novelraw Chapter 268
Chapter 268
Chapter 268: Shameful Things in the Blanket
“Hehe…”
“Hehehe…”
In the room with the lights off.
The image projected from the projector was reflected on the white wall.
The unsightly images were constantly changing, making Lucia’s heart beat faster.
So, so exciting!
Xia Li usually doesn’t watch these things with Lucia, so Lucia can only watch them alone. Now that she finally gets to stay at her best friend’s house for two days, she’s definitely going to watch them all.
Curling her ankles, Lucia sat on the bed, hugging a pillow, staring at the passionate images and swallowing her saliva.
Cat videos. Short videos of felines licking each other’s fur.
Because of their romantic and healing style, as well as the excellent camera angles, they are very popular among modern young people.
Especially those young people who already like furry little animals, they can spend two hours a day online watching cat videos.
“I like long-haired ones.”
Zhou Anqi sat on the edge of the bed, her freshly washed hair still damp, her long hair draped behind her.
She wiped her fogged-up black-rimmed glasses with the corner of her clothes, looked at the projected image, and turned back to chat with Lucia.
The cat video finished playing, and Lucia nodded vigorously, deeply agreeing.
“Yeah! Long-haired ones look so soft! But… short-haired ones are fine too, my Little Cotton is a short-haired cat!”
“Little Cotton…” Zhou Anqi sighed, thinking of something else.
“Speaking of which, I haven’t been back to my parents’ house for a long time, I don’t even want to go back recently.”
“Why? Did you have a fight with your mom and dad?” Lucia asked, tilting her head.
“Not really, it’s just that being with them always makes me feel pressured.”
“Oh…”
Lucia’s fair cheeks changed with the brightness of the projected light. She thought about it and really didn’t understand why humans would feel pressured when they were with their parents.
However, when Lucia thought about being alone with Xia Li’s parents, that inexplicable tension might also be a manifestation of pressure.
“What about Watermelon Head? Watermelon Head still lives there… how do you usually meet?”
Lucia turned her head and suddenly remembered this.
Zhou Anqi lowered her head and replied, “Yuanzi just started working not long ago, he comes to visit me every week. It’s not convenient in the dormitory, so we go out and stay.”
“Go out and stay?”
Lucia caught the key point and asked again.
“Get a room?”
The evil dragon never beats around the bush, nor does she understand euphemisms.
When she said these words, Zhou Anqi was stunned for a moment, then she smiled shyly.
“Yes, yes. We can only stay in a hotel.”
“That’s great!”
Lucia swung her little legs and said leisurely.
“It’s nice to stay in a hotel once in a while.”
“Yeah…”
Zhou Anqi smiled embarrassedly, and after a moment of hesitation, she asked Lucia.
“Do you… also stay in hotels?”
“Yes, we go on trips, of course we stay in hotels!” Lucia replied.
Although the place they traveled to was another world, the inns there, when converted, could be considered hotels on Earth, right?
After Lucia finished speaking, the air suddenly fell silent.
The projected image finished playing, and Lucia tilted her head to look at Zhou Anqi, vaguely seeing the blush of shame on Zhou Anqi’s face.
“I’ve always been curious…” Zhou Anqi coughed lightly and said.
“Why did Xia Ge leave you here and go on a long trip himself? What happened between you two?”
This was something Zhou Anqi never figured out.
She couldn’t ask Xia Li directly, but it was okay to ask Lucia.
“Nothing… he has things to do.”
This matter could not be spoken of.
Lucia rubbed her hands awkwardly and pulled the quilt over her shoulders.
Zhou Anqi, seeing her shy appearance, made a bold guess.
“You didn’t do ‘that’, did you?”
“That?”
“That is…”
Zhou Anqi’s tone was subtle, but how could Lucia, this non-Earth girl, guess the favorite topic of ordinary girls?
After a pause, Zhou Anqi saw that Lucia was really innocent, so she put her hand in front of her stomach and gestured.
“Are you… pregnant?”
“…”
Lucia’s little face froze.
Then it quickly turned red.
Zhou Anqi had already made it so clear, it was hard for Lucia not to understand.
But, this topic was too exciting.
It scared the dragon.
“I, I, I, I’m not!”
“Not?”
“Not at all!”
“What do you mean ‘not at all’???”
Zhou Anqi opened her mouth in surprise.
Lucia started gesturing with her hands, stammering.
Even without having taken puberty education classes, Lucia knew that in order to have offspring, one needed to perform reproductive acts.
The female dragon and the male dragon have to mate.
The same applies to humans.
