novelraw Chapter 65
Chapter 65
Chapter 65: This Won’t End Without Marriage
To match Chen Tao’s story, Xia Li’s explanation to Mrs. Fang didn’t deviate from the script.
He was thinking of fabricating an Earthly identity for Lucia, so he explained to Fang Xia that Lucia was indeed his roommate.
Lucia was a classmate of Xia Li’s from the same university but a different department. They met in their junior year.
Later, as graduation approached, Lucia couldn’t find a job and wanted to stay at his place for a few nights.
Since their relationship had been good before, as they spent more time together, they naturally fell in love.
As for who confessed first, who pursued whom, Xia Li kept his mouth shut, and Fang Xia didn’t ask further, smiling.
Originally, Xia Li intended to reveal their boyfriend-girlfriend relationship as a trump card when he couldn’t hide it anymore.
Now that Lucia had directly exposed it, Xia Li had to bite the bullet and admit it.
Night fell, and the sounds of insects chirping intermittently from the flower beds outside the balcony. Xia Li lay on the sofa, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
The dragon herself slept soundly, while Xia Li had to mentally prepare for the changes to come.
Now that his parents knew about their relationship, it was equivalent to the entire neighborhood knowing… And later, with Fang Xia’s speed of spreading news, all the aunts and uncles would soon know about Xia Li having a girlfriend.
This…
This won’t end without marriage.
Speaking of which, Lucia doesn’t even have an ID card, how can she marry him?
No, it’s too early to worry about that, why am I thinking so much?
Xia Li sat up from the sofa and took a sip of ice water.
He was the kind of person who had trouble sleeping when he had something on his mind.
This mentality would be considered cautious on Azure Continent, but on Earth, it was ultimate mental exhaustion.
He always felt like he had overlooked some detail.
Xia Li took out his phone and opened the WeChat chat window.
Summer Dawn: Peach, did you sell me out?
After waiting for ten minutes, a reply finally came from his phone.
Peach: Who? Me?
Summer Dawn: There are only two of us in this chat window, could it be me?
Peach: Impossible, absolutely impossible, I’m the kind of person who would take a knife for my brother.
Xia Li deliberately waited for a few minutes, waiting for the second message that was “typing…” to arrive.
Peach: By the way, my mom just called and told me you admitted your relationship with Little Lu.
Peach: She also told me not to eat the big one, but the small one… Damn, it must be you who sold me out, right?！！
Summer Dawn: Eat what?
Peach: 『Image』
Chen Tao sent a poop emoji.
Summer Dawn: ……
Summer Dawn: I’m asking you, did you say anything extra to my mom?
Peach: No
Peach: Just mentioned it a little…
Peach: My mom was asking too much that day, she insisted on asking where Little Lu is from, what she does, and even her family situation. They’re afraid you’re being tricked by a bad woman.
Peach: I couldn’t handle the pressure, so I said Little Lu is an orphan, told them not to ask so much.
Seeing these words, Xia Li fell silent.
It was indeed Chen Tao who spread the news that Lucia had no relatives, so Fang Xia was so angry.
From her perspective, Xia Li was bullying a helpless little girl, making her do housework, sleep on the balcony, and only giving her street food for dinner.
However, although Chen Tao betrayed him, it was understandable. He even took the big and small for Xia Li, so Xia Li couldn’t blame him now.
It was fine for his parents to know about Lucia’s orphan status in advance. Old Xia and Mrs. Fang were kind-hearted people, they would definitely take better care of Lucia in the future.
Now the only one suffering was Xia Li himself.
Raising a dragon at home was already mentally and physically exhausting, and now there were two more supervisors.
Peach: Where’d you go? Disappeared in the middle of the conversation??
Summer Dawn: Forget it, I’ll let you off the hook for today.
Peach: Don’t, don’t let me off the hook. Monkey is coming back this weekend, let’s have dinner together.
Peach: And let Little Lu get to know more friends, after all, she’s from out of town, no relatives, no friends, so pitiful.
After sending this message, Chen Tao threw over a bunch of silly emojis.
Xia Li replied with “Let’s talk later” and turned off his phone.
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse outside the window. Xia Li gently pushed open his bedroom door.
He was returning to his own room, but he felt like a thief.
He was just going to the closet to get a set of clothes to change into tomorrow.
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Carefully opening the closet door, Xia Li grabbed a random hoodie and trousers.
Glancing back, he saw the girl with her legs curled up, hugging an oversized sheep plush.
He didn’t feel this way when she slept on the camp bed before. Now that Lucia was lying on his big bed, he felt that she was so small, he could wrap his arm around her completely.
“Xia Li,”
Xia Li was about to leave when the voice from behind stopped him.
He raised the clothes in his hand, indicating that he was just passing by.
He didn’t know if the dragon hadn’t fallen asleep in the first place, or if she woke up in the middle of the night.
Her bright amber eyes peeked out from the covers, her voice a little nervous.
“Your human nest is quite big.”
Xia Li turned back and said, “Of course, it’s a 1.8-meter bed.”
“It should be okay to sleep two people…”
“Even three people can sleep.”
“Th-three people?!”
“I mean… a family of three, parents and a child together.”
To avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, Xia Li quickly explained.
He glanced back at the dragon, who was holding the big sheep plush and only showing half of her face. After waiting for three seconds to confirm that she didn’t say anything else, Xia Li softly said.
“I’m going to sleep, good night.”
“Oh… good night.”
The door slowly closed, and the light from the living room gradually dimmed.
Lucia raised her arm and squeezed the ear of the big sheep plush with a lonely look.
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Early the next morning.
Lucia, who was still scrubbing the sink with a brush, was stopped by Xia Li.
“Is it time to eat?”
Lucia wiped her dragon claws clean and excitedly walked over when she saw Xia Li was awake.
“…No food yet, I’ll take you downstairs to eat later.”
After saying good night, shouldn’t the first thing in the morning be “good morning”?
Why does this dragon always talk about food?
“Come here,” Xia Li beckoned.
“Today we need to complete the mission assigned by the higher-ups, cooperate a little.”
Xia Li took out the soft measuring tape from the drawer, and Lucia stood in front of him cooperatively.
Feet together, arms raised, Lucia stood like a cross, letting Xia Li do as he pleased.
“Mmm, so itchy!”
“…”
“Hee hee hee… so itchy, Xia Li!”
Xia Li calmly measured Lucia’s sleeve and leg length, then opened Taobao and started shopping.
No need to measure other parts, just buy size S.
The clothes Xia Li bought last time were definitely not enough for Lucia to change into. Now, following Mrs. Fang’s request, he needed to stock up.
Glancing at the snow-white little feet dangling on the sofa, Xia Li looked at them curiously.
“How long are your feet?”
“…Huh?”