novelraw Chapter 217
Chapter 217
Chapter 217: Hehehe Inhale Inhale Inhale
Feeling the cool air blowing in from the car window, Lucia almost melted into the seat.
Like a frozen fish, she lay stiffly for a while before slowly sitting up, pounding her sore calves and rubbing her shoulders and arms.
Obviously, she hadn’t done anything, but she had worked hard today…
Xia Li couldn’t help but laugh as he watched her wriggling in the passenger seat like a fat caterpillar.
What happened today that made his Little Dragon so tired?
“Did you buy the eggs?”
Lucia patted her calves, thinking that Xia Li’s legs must also be tired from driving, so she stretched her whole dragon body over and squeezed Xia Li’s legs.
“I bought them.”
Xia Li was tickled by her and glanced at her before continuing to drive. “What about the laundry detergent?”
“I bought that too, and I bought you a bag of biscuits.”
“What flavor?”
“Chocolate and jam.”
“Oh…”
Lucia nodded, approving of Xia Li’s choice.
She looked back at the back seat with some concern.
The back seat was empty, which emboldened her a bit. She straightened up and looked at the things on the floor.
“I put the things at home, I didn’t bring them for you.”
Xia Li put his hands in his pockets and fumbled for a while before pulling out a lollipop from his trouser pocket.
“Here you go.”
“…”
Lucia unceremoniously took it with both hands, tore open the plastic packaging of the candy, and put it in her mouth.
After eating the candy, her ADHD subsided, and she quietly nestled back into her chair.
In Xia Li’s eyes, this dragon was like a child. Xia Li picked her up from school and when they went home, he had to bring her some snacks. If she didn’t get snacks, she would pout, and if she did, she would purse her lips, the expression on her face as sweet as melted sugar.
“Xia Li, I’ve found that making money is not easy.”
Sucking on the candy in her mouth, Lucia looked at the scenery outside the window, her thoughts drifting away again.
“It’s not easy.”
Xia Li was a little confused, this dragon always had random thoughts.
“And then?” he asked again.
Lucia clenched her fists and pounded her sore thighs, saying casually.
“So, we need to increase revenue and reduce expenditure! In the future, as long as we spend one less cent, it’s equivalent to earning one more cent!”
Lucia said with conviction.
Seeing her seemingly reasonable appearance, the Brave Hero was amused by the Little Dragon’s words.
“The phrase ‘increase revenue and reduce expenditure’ is used well, but the focus of this phrase is on ‘increasing revenue,’ not ‘reducing expenditure.’ With our little savings, how much can we save?”
Xia Li chuckled as he opened the car door and helped the short-legged dragon out of the car.
“The best way to increase revenue is to wait for me, the main force, to officially start working… So, it’s not your turn to worry about the economy, Little Dragon.”
Lucia had grown quite a bit taller, and after getting used to the height of this SUV every day, she didn’t wait for Xia Li to lead her. She jumped and swooped down, followed by a giant dragon landing.
“Come here, come here, why are you like a child?”
As soon as she landed, Lucia kicked her legs and ran away.
This dragon was still wearing the pink intern uniform of the pet hospital, with only a thin jacket on the outside. The sun had already set, and the temperature difference between morning and evening in spring was large. Xia Li was afraid she would catch a cold.
Jogging to catch up, Xia Li took her dragon claw and the two went upstairs side by side.
Lucia was a little excited. After declaring her territorial sovereignty in front of so many people, she felt a great sense of vanity and satisfaction.
She was very mischievous while climbing the stairs, and insisted on bumping Xia Li with her shoulder.
Xia Li was bumped by the giant dragon impact and stuck to the white wall.
The old community’s wall paint rubbed all over him. Xia Li patted his sleeves and stopped the Stinky Dragon’s bullying behavior.
“Little Nurse, you got my clothes dirty, won’t you be the one washing them when we get back?”
Lucia hummed twice: “People have to learn to be self-reliant, do their own things! So wash it yourself!”
Xia Li felt that these words sounded familiar.
Wasn’t this what he had said to Lucia before… This dragon dared to return it to him verbatim.
“What a coincidence, picking up Little Lu from work?”
Passing by the door of their neighbor on the second floor, Zhao Qin was just about to go out. She pushed the door open and saw the young couple, so she greeted them with a smile.
“Aunt Zhao, are you on the night shift today?” Xia Li responded with a smile.
“Yes, night shift today.”
“Hello, Aunt Zhao!”
Lucia, who was being held by Xia Li, jumped up and unexpectedly took the initiative to greet the neighbor.
Zhao Qin was also quite surprised.
This little girl was very shy when she first arrived, and only hid behind Xia Li all day long. Even if Xia Li pulled her out to greet people, she only greeted them in a weak and shy voice.
Now she even took the initiative to greet people.
The Xia family’s little girl was becoming more and more generous and decent!
“Good, good, you too, Little Lu.”
