novelraw Chapter 68
Chapter 68
Chapter 68: The Brave Hero’s Big Sword
The next evening, Xia Li finished tidying up his home.
He ordered two fried rice, a hamburger, two pairs of chicken wings, and a portion of fries for Lucia.
Considering this was the evil dragon’s first time being home alone, Xia Li thought that even if she couldn’t find anything to do, she could spend a lot of time eating.
He took a final look around the house, feeling that there shouldn’t be any problems.
“I’m going out.”
Xia Li went to the door to change his shoes.
Lucia, who was still pressing the TV remote control on the sofa, immediately got up and rushed over.
“Did you bring your phone?”
“Yes.” “Keys?”
“Brought them too.”
Lucia carefully recalled the three things Xia Li always took with him when he went out.
“What about that small square card?”
“You mean my ID card?”
Xia Li remembered this, took out his ID card from his trouser pocket, and handed it to Lucia.
“I won’t take this, you keep it for me.”
“Oh…”
Lucia still didn’t understand how to use this thing, she only knew that when they went to the zoo, this small card seemed to save them some money.
Putting the small card with the Brave Hero’s photo in her pocket, Lucia watched Xia Li change his shoes at the door.
“What time will you be back?”
“Maybe…”
Glancing at the wall clock, considering that he might drink alcohol later during dinner, Xia Li replied.
“Nine o’clock at the latest.”
“Then you have to come back on time.” Lucia silently calculated a three-hour countdown in her heart.
Her current serious expression, in Xia Li’s eyes, was very much like a child left at home.
Or just take her with him…
Xia Li suddenly thought, feeling a bit hesitant.
But Lucia couldn’t handle that kind of complicated social interaction yet. Just thinking about his buddies asking her questions one by one and making the silly dragon dizzy, Xia Li wanted to hide her at home and not take her to see anyone.
Moreover, letting Lucia stay home was an important part of her familiarizing herself with modern society.
Xia Li always had his own things to deal with, he couldn’t be like two pieces of toffee stuck together with Lucia all day long.
“I’m leaving.”
Putting on his shoes, Xia Li turned and went out.
“Wait a minute.”
Lucia seemed to have remembered something and held the door frame with one hand.
At this moment, Xia Li had already made up his mind that if the evil dragon really didn’t dare to stay home alone, he wouldn’t go.
It wasn’t like he had to have this meal.
“…Can you take that with you?”
Lucia hid behind the door and pointed to the long sword that Xia Li had casually thrown on the shoe cabinet.
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At the gate of the Shangdong Chaoyang Residential Complex.
The late autumn evening darkened earlier than usual, and the streetlights came on before six o’clock, stretching the shadows of pedestrians hurrying by.
The afterglow of the setting sun in the west hadn’t completely faded, and the bright moon in the east had quietly climbed into the sky.
A rare sight of the sun and moon shining together appeared in the evening sky of Qingcheng City.
“Boss Xia, are you… going fishing?”
Three figures were squatting at the gate of the residential complex.
Even though they had already grown up, their words and actions, in Xia Li’s eyes, were still exactly the same as when they were children.
“It’s not a fishing rod.”
Xia Li shook the half-open black backpack on his shoulder.
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Carrying the Demon Repelling Sword in this way… was the first time ever.
If it weren’t for the evil dragon at home being afraid of being in the same room as the Demon Repelling Sword, and worrying about Xia Li encountering bad guys at night, Xia Li wouldn’t have to carry a sword out with him.
“Oh, I know.”
Chen Tao, who was squatting on the ground, stood up and explained, “It’s Boss Xia’s newly bought sword, it’s really heavy, carrying it on his back is like weight training.”
“Tsk… Old Xia is starting to exercise already?” The tall and sturdy boy said.
“Men with girlfriends, they’re like this.” The other, slightly shorter boy echoed.
These two were Xia Li’s good buddies from childhood.
