
Wuqi was lost in thought, looking down at his cat paws, still feeling very envious.
『For those of you chosen to be heroes, there must be a threshold of good looks, right?』
『In the other world, is it also easy for you to capture the hearts of girls?』
Xia Li didn’t respond to this, instead, he thought of something else.
“Want to add her on WeChat?”
“Whose WeChat?”
Qin Chuan was pedaling the tricycle, his speed was not fast, just enough for Xia Li to keep up with him at a leisurely pace.
“That female customer from just now, you can communicate with them for usual food deliveries, maybe you can even chat about something.” Xia Li said without thinking.
Qin Chuan looked at him, with a startled expression.
Xia Li suddenly felt alert: “You’re not… not interested in girls, are you?”
“Meow?”
『Brother, you smell so good?』
Seeing Xia Li’s strange expression, Qin Chuan quickly clarified the misunderstanding.
“No, it’s just that I haven’t even settled down myself yet, I’m not considering other things… As for communicating with customers, that’s the Boss’s Wife’s responsibility, it’s not good for me to get close to customers like this when I just started working.”
Qin Chuan’s explanation was well-reasoned, he had his own concerns.
Xia Li pondered for a while, then asked a question that was neither here nor there.
“Do you have someone you like?”
“I don’t!”
“Looking at this reaction, you probably do.”
Xia Li didn’t understand these lovey-dovey things before, but now he understands them very well.
This Qin Chuan’s reaction doesn’t look simple.
It looks exactly like the embarrassed look of a student caught in a puppy love by a teacher.
So innocent!
“Really don’t.”
Qin Chuan shook his head in denial, stepping on the tricycle to deliver to the next house.
Xia Li said goodbye to him at the intersection.
Today’s follow-up was complete, Qin Chuan was completely settled, he was ready to go home and do his own things.
The pressure of studying and exams was still on his head, although Qin Chuan’s appearance could speed up Xia Li’s plan, Xia Li’s goal would not change.
“Meow?”
『You’re in such a hurry to find Brother Qin a girlfriend and settle him down?』
『That’s true… He’s quite pitiful alone in this society, if he could have someone he loves to depend on, at least life would be more hopeful. 』
Wuqi thought he had guessed Xia Li’s thoughts correctly.
But Xia Li wasn’t that noble, his mind was full of only one thing…
“Say, after people fall in love, do their emotions fluctuate easily?”
Walking home through the streets and alleys, Xia Li spoke as he walked.
“I used to be like him, very indifferent to the things around me, but after Lucia appeared, my mood every day is like a roller coaster, any joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness is affected by her every move.”
“Meow.”
After listening, Wuqi sighed like a cat.
He could understand why Xia Li was in a hurry.
This brother has been thinking about opening the door to another world for half a year.
This matter is not only related to Dragon Sister returning to her hometown, but also an important step for Dragon Sister to obtain an ID card and become Xia Li’s wife.
It’s a pity that he, a cat, can’t help, now that they’ve finally found a clear path, they must seize it.
『That makes sense…』
『Wait until he gets off work, then you and Dragon Sister can study it together. 』
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Pet Family Pet Hospital.
Master Lu had just finished two hours of surgery and was so tired that she lay sprawled on the bench like a fish.
Actually, she didn’t need to do anything in the operating room, after all, she was just a small intern without a license, she wasn’t qualified to operate, she could only watch from the side.
The attending physician was kind-hearted, knowing that Lucia was good at traditional medicine, this kind of technology-assisted technique was not her forte, so he let her watch and learn more.
But Lucia didn’t think there was anything to learn.
Standing there doing nothing felt like she was being punished.
This kind of surgery not only requires a wealth of knowledge and clinical experience as a foundation, but also requires precise medical technology. For Lucia, learning them was like learning math.
Math doesn’t lie, if you can’t learn it, you can’t learn it.
Not only could she not learn it, but the process of learning also constantly tested Lucia’s patience.
The sight of blood and flesh being cut open made the other nurses feel squeamish and unable to look directly, only Lucia would think of the sashimi that Xia Li took her to eat that day.
Gulp…
No, no.
This is not good.
Other pet doctors are kind-hearted and love small animals… What does it mean for her to crave the patients?
She has been restraining her dragon nature for a long time, how could she be interested in flesh and blood.
Lucia hooked her right foot with her left foot, stood by the operating table and secretly swallowed her saliva.
But she couldn’t be distracted in the operating room, at least she had to look serious.
