novelraw Chapter 74
Chapter 74
Chapter 74: A Brave Hero for a Dragon Alone
There was no fog in Qingcheng City today.
The dark clouds hanging in the air eventually condensed into rain, falling in a fine drizzle.
Xia Li went out with two transparent umbrellas. At the entrance of the building, he opened one for Lucia first.
As a dragon who wouldn’t even fear seawater backflow, holding an umbrella to avoid rain was somewhat pretentious for Lucia.
However, when in Rome, do as the Romans do…
Standing in the rain, watching the raindrops ‘pitter-patter’ on the transparent umbrella and listening to the tapping sound above her head, Lucia’s eyes sparkled.
It was rare to be able to listen to the sounds of nature.
The sound of raindrops falling without rhythm made her feel peaceful.
“Xia Li, it’s raining white sugar, just like the white sugar in the kitchen.” Lucia raised a finger and poked the transparent umbrella.
Fine raindrops formed into beads of water, flowing down the sides of the umbrella.
If it had been her a week ago, she would have exclaimed, ‘What powerful light membrane magic!’
Now, instead of using ‘magic’ to understand these unfamiliar things, Lucia had a new way of understanding.
“Yeah, it’s sweet, try it if you don’t believe me.”
Xia Li opened his own umbrella, and the umbrella in his hand touched Lucia’s in the rain, creating a little distance between them.
“Ah~”
Lucia raised her head and tried to catch the raindrops with her tongue.
Fortunately, the silly dragon at least knew to put away the umbrella before tasting the rain.
But she really believed Xia Li’s casual nonsense.
“It has no taste,” Lucia smacked her lips and said.
“…”
Because of the rain today, the breakfast cart outside the building closed early.
Xia Li took Lucia to a noodle shop in an old alley.
Noodles in Sichuan Province are sold by weight. Lucia alone could eat three liang of noodles, plus a bowl of seaweed soup and a marinated egg.
Every time he saw such a small girl eat so much, Xia Li couldn’t help but eat a little more himself.
If this continued, both the human and the dragon would definitely gain weight.
“Xia Li, am I eating too much?”
On the way out of the noodle shop, Lucia spun the umbrella in her hand, scattering the water droplets from its high-speed rotation, splashing Xia Li’s arm.
Xia Li calmly wiped the water from his sleeve, wondering how this dragon had learned to self-reflect.
“Not much, it’s normal.”
“The girl at the next table only ate a small bowl,” Lucia said again.
She had gone out to eat with Xia Li several times, but Lucia was still not used to eating with dozens of humans.
Even though she didn’t steal things anymore, she couldn’t help but be curious about what the people at the next table were eating.
As a result, she found that she seemed to be a big eater compared to them.
When Lucia first arrived, Xia Li had scolded her for eating two extra pieces of bread. Now, if Xia Li wanted to send her back and she was a glutton, she would definitely be disliked even more.
So, she had to restrain her appetite!
“She’s human, you’re a dragon, it’s normal for you to eat more.”
But this time, Xia Li didn’t mean to criticize her. Instead, he said, “It’s good to eat more, you can grow taller if you eat more.”
After walking around the outside of the Shangdong Chaoyang Residential Complex for most of the way, Xia Li arrived at the entrance of the neighboring complex.
Although his residential complex had a security guard and a mailroom, the old man at the gate had a poor memory and packages were always lost. Later, they were all placed at the courier station next door, and the residents of the complex would pick them up themselves.
It wasn’t far, just a fifty-meter walk.
Lucia followed behind Xia Li, holding an umbrella quietly. Occasionally, when she saw uneven puddles at her feet, she would step on them with her little white shoes, and the ‘tap, tap, tap’ sound of the water made her feel amused.
“7301, it’s over there, go get it.”
Arriving at the courier station, Xia Li glanced at the pickup code on his phone and said to Lucia.
Lucia shook her umbrella like Xia Li and then went to the shelf to look for the code Xia Li mentioned without stopping.
This simple decryption method was not difficult for her.
It took Lucia less than two minutes to find what Xia Li wanted on the shelf.
Glancing at the human beside her scanning the box with red light, Lucia carefully imitated the action and successfully retrieved the package.
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Xia Li watched from the doorway the whole time.
Lucia was a bit clumsy, but her learning and imitation abilities were very strong.
With this kind of talent, it wouldn’t be difficult for her to do more complex things, even work, in the future.
At this rate, it was only a matter of time before the dragon became a part of society…
Provided that she was willing to stay on Earth.
“Give me the heavy one, you take the light one.”
Xia Li also had two packages in his hand, both containing clothes.
What Lucia picked up was a large package containing books and notebooks, estimated to weigh over ten jin.
“I’ll take the heavy one!”
Lucia turned sideways, protecting the large box in her hands like a dragon guarding its treasure, not letting Xia Li touch it at all.
Looking down on him, huh?
With this little weight, she could lift it with her dragon tongue!
Lucia knew that if she wanted to integrate into modern life, she had to show her worth, and being a glutton wouldn’t do.
Her Silver Dragon race didn’t eat for free.
Besides washing dishes, she could help Xia Li with many other things…
Xia Li was so anxious to send her back, it was simply a wrong judgment!
“Humph, humph.”
The dragon snorted twice and walked forward, holding the box of books that was wider than her shoulders.
When she came to the rain, Lucia realized that she was holding things with both hands and couldn’t hold an umbrella.
Just as she was about to turn around and tell Xia Li, Lucia’s vision darkened. A highly raised umbrella was quietly held above her head.
Xia Li was holding the umbrella for her.
She watched the fine raindrops fall from above, and before they landed on her face, they were blocked by the transparent plastic film.
And Xia Li’s own back of his head was already covered with water droplets.
This brave hero who, in order to let her go home, didn’t hesitate to put himself in the world she didn’t like for more than ten years, spending so much time and energy to do something futile…
He still called her stupid.
Clearly, Xia Li was the stupid one.
Oh, right.
Lucia suddenly remembered.
Xia Li said he had retired, he was no longer a brave hero, his mission was to protect Lucia, a dragon.
So that means…
Wasn’t the brave hero a brave hero for her, a dragon?
“Lucia, stand a little closer, this umbrella is too small, my back will get wet.”
Lucia stared at Xia Li with her clear and bright eyes for a while.
Xia Li was not idle either, his mind was racing with calculations.
“Oh, oh.”
Upon hearing this, Lucia squeezed towards Xia Li’s chest without a word.
“Like this?”
“A little closer.”
“Like… this?”
From the back of her head to her back, Lucia was completely pressed against Xia Li, and Xia Li hadn’t even told her to stop.
“That’s about right, lean a little closer to my arm,” Xia Li said again.
Lucia obediently followed, moving her shoulder to rest Xia Li’s wrist on it.
At first glance, it looked as if she was being held in Xia Li’s arms.
Seeing this, the corners of Xia Li’s mouth began to curl up wildly.
“That’s it, good.”