My Wife is an Evil Dragon-Chapter 40

Chapter 40: Dragon Assault
After autumn arrived, the temperature always fluctuated. It was cool in the mornings and evenings, just right for wearing a sweater at home.
But by noon, the scorching sun was like a pancake sticking to the scalp and baking, making people feel anxious.
Xia Li and Chen Tao came out of the restaurant and waited.
Lucia had gone to the bathroom to wash her hands.
Although this guy looked like a dragon, she never cared about her appearance in her dragon form. But once she transformed into a human form, she was particularly fond of cleanliness and liked to wash her dragon claws.
However, it was also possible that it was because she had learned to rub bubbles with hand soap… Maybe she was playing with bubbles in the bathroom.
“How long have you two been living together?”
Chen Tao had a toothpick in his mouth, his expression deep, his eyes looking into the distance.
He was now in a ‘buddy, I’m going to start interrogating you’ stance.
“Three days,” Xia Li replied immediately.
Chen Tao took a breath: “Little Lu looks quite young… She’s living with you, do her family know?”
Xia Li originally thought he was mentally prepared to answer any question.
But Chen Tao’s first question silenced him.
Lucia’s family?
Xia Li had heard Lucia say that when she hatched, she had seen her mother.
But dragons had a weak sense of family affection and were accustomed to living alone on mountaintops. After newborn dragons mastered the ability to fly, they would be driven out of the nest by their mothers and live on their own.
As for her father… Lucia had never seen her father.
“You… You two aren’t eloping, are you?”
Seeing Old Xia’s hesitant expression, Chen Tao also became hesitant.
It’s not that I’m saying this, brother, but such a beautiful girl said she’d go with you and she went with you. I won’t ask if Little Lu is an adult or not, but you two living together now can easily lead to trouble! It’s fine to keep it from Aunt Fang for now, but on the girl’s side… If you’re living with a guy without her parents knowing, what if her father finds out and makes a scene?
The more Chen Tao thought about it, the more confused he became, his face contorted.
He had seen with his own eyes Old Xia’s extra care for Little Lu. Before this, Chen Tao had never seen Old Xia treat anyone other than his parents this way.
It seemed that his brother was sincere about this relationship.
But it was precisely because he was sincere that he needed the support of his family.
“Why don’t you call Little Lu’s family and talk to them…” Chen Tao suggested sincerely.
Xia Li pondered for a while before speaking frankly.
“She has no family.”
“…”
This time it was Chen Tao’s turn to shut up.
He had thought of countless reasons why Little Lu would come to Xia Li, even living with him at this precious age.
But he never thought…
Little Lu had no family at all.
His eyes, which had been looking towards the future, withdrew from the bustling streets. Chen Tao no longer thought ‘Old Xia is damn lucky’, now that he had said it out loud, he was the one who was damn lucky.
He couldn’t ask any more questions, just sighed sadly.
“Everyone has a hard time living in this society…”
Xia Li looked at him silently.
Thinking to himself, you can say such things?
“I’ll be off probation next month, and after I become a full-time employee, I’ll get five thousand yuan a month. I’ll give you two thousand… We’re brothers, I’ll only charge you 5% interest.”
“The bank only charges 3%, you’re charging me 5%?”
Xia Li punched Chen Tao on the shoulder.
However, aside from Chen Tao’s trash talk, Xia Li was still somewhat touched.
This guy was the type who liked to stir up trouble when there was nothing going on, but when something happened, he was really there for you.
“I’ve found some things to do online, and I’m currently financially comfortable,” Xia Li said casually.
Chen Tao nodded upon hearing this, thought about it, and then covered his arm.
“Ouch, Boss Xia, your punch is a bit strong… Have you been training behind my back?”
He would believe that this punch was thrown by a fitness coach with twenty years of experience.
“Your physique…” Chen Tao looked Xia Li up and down.
He felt that after only half a month of not seeing him, Boss Xia had become much stronger?
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Xia Li used to be as listless and lifeless as he was, looking haggard. How did he become half a hunk now?
This guy was cheating?
“With your physique,” Chen Tao emphasized, “Little Lu’s body couldn’t possibly handle it.”
Xia Li thought to himself, this Little Lu is a dragon, what can a dragon not handle?
Then he thought about it more and realized that Chen Tao’s words had a deeper meaning.
Chen Tao gave him a look that all men understood, and Xia Li rolled up his sleeves.
The two were about to start fighting when a petite figure suddenly appeared beside them, interrupting the spellcasting.
“Xia Li,” Lucia’s small hand wiped her clothes and then she raised it to Xia Li.
“The hand soap here is apple-scented, smell it.”
The dragon enthusiastically brought her claw to Xia Li’s nose.
Xia Li’s body began to lean back, but the dragon, who had no sense of boundaries, couldn’t understand the human’s gesture of refusal.
Lucia generously covered Xia Li’s nose with her hand.
Her cold palm still had water droplets on it, and her small hand felt wet on Xia Li’s nose.
Xia Li frowned, forced to take a deep breath.
The dragon’s claws smelled of black pepper, mixed with the fresh fruity fragrance of hand soap.
This… was too…
Too good to smell.
Xia Li pretended to be disgusted and pushed her small hand away.
“Let’s get a taxi, I still have work to do when we get back.”
Xia Li had to update a few more pages of the Record of Experiences this afternoon, and there were some basic settings that needed to be improved.
“Get a taxi?”
Lucia encountered another new word.
Last time she took the bus with Xia Li, it was ‘take a car’, but what did ‘get a taxi’ mean?
“Which car should we hit? I’ll hit it.”
Lucia waved her small fist in the air.
The dragon’s forelegs were short, so even in human form, she was not good at boxing.
However, Lucia was confident that she could knock down any car on the road.
“Getting a taxi means calling a car over the phone. You don’t hit it with your hand, you hit it with the phone.”
Xia Li speechlessly held back the restless dragon with one hand, while the other hand opened the map app and started calling for a ride-hailing service.
Behind them, Chen Tao silently watched this scene.
Little Lu didn’t even understand the most basic way of life like ‘getting a taxi’.
And, while eating just now, Chen Tao also noticed that Little Lu didn’t know how to use a knife and fork… She seemed to be experiencing Western food for the first time.
It seemed that her living conditions were also very difficult before?
After all, without parents, she had lived a life of displacement since childhood.
This girl’s life was also hard…
Fate had owed her too much, and he hoped that she could get the compensation she deserved from Old Xia.
Thinking of this, Chen Tao sighed.
“Don’t run around, the car will be here in two minutes.”
Xia Li forcefully pulled back the dragon who was punching. The dragon’s small hand was very slippery, and he thought she would definitely be a handful in the future.
Turning back, Xia Li saw Peach walking over with a gloomy and dark face, looking like he had lost his soul.
“Old Xia, you must be good to Little Lu.”
Chen Tao didn’t know what kind of tragic drama he had imagined, but even his voice seemed to have become vicissitudes of life.
“She has no one else by her side…”
“She only has you left.”