My Wife is an Evil Dragon – Chapter 146

Chapter 146: Touch Me!

“It’s hard to imagine…”

“Your girlfriend is not at home, so you brought us to this kind of place?”

“So exciting.”

After handing Cotton to the doctor to be taken into the disinfection room for vaccination, Chen Tao leaned against the large glass door and peered inside.

Is this a place where three grown men should be?

But…

Recalling that the mission this time was to help Boss Xia scout the market, Chen Tao didn’t complain much. He looked left and right, then walked to the money tree in front of the entrance and fiddled with it.

“Plant a money tree in your shop too. It looks stylish and brings wealth,” Chen Tao said.

“…”

Xia Li always felt that this guy’s brain circuits were crooked, even more crooked than his evil dragon.

Yuan Zi on the side was more reliable.

Fu Yuan had already taken out his phone and started taking pictures of the models of various equipment, as well as the brands of pet deworming medicine and cold medicine on the shelves.

In his words, the more prominently displayed the goods, the higher the profit.

This… wouldn’t be considered stealing trade secrets, right? Xia Li thought to himself.

After observing the layout, Xia Li didn’t take out his phone to take pictures like Fu Yuan did. Instead, he silently memorized the environmental planning.

The biological laboratory needs to be dust-free and isolated. The most commonly used injection room is separated by a glass door, which not only prevents pets from escaping, but also allows the owner to see the situation inside through the glass.

And things like dry and wet separation, dynamic zoning…

Xia Li’s observation skills have always been good. In the past, when he was in another world, he didn’t understand the habits of those monsters and mixed-scale dragons, and he basically relied on his eyes to judge their weaknesses.

Pet owners and white-coated veterinarians kept walking back and forth in front of him. Xia Li thought about his next step.

Developing Lucia’s potential is not urgent for the time being, and opening a pet hospital is even less urgent…

However, Lucia really wants to work in this kind of place.

After knowing that she has the talent to become a veterinarian, that evil dragon vowed and patted her soft chest and said:

I am invincible.

It’s rare for the evil dragon to have such fighting spirit.

Xia Li also wants her to come to this kind of place for an internship, even if she doesn’t get paid…

“Buzz.”

While thinking, Xia Li’s phone in his pocket vibrated. He opened it and saw that it was a message from the evil dragon.

Girlfriend: Do you like cats or foxes?

Looking at this message, Xia Li was stunned.

He wondered what this was all about.

What did Zhou Anqi take Lucia to go shopping for…

Why are there cats and foxes again?

Could it be some kind of psychological test from a girlfriend?

His little dragon shouldn’t be that bad.

After pondering for a moment, Xia Li replied to the message.

Summer Dawn: I don’t like either, I only like dragons.

Girlfriend: Dragons?

Girlfriend: But dragons are not easy to buy.

Summer Dawn: What are you going to buy???

Girlfriend: Not telling you!

Summer Dawn: Don’t be led astray by Zhou Anqi!

Summer Dawn: Also, didn’t you say that you would prove your innocence every half hour? Why didn’t you send me a photo?

Not long after the message was sent, Lucia sent an angry emoji.

Then she sent a photo.

The photo was very clean, with only a pair of white rabbit ear shoes stepping on the smooth tiled floor, nothing else.

Xia Li pouted.

So perfunctory?

So he also took a picture of the surface of his sneakers and sent it over.

Girlfriend: Smelly…

Summer Dawn: Bah!

The chat with the evil dragon ended.

It took Xia Li a while to suppress the corners of his mouth that were turning up.

『Bah!』

『It’s that bald man again. 』

“…Huh?”

At this moment, a voice came out.

It didn’t sound like a normal human voice.

This sound was obviously much more muffled.

It felt like listening to the earpiece of a mobile phone, but instead of putting the earpiece to your ear, you pressed it against your forehead.

The sound came through bone conduction.

A bit like… telepathy magic on Azure Continent.

Xia Li felt strange and looked around.

He thought he had heard wrong, but the next second, the voice appeared again.

『In three seconds, the bald man will fall…』

『Three, two…』

A countdown suddenly appeared in his mind.

Xia Li quickly looked up.

Sure enough, he saw a middle-aged doctor with a Mediterranean hairstyle, almost bald, appear in his field of vision.

The middle-aged doctor was holding two bottles of potion in his hands and walking in a hurry.

The moment Xia Li heard the countdown reach zero…

“Bang!” There was a sound.

The middle-aged doctor fell to the ground, and the plastic bottles in his hands rolled far away.

『Hahaha!』

『Stupid humans meow!』

『You like to neuter cats, huh? You deserve it!!』

“…”

Xia Li turned his gaze over, and this time he clearly heard the source of the voice coming from above his head.

Behind him, on the wall where the cat climbing frame was hanging, a black and white cow cat was lying lazily.

The cow cat’s back fur was black, and its belly was pure white. Its head was half black and half white, as if wearing a yin-yang mask.

