My wife is a dragon.

Chapter 178 The Dragon's Hospitality

Three poles in the sun.

It was a rare occasion for guests to come to Xia Li's home.

Since they are neighbors, it is not uncommon for them to visit each other, but as they get older, they rarely stay at their friends' homes.

Fu Yuan and Zhou Anqi both had dark circles under their eyes, probably because they hadn't slept the whole night. They dragged their tired bodies into the house, like zombies.

However, he seemed to be in good spirits, probably because they had made up after the quarrel.

Xia Li asked the two to sit down. Lucia had never seen friends visiting others and was a little overwhelmed.

As I recall, the dragon’s way of entertaining guests was simple – treating them to a big meal.

So Lucia turned around and was about to go to the kitchen, but Xia Li reached out and pulled her back, asking her to go with Zhou Anqi.

"Why not entertain them..." Lucia asked in a very low voice.

Xia Li pulled her and said, "I'll take care of this matter, you go and accompany An Qi."

"Oh..." The evil dragon nodded and had to turn back.

"Is this the kitten you and Xia Ge raised?"

The first thing Zhou Anqi saw when she entered the room was the cat litter box placed on the wall. She looked around and saw a sweet-looking calico cat curled up on the cat climbing frame.

After this period of time together, Cotton's courage has been tempered by Lucia. It is not even afraid of the fear from blood suppression. When facing these strange two-legged beasts, it even meows to greet them.

Zhou Anqi squatted down and petted the cat. Girls naturally like these furry little animals.

"So cute, what's your name?"

"It's called 'Cotton'."

"Cotton, haha... it sounds like your naming style."

The two girls over there quickly started playing together, and Xia Li then brought a cup of hot tea and placed it on the coffee table.

Fu Yuan sat awkwardly. Even though he had on shoe covers, he was afraid of dirtying the floor, so he stood on tiptoe with his feet.

"Drink some hot water."

Xia Li placed the tea in front of him, and Fu Yuan came back to his senses and reached out to take it.

"Thanks……"

"Corn silk tea, it helps reduce swelling." Xia Li said again.

Fu Yuan was stunned for a moment and subconsciously touched his eyes.

These eyes are really swollen.

As he rubbed his lips, tears began to come out again.

"Boss... An Qi has given up research..."

"Yeah, I heard it last night."

Fu Yuan said anxiously: "This is the dream she told me when she was in junior high school... Giving up now is bad for myself and my family..."

"What's the point of thinking about this now?"

Fu Yuan was halfway through his words when Xia Li interrupted him.

He looked up at Xia Li, and saw a kind of perseverance in Xia Li's eyes that was not what young people like them who had just entered the society should have.

"From now on, there is only one thing you need to do -

So that she will not regret her decision in the future.”

"Can you do it?" Xia Li said word by word.

These words were not only a question to Fu Yuan, but also a question to himself from Xia Li.

……

The main reason why Fu Yuan and Zhou Anqi came to Xia Li's house this time was to explain the things between them.

This secret crush that started in elementary school and lasted for ten years is actually not melodramatic at all, and there are no misunderstandings.

It's just that the two people pursue different lives.

The dreams they have, the differences in their families, and the expectations of their parents, all these things combined have become the "troubles of adults," forming a gap that hinders their progress.

However, now Zhou Anqi has decided to cross this gap.

Although the feeling of liking someone will change, childhood dreams can also be easily erased by time.

It is not easy to become a scientist. Doing experiments is not fun at all. Living in Beijing far away from her hometown makes her feel suffocated.

She is just one of the countless people in society. Compared with her dreams, what she wants to pursue now is her own life... and this ten-year love affair, it's time to put a perfect end to it.

After these words were spoken, the result became clear.

Xia Li is the boss among them, and Zhou Anqi feels that quitting the group was indeed an act of impulse. In order to give an explanation, she specially brought Fu Yuan to their house today to talk things out.

Xia Li naturally supported their cause.

As young people, whose youth doesn’t make their blood boil a few times?

Seeing his good brother regain his love, Xia Li was happy for him.

However, when Xia Li asked whether they were already in a relationship, Zhou Anqi just turned her head away and snorted.

"Look at his performance!"

