My Wife is an Evil Dragon-Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Three More Buckets
Xia Li tossed his flip-flops to Lucia and went to boil water for instant noodles.
Half a day had passed since he transmigrated back to Earth from the other world, and Xia Li had endured the entire time without eating anything.
Back in the other world, the dukes and nobles would always bring some rare birds and exotic beasts, claiming they were nourishing. But Xia Li could never get used to them, finding them fishy and smelly, not as good as the ten yuan per jin pork on Earth.
During his three years in the other world, Xia Li missed instant noodles the most.
Instant noodles are just like that, you want to vomit when you see them when you eat them often, but when you haven’t eaten them for a long time, you think about them all the time.
After preparing the noodles, Xia Li pulled out a chair and sat down. Looking up, he saw Lucia turning her head back from the sofa, looking at him with her head held high.
This dragon’s nose is even more sensitive than a dog’s. It’s impossible for Xia Li to sneak any food past this evil dragon.
“Want a taste?” Xia Li felt like he was looking at a greedy puppy.
Lucia nodded.
“Come over then.”
It’s just a bite of instant noodles, Xia Li wasn’t that stingy.
Hearing the Brave Hero agree to let her eat, Lucia’s eyes suddenly lit up.
She stepped on her flip-flops and walked over with a “dada-da” sound.
If Lucia wearing Xia Li’s short boots before was like a little girl stealing her mother’s shoes, then now it was like stealing her father’s shoes.
They were simply too big…
Lucia’s tiny toes couldn’t hold the straps of the flip-flops at all. When she walked, her heels made a “thud-thud” sound, like a little foal.
“You know how to use a fork, right? Hold this first.”
Xia Li moved his butt to make room for Lucia.
He placed the plastic fork in Lucia’s hand. Lucia stood in front of the table and slightly bent down.
Evil dragons don’t use utensils to eat. Lucia clumsily pinched the fork in her palm and then, at a very awkward angle, reached into the instant noodle bucket, picking up a small clump of noodles.
Xia Li didn’t intend to correct Lucia’s grip.
As a Chinese person, even if he wanted to teach her, he should teach her how to use chopsticks first.
However, eating habits are a small matter. Xia Li’s main goal now is to establish the correct code of conduct for this evil dragon.
Things like going to the convenience store to steal bread must be eliminated from her nature.
“Mmm, delicious.”
Lucia had never eaten anything with such a rich flavor.
Evil dragons usually eat raw food, without even a hint of salt.
This small bite of instant noodles, a product of modern technology, completely captivated Lucia, the Silver Dragon.
“What kind of earthly delicacy is this?”
Lucia’s small face was chewing, and her eyes were sparkling.
“Instant noodles, haven’t you had them before?” Xia Li said triumphantly.
So, taming an evil dragon only requires a bite of instant noodles?
Looking at the way this guy was enjoying the noodles, Xia Li felt that no matter what conditions he offered her in exchange, she would agree.
Evil dragons are slow-witted, an easily deceived race.
Lucia nodded: “Never had them before, they’re delicious.”
She was not stingy with her praise at all.
After speaking, Lucia raised a finger and made a ‘three’ gesture towards Xia Li.
“Want three more bites?”
Xia Li glanced at the amount of instant noodles.
Thinking that Lucia is in the form of a human girl now, her bite is not a giant abyssal maw, so letting her have three more bites should be more than enough.
“Alright.” Xia Li generously pushed the instant noodles over.
“I want three more buckets.” Lucia corrected him.
Xia Li: “?”
“Are you a bottomless pit?”
“Are three buckets a lot?”
Lucia felt a little wronged.
To prevent Xia Li from thinking she ate too much, she had already been very conservative.
She wanted to say three boxes.
Just like the ones she saw in the store earlier, three boxes, one after another.
“…This bucket is for you, there’s no more.”
Xia Li still had hot water by his side. He casually opened another bucket of instant noodles and started preparing it.
Lucia used her limited wisdom to think for a moment.
“Then I want to eat this new bucket.”
Xia Li was silent for a moment.