But Xia Li, apart from putting his hand on the baby’s main food when kissing, didn’t do anything!
“I, I, we…”
Lucia stammered and told Zhou Anqi about the progress she and Xia Li had made.
After listening, Zhou Anqi laughed and leaned back.
“Hahaha… guys’ hands are never honest when they kiss! It’s normal.”
“But Xia Ge is too honest!”
Zhou Anqi laughed heartily.
Xia Li played the role of leader and decision-maker in their small group.
In Zhou Anqi’s mind, he was a very proactive person.
Whether it was making friends, or in relationships, or in the progress of his relationship with his girlfriend, he was always the first to make a move.
But…
When it came to dating, he was unexpectedly innocent.
Apart from kissing and hugging, plus his hands being restless, he actually didn’t do anything.
It’s fine for Lucia to be innocent, but what the heck is Xia Ge being innocent for? Is he saving himself for marriage?!
Thinking of this, Zhou Anqi felt a sense of contrast and laughed so hard she rolled on the bed.
Of course, Lucia didn’t mention the fact that she had touched Xia Li with her hands and mouth… this kind of thing was really embarrassing to say.
“I think he must be saving it for your wedding day.”
Tired of laughing, Zhou Anqi lay sprawled on the bed, wiping her tears with her hand, and concluded.
“Wedding day?”
Lucia felt her mouth dry and sat on the edge of the bed drinking yogurt.
She didn’t really understand human procedures, nor did she understand this order of events.
She only knew that in the dragon race, it was usually the male who courted.
If the male didn’t take the initiative, the female couldn’t either.
“That’s nice,”
Zhou Anqi said, looking at the ceiling.
“He really is a responsible man.”
“Yeah, I agree!”
Lucia, with the straw in her mouth, nodded vigorously.
“Actually, there are many ways to express love, it just depends on which one you like… every one is right.” Zhou Anqi added.
Lucia would need time to understand these words.
Sipping on the straw, Lucia thought for a long time, and then became curious about the progress of Zhou Anqi and Watermelon Head’s relationship.
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“How about you? How are you doing?”
“Well, we…”
Zhou Anqi subconsciously became a little shy, and her cheeks flushed red again.
But best friends talk about everything, especially late at night, when they should be talking about these relationship issues.
“I pushed him away. ”
“Ah…huh?”
Lucia was a little dazed.
What was it that she had just asked, and what had Zhou Anqi answered her??
Wait a minute…
If it’s a female pushing a male, it wouldn’t budge.
In this kind of thing, the female has the right to choose, and the male has the right to lead.
How do you push that away??
Lucia’s dragon brain was a mess, and the straw in her mouth had been bitten flat.
“Have you thought about whether he is the one you should entrust your life to?”
As she was thinking, Zhou Anqi’s voice broke the silence again.
Lucia put down her yogurt and turned around.
To entrust one’s life…
Lucia had actually made this choice long ago.
It’s just that, so far, she’s been doing ‘being with Xia Li forever’, ‘not letting Xia Li leave’…
The word ‘entrust’ is not in a dragon’s vocabulary.
It sounds heavy.
And, in Lucia’s understanding, being together isn’t about one person depending on the other. Although Lucia always says things like ‘eating free food’ and ‘Xia Li supports me’, there hasn’t been a single moment when she’s truly laid back and unwilling to contribute to this family.
Therefore, Lucia believes that being together is about mutual fulfillment.
It can be understood as mutual entrustment…
“If you’ve made up your mind, you might as well take the initiative,” Zhou Anqi continued.
This was the point she wanted to make.
“Sometimes, it’s not that guys don’t understand. Like Yuanzi, he seems like a blockhead, but when it comes to relationship progress, he’s more anxious and eager than I am.”
“For a responsible man, they respect a woman’s thoughts, so they never dare to take the initiative.”
“This is where it’s our turn to take the initiative…”
“It’s also important to actively express your feelings and wishes.”
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“Rumble…”
The high-decibel noise of the airplane engine was a cacophony in his ears.
Xia Li sat in the relatively cramped seat of the economy class, gazing at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window.
As the altitude continued to climb, the clouds were trampled beneath his feet at some point.
The clear sky stretched endlessly, and as far as the eye could see, there were only white clouds and the boundless blue.
Xia Li recalled the feeling he had when he looked out over the land from the back of a dragon.
Different blue sky, same scenery.
But every breath he took on the dragon’s back was filled with freedom and ease, so comfortable that he felt like the whole sky belonged to him.
In comparison, the altitude of the airplane brought by technology was far inferior.
Oppressive and suffocating.
