Chapter 64: The Girlfriend in the Embrace
“Old Xia, come over here and take a look!”
It was evening. Xia Yuanjun, who had just come back from a meeting, hadn’t even had time to put down his thermos when he saw his wife walking over, beaming, with a phone in her hand.
He squinted at the screenshot of the video in Fang Xia’s hand.
He couldn’t recognize who it was at first, so he took out his reading glasses, put them on, and looked again.
“Who’s this girl?” Xia Yuanjun confirmed that he had never seen this person before.
“Do you think she’s a good match for our son?” Fang Xia was grinning from ear to ear.
Xia Yuanjun pushed his glasses up as he changed his shoes at the doorway.
“Come on, our son can handle his own affairs. He’s only in his early twenties. You’re already busy trying to set him up…”
“Oh!” Fang Xia slapped her thigh, realizing her husband had misunderstood. “The girl is already Xia Li’s girlfriend! Why would I try to set him up?”
Hearing this, Xia Yuanjun became interested.
“You mean… that roommate he’s living with?”
“What roommate! Xia Li said it himself, girlfriend!”
“That kid admitted it?”
“I finally caught him!” Fang Xia’s tone was proud.
Only then did Xia Yuanjun carefully examine the screenshot.
You couldn’t tell much from just a photo, but the girl’s delicate features made Xia Yuanjun nod in approval.
“Our son is very lucky.”
“He is, isn’t he? The girl is quite shy, but very obedient. She answers whatever I ask,” Fang Xia said, her eyes crinkling with laughter as she scrolled through hundreds of screenshots for Xia Yuanjun to see.
“She must have a good personality. I just don’t know if that rascal Xia Li will bully her.”
As she said this, Fang Xia’s expression clearly turned a bit strange.
Thinking back to what Little Lu had told her, Fang Xia felt annoyed.
Why was she mopping the floor and sleeping on the balcony…
She couldn’t understand the ways of young people these days.
Seeing Fang Xia’s face darken, Xia Yuanjun sighed inwardly, sensing trouble, and quickly spoke up.
“How could that be? With Xia Li’s personality, even though he was a bit mischievous as a child, he’s just like you, all bark and no bite.
It’s normal for him to be a bit rambunctious sometimes, but for him to bully a girl? That’s impossible.”
After all, Xia Yuanjun had watched his son grow up, and his words were spoken with considerable confidence.
Fang Xia nodded in agreement.
She knew better than anyone what kind of person her son was.
Thinking of this, the expression on Fang Xia’s face softened considerably. Xia Yuanjun took her hand and said,
“Alright, alright, don’t overthink it. Give the youngsters some space.”
“…” Fang Xia didn’t answer, seemingly lost in thought. After a moment, she spoke.
“Old Xia, go to the street tomorrow and buy a Xinhua Dictionary.”
“Huh? What do you need a dictionary for?” Xia Yuanjun didn’t understand.
“To pick names for our grandchildren, of course…”
Fang Xia’s thoughts had wandered off again. “Young people move fast these days. They’re already living together. Who knows, maybe next year they’ll bring us a lovely grandchild.”
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In the room, the crisp sounds of the game controller, along with the exciting visuals, perfectly presented a thrilling dragon-slaying game.
The character controlled by Xia Li brandished a dark red long sword, executing a perfect Iaijutsu move against a Zinogre.
After a round of battle, Xia Li released the controller.
“Was my sword technique cool?”
He looked down and asked the evil dragon in his arms.
“Oh, very cool!”
Lucia snapped back to reality and immediately nodded.
Lucia was still quite adept at these social niceties.
Xia Li seemed to be in a bit of a bad mood right now, so Lucia decided to agree with him.
“See this monster lying on the ground here? It’s a Barioth. Its color is quite similar to yours,” Xia Li said, pointing at the computer screen.
Lucia looked up and continued to nod in agreement.
“Mm-hmm.”
How was it similar? This dragon’s wings and claws were connected, and its teeth were big and long. Not only was its body much smaller than a pureblood silver dragon, but it was also a million times uglier.
It wasn’t similar at all.
“Very similar.”
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To appease Xia Li, Lucia went against her dragon heart and said.
Xia Li smiled and leaned back, his arm around Lucia’s slender and supple waist.
Leaving everything else aside, holding a girl in his arms was truly wonderful.
“Were you scared when I was slaying the dragon just now?”
Xia Li tightened his grip, embracing the soft and fragrant little evil dragon in his arms, his face beaming with excitement.
“Scared…”
Lucia’s fair face showed a look of fear.
Although the graphics were very realistic, Lucia knew it was all fake. Apart from instinctively shrinking her neck when the dragon was dismembered and beheaded, she could handle the other scenes.
In comparison, she was more afraid of Xia Li scaling fish with a real knife right in front of her.
“Good that you were scared.”
Xia Li’s lips curled up like a hooked fish.
Playing a dragon-slaying game in front of an evil dragon, it would scare you to death.
This dragon had caused him to be scolded today, and now he had finally gotten his revenge.
“So, what did you tell my mom?”
Xia Li, having recovered from his bad mood, began to question her.
“I didn’t say anything…”
Lucia thought carefully for a moment and felt that she hadn’t said anything wrong. But why did Xia Li seem so concerned?
She was always honest and never lied.
“Did you tell her that I have many girlfriends?”
“Yes.”
“But you’re my only girlfriend,” Xia Li suddenly said seriously.
As he said this, he averted his gaze, unable to look into the evil dragon’s eyes.
It wasn’t that he was embarrassed, but rather that Xia Li felt guilty.
It was hard to say whether his feelings for Lucia were love or pity.
And Lucia’s feelings for him… Xia Li only sensed dependence.
Before either of them had confirmed their feelings, Xia Li unilaterally declaring her as his girlfriend was somewhat using her as a shield.
“Then… those women, and your former teammates…”
Lucia looked up at Xia Li’s face. Her legs were dangling, and half her body was lying on Xia Li’s chest.
Suddenly, she felt her back getting warm. She didn’t know if she was generating heat or if Xia Li’s chest was sweating.
But… when the game sounds from the computer quieted down, Lucia could hear a faint, powerful heartbeat.
Thump-thump-thump…
Now Lucia could be sure that the Brave Hero was nervous.
“They’re all friends, just ordinary friends.”
“But they’re also women.”
“There are many kinds of female friends. I can have countless female friends, but I can only have one girlfriend.”
“Why?” Lucia turned her head, puzzled.
Xia Li’s gaze gradually shifted downward. The evil dragon lying on his chest tilted her head, her soft lips slightly closed.
Looking at her cheeks so close at hand, the moist breath blowing on his nose, Xia Li’s heart became even more nervous.
From the day he brought the evil dragon home, Xia Li felt like he had embarked on a path of no return.
“…That’s just how the rules of human society are. Anyway, listen carefully. You’re my only girlfriend. You can’t tell anyone that I have other girlfriends.
Especially my parents,” Xia Li emphasized.
“Only one… So, I’m special?”
“Yes, you’re special.”
“Hee-hee…”
Dragons didn’t have as many complicated thoughts as humans.
When Lucia heard that she was the special one, a smile that Xia Li found silly appeared on her lips.
“Then to me, you’re also special!”