He didn’t expect this evil dragon to be so smart.
He looked down at the bucket of instant noodles that had been eaten by the evil dragon, calculating in his mind whether to agree.
Does Silver Dragon saliva have poison?
If it does, would it lose its toxicity on Earth, where there’s no magic?
“Don’t tell me you suspect me of being poisonous!”
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Seeing Xia Li’s hesitant look, Lucia immediately stepped forward to explain.
“Silver Dragon saliva is a rare treasure in the human world, valuable for alchemy and detoxification…”
Lucia paused, opened her pale pink lips, and said in a slightly muffled voice.
“Do you want to collect some?”
Xia Li caught a glimpse of Lucia’s fleshy pink mouth, and almost blurted out “holy crap.”
He was almost dumbfounded.
How did things escalate so quickly?
And collect dragon saliva!
Who would put their hand in a little girl’s mouth to collect saliva? Wouldn’t that be perverted?
Seeing that Xia Li didn’t respond for a long time, Lucia silently closed her mouth again.
It was rare for her to be willing to offer something of her own to thank Xia Li for feeding her.
Why is this guy disgusted?
Doesn’t he know that in the human world, Silver Dragon saliva is more precious than gold!
“No, I don’t.”
Xia Li decisively rejected this perverted request.
He quickly lowered his head and finished the rest of the instant noodles, even drinking the soup.
The long-lost taste of spices activated his taste buds that had been dormant for a long time.
This braised beef instant noodles was delicious, but Xia Li’s mood was a little strange.
How to put it…
A little bit subtle.
He, the Brave Hero of Azure Continent, would one day share a bowl of instant noodles with the Silver Dragon Lucia.
This was a scene he wouldn’t have dared to imagine before.
“Where’s mine, where’s mine, can I eat mine now?”
Lucia stomped her feet excitedly, eager to pour the steaming food directly into her mouth.
“Wait a minute, two more minutes.”
“Now!”
“It’s only been one second.”
“What about now?”
“Two seconds.”
“So slow!”
Lucia became a little impatient.
If she were in her dragon form now, her saliva would probably be dripping on the floor.
Legend has it that some weak humans, in order to collect dragon saliva, would sneakily place cooked chicken, beef, fish, and sheep at the entrance of a dragon’s lair while the dragon was asleep. Then they would wait for the dragon to drool all over the place and collect the saliva in iron buckets at the entrance.
Those humans are so cunning.
However, if it were for the food in Xia Li’s hands, she would be willing to drool as much saliva as needed.
“Alright, you can eat now.”
When the five-minute lifespan of the instant noodles ended, Xia Li enthusiastically helped Lucia tear open the lid and broke the fork for her.
Lucia finished the noodles and the soup in less than two minutes. Xia Li looked at the empty paper bucket in surprise.
The key is, this evil dragon is really not afraid of hot food.
“If I could have another bowl, I would be grateful, Brave Hero Xia Li.”
Lucia wiped her mouth and suddenly spoke in an old-fashioned tone.
This posture, as if the Brave Hero had mistakenly entered the lair of the Silver Queen, and the great dragon was making a deal with the human hero in a deep voice.
“You’re in human form now, you don’t have much physical activity, you don’t need to eat so much, right?”
Xia Li didn’t buy into her act and instead tried to reason with her.
Although instant noodles are cheap, with Lucia’s appetite… Xia Li’s wallet definitely wouldn’t be able to handle it.
Lucia was honest and said truthfully: “Of course not, the human form consumes very little. Sometimes, when our dragon clan runs out of food in the lair and doesn’t want to go out, we deliberately transform into human form to reduce the body’s need for food.”
“But,” Lucia emphasized, “this is so delicious, so I want to eat a second bowl.”
“So it’s purely gluttony.”
Xia Li quickly came to a conclusion.
After learning that it wasn’t a physical need at all, Xia Li took away the rest of the instant noodles and even put them in the cupboard that Lucia couldn’t reach with her height.
Since the evil dragon is following him, he’ll basically raise her frugally.
If she wants to indulge… she’ll have to earn it herself!