novelraw Chapter 267
Chapter 267
Chapter 267: Marked!
8:00 AM.
When the nine-to-five office workers began to wake up one after another, Xia Li had already packed his things and taken his Dragon Wife out.
First, feed the Dragon.
During the half month they stayed in Azure Continent, Lucia basically never ate her fill. After returning to Earth, her biggest wish was to fill her stomach.
While eating, she also asked Xia Li what she should do if she really gained weight.
And Xia Li also gave her a very reassuring answer.
Even if Lucia gained weight to 3000 tons, Xia Li would not dislike her.
After breakfast.
Just as the travel agency opened for business, the two pushed open the door to the lobby. It is the most convenient and time-saving way to apply for a regular tourist visa through a travel agency. As long as the money is in place, some travel agencies can even provide invitation letters from remote small countries.
Xia Li submitted his passport at the front desk, filled out forms, took photos, and chatted with the agent for a long time.
Lucia followed him like a supervisor, holding her big bag of potato chips and wandering around the hall. Occasionally, she would bump into a couple of foreigners and be praised for being a beautiful little girl.
“Let’s go. ”
It wasn’t until Lucia had almost finished her snacks that Xia Li finally finished.
“We can go abroad to get your identity now!”
Lucia came over impatiently, using her small hands covered in potato chip crumbs to hold Xia Li’s hand.
“Don’t worry, it’s not that simple. There are still a few steps to go. ”
Xia Li typed on his phone with one hand, sending two messages to Fang Xia, asking her to take photos of the household registration booklet, real estate certificate, and driving license at home and send them to him.
Fang Xia thought that her son had encountered a scammer while traveling abroad and quickly called him on WeChat.
Xia Li explained for a long time, saying that he was unmarried and had no children, no house, and no car. The next country he wanted to go to required him to provide sufficient proof of family financial status.
Fang Xia didn’t understand these things either. After Xia Li explained it like this, she didn’t think much about it and quickly provided all the materials Xia Li needed.
With ample proof of family assets, Xia Li exchanged all thirty gold coins he brought back from Azure Continent for cash.
Considering that the ancient patterns on the gold coins would attract attention, Xia Li specially asked Lucia to melt the gold coins into a large gold ingot with Dragon Flame before selling them all to the gold shop.
Counting the gold coins that Qin Chuan helped exchange this morning, the thirty gold coins Xia Li brought back were sold for a total of 320,000 yuan.
Bad news: The gold coins brought back this time were not high in gold content and weight.
Good news: The price of gold has gone up again.
Following the steps given by the travel agency.
Xia Li took out another 100,000 yuan and froze it in the bank, and made photocopies of the freezing certificate and the electronic pictures sent by Fang Xia, and handed them over to the travel agency.
After all this tossing and turning, the two were busy from dawn till dusk.
When the travel agency closed for the day, they finally gave a clear answer:
The information is complete and has been submitted to the embassy. The visa can be issued in two days at the earliest.
“Phew……”
Xia Li had never been so nervous even when he was taking the college entrance examination. He felt a little relieved when he got this answer.
“It’s so complicated to go abroad……”
Even Lucia, who had always been relatively laid-back, found it troublesome.
The social relations in this world are too complicated, and the relations between countries are also very complicated, so every step must be done according to the rules.
“If the visa is rejected this time, it will be even more difficult to get it next time. ” Xia Li said worriedly.
Lucia hugged him and comforted him.
“It’s okay, there are so many other places for us to choose from…… We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it!”
This Dragon can always say a few good words.
Being with a Dragon who is always optimistic, it is difficult for Xia Li to be anxious.
Smiling, Xia Li did not correct her misuse of words.
Squeezing the greasy Dragon Claw in his hand, Xia Li decided to reward himself.
“Let’s go, we made a fortune today, I’ll take you to a big meal. ”
“How much……”
“We have hundreds of thousands of yuan in savings, are you still worried about the cost of a meal?”
Lucia shrank her neck when she heard the words ‘big meal’.
She actually had no concept of the amount of money.
Ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million, were all astronomical figures to her, so even if she suddenly became rich one day, she wouldn’t have any real feeling.
“Save it to buy a new lair!” Lucia suggested.
“It’s not a big deal. ”
Xia Li tapped her Dragon head with his hand.
“Didn’t I say, when we have money, you can drink yogurt without licking the lid. Now we’re going to buy a big bucket of yogurt, as well as sashimi and grilled lamb chops. You can eat your fill today. ”
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For the next two days, Xia Li and Lucia stayed in the hotel for two days.
Before the visa results came out, he didn’t go anywhere, just waited in place.