Zhao Qin relaxed her eyebrows. She agreed with her old friend Fang Xia’s words, Xia Li and Little Lu were a perfect match.
“Hehe, I’m also very good!”
Lucia pulled the corners of her mouth into a smile.
She scratched Xia Li’s palm, and Xia Li immediately understood and pulled her away.
The frequent contact with colleagues and customers during this time had made Lucia much better at interpersonal relationships.
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However, she still couldn’t withstand the enthusiasm of the neighbors.
If she had to exchange a few more pleasantries, she would become a stuttering dragon because she couldn’t cope.
“Not bad, you can even take the initiative to greet people now.”
As soon as they got home and pushed the door open, Xia Li picked up Lucia and weighed her.
The Stinky Dragon had grown everywhere.
This made Xia Li, the old father and husband, very pleased.
“Put me down!”
Lucia kicked her short legs and shouted at Xia Li.
When her feet touched the ground, she patted her trousers and squatted down. First, she touched Little Cotton, who was walking towards her, then hugged Cotton with one hand and touched here and there in the kitchen with the other, putting away the bottles and jars and daily necessities that Xia Li had bought.
Xia Li was like a treasure chest at home. Lucia only needed to say what she needed, and he would bring these things home as quickly as possible.
The laundry detergent he bought was her favorite fragrance, and the biscuits he chose were also her favorite flavor.
Lucia felt that Xia Li had a firm grasp of her preferences.
After putting the eggs into the refrigerator one by one, Lucia was finally willing to put Little Cotton, who was lifeless in her arms, back on the ground.
She clapped her little hands and turned to Xia Li.
“Now there’s only magic left… Have you figured out how to solve the magic problem?”
Although Wuqi had returned the Golden Bell to Xia Li, the speed of collecting a little bit of magic power every week really made the dragon anxious.
Lucia was now a big hit at the hospital. Many customers trusted her and were willing to entrust their pets to her for treatment.
Now that her magic power was exhausted, Lucia always felt uneasy.
If there was an emergency, without the blessing of magic power, Lucia was not sure she would have any means to save those small animals.
Magic power, like money, was always the more the better.
Not only could it give the dragon confidence at work, but it could also help Xia Li at critical moments.
For Lucia, the existence of magic power was a life-saving charm.
“Oh, about that…”
Xia Li pulled Lucia over to sit with him.
While rubbing her little hands, he slowly told her everything that had happened today.
Including finding a job for Qin Chuan, the situation in Qin Chuan’s family, and his special ability to create magic power.
… Of course, considering the psychological endurance of Lucia the dragon, Xia Li omitted those tragic encounters.
After listening, Lucia was quite surprised.
Converting emotions into magic power… She had never heard of it.
However, their worldviews were very different. Just as Lucia couldn’t understand the conversion of emotions into magic power, Qin Chuan couldn’t understand Xia Li’s abnormal ability to cancel all magic.
“Converting strong emotions into power…”
Lucia muttered, thinking of something else.
She slapped her thigh with her small hand and said excitedly.
“Isn’t this that… that… what M!”
Xia Li’s eyes darkened: “Where did you learn that strange word!”
“I learned it from the barrage.” Lucia said seriously.
“Stop learning messy things from those people!” Xia Li said with a laugh, “Also, it’s fine to say it in front of me, but you’re a dragon girl, don’t say such hooligan words to others!”
“I know, I know.” The evil dragon nodded.
She understood this little thing very well.
“It’s his ability to convert… Are you sure the converted magic power can be used by us?”
Lucia considered another factor.
There were differences in the magic power of each world. Just as electric cars couldn’t use fuel, the conversion of energy required something as a medium.
Lucia and Xia Li had already tested this on Wuqi.
Xia Li also thought of this, and he shook his head.
“Not sure, I haven’t tried it yet. But, since the Demon Repelling Sword can convert Wuqi’s superpowers into magic power that you can use… Qin Chuan should be able to do it too.”
“Hmm! Anyway, we have to try it first.” Lucia added.
Magic power…
That was a lot of magic power!
With this kind of magic power, would they still be afraid of not being able to conquer the world?
No, the conservative Xia Li wouldn’t allow her to conquer the world.
It was said that this world had more terrifying weapons. Lucia, the dragon who needed external forces to disguise herself, was definitely no match for those weapons.
So, the plan to conquer the world was temporarily put on hold. Right now, it was more important to use magic power to restore her true form.
Lucia had exhausted all her magic power that night just to barely reveal her true form for ten seconds.
Ten seconds directly drained her.
If she wanted to completely transform into a dragon or maintain certain parts of her dragon form for a long time, she needed hundreds of times more magic power…
“Emotions…”
With a worried look on her pretty face, Lucia carefully pondered these words.
After a moment of contemplation, she seemed to have an answer and turned over in Xia Li’s arms.
“I’ll find a way to solve this!”