Chapter 26: The Evil Dragon’s Home Was Raided
Xia Li’s heart skipped a beat.
He immediately got off the sofa, grabbed Lucia’s arm, and walked towards the small dark room.
Lucia looked bewildered.
After taking a few steps with her, Xia Li turned back.
“No.”
There wasn’t even a piece of furniture in the small dark room, and you could see the end at a glance. There was no place to hide anyone.
Xia Li set his sights on the washing machine on the balcony.
His washing machine was an old model with a large capacity, so it was no problem for Lucia to squat inside.
But looking at the machine that hadn’t been used for some time, Xia Li couldn’t bear to put Lucia in it.
“Come here, come here.”
He panicked and pulled Lucia’s wrist, changing their location.
If he had just found an ordinary girlfriend, Xia Li wouldn’t have to hide her like this.
After all, he had already graduated from university, and in two years, he would reach the age when his parents would start urging him to get married. He could be open about his relationship and wouldn’t need to hide like this.
But this time, the situation was different.
In his parents’ eyes, he had been a missing person for a week. Now he suddenly brought a girl home. He couldn’t tell them that he had been on a blind date with someone he met online for the past week.
Mrs. Fang and Old Xia were both quite traditional in their thinking, and online dating was considered unreliable to them.
Besides, who would bring someone home to live with them after only a week of knowing each other? Lucia’s youthful appearance would even make his parents think that Xia Li had brought a high school student home.
In short, the most urgent task now was to hide Lucia.
If there was an opportunity in the future, he might introduce Lucia to his parents, but it was definitely not possible now.
“You, go lie down on my bed.”
“Eh, eh, eh, me, me??”
Xia Li took Lucia to the master bedroom and stuffed her into the quilt.
Fortunately, it was Old Xia who came this time, not Mrs. Fang.
Old Xia wasn’t as meticulous as Mrs. Fang, and his observation skills were also poorer. It wouldn’t be difficult for Xia Li to hide someone from him.
As for why she was hiding in Xia Li’s bed…
Firstly, the living room was a place where Old Xia would definitely go, and the bathroom and kitchen were visible from the living room.
Therefore, Xia Li’s room was the safest place!
Under the bed was too d*rty, and the wardrobe was too messy, so Xia Li didn’t even think about it and directly threw Lucia onto his bed.
Lucia was small, and as long as she curled up, she would look like a pile of bedding, and Old Xia wouldn’t suspect anything.
“Don’t make a sound later.”
Xia Li reminded Lucia in her ear and hurried to tidy up the living room.
Lucia was completely covered by the quilt, her bright eyes peeking out. She felt her heart pounding, and her face was heating up.
…So, so, so strong, the scent of Xia Li.
Th-th-this, this quilt looked like the kind Xia Li would often sleep in.
Lucia didn’t mean to smell it.
As a dragon, her senses were indeed stronger than humans’, and she had been fighting with Xia Li for so many years that his scent was already engraved in her mind.
Lucia secretly inhaled under the quilt.
She saw Xia Li hurriedly go out and then come back in, busily carrying something.
That thing… was actually her dragon’s lair!
“I…”
Lucia wanted to speak but stopped.
Because Xia Li had told her not to make a sound, she swallowed her words.
She watched helplessly as Xia Li dismantled her dragon’s lair and folded it up.
The Brave Hero Xia Li had raided her dragon’s lair three times, and this was the fourth time.
Lucia angrily bit Xia Li’s quilt, wanting to vent her frustration in this way.
Remembering that the place she was lying in was Xia Li’s human nest, she also wanted to raid his home, so Lucia took two more bites of the quilt.
“B*ng, b*ng, b*ng.”
Three short knocks came from the metal door.
Xia Li half-closed his bedroom door and quickly went to the front door.
After making sure there was nothing missing in the living room, he took a deep breath.
Fortunately, Lucia had only lived in his house for a day and hadn’t left too many traces of her life. Xia Li only needed to tidy up a little, and Old Xia wouldn’t notice anything.