Next was a two-day and one-night journey.
The constant transfers and endless flights would exhaust anyone.
If he hadn’t slept well in the hotel for two days before departure, Xia Li would have been worn out.
Unfortunately, the flights he booked did not provide WiFi service, so Xia Li was almost out of contact with Lucia for these two days.
As soon as he landed, Xia Li connected to the airport WiFi and logged into WeChat.
The first message was from Lucia.
Then, Xia Li’s phone seemed to have turned on vibration mode, with messages popping up crazily.
Girlfriend 【99+】
Lucia’s message bombardment even caused Xia Li’s phone to lag for a few seconds before the message content gradually loaded.
The airport WiFi abroad was a bit slow, and Xia Li waited anxiously for the pictures to be sent.
Lucia did not send meaningless or repetitive content.
She sent Xia Li everything that had happened to her in the past two days, the food she ate, the meals she cooked with Zhou Anqi, and every little detail of her life.
Xia Li read through them one by one.
The shadow cast by the two-day and one-night journey vanished.
Looking at these text descriptions and pictures, Xia Li felt as if he had spent these two days with Lucia, instead of watching the window and counting time on the plane.
Girlfriend: Ding ding ding!
Girlfriend: 『Picture』『Picture』
Girlfriend: I made a new friend today!
Girlfriend: Frogs look scary, but they are QQ bouncy and very smooth to eat. New friend, delicious!
Girlfriend: This ice cream is also delicious. I’ll bring Xia Li here next time!
Xia Li smiled as he read these messages.
He stood in front of the charging station, charging his phone and slowly reading through the messages.
His fingers quickly flipped to the last page, and the last two messages were like this.
Girlfriend: ε=（ο｀*）））Sigh, I’m going to die without Xia Li to watch…
Girlfriend: I thought quitting internet addiction was hard enough, but I didn’t expect the biggest addiction to be Brave Hero addiction.
Girlfriend: I want to sniff, but there’s no Xia Li scent to smell. It’s so uncomfortable… I’ve already sniffed the clothes with the Demon Repelling Sword until they have no scent left.
Lucia’s tone became weaker and weaker.
Just like a flower without water, she wilted in the two days she was away from Xia Li.
After reading the messages, Xia Li made a WeChat call to her.
It rang for a few seconds before Lucia answered.
“Hello…?”
Lucia’s voice was soft and delicate, just like a wilted flower.
Xia Li glanced at the time and suddenly thought of the time difference.
There was a twelve-hour difference between here and China.
In other words, it was 4:00 pm here, and it was 4:00 am in Lucia’s time zone.
“Wake up, sleepy little dragon.”
“Shh, shh!”
Xia Li chuckled and then turned on the camera.
It was pitch black on Lucia’s side, she must still be in bed.
Hearing Xia Li call her a sleepy little dragon, Lucia was startled and quickly checked if Zhou Anqi was awake.
After confirming that Zhou Anqi was asleep, she went to the living room barefoot, holding her phone.
Xia Li could vaguely hear the sound of her bare feet padding on the floor.
“Who’s sleepy? I’m just sleeping normally, okay!”
The phone screen illuminated Lucia’s face. Her cheeks were flushed, and she held the phone very close, as if she wanted to see Xia Li more clearly.
Seeing her big dragon face, Xia Li couldn’t help but smile.
“Look, I’ll show you, I’m alone. There are absolutely no exotic young ladies around.”
He generously panned the phone camera around.
There were not many people in the huge airport, and coupled with the fact that it was the off-season for tourism, the airport was deserted. Xia Li was the only one around.
Lucia blinked, her eyes fixed on Xia Li.
After holding it in for a long time, she brought her lips close to the camera and softly murmured, squeezing out two gentle syllables.
“Miss you…”
The girl’s clear and gentle voice was as sweet as honey.
Xia Li felt his heart flutter and itch with her voice.
“I miss you too,” he said.
“Just teleport me over now…”
Lucia wriggled her shoulders, acting coquettishly.
This made Xia Li even more impatient.
He wished he could teleport Lucia over immediately and hold her tightly in his arms to sniff her.
“Don’t worry, it’s not safe here. I’ll find a place without cameras first.”
Xia Li resisted the urge. When his phone was almost fully charged, he unplugged it and said as he walked,
“I’m going to exchange some cash and buy a SIM card at the airport… It’s still past four in the morning over there, right? It’s not a good time for you to leave now. Wait until I’m done, it should be around 8:30 am over there. That’s when Zhou Anqi leaves for work. You can secretly find a place to prepare. Watch my messages and act accordingly.”