novelraw Chapter 75
Chapter 75
Chapter 75: The Role of an Evil Dragon
Lucia’s current thought process was very simple: she felt that she should be of some use to society.
When she was with Xia Li, she definitely had a role to play.
Although dragons were not social creatures, Lucia had some understanding of the rules of social species.
If she wanted to be recognized by a social group…
Demonstrating her value was essential.
Xia Li, with the soft little evil dragon in his arms, arrived at the gate of their apartment complex.
Before they even reached the entrance of Building Number Three, the evil dragon, who had been clinging to him, suddenly ran off on her own two legs.
The rain had lessened considerably, and the hazy sky showed signs of dawn breaking.
Lucia splashed through the puddles, dashing forward at a speed of 1 meter per second. “There’s a lone human cub!”
Hearing these words from the evil dragon’s mouth was quite frightening for Xia Li.
He thought, “Wouldn’t she just gobble up the human cub in one bite?”
Xia Li saw Lucia standing in front of a human cub who was barely over a meter tall.
The human cub was dragging a bag of rice with one hand and holding a bottle of soy sauce in the other.
In the southern province of Sichuan, the rainfall was heavy, and the temperature rarely dropped below zero degrees Celsius throughout the year.
Even so, the weather here was definitely not warm. Because of the high humidity, the autumn wind here wasn’t a physical attack like in the north, but a magical attack that seeped into your bones.
This strong little boy was only wearing a simple long-sleeved shirt, without an umbrella, his neck shrinking into his shoulders from the cold.
“Is this food?”
Lucia asked, standing beside the little boy.
The little boy looked up slightly at the big sister, who was much taller than him.
For some reason, when he met the big sister’s earnest gaze, his first instinct was to think that she would snatch the rice from his hand.
But, in broad daylight, no one would steal rice, right?
“Uh… it’s all food.”
The little boy’s hands were full, and his nose was running from the cold, so he rubbed his face with his shoulder.
“I’ll help you carry it!”
Lucia stretched out her hands, but then remembered that she was still holding the box.
So she went back to Xia Li and stuffed the cardboard box into his arms.
Xia Li: “…”
The soft little evil dragon in his arms had been replaced by a hard cardboard box, which was a bit of a letdown.
The little boy looked back and saw this scene. After seeing someone familiar, the vigilance in his eyes relaxed a lot.
“Brother Xia…”
“It’s okay, give it to her.” Xia Li said, lifting his chin.
He didn’t know what kind of play the evil dragon was putting on, why she suddenly became so kind.
Wasn’t this guy a symbol of human disaster?
You call this a disaster?
Lucia enthusiastically took the rice. The bottom of the rice bag was already mostly wet, but she didn’t care about the dirt and directly hoisted it onto her shoulder.
“Give me that plastic bottle too!” Lucia called out.
The little boy shyly handed over the soy sauce.
“Thank you, Brother Xia, thank you, big sister.”
The little boy’s home was in Building Number Two, next door to Xia Li’s.
Xia Li remembered this family.
The boy’s parents had been working in Beijing for a long time, and he had been raised by his grandparents since he was a child. His grandfather had just passed away last year, and now only his grandmother, who had difficulty walking, was left at home.
At an age when he was still in elementary school, he had shouldered the burden of the family, buying rice, vegetables, and eggs. He could often be seen entering and leaving the complex.
Families like his were quite common in Xia Li’s old neighborhood.
“Is it heavy?”
Seeing Lucia in front of him, struggling to carry a bag of rice upstairs, Xia Li followed behind and asked.
“Not heavy at all!”
Lucia answered without looking back.
The little boy led the way in front. Xia Li vaguely remembered that this family lived on the sixth or seventh floor, anyway, it was the top two floors of the complex.
“Big sister, you’re so strong!”
The little boy looked back enviously at the big sister’s valiant act of carrying the rice upstairs, his eyes revealing genuine admiration.
“Of course,” Lucia chuckled, “I’m a dragon…”
After a pause, Lucia added, “Descendant of the dragon!”
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Upon hearing this, Xia Li’s mouth twitched.
He had never taught Lucia to say that. It was probably something she learned from watching TV.
“When I grow up, I’ll definitely be this strong.”
The little boy smiled and squeezed his biceps, which didn’t have much muscle at all.
After saying that, he seemed to think of something and, while climbing the stairs, took the time to crack a joke with Lucia.
“Sister, how many floors can you carry a bag of rice up?”
“A hundred floors!”
Lucia answered honestly, “Two hundred floors is fine too!”
What floors? With one flap of her wings, she could fly for tens of kilometers, okay!
The little boy, who didn’t get the joke at all: “…”
Xia Li: “…”
What an honest dragon…
Arriving on the sixth floor, the little boy took out the key hanging around his neck and opened the door.
As soon as the metal door, the same style as Xia Li’s, opened, he dashed inside.
Lucia, carrying the rice, stood at the door, looking around, and then looked at Xia Li for help.
What should she do next?
It wasn’t good to intrude on someone else’s territory…
It wasn’t good to throw the food on the ground either.
After all, the food in her hands should be very precious to this human cub.
After two minutes, the little boy came back out of the dark house.
He was pushing a small cart.
The front two wheels of the cart were small, and the rear two wheels were large. An old woman with white hair was sitting on the cart.
“Wheelchair.”
Xia Li bent down and whispered in Lucia’s ear.
At this time, he didn’t forget to popularize the vocabulary of human society to the evil dragon.
Xia Li’s breath blew on Lucia’s soft earlobe, the warm and humid air making her shrink back involuntarily.
It tickled…
Xia Li was sneak attacking her!
“Thank you, little girl.”
The frail old woman smiled, her eyes crinkling at the corners. She looked at Lucia with appreciation.
“You’re the one they mentioned a few days ago… Xia Li’s girlfriend.” The old woman smiled gently and handed out a pear.
“Yes, I’m his only girlfriend!”
Lucia nodded with a sense of accomplishment, putting her hands on her hips proudly as she said this.
However, after seeing the food handed over by the human elder, Lucia was at a loss again.
She once again gave Xia Li a look of plea for help.
The human cub and the human elder didn’t look well-off, and she didn’t know whether she should accept this pear.
“Thank you, Granny.” Xia Li took the initiative to accept the pear.
The old woman smiled gently again.
Xia Li didn’t stay with Lucia for long.
After saying goodbye to this family, he went downstairs with Lucia and returned to their own little nest.
Xia Li had no idea that his affairs had spread so widely.
Even the elderly lady upstairs in the next building, who rarely left her home, knew about it, which showed how powerful Mrs. Fang’s information dissemination ability was.
“Xia Li, I feel like I’m still very useful!”
Lucia was full of energy after returning home.
She wandered around the kitchen for a while, then rummaged around the living room, trying to find something to do.
Recalling the human cub dragging the rice with difficulty, which she could carry on her shoulder with one hand, Lucia felt unprecedented confidence.
Although she ate a lot, she was strong!
“Indeed very useful.”
Xia Li didn’t want to dampen the evil dragon’s enthusiasm, so he nodded in agreement.
“Then I can definitely help you in the future!”
Lucia paused and lowered her voice.
“How about… you don’t rush to send me back?”
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