novelraw Chapter 70
Chapter 70
Chapter 70: Enemy Attack, Enemy Attack
Xia Li usually got along with his buddies in a very easygoing manner.
If there was something they wanted to do, they would all do it together, and if there was something they didn’t want to do, they wouldn’t do it.
When they went out for drinks, they always knew when to stop. If one of them said they didn’t want to drink anymore, the rest would never pressure them to drink. Even if someone had to leave in the middle of a meal, the others would at most sigh and let them go.
It was precisely because of this comfortable and harmonious atmosphere that they didn’t become strangers after growing up, but instead, their relationship became better and better.
Arriving downstairs at the Shangdong Chaoyang Residential Complex.
Xia Li looked up from afar.
His pace gradually quickened. When climbing the stairs, Xia Li took two steps at a time, striding meteorically.
It was as if there was an anxious feeling in his heart urging him on.
Making him wish he could see Lucia immediately and tell her the secret he discovered about the Demon Repelling Sword possibly containing magic power. And, he wanted to know if this silly dragon, Lucia, had been eating properly at home.
This was the first time Lucia had been so far away from Xia Li since arriving on Earth.
This silly dragon was both timid and bold.
She would stutter when thanked by humans and her first reaction to seeing strangers at the door was to attack.
Because the size of a dragon’s gall was so random, Xia Li was extremely worried about leaving her at home alone.
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In the living room.
As darkness gradually enveloped the entire city, streetlights came on, and thousands of lights began to twinkle.
Those lights, like magic, dispelled the ink-black night.
Lucia stood somewhat dejectedly on the balcony, gazing at the dazzling city nightscape like fireworks.
She knew that behind each of these lights was a home.
Just like the house beneath her feet, one house constituted one home.
Looking at the hundreds of ‘homes’ between these buildings, Lucia felt everything was strange.
Those children walking or running on the streets, those young people rushing by, or those elderly people slowly moving forward with canes, everyone here had their own place.
So where was her place?
The concept of home was too extravagant for dragons.
It was difficult for dragons to have a fixed residence for a long time. Whether it was natural disasters or human destruction, it was easy for them to be displaced.
And…
A home only counted as a home with more than two people. A home with only one person was not a home.
Thinking of this, Lucia suddenly came back to her senses.
She hugged the oversized Little Cotton, squeezed the cotton sheep horn, and said excitedly.
“Oh, so that means…”
“As long as Xia Li comes back, it’s a home!”
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Xia Li stood in front of the familiar tetanus-prone metal door, hurriedly taking out the key from his pocket.
He opened the door.
The unlit living room first made Xia Li pause, and then his heart skipped a beat.
“Lucia?”
There was no response.
Without bothering to change his shoes, Xia Li rushed to the balcony.
The wooden door leading to the balcony was wide open. The wire above was still hanging with the clothes they had dried. The biting cold wind from above poured into his collar, making Xia Li shiver.
Looking at the height of the third floor, countless conjectures appeared in Xia Li’s mind.
It couldn’t be… she didn’t jump, did she?!
If it were this daring dragon, it was very likely she would do such a thing.
He had reminded Lucia of a hundred things before going out, but he hadn’t warned her not to go near the balcony.
Lucia had no ability to be self-reliant now. She didn’t even know how to rummage through the trash. If she left Xia Li, she would either end up in jail or sleeping under a bridge.
“…Lucia!”
Xia Li yelled downstairs at the top of his lungs.
He was about to turn around and go back to the room to look for her when he saw two figures appear behind him.
Subconsciously, he was about to draw the Demon Repelling Sword from his back, but the faint light from outside allowed Xia Li to see the short and small figure clearly.
“Xia Li…”
Lucia was hugging a sheep almost the same size as herself. At first glance, it looked like two figures were next to each other.
“You came back early.”
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Lucia’s fair little face was illuminated by the streetlights, giving it a rosy hue. Her eyes, looking at Xia Li, were filled with joy.
Her hand holding the sheep’s neck moved. Suddenly, she had the urge to hold Xia Li’s hand too.
Just now, when Xia Li was anxiously calling her name on the balcony, she wanted to fly over and tell him she was right here.
But… another strange emotion suppressed this impulse.
If she rushed over like this, she would probably feel shy.
Just like the last time she heard Xia Li say he liked her in the room, her heart would thump, and her head would feel hot.
“You…”
Xia Li breathed a sigh of relief, his hanging heart settling down.
This feeling was like finding a lost and important item, feeling extremely secure.
“…Why did you turn off the lights!”
He was complaining, but his tone was very soft.
He went to the living room and turned on the lights. The dim environment instantly brightened. Xia Li turned around and saw the silly dragon staring at him, even holding a kitchen knife in her hand.
“Didn’t you say you’d be back at nine…” Lucia explained in a low voice.
“But it’s only half past seven. I thought a bad guy had broken in.”
As she spoke, Lucia obediently handed the dangerous kitchen knife to Xia Li.
“So I hid and went to the kitchen to get a weapon… But don’t worry, I only planned to use the back of the knife.”
If Xia Li hadn’t called her name just now, he would have been knocked unconscious by the kitchen knife lurking in the dark.
However…
It was also very likely that she would have been counter-killed by the Brave Hero.
Because Lucia’s attitude and tone were too sincere, Xia Li couldn’t say the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
Looking at her eyes, which were exceptionally bright under the light, Xia Li’s tone softened completely.
Putting the kitchen knife back on the shelf, Xia Li turned and asked the little dragon following behind him.
“Were you afraid at home alone?”
“No…”
Lucia shook her head.
Dragons never feared anything.
But thinking back to the empty feeling of the house without Xia Li, she hesitated.
Dragons were fearless and never afraid of loneliness.
She had been alone, looking out over the mountains, never knowing what loneliness was.
But today, when she huddled in the living room and watched the lights of thousands of homes outside, the feeling of not being able to integrate into the new world was unbearable.
“A little bit.”
Lucia hugged the sheep with one hand and gestured with two fingers of the other hand, creating a tiny space.
Xia Li chuckled at the stubborn dragon and pulled her little white hand to the living room.
“Then I’ll take you with me next time I go out.”
“No, no,” Lucia shook her head again, “I don’t eat fish.”
“I’ll take you to eat whatever you want.”
Lucia was silent for a moment, subconsciously thinking about what she wanted to eat.
If she answered bread at this time, Xia Li would definitely dislike it…
Of course, it would be even better if she could eat steak, but steak was expensive, so forget it.
“Haven’t thought of it yet?”
“Mm…” Lucia nodded.
“If you haven’t thought of it, think slowly. We have plenty of time anyway.”
Pulling Lucia back to the sofa to lie down, Xia Li was about to tell her about his discovery on the Demon Repelling Sword today.
But when he saw the two untouched takeaways on the coffee table, his attention was completely diverted.
“Why didn’t you eat dinner?”