The tall boy with the crew cut was surnamed Hou, although his appearance was nothing like a thin monkey, he still couldn’t escape the nickname ‘Monkey’.
And the other shorter boy with the watermelon head, because his name contained the character ‘Yuan’, was originally called the Monkey-Ape duo with Monkey, but because when they were in elementary school, they were disgusted that the character ‘Ape’ was too difficult to write, it was directly changed to ‘Yuanzi’.
Monkey, Peach, and Yuanzi, the three people in front of Xia Li, were the elite F3 of the Water Curtain Cave in the Flower Fruit Mountain.
Except for the only girl who was preparing for postgraduate entrance exams and wasn’t present, the members of the Building Number Three faction of the Shangdong Chaoyang Residential Complex were all present, the four of them ready to go.
“Where’s your girlfriend?”
Hou Zijie craned his neck and glanced behind Xia Li, but didn’t see the girlfriend that Chen Tao had boasted about.
“Didn’t bring her, she doesn’t want to go out today.” Xia Li casually explained.
Hou Zijie didn’t think much of it, although it was a bit of a pity that he didn’t see her, but today was a rare opportunity to come back to his hometown, the purpose was to have a good time with his buddies, so he didn’t feel too concerned.
“Let’s go, let’s go, the fish is already being grilled by the boss, we’ll go over now and eat it fresh.” Hou Zijie cheerfully called out and led the way in front.
The three of them walked side by side, even their pace was synchronized.
Continuing the way they walked when they were kids, with a swagger, they couldn’t help but shrink their necks when the biting autumn wind blew.
Only Xia Li himself was carrying a backpack upright, the cold wind blowing on his face didn’t make him feel much.
Looking back at the direction of his home, that familiar location, there seemed to be a petite figure standing on the balcony, watching him.
It was supposed to be a day of reunion with friends he hadn’t seen for three years, but Xia Li’s attention was always drifting elsewhere.
Would that evil dragon be okay at home alone? She shouldn’t know how to turn on the gas stove yet, the power strip at home was unplugged, and speaking of which, the microwave was placed a bit high, wouldn’t she get food all over her face when she heated up the fried rice?
Xia Li felt as if there was a person living in his head, a thought he couldn’t get rid of.
He thought about it all the way, and felt that the biggest problem at the moment was that Lucia didn’t have a mobile phone.
Otherwise, all the questions he wanted to ask now could be conveyed through the phone.
This feeling of not being able to communicate directly through language made Xia Li feel anxious.
But thinking about it carefully, even if he was face to face with Lucia, it would be difficult for him to express these feelings.
The grilled fish restaurant that Hou Zijie took them to wasn’t far from the residential complex, it was only a ten-minute walk.
The owner of the grilled fish restaurant was an acquaintance, and they had reserved a table in advance.
Xia Li found a seat by the window, took off his backpack, and sat down.
“Want a drink?”
Hou Zijie shook a bottle of alcohol, asking for everyone’s opinion.
Seeing no objections, he started opening the bottle with a bottle opener.
“Is there a toy sword in here?”
Fu Yuan, who was sitting next to Xia Li, leaned over curiously, his eyes fixed on Xia Li’s heavy backpack.
Xia Li’s backpack was placed on the soft sofa, and it was obvious that the sofa had sunk down.
The weight was obviously not light.
“Yeah, a toy sword.” Xia Li nodded.
“Yuanzi, Boss Xia’s sword is really heavy,” Chen Tao, who was sitting across the table, said with a smile, “You definitely can’t lift it with your arm strength.”
Fu Yuan obviously didn’t believe it, he was the easiest to be led by the nose by Chen Tao.
Glancing at Xia Li’s acquiescing look, Fu Yuan took the sword from the sofa chair, and then his arm sank, his whole body tilting downward along with the sword.
“What material is this??” Fu Yuan exclaimed.
“This density… it’s not a common metal, is it??”
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