"I will work hard."

Fu Yuan sat upright, and he was very serious when answering every question.

Zhou Anqi became anxious when she saw his honest appearance, so she reached out and grabbed his hand. Fu Yuan's face turned red instantly.

no……

Is the relationship between these two people reversed?

Who is teasing whom?

"I'll watch your performance too!"

The evil dragon beside Xia Li thought this was very appropriate and added a sentence following Zhou Anqi's.

Xia Li pulled the dragon claw over and said, "Aren't we already together?"

Lucia shook her head: "Angel said that only after the boy confesses his love and the girl agrees, they can be considered 'together'."

"..."

In just a few minutes, Zhou Anqi taught his little dragon something new!
Xia Li reflected for a few seconds.

Did he go through this process?

It seems like I have walked through it, but never finished it.

Either he was distracted by Lucia's strange train of thought, or he came up with an ambiguous answer...

After reflecting on this, Xia Li found that he couldn't even figure out the current progress of his relationship with Lucia.

He thought he had successfully proposed two hours ago, but now the evil dragon said, "I can decide whether we should be together or not based on your performance"? ?

He is almost through the game here, but why does Lucia feel like she is still in the Novice Village?

Love is not like playing a game. There is no progress bar and most of the time you are in a muddle.

But this situation is also normal.

Many people have reached the stage of marriage, but are still not sure whether they really love each other.

This is how feelings between human beings are, they cannot be defined.

"Come here."

Xia Li was so angry that he hugged the stinky dragon who wanted to send their relationship back to the novice village.

The evil dragon twisted and struggled, with a smiling expression on his face.

"hey-hey……"

In the end, he was successfully captured by Xia Li, and his little butt was forced to sit on Xia Li's legs.

Zhou Anqi on the side glanced at Fu Yuan.

Fu Yuan was still sitting very still, but his face was even redder than before. This guy is hopeless...

Xia Li felt that he really needed to teach Yuanzi some experience in love, why being in a relationship was like being in jail.

Thinking of this, Xia Li couldn't help but think about himself and Lucia.

There was no reference around him before, but now with Anqi and Yuanzi, Xia Li has someone to compare himself with.

When it comes to love, he himself is just a novice, not to mention any experience. When he and Lucia were in love, they were both crossing the river by feeling the stones.

"Brother Xia, why are there so many books on your table?"

Zhou Anqi seldom visited Xia Li's home, and hadn't come once since Xia Li moved back to live alone.

I didn't expect that when I sat in this room again, I was no longer the little kid following Xia Li. Everyone had started to start their own family.

The small house was full of the breath of life. Zhou Anqi was envious of this kind of cohabitation life and couldn't help imagining her future with Fu Yuan.

She finally set her eyes on the book on the table.

The pile of books makes me think of the purgatory-like high school years.

Xia Li then stood up and tidied up the messy coffee table, and Lucia lent a hand.

"Oh, well... I'm planning to get a veterinary qualification certificate."

"Veterinary qualification certificate?" Fu Yuan and Zhou Anqi asked in unison.

"Boss, I remember you graduated from Chinese Language and Literature..."

"Yes, there are not many jobs for my major, so I've been thinking about doing something else recently." Xia Li answered casually.

Zhou Anqi thought for a moment and said, "Is it because Lu Mei likes it?"

"Yeah." Xia Li nodded.

It doesn't take much thought to guess this.

The only person who can make Xia Li take such action now is Lucia.

Fu Yuan looked at the complicated study materials with sharp eyes, and suddenly understood what Xia Li had just said to him.

Xia Li is proving with practical actions that he can do it.

……

After seeing Yuanzi and Anqi off, Xia Li quickly cleaned the house one by one.

Normally when no one came to visit, Xia Li didn't feel this way. But today, a friend came to visit, and not only did he not entertain him well, but he even felt that the bad habits he had developed over the past 20 years had been exposed.

All I could see were books and clothes scattered everywhere. The floor hadn't been mopped for several days and there were grains of cat litter on it.

Xia Li was cleaning up here, and Long was doing odd jobs next to him.

I thought Lucia would be flustered, but unexpectedly she worked more efficiently than Xia Li himself. Xia Li held the mop and watched Lucia take the rag and wipe the furniture in the house in an orderly manner.