One round of surgery lasted an hour, Lucia stood guard for two rounds, and finally got through the morning.
“Sigh~”
The evil dragon lay on the bench and sighed.
It’s really not easy to make money.
It’s even more difficult to save enough small gold coins to buy a new lair.
The difficulty of earning small money in human society is even more difficult than conquering the world…
She didn’t know how Xia Li had supported them, one dragon, one person, and one cat before.
He even confidently promised that she could leave all the financial matters to him.
Several million!
…If we can’t afford a big lair in the future, a small one would be fine; there’s not much difference between ten yuan per jin of rice and three yuan per jin of rice; a small car that can’t make a nice sound and a car that roars like an ox are both four-wheeled means of transportation…
Lucia is not picky.
She has already thought about it, if their financial ability is not enough, then they will lower their living standards.
Anyway, the modern social environment is good, no matter how bad it is, it’s better than her living environment in Azure Continent.
As a fallback, if they don’t choose to change lairs, it’s also fine to live in this old lair.
It’s just that if it’s used to incubate eggs… it will be colder in winter.
Thinking of this, Lucia shook her head, her small face had turned rosy at some point.
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She’s not even a dragon wife yet, how can she start thinking about being a dragon mother!
Looking down at her clean little hands.
Lucia brought them close to her nose and sniffed.
Well, there’s no strange smell, she didn’t touch the scalpel at all today.
There’s a hint of Xia Li’s scent.
Lucia’s fair right hand half-clenched in the air, her slender fingers curled up, leaving a cylindrical gap in the middle of her palm.
It seemed as if she was gesturing according to the shape in her memory…
The fingers should be more relaxed, the diameter a little longer… Yes, about like this.
“Little Lu~”
“Ahhhhhhh!”
A gentle voice suddenly came from behind, Lucia was so frightened that her dragon body trembled, her neck stiffened as if she had a stiff neck, she turned her head stiffly.
“…Wh-what’s wrong?”
Her dragon heart was pounding.
Lucia felt like she had been caught doing something bad.
But she didn’t do anything bad!
“…The director said there aren’t many appointments this afternoon, so he let those of us who have been in the operating room all morning get off work early. We’re going to Wanda Plaza next door to buy some milk tea, do you want to go?”
The nurse who spoke was very familiar with Lucia, they usually chatted well, and Lucia learned many of her ways of slacking off from her.
“Milk tea…”
Lucia’s eyes lit up, girls all like this kind of sweet stuff, Lucia, as a foodie dragon, also likes it very much.
But Xia Li said.
She can’t go out casually during work hours, if she really needs to go out for something, she has to send a text message to Xia Li to report it.
Xia Li said there are many bad people outside, and Lucia, a dragon, is easily deceived when she goes out.
Lucia knows that humans are cunning. In the past, in Azure Continent, there were countless dragons who were fooled by humans, so she obediently followed this rule.
“I-I, I won’t go.” Lucia shook her head.
“Alright then.”
The nurse didn’t bother too much, she took the two girls on her left and right out for some fresh air.
Lucia’s surroundings became quiet, the afternoon customer flow was much less, the attending physician was taking a nap in his office, the receptionist at the front desk was browsing short videos and couldn’t stop smiling.
In the birdcage above her head, a small thrush chirped incessantly.
Lucia took out her phone, feeling a bit lonely.
She actually wanted to go out and play with her colleagues too…
But Xia Li, that big bad guy, ignored her all morning, the messages she sent all sank like stones into the sea.
Taking out her phone, Lucia stared at the chat interface, her face puffed up with anger.
She was thinking about Xia Li all the time, but Xia Li didn’t miss her at all!
So angry!
“Little Lu!”
“What’s wrong?”
The receptionist called out, thinking there was some new work to be done, Lucia stood up and walked towards the door.
“Your boyfriend is here!” the receptionist shouted.
Lucia stood there dumbfounded, looking at the tall figure outside the door.
Xia Li was wearing a dark blue top, a white shirt underneath, and khaki trousers. His originally sturdy figure was made slender by the loose trouser legs, he looked clean and sunny.
The kind of guy who could make a girl cry for a long time with one punch.
Lucia thought to herself.
“Is this Little Lu’s boyfriend?”
There was a new receptionist at the front desk. Since Xia Li had been waiting for Lucia in the car recently and rarely came upstairs, she was seeing Lucia’s legendary boyfriend for the first time.
“Indeed… good-looking.”
She lowered her voice and whispered.
Lucia’s ears were sharp, she caught this sentence.
