novelraw Chapter 275
Chapter 275
Chapter 275: Elbow, Come with Me into the Room
Qingcheng City.
Two days of travel passed quickly.
Considering that Lucia, the dragon, gets carsick, Xia Li didn’t choose to summon her at the airport after landing. Instead, he took a car back home before opening the teleportation scroll.
As the light subsided, three burlap sacks appeared before Xia Li.
He was taken aback for a moment, then recalled.
They didn’t buy suitcases when they left, and directly packed two sacks of luggage.
One sack contained Lucia’s clothes, and the other was filled with souvenirs.
That being the case, the remaining sack was…
His dragon wife who packed herself and delivered herself to his doorstep. “Guess which one is me?”
Lucia’s stifled laughter came from inside the burlap sack.
Xia Li stared at the pair of dainty little feet, crossed and bare, and pretended to hesitate in distress.
Covering her head with a sack.
Who taught her that?
Isn’t this just hiding one’s ears and stealing a bell?
After a moment of hesitation, Xia Li walked over and embraced the oversized sheep plush toy.
“Wifey~”
“…”
With two rustling sounds, Lucia removed the large burlap sack from her head, revealing her flushed little face, with an expression that was unclear whether she was angry or jealous.
“You have so many wives!”
Xia Li suddenly realized and turned his head: “So you’re my wife! I almost kissed you!”
“…Hmph!!”
Lucia didn’t argue with him and puffed up her cheeks to unpack.
They brought back a lot of luggage this time, and it took a long time to put everything in place around the house.
Xia Li helped her unpack.
He threw the dirty clothes into the washing machine, hand-washed her sneakers, and shook the sand out of her backpack before hanging it on the balcony to dry.
Lucia was in the living room organizing her souvenirs.
She placed the delicate little gifts into cartoon paper bags and wrote names on them with a pen.
Xia Li had been stuffy on the plane for two days and was covered in sweat.
When he came out of the shower, he saw the little dragon girl lying on the coffee table with her tail raised.
Her little feet, without shoes or socks, were stepping on the smooth floor, and her light pink fluffy skirt was sweet and cute.
Xia Li sat on the sofa and dried his hair, unable to take his eyes off that alluring sight.
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder.
For a couple who were already in their ‘honeymoon phase’.
Two days apart, and every inch of him was filled with longing.
Tossing the towel aside, Xia Li walked over and grabbed the enticing dragon tail.
This chubby dragon tail was a circle thicker than before. It extended from the coccyx, curved upwards, and the delicate tail tip felt like a hook curled on her back.
With her tail raised so high, the little dragon girl must be seducing me.
Xia Li thought, feeling rather like a shrimp head.
The moment his large hand grasped the tip of her tail, the little dragon girl’s small hand, which was packing gifts, paused.
She slowly turned around, and the tip of her tail, held in Xia Li’s palm, wriggled like a small loach.
“Ah, I’m a little sleepy.”
Xia Li yawned theatrically.
“The jet lag hasn’t worn off yet, and the plane ride was tiring. Why don’t we go take a nap?” he suggested.
The tip of Lucia’s dragon tail swayed even more vigorously.
Glancing at the alarm clock and calculating.
It was eleven o’clock in the morning, an hour before lunchtime.
If Xia Li really wanted to sleep, he could take a nap for an hour…
But the sneaky expression on the Brave Hero’s face indicated that he didn’t really want to sleep at all.
Lucia thought of an old saying.
The drunkard’s intention is not in the wine.
Xia Li was using a diversionary tactic.
“…An hour is not enough.”
Lucia shook her head and pulled her tail out of Xia Li’s hand.
“It’s enough if I sleep quickly.” Xia Li was sure.
Meeting the Brave Hero’s eyes, filled with desire, Lucia raised her hand and touched her head, shyly saying.
“Not enough magic power…no steering wheel, no dragon horns.”
“Then let’s go full autopilot today!”
Xia Li exhaled, his spirit, which had cooled down after the shower, instantly boiling with excitement again.
“Bang, bang, bang.”
Before they could discuss the details of today’s dragon ride, two knocks came from the door.
Lucia looked away, constantly cooling her cheeks with the back of her hand, and quickly stood up.
“Judging by the footsteps, it should be Aunt Zhao…I’ll go open the door.”
The Evil Dragon finished speaking and ran, fearing that if she was a second slower, she would be coaxed by Xia Li to lift her skirt again.
“Oh dear~”
With a creak, the door opened.
Their neighbor, Aunt Zhao, was holding a pile of dried clothes, seemingly just back from collecting them from the rooftop.
Seeing the people inside, her eyes lit up.
“I said I heard the washing machine, so I hurried over to see. So you’re back.”
“Yes, Aunt Zhao, we just got home today.”
Lucia, barefoot, smiled politely.
“It’s good that you came back safe and sound,” Zhao Qin also smiled. “Want to have lunch together? I’ll go back and cook now.”