"Angie and Watermelon Head...are they a couple?"

Lucia wiped the TV cabinet and turned to ask Xia Li.

She still found it strange, after all, a real example was happening right in front of her.

In the past, Lucia didn’t understand how people were connected to each other, but after experiencing it herself and witnessing the process with her own eyes, Lucia gained new insights.

Going both ways?

It probably means this.

"I guess so." Xia Li put the mop into the mop pool to wash it clean, thought for a moment and said, "Actually, for them, the most difficult hurdle is their parents."

"parents?"

Lucia was stunned for a moment, and quickly compared her current situation: "Then your parents..."

"My parents like you very much," Xia Li said, "but they are different. Their parents have planned different life paths for them. If they want to be together, they have to go against their parents' arrangements. This is the most difficult stage."

"Aren't all humans independent individuals? Why should we obey the arrangements of others?" Lucia didn't understand.

Xia Li tried to explain: "Everyone is independent... but, maybe they want to meet the expectations of their elders. Most people don't want to disappoint their parents. This kind of thing is complicated to explain, and the situation of each family is different."

Lucia listened to this quietly.

She put the rag under the faucet to clean it. The faucet on the balcony did not have hot water, and the freezing cold water froze her little hands red. Her fingertips were as pink and tender as lotus buds pulled out of the ground.

Lucia didn't feel cold, so she wiped her hands and continued cleaning.

No wonder Xia Li always emphasized the "freedom" of dragons in front of her. Xia Li said that if one becomes a human being, there will be no freedom.

Now that I think about it, that's the truth.

Humans want to take care of too many things. This is a manifestation of greed.

But Lucia was different.

Even if Lucia became a human, she would not consider those things.

Dreams, money, society... Lucia doesn't think they are important.

"What are you thinking about?"

Xia Li suddenly reached out and pinched the evil dragon's soft face.

The dragon shook his head and muttered, "Humans are so complicated..."

Too complicated.

Not like them, the dragon clan.

If they fall in love and find a mate, they can live in the same nest.

As long as there is enough food and the climate is suitable, a dragon egg will be laid in the nest immediately...Humans don't have so many messy things.

"Then, when will they do that..." Lucia said after thinking for a while.

"Hmm? Which one is that?" Xia Li knocked on the dragon head. "What are you thinking about?"

"I mean, get married."

A barely noticeable blush flashed across Lucia's face.

"Then I don't know." Xia Li shook his head.

The two of them chatted one after another.

Taking advantage of this momentum, I cleaned the house inside and out.

The Chinese New Year is just a few weeks away, so cleaning now can be seen as a way to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.

After wiping the dusty storage cabinet inside and out, Xia Li took out a small appliance that had been covered in dust for a long time from the innermost cabinet.

I took it to the balcony and besides removing dust, I found that it could still be used.

"In Sichuan Province, this thing is called a little sun. It is a heater used in winter."

As before, Xia Li introduced Lucia to the great inventions of the human world.

As the switch turned on, the resistor wire began to heat up, and the heat was reflected back from the reflector, shining an orange-yellow light on Lucia's face.

The strong light forced Lucia to close her eyes for a moment. When she opened them again, there was a hint of surprise on her face.

"Are you trying to say... 'What a powerful holy light magic!', 'Xia Li actually used holy light magic to sneak attack me, luckily I'm not a black dragon that is afraid of holy light!'" Xia Li said first.

Speak the evil dragon's words and leave the evil dragon speechless.

However, this time Xia Li guessed the wrong direction.

Lucia put her face close to it to smell the scent, then squatted down to look at the buttons on the machine.

“I wonder if it uses a lot of electricity?” Lucia said.

Xia Li: “…”

What a real dragon.

Since when has this middle-aged dragon become so integrated into modern life?
Now it is Xia Li who seems to be acting a bit immature.

"Give me your hand. This holy light magic... this little sun is used to warm the body. Put your hand that has touched the cold water on it to warm it up, otherwise you will get frostbite."

Xia Li put the evil dragon's little claws in front of the heater to warm them, and they gave off a smell of detergent.

(End of this chapter)