When he was hungry, he ordered takeout. When he was tired of lying down, he went downstairs to walk the Dragon. Occasionally, he bought some snacks for the Dragon, and the Dragon could entertain herself for a long time.
It just so happened that the two of them had been running around in Azure Continent for a while, so they could take this opportunity to have a good rest.
Two days later, the travel agency sent a message saying that they could go and get their passports.
Xia Li’s heart, which had been hanging for several days, finally settled down, and he quickly went to the front desk to check out.
Lucia sneaked out using Invisibility Magic and waited to meet Xia Li in the alley.
“The hotel is still not as good as home. ”
It was fine to sleep in place for a few years when she was a Dragon before, but after only two days of sleep, her back and legs ached.
The main reason was that the hotel bed was too soft, and it was uncomfortable to lie on it for a long time.
“Xia Li is too rough, my waist hurts. ”
Seeing Xia Li coming out of the hotel, Lucia rubbed her soft waist and muttered there.
Xia Li: “???”
Don’t falsely accuse people.
Although they did everything except that, they really didn’t do it.
How could her waist hurt?
However, Xia Li was also used to being bullied by this Dragon, so he sighed and rubbed her waist for her.
“Your waist, if you don’t exercise properly, it will hurt you enough in the future. ”
Xia Li chose to rise to the challenge, his words implying something.
Lucia understood after a while, looked at him sideways, and then snorted disdainfully.
“Just the strength of humans……”
The Evil Dragon didn’t even bother to take a second look.
Before the results of the first contest come out, anyone can brag.
Xia Li didn’t dwell on this matter, called a ride-hailing car, and took the Evil Dragon to his friend’s house.
The flight departure time was 6:00 PM, and the airport was more than 20 kilometers away from the city center.
International flights need to check in their luggage in advance, so it takes at least two and a half hours to depart from here.
At noon, Xia Li took Lucia to Zhou Anqi’s dormitory.
Zhou Anqi had already abandoned her research in Beijing and returned to Qingcheng City, finding a relatively easy job locally.
She didn’t live with her family during this time, but moved to the staff dormitory in another district following the job transfer.
The dormitory was a standard two-bedroom apartment. Zhou Anqi also had a female roommate, but since they were both in their own rooms, it was not a problem to bring a same-sex friend to stay for two days.
“You guys……”
Looking at Lucia, who was carrying a big bag of snacks and a few sets of change of clothes on her back, and Xia Li, who was fully armed with a big hiking bag on his back.
Zhou Anqi hesitated to speak.
“Anqi~~”
The two best friends hadn’t seen each other for a long time. As soon as Lucia arrived at the dormitory door, she immediately flew towards Zhou Anqi.
This Dragon was timid when facing strangers, but she was unreservedly enthusiastic when facing her relatives and friends.
Zhou Anqi was about to say something, but she couldn’t resist Lucia’s enthusiasm. A smile immediately appeared on her face, and she opened her arms to welcome the flying pounce.
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“Lu-mei! I miss you so much!!”
The two hugged and spun around, the snack bag hanging on Lucia’s arm clanging.
Zhou Anqi was about to ask what she was doing with so many things, when Lucia generously opened the snack bag and took out the things one by one.
“There are two boxes of Zhou Hei Ya duck necks in here, and a box of edamame. Here are sodas, fruit juices, jellies, and milk candies. Oh, and here are my toothbrush, towel, and toothpaste. I also bought new pajamas. Xia Li said he might as well buy one for you too, so we can wear matching best friend styles!”
Lucia took out the things and placed them as if she was setting up an array. She also handed over all the small gifts she had prepared for Zhou Anqi.
Zhou Anqi looked at her helplessly, with a smile on her lips.
Then she raised her head and looked at Xia Li.
“Xia-ge, so you guys……escaped?”
Zhou Anqi knew that Lucia and Xia Li were on their honeymoon.
So a few days ago, when Xia Li said he wanted to leave Lucia at her place for a few days, Zhou Anqi was startled.
She thought that the two had quarreled halfway and came back.
But today, she saw that the relationship between the two was still so good, and there was no sign of conflict at all.
“It’s a long story. ”
Xia Li obviously couldn’t tell Zhou Anqi the truth.
Adults have their own difficulties. Zhou Anqi saw his embarrassed look and decided not to ask any more questions.
“Don’t tell my family about this, and don’t tell Chen Tao either. ” Xia Li said.
Zhou Anqi was a little surprised.
She could understand hiding it from his family. After all, when she lived in the dormitory during this time, she often hid from her family and Fu Yuan when she spent the night outside.
But hiding it from Chen Tao made Zhou Anqi very puzzled.