Its two black front legs were gracefully crossed, and its paws were white, looking like a pair of white gloves.

Xia Li recognized this cat.

It was the ‘director’ who always wanted to escape.

Facing Xia Li’s gaze, the director also glanced at him lazily.

『The smell of this brother is quite strange…』

『What are you looking at me for?』

『Have you never seen such a cute kitty like me?』

The ‘director’ yawned, stretched on the cat climbing frame, and then gracefully sharpened its claws on the cardboard.

Then it walked down step by step with cat steps.

Its behavior was no different from that of an ordinary cat.

But Xia Li always felt that something was strange…

The eyes…

Yes, the eyes, not like a cat’s.

It looked cynical, like a weather-beaten member of society.

“Jingle bell~”

Accompanied by a crisp bell sound, the cow cat jumped onto Xia Li.

It flicked its tail, and it was unclear whether it was a greeting or displeasure.

Its cat paw, wearing a white glove, calmly stepped over Xia Li’s leg.

『Brother, although you caught me just now and prevented me from successfully escaping from prison…』

『But buddy, I have a good impression of you, a natural good impression. 』

『You are allowed to touch me. 』

『Come on, don’t be polite, let you touch my belly. 』

“Meow~”

The cow cat lay on Xia Li’s lap, rolled over, and exposed its white belly.

Xia Li looked down at it.

This cat…

This cat is male, right?

Xia Li clearly remembered that he had seen the information of this ‘director’ on the official website of this pet hospital.

Breed: Chinese Pastoral Cat（Cow Color）

Gender: Male（Neutered）

Boring.

The hand that Xia Li raised to put down was suspended in mid-air.

And the cow cat sitting on Xia Li’s lap was wriggling on his lap like a maggot.

Like most cats, it was rolling over and acting cute, begging to be petted.

But Xia Li couldn’t bring himself to do it.

The cat’s voice, not to say how rough it was, but it was between a female and a male voice, a neutral voice.

Coupled with these psychological activities that suspected of being a human male, Xia Li had automatically imagined the scene of a human male lying on him and acting cute.

『Come on, brother~~』

『Hand~hand on my back~』

『Ah~~comfortable~~』

『No, 』

『This person didn’t touch me at all. 』

The cow cat rolled several times on Xia Li’s lap.

Seeing that it was about to fall off, Xia Li’s raised hand still didn’t go down.

It’s hard to imagine that a male cat could make a human voice.

And, such a seductive voice.

『Something’s wrong, why is this brother indifferent? Could it be that I’m not cute enough?』

『…You are the first human to withstand the test!』

『I recognize your willpower!』

◈◈◈

The cow cat fell to the ground. It didn’t feel embarrassed, but calmly sat up and licked its paws.

What’s there to be embarrassed about for a cat?

It’s the cat that fell, not a person.

After grooming its fur, the cow cat rallied.

It opened its round, brown-black eyes, took half a step forward, and its bright eyes slowly blinked once. Its behavior was extremely cute.

“Meow~~~”

『Pet me!』

A soft and sticky meow came from the cow cat’s mouth.

Xia Li: “…”

Facing this cute little animal, Xia Li was indifferent and even got goosebumps.

After all, he was someone who had come into contact with magic.

He still had some tolerance.

If it were a normal person, upon hearing this cat’s inner thoughts, they would definitely suspect they were going insane.

“Boss Xia, I brought your Mianhua out for you.”

Chen Tao wandered around the hospital for a few laps and finally took Mianhua, who had just been vaccinated, out. He said as he walked,

“The doctor said no baths for now, and another injection is needed in three weeks.”

“Okay.”

Xia Li responded, his mind still filled with complex thoughts.

『Oh, Calico Little Sister! A top-notch one!』

“Meow wah~”

“Meow~”

The cow cat circled Xia Li’s legs twice, and a string of low, neutral voices went straight to Xia Li’s mind.

『Brother, you don’t know, right? Calico Little Sister is the most popular in our cat world…』

『I knew there was a reason why I had a natural affinity for you. So it’s this little sister! Let me have a look, put her down quickly and let me have a look!』

“Meow~~”

The cow cat hooked its tail, raised its white-gloved paws, and pawed at Xia Li’s thigh.

“Boss Xia, what’s up with this Yin Yang cat? Why does it like you so much?”

『Yin Yang cat? It’s called a cow cat, damn it!』

Chen Tao squatted down, laughing, and wanted to scratch the cow cat’s chin.

But the cow cat gave him a sharp look, and then with a “slap,” swatted away the human’s sinful hand.

“Damn, it actually hit me.” Chen Tao was shocked.

“Did…did you guys hear anything?”

Xia Li stood frozen, his expression a bit grave.

Chen Tao shivered: “…What sound?”

Seeing Xia Li’s serious expression, Chen Tao quickly moved away from this seemingly evil cow cat.

Although it was just a pet hospital, it was still a hospital.

Hospitals are the places where supernatural events are most likely to happen.

“No…no, right?… I didn’t hear anything.”