Upon hearing this, Lucia looked back at Xia Li for his opinion. Xia Li put on his shirt and walked out of the room, saying as he walked.
“No need, Aunt Zhao, we’ll go out to eat later. Let me help you carry some clothes.”
Xia Li enthusiastically stepped forward to help. Zhao Qin shifted to the side and said cheerfully.
“No need, just this much, I can handle it myself. You must be tired from the long journey, go rest.”
“It’s fine, I still want to go to your house and hug the cat, I’ll go down with you.”
“Alright, alright.”
Zhao Qin couldn’t refuse his kindness. She felt that Xia Li had become more mature.
He had only graduated from university for a year, and already had his own sense of responsibility. On the other hand, her own silly son…let alone finding a wife, that silly son couldn’t even speak properly when he saw a girl. She wondered if he would ever be able to marry in this lifetime.
“Xiao Lu, do you want to come to my house and sit for a while?”
Zhao Qin stuffed all the clothes into Xia Li’s arms and turned to Lucia.
Lucia and Xia Li exchanged glances for a moment, then she shook her head.
“Auntie, I won’t go down, I still have to unpack…Thank you for taking care of my Mianhua during this time. Please take this, a small token of our appreciation.”
As she spoke, Lucia handed the sorted paper bag to Zhao Qin.
Inside the bag was a small pearl and a few bags of snacks brought back from abroad. The price wasn’t high, but the thoughtfulness was definitely there.
Seeing this, Zhao Qin didn’t refuse and accepted the kindness of the two young people.
“No trouble, no trouble,” Zhao Qin beamed.
“Your cat is so well-behaved, it even helped me scare away a mouse. To be honest, I’m a little reluctant to give it back to you, haha.”
Well, now not only had Xia Li matured in Zhao Qin’s eyes, but even Lucia, who was usually timid and shy, seemed more confident and composed to her.
The little girl who used to cower behind Xia Li had become poised and graceful.
Hmm, they looked more and more compatible.
After returning home, Zhao Qin immediately reported the situation to her old friend, Fang Xia.
She also attached two pictures, one of the pearl Lucia gave her, and the other of a half-eaten snack.
The text not only praised Lucia and Xia Li, but also deliberately boasted that they gave her the first souvenir after they came back.
Her tone, filled with joy and pride, was as if Xia Li’s girlfriend was her own daughter-in-law.
Fang Xia was anxious when she saw this.
Xia Li had just brought the chubby calico cat home when he received a call from Fang Xia.
“Son!”
“Why didn’t you tell your mom when you came back!”
Xia Li was holding the kitten in his arms and the little dragon in his other arm, and before he could even get close to her, this phone call pressed pause on their intimacy.
Holding the phone between his shoulder and ear, Xia Li carried Lucia back to the sofa.
“Mom, I just landed, just got home.”
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“Didn’t I tell you to let me know once you got back to the country?! Qingcheng City’s international airport is so far from the city center. If you’d given me a heads up, I would’ve driven to pick you up!”
“It’s not far. We just took a car straight back, it was very convenient.”
The little dragon girl in his arms was restless, moving around sneakily in Xia Li’s embrace. Xia Li glanced at her hesitantly and continued talking to his mother on the phone.
“Oh right, Little Lu brought some things for you two. We’ll come visit you in a couple of days and bring them over…”
Xia Li looked down and saw that his belt had fallen loose. He quickly let go of the kitten, Little Cotton, that he was holding in his other hand and reached up to tighten his belt.
Assuming that Fang Xia had definitely been in contact with Zhao Qin, Xia Li added, in order to make his thoughtful mother even happier.
“Lucia bought you a pearl necklace, black pearls, she picked them out for a very…”
“…”
Xia Li’s voice faltered.
He suddenly felt a tingling sensation throughout his body, as if he had been electrocuted.
He lowered his hand, cupping the dragon’s head and pressing it down.
“Mmm!”
Lucia let out a muffled sound.
“She picked them out for a long time, they’re very beautiful.”
Xia Li swallowed hard and continued, “And for Dad, rum. Let him try it, he’ll definitely like it.”
“Really?”
This was precisely what Fang Xia wanted to hear.
Her daughter-in-law had also brought her a gift, and the best one of all!
The old mother instantly beamed with joy, but her words remained modest.
“Oh, just go out and have fun, why worry about bringing things back for us? Wine and pearls can be bought online with a few clicks, no need to go through so much trouble…”
“How about Little Lu? Did she catch a cold or get sick during the trip? The place you went to is so far away, there’s actually a twelve-hour time difference. Little Lu is so small and delicate, did she experience any discomfort from the change in environment?”
Fang Xia’s concerned voice came through the phone.
“My mom wants to talk to you, say something.”
Xia Li held the phone to Lucia’s ear.