“Dad.”
Opening the door, what greeted Xia Li wasn’t Old Xia’s familiar face.
Instead, it was bag after bag of things t*rust into his face.
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There were winter cotton clothes, sweet potatoes and corn, and homemade pickled vegetables.
“Why did it take you so long to open the door?”
Xia Li’s hands sank.
These were all ‘local specialties’ brought from home, undoubtedly brought by Old Xia at Mrs. Fang’s specific request.
Xia Li felt a pang of emotion.
Three years…
He hadn’t seen his parents for three years.
“Where’s Mom?”
Xia Li composed himself and glanced behind Xia Yuanjun.
“Your mom went to the shop today and asked me to come over.”
Xia Yuanjun rubbed his arms as he entered the house.
Although it was only an hour’s drive, middle-aged men were like this. If they sat for a while, their arms and legs would ache.
Xia Li put the things away and took Xia Yuanjun’s thermos, adding some hot water to it.
The apartment Xia Li was living in was originally bought by Xia Yuanjun when he first got married. Every time he came to deliver things to Xia Li, it felt like he was returning to his old home.
Xia Yuanjun sat on the sofa and rested for a while. Seeing Xia Li put the thermos in front of him, he nodded.
“Why couldn’t we contact you for a week?”
“I went traveling.”
“Traveling without your phone?”
“Yeah, I was feeling a bit lost and wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle of the world.”
“That’s not okay, your mom was very worried about you.”
Xia Yuanjun always spoke clearly and concisely, never beating around the bush. He always got straight to the point.
Actually, Xia Li’s age was indeed the most confusing time. He had just graduated from university, his life plan wasn’t complete, and he didn’t want to take the civil service exam or work a regular job. With his rebellious spirit, it was difficult to find a stable job in society.
However, Xia Yuanjun wasn’t worried about this.
Xia Li’s unwillingness to live a nine-to-five life just proved that he didn’t want to settle for the status quo and still had ambition in his heart.
Of course, Xia Yuanjun was willing to believe that his son would achieve great things sooner or later.
“I understand, I’ll definitely stay in touch next time,” Xia Li reflected.
As he spoke, he glanced sideways at his aging father.
Xia Yuanjun got married relatively late, and he was almost fifty years old now, with quite a few white hairs hidden in his hair.
Xia Li remembered plucking white hairs from Old Xia’s head when he was a child. At that time, Old Xia was willing to pay ten cents per hair, and Xia Li had plucked them energetically for a whole day.
At that time, Old Xia didn’t have many white hairs, and Xia Li searched for them like treasures but couldn’t earn even a dollar. He casually said, ‘Dad, why don’t you grow more white hairs?’ and ended up getting beaten up by Old Xia.
Now… if Xia Li could pluck his white hairs again, he could probably earn a lot of money in a short time.
Time really was unforgiving.
Xia Li’s nose tingled. Recalling the desperate days of struggling to survive in the other world, he felt a surge of emotion.
“Huh? You’ve grown quite a bit taller.”
Xia Yuanjun looked Xia Li up and down, his gaze finally resting on him.
His son had not only grown taller, but his body was also much stronger than before.
He used to always say that Xia Li was too thin, that it was better for a man to have some muscles, and that it would be easier to find a partner.
Now, after only half a month of not seeing him, Xia Li’s muscles were well-defined, as if he had been working out in the gym for years.
“Yeah, over 1.8 meters now.”
Xia Li touched the tip of his nose.
His goal when he was a child was to grow to 1.8 meters, but he stopped at 1.78 meters in college, and he was depressed about it.
Now, after a trip to the other world, he unexpectedly grew a few more centimeters.
This was one of the few good things about his trip to the other world.
“Click.”
Old Xia raised his phone and took a picture of Xia Li, exclaiming as he did so.
“I have to show this to your mom, she’ll be so happy when she sees it.”