Among the three, Fu Yuan was the most timid.

Fu Yuan took a step back, looked around at the environment, and then looked at his boss’s furrowed brows, his heart tightening.

“…”

The pet hospital was bustling, and the cow cat by Xia Li’s legs was still trying its best to act cute and cuddly.

“Meow~~”

“Meow wah~~”

『Let me see the Calico Little Sister!』

『I want to cuddle with the Calico Little Sister!!』

Xia Li held the kitten in his arms tighter.

As expected, only he could hear these voices.

This cat was problematic.

Supernatural? Magic?

Xia Li’s thoughts raced.

The only thing that could be determined at the moment was that this cow cat, before becoming a cat, was a human.

Xia Li remembered a joke he had seen online: The Mengpo Soup had been watered down.

So, did this cat become a cat after being reborn as a human?

Or was it turned into a cat by something?

Or…

Was it the same as Xia Li’s situation?

Crossing over to another world, Xia Li became a Brave Hero, and this cat became a cat. After returning, Xia Li brought back the Demon Repelling Sword, but this cat couldn’t change back?

No matter which one it was, it was an unexpected surprise for Xia Li.

『Wait a minute!』

The cow cat, which was clinging to Xia Li just a second ago, suddenly sensed something.

As it turned around, the small golden bell on its chest let out a crisp jingle.

『Right now!』

『Right now, the glass door will be opened!』

『Three, two…』

As the cow cat’s voice began to count down, Xia Li’s gaze, along with the cow cat’s, turned to the entrance of the pet hospital.

『Zero!』

With a “click,” the glass door was pushed open by a new customer.

The cow cat at Xia Li’s feet bolted.

But this time, it was anticipated beforehand and its tail was grabbed.

“Meow ah!”

『Ahhh, my tail…』

The cow cat looked back fiercely, wailing in its heart.

『What’s with this brother? How can he predict my prediction?!』

“Sometimes I wonder if Brother Xia’s reaction speed is too advanced…”

Fu Yuan looked at this scene and felt it was strange.

Chen Tao nodded in agreement.

“Hold Mianhua for me.”

Xia Li stuffed the kitten in his arms into Fu Yuan’s hands and squatted down, picking up the cow cat.

The first time was a coincidence.

Then what about this second time…?

This cat had the ability to predict the future.

Although it was only three seconds.

But three seconds was already very impressive.

At this point, Xia Li could completely rule out the first guess he had made earlier.

It had nothing to do with Mengpo Soup or reincarnation.

This cat had a special ability…or rather, a superpower.

As for how it did it, Xia Li would have to study it to figure it out.

It would be best to let Lucia, the dragon with a strong sense of magic, take a look.

“Director, were you trying to run away again?!”

When the new customer entered the store, the receptionist at the door subconsciously started looking for the cat.

Then she saw the scene of the Director launching himself at the moment of takeoff and being caught again by this enthusiastic young man.

“Sorry, sorry, I’m troubling you again…”

The receptionist walked over, picked up the struggling cow cat from Xia Li’s hands, and said apologetically:

“The Director has been trying to sneak out lately. My colleague said it’s probably because he’s eaten too much and entered his heat cycle…”

“I saw on your official website that he’s been neutered?” Xia Li asked with concern.

“Yes, he’s neutered,” the receptionist nodded and said, “But the Director was neutered quite late. It was a kind doctor who volunteered to perform the surgery on him.”

“The Director was already a few years old at that time, so there are still some pheromone residues in his subconscious…Whenever that time comes, he wants to break out the door and find a female cat.”

『I spit!』

『Casually removing my balls without my consent…You call this a kind person??』

『And I’m not that shallow, going out to find a female cat?? I just want to go home!!』

Xia Li listened to the two voices of the receptionist and the cow cat at the same time, feeling a headache coming on.

This cat’s inner voice…

Why was he the only one who could hear it?

“Jingle~”

The crisp sound of the bell brought Xia Li back to his senses. He looked down and saw the small golden bell. Suddenly thinking of something, he asked again,

“Doesn’t wearing a bell on a cat affect its hearing?”

Putting a bell on a cat is a big no-no for pet owners.

This kind of thing can seriously hinder a cat’s hearing, and a pet hospital shouldn’t make such a small mistake.

“Bell?”

The receptionist smiled and reached out to flick the golden bell on the cow cat’s neck.

“This bell was already on the Director before he came to our hospital…”

“And the bell is hollow, it doesn’t make any sound?”

Xia Li: “…”

Hearing these words, Xia Li fell silent.

The problem lay with the bell.

Of course, the cat was also a problem.

This cat wasn’t a cat at all, it was a person.

Xia Li still had many things he wanted to discuss with this cat.

But in order not to let others think he was crazy, he had to find a place where there was no one around.

It would be best…if he could take it home.

The cow cat had also said that it frequently escaped because it wanted to go home.

Anyway, he had to get it out first.

What if…this cat had magic…?

No, since it had this ability, it must have magic, or something similar to magic.