novelraw Chapter 85
Chapter 85
Chapter 85: I Crave the Dragon, I Am Guilty
It was 9:30 pm, just as the supermarket was closing.
Xia Li stood in the stormy night, looking at the somewhat dim streetlights, his mood also becoming heavy.
“Little Chef” she said, but now it’s raining and we’re late. How can she be a “Little Chef” if we can’t even buy groceries?
Looking at the dragon beside him, who knew nothing and was holding the phone box in her arms, giggling foolishly, Xia Li made up his mind and took out his phone to start operating.
The mall was closed for the day, but he could choose to order online, and tomorrow morning, a wild “Male Bunny Girl” would deliver the groceries to his door.
He might as well add a pink apron to the order.
Considering that the “Little Chef’s” current level was very low, and her cooking was mainly vegetarian, Xia Li only bought half a catty of lean pork, and the rest of the dishes were ordered according to seasonal vegetables.
“Little Chef, what do you want to cook?”
Xia Li asked, flipping through the product interface on his phone. Lucia stood by the side, holding the phone box, her feet splashing water as she tapped them on the ground.
“Boiled radish…”
“And then?”
“Steamed eggplant, and smashed cucumber.”
Lucia thought carefully and chose a few dishes that she had seen and felt confident in making.
Xia Li: “…”
Well, it seems like he’s going to be losing weight these days.
But these dishes didn’t sound too bad. If there wasn’t much seasoning or technical skill involved, they shouldn’t be too awful.
The order was successfully placed, scheduled for delivery at 10 am tomorrow.
Xia Li glanced at the pitch-black night sky, considering the possibility of walking two blocks to catch the subway without an umbrella.
He sighed, “It seems our only option is to take a taxi.”
After he finished speaking, he looked up at Lucia, who was giggling beside him, “Are you okay with that?”
“No problem!” Lucia was still excited about getting a new phone.
Her current state reminded Xia Li of when he was a child, and his parents would buy him new clothes for the New Year. He would wish he could sleep in his new clothes.
At that time, he was inexperienced in the world, his thoughts were simple, and happiness was cheap but precious.
But as he grew up, people’s hearts became more and more complex, and it became more and more difficult to be satisfied.
Looking at the silly dragon like this, Xia Li suddenly didn’t want her to be contaminated by the world’s vulgarity.
It would be good if she just stayed at home…
It would be even better if she became someone who waited for him to go to work and come home every day, cooking for him and being his old… Little Chef.
However, this kind of thing still needed to take Lucia’s own wishes into consideration.
Dragons are free by nature, Xia Li couldn’t restrict her.
“Estimated waiting time: 20 minutes…”
Looking at the message on the malicious map showing that ride-hailing services were fully booked, Xia Li sighed again.
The people around the electronics mall had already left, and the autumn rain, imbued with the unique magic attack of the Sichuan region, blew in diagonally.
Even standing under the eaves, he could feel the chill penetrating his bones.
Xia Li held his phone and slowly squatted down ━ this was the unique sense of relaxation of Sichuan people. If they could squat, they wouldn’t stand, and if they could lie down, they wouldn’t squat.
“Are you cold?”
Lucia suddenly stood in front of Xia Li. Xia Li squatted, and she stood, the human and dragon finally achieving the correct height difference.
“I’m not cold.”
Just as she shook her head, Lucia grabbed Xia Li’s hand and touched it.
There was nothing special about the Brave Hero’s hand. His palm had a thick layer of calluses from years of wielding a sword.
Xia Li’s hand wasn’t cold, but the rain blown in by the wind always landed on his hair.
Lucia’s clothes had a hood, so she didn’t have to worry about her hair getting wet, but Xia Li was different.
The short hair on Xia Li’s forehead was covered in water droplets, looking wet.
So Lucia stood in front of Xia Li, her back to the curtain of rain, her white hands raised, covering Xia Li’s head like a roof.
“What are you doing…” Xia Li looked up.
“I’m an umbrella now,” Lucia whispered, “shielding you from the rain.”
“…”
Looking at the dragon’s serious expression, her large sheep hat was illuminated by the dim light, casting a shadow on her face. Her beautiful amber eyes sparkled with countless tiny lights in the darkness.
Her hands were steadily held above Xia Li’s head. Her palms were small, only enough to cover his forehead.
Suddenly, he felt a tug at his heartstrings.
In such a pair of innocent dragon eyes, Xia Li actually saw the expression of emotion.
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Xia Li’s lips were curved up by the dragon again. He decided to fight back, so he reached out and hugged her.
Lucia’s body was forced forward, her stomach pressed directly against Xia Li’s face.
Xia Li’s face collided violently with the dragon’s white belly.
He took a deep breath.
The dragon had sucked him so many times, now it was his turn to suck her back, right?
Hmm… after being marinated with a glass of milk every night for a while, Lucia had a faint milky scent on her body.
The fragrant little dragon had become a fragrant little milk dragon.
So good to sniff.
If only he could take a bite.
Xia Li raised his head in Lucia’s embrace. Although there were no majestic peaks that could shield him from all the troubles of the world, the girl’s curves, like small hills, were just right.
Quite… quite…
Something’s not right.
Thinking of this, Xia Li immediately pulled his thoughts back.
He hadn’t even tricked the silly dragon into becoming his official girlfriend, so how could he start craving her?
It wasn’t until Xia Li moved his head away from Lucia’s embrace that Lucia reached out and rubbed her belly uncomfortably.
Xia Li’s breath was too hot, blowing on her belly, it was burning.
“Lucia…”
“Hmm?”
“Do you know what liking someone is?”
Xia Li suddenly asked a question that surprised the dragon.
While saying these words, Xia Li glanced at his phone, pretending to be casual.
The ride-hailing driver had accepted the order and was expected to arrive in about ten minutes.
He pretended to be bored, swiping his phone screen, but in fact, he was extremely nervous.
“Of course I know.”
Although Lucia didn’t have the same complex emotional understanding as humans, she still knew something about this basic emotion.
“The mountaintop I used to occupy, there were many sheep on the mountain, and many fish in the lake… My feelings for them are a kind of liking.”
Listening to Lucia’s well-reasoned analysis, and looking at her serious and focused expression, Xia Li opened his mouth, then swallowed his words again.
Is this liking?
This is pure gluttony, right??
“So you feel the same way about me?” Xia Li asked again.
“…”
This question actually made Lucia fall silent.
Xia Li was different from sheep, fish, and other things. He couldn’t be eaten, so it shouldn’t be this feeling.
“You said before that you like humans, and you like me, but do you think these two feelings are the same?” Xia Li continued to ask.
“…” Lucia didn’t speak.
Under Xia Li’s gaze, which was clearly nervous but pretended to be indifferent, Lucia shook her head.
“It should be different.”
As for what was different, Lucia couldn’t say.
Lucia liked humans because most of them were friendly. The humans in this world weren’t as cruel as those on the Azure Continent.
But her liking for Xia Li was obviously not just because he was a ‘good person’, but there were many other factors.
Lucia couldn’t distinguish the difference between these feelings, she could only vaguely know their respective weights in her heart.
“I don’t know what liking is.”
Lucia shook her head and frankly admitted this.
In her opinion, it was normal for a dragon to not understand human emotions.
Hearing this, Xia Li raised his eyes, a smile of satisfaction appearing on his face.
He said to Lucia.
“Then let me teach you.”