Lucia, who was in the midst of mischief, immediately sat up, wiped her mouth, and said to the phone with a flushed face.
“A… Auntie, I’m fine.”
“Mm, good to hear that!”
“Auntie, Xia Li and I will come visit you in a couple of days…”
“No need, that’s too much trouble!”
“Please don’t think of it as a bother, we’re happy to do these things…”
“No need, no need,”
Fang Xia’s smile was radiant on the other end, her tone not at all like a refusal.
“I’ll drive over now, and I’ll drag Xia Li’s dad along too!”
“It’s been almost a month since we last saw you, we’ll come see you!”
“Eh? Today?”
Lucia sat back on the sofa and licked her lips.
Xia Li’s tall figure stood in front of her at some point.
Having just caused trouble, she felt a little intimidated, her legs pressed together, her bare toes wiggling on the floor.
“Yes, is that convenient for you?”
Fang Xia asked over the phone, “If you’re too tired and need to adjust to the time difference, we can come tomorrow morning. See what time works best for you.”
Lucia looked up to gauge Xia Li’s opinion, and Xia Li nodded.
So she said to the phone.
“It’s convenient, Auntie, you’ll arrive in the afternoon? Then Xia Li and I will tidy up a bit, see you later.”
Xia Li caught Lucia’s foot, a small boat struggling in his large hand.
Then, her foot was used as the belt Xia Li had just lost, tucked into his waistband.
Lucia blushed and tried to pull her leg back, but found she couldn’t move it.
“See you later, I’ve already cleaned the house for you, just do a quick tidy-up when you get back, don’t tire yourselves out!” Fang Xia reminded them.
“Okay, goodbye Auntie.”
The call ended.
Lucia looked at her crab leg pose, her delicate toes curling involuntarily.
“What are you doing!”
“You started it.”
“I didn’t do anything, I was chatting with Auntie Fang!” The evil dragon retorted righteously.
“Really?” Xia Li didn’t believe her.
His current state already explained everything.
It was this dragon’s doing.
“You’re playing with fire!”
After saying that, Xia Li turned to the calico kitten, Little Cotton, who was familiarizing herself with the territory.
“Cotton, turn off the lights!”
“Meow?”
The calico kitten, whose name had been called, walked over.
Having not seen her owner for a long time, she still missed his scent.
Cotton ran over, rubbed against Xia Li’s ankle, then jumped onto the sofa and tried to sniff his hand.
“Meow~”
Generally speaking, female cats are more interested in male owners.
Not to mention, the only female owner in the house had an aura that naturally repelled her, so Cotton usually only chose Xia Li when given a choice.
Seeing this, Lucia pouted, her lips sticking out far enough to hang a bucket on.
Any female who approached Xia Li was her enemy!
Let alone a female cat, even a female mosquito would be shooed away by Lucia.
Moreover, Xia Li’s masculine scent was particularly strong right now.
It couldn’t be casually shown to or sniffed by other females!
“Cotton, go away!”
Lucia wouldn’t let Little Cotton sniff Xia Li’s hand and reached out to shoo the cat off the sofa.
“Isn’t she your favorite pet? You were still thinking about her when we were abroad,” Xia Li said with amusement.
“Now that I’ve seen her, I don’t miss her anymore!”
“Alright, alright,” Xia Li said in a tone used to coax a child.
“Now that Little Cotton is back in her nest, let’s get down to business!”
The shooed-away calico kitten wasn’t discouraged, she seemed to be used to her female owner’s strong possessiveness.
Curled up in her familiar cat bed, Cotton lay down comfortably and yawned.
“The business is to tidy up the house…”
Lucia’s gaze wandered, glancing at the coffee table that had already been wiped clean by Fang Xia.
“Does this even need tidying?”
Xia Li repeated her words, then added.
“What needs tidying up now isn’t the furniture in the house, but the dragon in the house.”
The light switch was too far away, and the living room was well-lit. This dragon didn’t like brightly lit places, she was thin-skinned.
So Xia Li simply scooped her up and carried her back to the room.
Lucia put up a token struggle in response.
“Have you ever heard the saying, ‘Periods are a roadblock before marriage, a savior after marriage’?”
“What roadblock savior, I don’t know.”
Xia Li’s mind had no room to think about such things at the moment, he casually replied to Lucia.
With a plop, Lucia sank into the soft mattress.
She hugged a pillow to her knees, her face as red as a ripe peach.
“You’ll definitely regret this later!”
“Who’ll regret it? I won’t, this is called seizing the day!”
“Then you better not say ‘It’s definitely not possible’ later!”
Obviously, Lucia’s threats fell on deaf ears.
At this stage, Xia Li was full of youthful vigor, and he was in the mood, completely unable to consider the seriousness of future consequences.
He bent down and embraced Lucia, wishing he could melt her into his arms. He said in a gentle voice.
“We have three hours, we need to make the most of it.”