Chapter 30: Look at Your Hand

The sun in September was not considered scorching.

After a few days of military training, Li Mu inevitably got a lot darker.

His face, neck, and hands, all the exposed areas, had darkened significantly, turning him into a light-colored panda.

Taking advantage of the flag-guard team’s break, Li Mu sneaked over to the sick bay, which seemed to have a fixed location, with Lu Xiaoxi always sitting at the edge.

Lu Xiaoxi’s hands were beautiful, with faint blue veins visible on the back of her hands, her fingers like bamboo shoots, and her wrists resembling white lotus roots.

In comparison, Li Mu suddenly felt that his hands looked like the feet of a braised duck.

It was hard to notice that he had tanned; if it weren’t for this comparison, he wouldn’t have realized how much darker he had become.

It seemed necessary for him to ask Lu Xiaoxi for some sunscreen to apply.

“What are you looking at…” Lu Xiaoxi noticed someone’s intense gaze and hid her hands in front of her chest.

Was that guy just looking at her hands?

…So perverted.

“I’m looking at your hands.”

“Pervert.” Lu Xiaoxi didn’t expect him to actually say it out loud, her face turned red as she lowered her head, her jade-like fingers rubbing her clothes, too shy to speak, allowing Li Mu to drink from her water bottle.

Li Mu was just like that; one moment he was being cheeky, and the next he was serious, saying such things to a girl, completely shameless.

Even though she had known Li Mu for a long time, it shouldn’t be like this; they were not on good terms!

Suddenly seeing the obvious color difference in Li Mu’s hands, she broke character again, “What’s wrong with your hands, hahaha.”

“What’s so funny? Haven’t you seen someone get tanned before?”

“Yours is just too obvious; I didn’t notice it before.”

“Don’t laugh.”

“Can you lend me your headphones?”

“Why?”

“I want to listen to music.”

Li Mu was quite surprised, “Aren’t you afraid of getting caught?”

“I’ve observed; there won’t be any instructors coming here.”

“Don’t mind my earwax?”

“Come on, just lend them to me.”

She listened to music with Li Mu every day and had never minded his headphones.

Li Mu had never seen Lu Xiaoxi look so cute; it was like…

Acting cute?

But it wasn’t entirely that.

In any case, he found it a bit hard to resist.

After agreeing, Li Mu ran back to the flag-guard team to continue training.

During the lunch break.

The sky began to fill with dark clouds, and a light rain started to fall.

“Yes, yes, my rain god prayer finally worked, it’s raining!”

Someone from an unknown class shouted this.

Everyone, including the instructors, laughed.

Of course, the student who spoke was also pulled out to do push-ups.

Maybe the rain really was what he prayed for; as he was pulled out for punishment, the rain got heavier.

The instructor had to disband the team early.

Most of the people in the sick bay had also left; Lu Xiaoxi stood up and looked towards the playground, where there were hardly any teams left, as most people rushed towards the cafeteria in the pouring rain.

Getting drenched like this would definitely lead to a cold.

Girls are meticulous; she always kept a small umbrella in her bag.

“That idiot Li Mu wouldn’t have run out to get drenched too, would he?” Lu Xiaoxi muttered softly.

If Li Mu really went to the cafeteria, she would have to go alone later.

“What did you say?” A pair of large hands suddenly patted her shoulder, startling Lu Xiaoxi so much that she almost screamed.

Seeing it was Li Mu, her brows furrowed, her expression twisted in annoyance, and she stepped on Li Mu’s camouflage shoes angrily, still not satisfied, she swung her small bag at him.

That big bad guy actually scared her; she should have known better than to wait for him.

“How did you get here in such heavy rain?”

“I came from under the teaching building. By the way, did you bring an umbrella? I checked the weather forecast; it looks like it will rain until the evening.”

The girl smiled slyly and took out an umbrella from her bag, “I have an umbrella.”

“That’s good, hurry up and eat; I’m starving.”

Splash.

Lu Xiaoxi opened the umbrella.

Both of them fell silent.

Lu Xiaoxi’s umbrella was a small pink one, with a bear eating honey printed on it; it was really tiny.

“Are you sure this can cover two people?”

“I brought the wrong one…” Lu Xiaoxi said, almost in tears.

She had two umbrellas, both single-person ones, but one was larger; the one she used with Li Mu at the train station was that one. The bags for both umbrellas were the same, and she usually didn’t check when she took one, just relied on luck…

Li Mu facepalmed, “How about you go to the cafeteria and get takeout?”

“I go? If you want to go, you go; this is my umbrella.”

“Then give me the umbrella; what do you want to eat?”

“Anything is fine.”

A tall guy at 1.8 meters using such a girly umbrella gave off an indescribable weird vibe, but it certainly attracted attention.

Their meals were the same: a portion of braised char siu, a portion of corn stir-fried with meat, and some mung bean sprouts, a standard two-meat one-vegetable meal.

Li Mu suspected that the first requirement for the cafeteria auntie was to be skilled at shaking the ladle; a full scoop of meat would end up being mostly fat after a couple of shakes.

Li Mu specifically asked the auntie for extra rice, and kindly went to the condiment area to pour a big scoop of chili, and on the way back, he bought two bottles of cola.

Clearly, it was the same meal, but in his hands, it was one red and one white.

“Why is it taking so long?”

“I went to the condiment area to add chili; consider this meal as my treat to you.”

“Then the question is, what are we going to eat with?”

“With a hat.”

Li Mu put the rice into his hat, and a makeshift bowl was formed.

“Has your hat been washed?”

“No, it stinks.”

“How can you still say that? I can smell it from here.” Lu Xiaoxi fanned her nose, trying to eat with the hat like Li Mu; she hadn’t sweated, and the hat didn’t smell at all, it even had a slight fragrance.

“Then hurry up and finish eating; after you’re done, I’ll use your hat.”

“No way, what if it leaks and my hat gets stinky?”

Li Mu sat cross-legged on the floor, not minding the dirt, eating big mouthfuls of rice and drinking cola, the little taste was so comfortable.

Lu Xiaoxi wasn’t as bold as him; she leaned against the wall, taking small bites, the chili was oily, and her mouth was greasy as she wiped it while eating.

Girls have to be reserved when eating outside; if they let loose, others would probably be scared away.

By the time she was halfway through, Li Mu had already finished, looking up and gulping down cola.

The rain kept getting heavier, leaving no chance to go to the lunch break sanctuary.

After several days of sunshine, no one expected it to suddenly rain today.

“Here, headphones.”

“How do I connect this to my phone?”

“Like this, then that, got it?”

“It seems to be connected; let’s play a song…”

Lu Xiaoxi handed the other side of the headphones to Li Mu.

Melodious music began to play.

It was a somewhat melancholic tune.

“Your taste in music is pretty good,” Li Mu praised repeatedly.

“Do you think everyone is like you, a homebody with a playlist full of cute songs?”

“I just play games a lot; how does that make me a homebody?”

“I haven’t seen you go out since graduating middle school; what else could you be if not a homebody?”

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