Xia-ge and Taozi grew up wearing the same pair of pants……
“It’s not that I don’t trust him, it’s just that it’s hard to keep a secret from his standpoint…… With Aunt Zhao’s mouth, a little coercion and temptation, Taozi will confess everything. ” Xia Li sighed and explained.
“That’s true……”
Zhou Anqi nodded.
Xia-ge didn’t even trust Taozi……
It seems that it is indeed a big deal.
“I’ll leave Lucia to you. She’ll be leaving in a couple of days. ”
“Okay…… Huh?”
Lucia went to Zhou Anqi’s room to fold her pajamas. Xia Li couldn’t enter the girls’ dormitory, so he stood at the door and chatted with Zhou Anqi.
The sound of the Dragon humming and singing could be faintly heard in the living room.
It seems that she is looking forward to spending the night at her friend’s house.
“She will leave by herself?? ……You’re not coming to pick her up?” Zhou Anqi looked at Xia Li in surprise.
“Well, I have something to do outside. It’s okay, you can go to work as usual, you don’t have to see her off, I’ve discussed it with her. ”
“Okay……” Zhou Anqi hesitated.
But since it was something Xia-ge and Lu-mei had agreed on, she couldn’t say much.
Glancing at Lucia who was packing her things in the room, Zhou Anqi turned her head and wanted to ask another question.
“You guys……”
“Are getting married soon. ”
“So smoothly?! No, how did you know I was going to ask this question?!”
As soon as Zhou Anqi spoke, Xia Li directly gave her an answer.
“We grew up together, can’t I guess what you want to ask?” Xia Li smiled smugly.
He could actually understand Zhou Anqi’s thoughts.
After all, there are only a few friends around, and they grew up watching each other. Childhood friends of the same age are each other’s reference points for ‘getting married and having children’, and they always have to ask and compare about this matter.
“Okay, okay, that’s good. ”
Getting the answer she wanted, Zhou Anqi blessed them from the bottom of her heart.
“I want to be a bridesmaid!”
“You can discuss this with Lucia. ” Xia Li glanced at the happy Dragon in the room and turned back to say, “You guys have several days to talk. ”
“That’s true. ”
Zhou Anqi curled her lips. Thinking of being able to share girls’ secrets with Lu-mei, she couldn’t help but look forward to it.
“Lucia, I’m leaving. ”
“Okay!”
After explaining everything, Xia Li slung a backpack over his shoulder and said to Lucia in the room.
Lucia quickly put down what she was doing and ran over at lightning speed.
“Keep this for me. ”
Xia Li handed the Demon Repelling Sword to Lucia.
This thing is not easy to get through security, it’s better to let Lucia take it and teleport together later.
“Hee hee, your master doesn’t want you anymore~”
Lucia took the Demon Repelling Sword with both hands.
She was already emboldened, but the moment she held the Demon Repelling Sword, the Demon Repelling Sword emitted a faint light, as if responding to her previous provocation.
Lucia’s small hands shrank, and her face turned pale with fright.
“It, it, it……”
Lucia pointed at the Demon Repelling Sword in a panic, wanting to tell its crimes.
Xia Li sighed.
He took out a jacket from his bag, wrapped the Demon Repelling Sword tightly, and then handed it back to the timid Dragon’s hands.
“I’m leaving. ”
After doing this, Xia Li took a deep look at her.
Lucia looked at Xia Li reluctantly.
“There must be many beautiful girls out there, Xia Li won’t fall in love with someone else, right……” Lucia muttered, looking down.
Xia Li was startled by her words and quickly looked to see if Zhou Anqi was nearby.
This is not something to be said carelessly.
Girls are fickle, who knows what Zhou Anqi will talk about with Lucia later tonight, so it’s better to nip this kind of talk in the bud beforehand.
“You’re the only one in my eyes. ” Xia Li whispered.
“I know, I know. ” Lucia nodded, “But those women are exotic, they must be very attractive to boys. ”
Xia Li: “……”
“What’s so good about exotic, I’m a furry enthusiast, I like Dragon Girls. ”
“Hehe……”
As the only Little Dragon Girl on Earth, Lucia nodded confidently.
Actually, she was very relieved about Xia Li.
It’s just that seeing Xia Li leave, she wanted to be a little mischievous.
“Let’s go, Little Dragon Girl. ”
Xia Li glanced at Zhou Anqi in the room and lowered his voice a little more.
He bent down and pointed to his face.
Lucia stood on tiptoe very obligingly, kissed him on the face, and licked it again.
“Marked!” Lucia said happily.
“Yeah. ”
Xia Li spread the Dragon Saliva evenly on his face.
“I won’t wash my face for the next few days. ”