Chapter 15: Did you secretly take a photo of me, Li Mu?!

Today was a pleasant day.

After finishing dinner, Lu Xiaoxi first entered the bathroom and slowly took a fragrant bath.

Tomorrow was the day for school registration, and she was determined to go to bed early, making sure to adjust her biological clock.

The bathroom was still filled with Li Mu’s wailing, and Lu Xiaoxi had no doubt that someone might come knocking tomorrow, accusing them of disturbing the peace.

After all, who cooks at home late at night?

“Lu Xiaoxi, I’m using your facial cleanser!” After a brief moment of quiet, Li Mu started causing trouble again.

There were still many bottles and jars in the bathroom that Li Mu hadn’t used much.

Was he now taking advantage of Lu Xiaoxi?

What volcanic mud, amino acids, and foam-free… Li Mu wasn’t someone who often used facial cleansers and had no idea what these were for.

Su Wen often bought him facial cleansers; at first, he did use them, but it only lasted three or four days, and after that, he hardly used them.

One reason was that it was too troublesome for him to bother with, and the other was that it didn’t have much effect.

Although his skin wasn’t as delicate as Lu Xiaoxi’s, it was definitely not bad, with hardly any pimples or bumps.

One could say he was lacking in many areas, but he could never be said to be unattractive.

This wasn’t him being narcissistic; on the contrary, he had a very clear understanding of himself. He had received quite a few love letters since he was young.

He was already good-looking enough; using a facial cleanser, he might just charm a whole bunch of senior sisters tomorrow.

Hmm? It seemed like it might not be bad.

“Don’t you have your own facial cleanser?”

“I left it at home.”

“Tch, just this once; if you use it again, I might have to charge you!” Lu Xiaoxi said angrily. This guy Li Mu was already taking advantage of her shampoo and shower gel, and now he was reaching for her facial cleanser.

A few days ago, Li Mu hadn’t used any facial cleanser, and it was definitely because school was starting tomorrow, and there would be many attractive senior sisters. She had heard that many boys liked to pursue older sisters for a passionate sibling romance.

Just thinking about Li Mu possibly getting a girlfriend made her feel a bit blocked in her heart.

“The vast horizon is my love—”

“Stop singing, it’s so awful!”

“The endless green mountains are blooming—” Li Mu’s voice got louder.

Lu Xiaoxi covered her ears; it was definitely disturbing the peace now. Even if someone came to complain tomorrow, she wouldn’t help Li Mu, since he was deliberately trying to annoy her.

“Woohoo, feeling refreshed.” After his shower, Li Mu seemed like a different person, full of energy; taking a bath could really disperse drowsiness and fatigue.

“I’m sleepy; can you help me hang the clothes later?” Lu Xiaoxi felt her eyelids were heavy. She had only slept this morning, and because of her sleeping habits, she hadn’t slept well.

Li Mu glanced at the time; it was only nine-thirty. In today’s society, students who could sleep at this hour were undoubtedly tough.

Like him, he usually planned to sleep after midnight. Even if he lay in bed, he would scroll through his phone until twelve, even though it was meaningless.

Lu Xiaoxi was drowsy, her little head nodding like a fishing bobber. When she looked up, Li Mu saw her panda eyes and couldn’t help but chuckle.

On a whim, he took out his phone and snapped two pictures of Lu Xiaoxi’s cute sleeping face.

However…

It seemed he hadn’t turned off the flash…

Li Mu felt foolish; he had laughed at Lu Xiaoxi for not turning off the flash when she secretly took a photo, and now it was his turn…

“Li! Mu! You! Took! A! Photo! Of! Me!” Lu Xiaoxi groggily woke up, her brain booting up. Seeing the phone in Li Mu’s hand, her little head tilted, and she froze for a moment before gradually understanding everything.

Li Mu had secretly taken a photo of her sleeping!

She instantly became wide awake!

This was undoubtedly a piece of leverage for Li Mu, and she couldn’t even imagine her future life; it would be so embarrassing.

“You can take a photo of me, but I can’t take one of you. Is this double standard or what?” Li Mu said cheerfully, tucking his phone into his waistband and raising his hands in surrender.

“I don’t care; delete it quickly!” Lu Xiaoxi rushed over, completely disregarding her image, trying to stop him from running away. Her small hands pinched the soft flesh at his waist, but perhaps because she was so sleepy, her movements were weak and feeble.

Rather than pinching, it was more like she was tickling Li Mu.

“You can delete it, but you have to delete my photo too.”

“I won’t delete it!” Lu Xiaoxi insisted.

“Then I won’t delete mine.”

“…Then you can’t share it, and you can’t secretly look at it. Otherwise, I’ll tell Aunt Su that you bullied me…”

Lu Xiaoxi seemed really sleepy, her eyelids half-closed, her tone soft and gentle like a little cat scratching.

Hearing this made Li Mu feel a tingling sensation in his heart, and his Adam’s apple unconsciously rolled up and down, so he stopped teasing her.

Otherwise, Lu Xiaoxi might just fall asleep right there.

“Alright, you go to sleep; you have to go to school tomorrow.”

“Mm~”

Lu Xiaoxi opened the door, using the last of her energy to set the air conditioning to 27 degrees, then crawled into her little blanket and fell into a deep sleep, soon emitting soft, even breathing sounds.

The door was left ajar.

“…” Li Mu quietly helped her close the door.

Lu Xiaoxi looked quite cute when she was sleepy.

He took a few hangers and hung up clothes for both of them.

He always just hung them up and considered it a victory as long as they didn’t fall down.

Li Mu returned to his room to continue typing. Perhaps due to the excitement of nearing the end, his typing speed increased. Originally, he could only write two thousand words in an hour, but now he could write four thousand.

Until midnight, he stretched lazily.

The story of the novel was nearing its conclusion, and he set all the chapters to be published on a timer. Once the remaining chapters were released, this novel would come to an end.

Finishing his first novel in life gave him quite a sense of accomplishment. Now, he could consider himself half a writer, right?

If all went well, after his novel concluded, there would be a wave of completion promotions, and his regular readers would give him some tips, which he expected would be double the usual earnings.

Once the payment was issued, he would have around ten thousand yuan in his hands. At that time, he could buy whatever he wanted without worrying too much, spending his own money felt justified.

He turned off the lights and went to sleep.

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