novelraw Chapter 59
Chapter 59
Chapter 59: Pure Friendship Is Indestructible
It just so happened to be rush hour on the way back.
Xia Li waited with Lucia at the bus stop for three buses, but there were no seats. In the end, they had no choice but to get on a less crowded bus.
Lucia was a little tired from playing today, her arm barely hanging onto the handrail of the bus, her body swaying weakly with the movement of the vehicle.
Xia Li didn’t feel anything. Firstly, his own physical fitness was better than that of a dragon who never left the house. Secondly, Xia Li didn’t hop around when he walked.
Taking advantage of the time spent on the bus… standing on the bus, Xia Li took out his phone with one hand and glanced at it.
He hadn’t paid attention to his phone while playing with Lucia in the afternoon, and now there were two more comments on Zhihu.
The content was quite friendly. One of them was urging him to update, and the second one was asking why the author would intersperse settings in the story. Was he planning to publish a book with such a detailed world view?
Xia Li typed with one hand on the nine-key input method and casually explained that the Record of Experiences was just such a medium.
After turning off his phone, Xia Li glanced at Lucia, who was swaying beside him. The bus arrived at the next stop, and quite a few people got on at this stop. Xia Li squeezed Lucia into the corner.
At this stage, Xia Li didn’t expect this Record of Experiences to bring him any income.
Because he had written it with the determination to serialize it for a long time, it was normal to have no income before gaining higher exposure.
As for the comment about publishing a book… Xia Li had never thought about this step at all.
The Record of Experiences was a way for him to try to make money, and he planned to spend a month on it. After a month, regardless of whether he could make money from the stories brought back from another world, Xia Li planned to find a job.
After all, serializing the Record of Experiences was only one of his part-time jobs and couldn’t be a full-time job.
As for this month, he would treat it as accompanying Lucia to familiarize herself with life on Earth.
“Lucia.”
Lucia hugged the oversized sheep plush toy with one hand, the entire dragon was so sleepy that she was dozing off on the spot.
She had seriously exceeded her exercise limit today, and only when Xia Li called her a second time did she raise her sleepy face.
“Hmm, hmm?”
“…What would you do at home alone if I went out to work?” Xia Li asked with some concern.
“Work…” Lucia blinked her sleepy eyes. “You’re not going to be a Brave Hero anymore?”
“When I returned to Earth, my identity as a Brave Hero was retired,” Xia Li said helplessly.
There were many heroes in this world now, and it was not his turn to protect it, a Brave Hero who had lost his power.
Lucia thought for a moment. “Then you’re not going to protect humans anymore?”
“It’s enough for me to protect you,” Xia Li replied instantly.
After all, Lucia, who was alone, was the vulnerable group in this society. Before society could harm her, or she could harm society, Xia Li really should stay by her side.
Xia Li felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said.
But the sudden silence between the two made Xia Li couldn’t help but savor the meaning of these words.
Why the more he understood it, the more strange it became…
And what did it mean that the evil dragon suddenly stopped talking??
It made it seem like he had suddenly said a cheesy pick-up line.
Say something!
Xia Li turned his gaze sideways and landed on Lucia’s beautiful little face.
Lucia squeezed the handrail in her hand, turned slightly sideways, and left the back of her head to Xia Li.
No, why are you shy as a dragon!!
It made him almost embarrassed.
Shouldn’t she bring the topic back to the previous question and answer what she planned to do at home alone??
Xia Li took a deep breath, didn’t take the initiative to say anything, and fiercely looked out the window.
There was a big sheep between him and Lucia, and the two of them were like duckweed swaying with the waves, swaying with the bus’s stops and starts.
After a few more stops.
The vehicle entered the downtown area, and at this time of day, there were many young couples out on dates.
They held hands, the boys holding the plastic handrails on the roof of the car, the girls holding the boys, talking and laughing, occasionally the girls would shyly burrow into the boys’ arms.
Lucia’s eyes slowly peeked out from under the fluffy sheep, like a snail’s eyes, secretly glancing at the situation outside.
Lucia had seen many such hand-holding men and women when she went shopping last time.
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And it was the same at the zoo today.
The men would take the initiative to hold the women’s hands, their hands seemed to be stuck together by some kind of magic, they were always in a combined state wherever they went.
Looking at themselves…
Lucia recalled that Xia Li rarely held her hand like that.
Except when crossing the road, Xia Li would hold her hand for a while, the rest of the time they basically walked their own way.
Lucia didn’t know what the difference was between her relationship with Xia Li and the couple next to her.
But judging from the atmosphere of their conversation, their body language, and the special feelings they had for each other in their eyes, there should be a big difference.
“Why are they all couples?”
Xia Li also noticed that Lucia was looking at the young couple next to her.
These two were a little noisy, chatting about the movie they had just watched as soon as they got on the bus.
Xia Li felt a burst of heat and propped himself up to push the window open a little.
“Couples?”
Lucia was still searching her mind for the words to describe this relationship. In her opinion, these people seemed to be married, but seemed to be missing something.
So they were couples!
Although she was not yet very clear about the division of relationships in human society, Lucia subconsciously knew that couples were probably a better relationship than friends.
“What about us, what are we?” Lucia asked Xia Li excitedly.
“We are definitely purely friends,” Xia Li said righteously.
As he spoke, he pulled at his collar to cool down.
Why did he feel like he was sweating profusely as soon as Lucia spoke?
Don’t make me laugh, I’m full of integrity, how could I feel guilty?
But after seeing Lucia’s expectant eyes, Xia Li even felt his throat tighten.
No…
Something’s wrong, something’s wrong.
Forget about before, when there was physical contact, and when he was fed candy by the evil dragon, Xia Li would feel nervous because the evil dragon’s appearance was that of a beautiful girl.
It was normal for a young man in his early twenties, full of vigor, to have some special emotions in the face of such a sincere girl.
Xia Li had always regarded Lucia’s naive actions and intimate physical contact with him as Comrade Lucia’s test of their friendship.
In this regard, Xia Li felt that he could definitely withstand it.
But now, he suddenly realized that what he had to face seemed to be a mountain.
Let alone overcoming difficulties with Lucia, the Lucia in front of him, she herself was an ultimate big BOSS!
“Which is more powerful, pure friendship or couples?”
Lucia didn’t seem satisfied with Xia Li’s answer. The dragon race was still very competitive.
“Pure friendship is much more powerful,” Xia Li replied.
After all, it was more than a hundred times harder for a man and a woman to live together and maintain a long-lasting friendship than a romantic relationship.
Speaking of which, was there really pure friendship between men and women?
Xia Li thought with some hesitation.
“Xia Li, they just had their mouths… mouths…”
Lucia clearly saw the girl stand on tiptoe and touch the boy’s lips.
Where had the newly mature evil dragon seen such a scene? Lucia’s eyes, peeking out from behind the sheep, stared straight at that scene.
“Don’t look,” Xia Li cursed under his breath and blocked the evil dragon with his broad body.
“That’s ruminating.”