Her small earlobes were pink under the fluorescent light.
Walking over step by step, Lucia’s puffed-up cheeks deflated, she heard the new receptionist saying something like ‘so handsome’, ‘looks so clean’, and her deflated cheeks puffed up again.
“What are you doing, puffing your cheeks like a frog.”
Seeing the dragon’s cheeks puffing up and deflating, Xia Li couldn’t help but laugh.
“Frog?” Lucia looked up at him.
“Frogs puff up their cheeks when they breathe, just like you.”
Xia Li took her dragon claw and rubbed it in his palm.
Well, her claws are warm, the temperature changes these days haven’t made this dragon catch a cold.
“That’s called a ‘vocal sac’…”
Teacher Lucia showed off her professional knowledge, correcting Xia Li.
“And, the vocal sac is not for breathing, but… but…”
But it’s an organ used by male frogs for courtship!
Xia Li, you big dummy!
“Let’s talk outside…”
Lucia took Xia Li and stealthily moved away from the front desk, this place of right and wrong.
The gazes of those girls fell on Xia Li as if they wanted to scrape him clean, Lucia didn’t like their gazes, she tilted her body and wanted to block Xia Li with her own body.
But she found that she wasn’t tall enough, so she stood on tiptoe.
“Do you want to kiss me?”
Xia Li cooperatively bent down and brought his face close to the short dragon’s mouth.
Lucia’s cheeks puffed up again.
After thinking for a moment, she quickly kissed him.
Dragons have their own way of declaring sovereignty.
The two lovestruck girls in the distance gasped when they saw this scene, Lucia felt a surge of secret delight.
Xia Li rubbed his face, skillfully spreading the dragon saliva evenly on his cheeks.
With dragon saliva on his face, he felt like he had become a few years younger.
“They are saying you look good.” Lucia mumbled.
Xia Li shamelessly accepted this sentence and even analyzed it for Lucia.
“Isn’t that just praising me for being handsome?”
“…”
Lucia was dissatisfied.
It seemed that only she could praise Xia Li for being handsome, no one else was allowed to.
She slightly understood the feeling of ‘possessiveness’.
As expected, to understand a feeling, experiencing it firsthand is the best way to understand it.
That day, when Xia Li held the Demon Repelling Sword and confronted Qin Chuan, Lucia was trapped in the car and witnessed the second half.
The corners of his clothes wet with rain, his sharp eyes, and the righteous sword responding to the hero’s will…
Xia Li was quite handsome at that time.
Lucia had seen Xia Li draw his sword many times, but only that time, when she saw the sword that symbolized the human hero emitting white light, she didn’t feel scared, but felt… so cool!
“Y-you, why are you here, it’s still early before work ends…”
Lucia looked at the time on the wall clock, remembering that the director had given them half a day off today, so she pulled Xia Li’s arm and walked towards the elevator.
“The weather is nice today, so I came early to wait.”
Coming out of the elevator, Xia Li glanced at the girls downstairs who were standing there discussing, and added.
“Then they said you were upstairs alone, so I came up to find you.”
At the door, the nurses who had changed into casual clothes smiled and greeted Xia Li, Xia Li was about to raise his hand in response, but his big hand was pressed down by a dragon claw.
Xia Li is not allowed to smile at other women!
Lucia said with a frown.
“We got two big orders today, the director let us take the afternoon off… Let’s go home.”
Xia Li thought for a moment, feeling that it was also important to get along well with colleagues, if Lucia was so unsociable, she might be isolated in the future, so he said in a slightly persuasive tone:
“They are going to buy milk tea, they just told me to ask you to go with them, don’t you want to go?”
“Do you want to go?” the evil dragon asked back.
Xia Li was stunned for a moment: “What would I go for.”
“I think you really want to go!”
Lucia’s frog-like cheeks puffed up again.
“What are you doing, are you even jealous of this?”
Xia Li could naturally guess the little thoughts of this evil dragon, he directly squatted down and picked up the soft little evil dragon.
The girl’s body was light, it felt soft like cotton in his arms, his heart softened.
“What would I go for, I just want to go back and cuddle with my wife… Let’s go, let’s go back and cuddle.”
Xia Li carried Lucia and walked towards the parking lot, the gazes from the doorway fell on them, some people felt excited by this bold intimacy in public.
Looking at the surprised expressions on the faces of those girls, Lucia felt very satisfied.
“Hehehe…”
She symbolically patted Xia Li’s back twice, then said shyly.
“Bad Xia Li.”
“Put me down…”