Chapter 59: Lu Xiaoxi Felt Wronged

Lu Xiaoxi ran next door to play with Xia Yuanyuan.

Li Mu came out of the room and sat in the living room, waiting for takeout while adjusting the projector. After connecting his computer, he casually found a popular movie to watch.

The main purpose of the projector was not to watch TV, but to disguise itself as one and serve as background music.

It could be ignored, but it couldn’t be absent.

Otherwise, it would lose a bit of liveliness.

From a smaller perspective, this small room could be considered a “home” for him and Lu Xiaoxi.

After all.

This little place still relied on the two of them to maintain it together.

The door opened, and Lu Xiaoxi brought Xia Yuanyuan in.

“Brother Mu, happy Mid-Autumn Festival.” Xia Yuanyuan said happily, holding a large bag of potato chips, with some crumbs stuck to her mouth, struggling to pull out a individually packaged mooncake from her pocket and handed it to Li Mu.

“Mid-Autumn Festival has passed for so long, and you still say happy Mid-Autumn Festival, but thanks anyway, Yuanyuan.”

“Then I wish Brother Mu a happy Mid-Autumn Festival in advance for next year.”

“You’re really something.”

Li Mu was amused by the little girl’s words and ruffled Xia Yuanyuan’s bun.

“Eat potato chips.”

Xia Yuanyuan was happy to share her potato chips with Li Mu.

Then she watched as Li Mu grabbed a large handful of potato chips.

Xia Yuanyuan looked at the light potato chip bag in her hand and fell into deep thought.

“Kids’ things are all for eating.” Lu Xiaoxi pretended to scold.

“Uh, kids eating too many potato chips can easily get heaty.”

“You’re just full of excuses; I see you’re just greedy.”

“Yuanyuan, do you mind if I eat so many potato chips?”

Xia Yuanyuan shook her head.

“Hey, hey, hey, kids don’t mind.” Li Mu smiled and ate another chip.

Seeing Lu Xiaoxi open her mouth as if to say something, Li Mu quickly handed a whole potato chip to her mouth.

Lu Xiaoxi carefully avoided Li Mu’s hand and took a bite.

When was the last time this guy fed her?

It seemed to be when she first came here, and this guy ordered fried chicken, feeding her the chicken butt.

Although she ended up eating most of the fried chicken afterward.

At that time, she felt quite shy about such intimate feeding behavior.

She even hid in her room and didn’t come out…

Now she could naturally eat what Li Mu fed her.

The little girl’s thoughts were unknown as to where they flew off to.

To take care of Xia Yuanyuan, Li Mu suggested switching to an animated show, but Xia Yuanyuan said she wanted to watch a sweet drama, so Li Mu went along with her.

He wasn’t interested in romantic dramas, but the two girls enjoyed watching them.

On the sofa.

The two girls, who were 11 years apart, were glued to the sweet drama, chatting and laughing about the plot; while Li Mu lounged on the sofa like an old man, scrolling through videos.

During this time, they often heard Lu Xiaoxi’s stomach growling.

Every time her stomach made a sound, Xia Yuanyuan and Li Mu would simultaneously look at her, making Lu Xiaoxi feel embarrassed.

About twenty minutes later, the takeout arrived.

Lu Xiaoxi, whose stomach had been growling for a while, excitedly ran to get the takeout.

There were three boxes of takeout; besides what she and Li Mu ordered, there was also a box of red items.

“What is this?”

“Crayfish, forty yuan.” Li Mu said casually.

“Forty yuan for such a small box?!” Lu Xiaoxi was shocked.

She had never eaten crayfish, but this portion seemed too expensive.

It exceeded what she could accept.

Forty yuan was enough for her to eat for two or three days!

“Actually, I’ve never eaten it either; I wanted to buy it to try the taste.”

“Is it good?”

“I don’t know; let me try first.” Li Mu took his meal and the crayfish, put on gloves, and opened the crayfish box.

A spicy aroma instantly filled his nostrils.

Wait, he clearly ordered garlic-flavored; why did it smell so spicy?

After carefully checking the receipt, it was indeed garlic-flavored.

“Bad review, must give a bad review!”

“Hurry up and try it.” Lu Xiaoxi pouted, the crayfish looked delicious.

“Why? I’m not giving you any.”

“Not giving is fine; who cares?” Lu Xiaoxi huffed and turned her head.

Li Mu had never eaten crayfish before, and his peeling technique was a bit clumsy. After removing the head and shell, only a small piece of the large crayfish was left.

He ate one and found the taste not bad, the texture was average, and he couldn’t tell if the restaurant used frozen goods.

“Yuanyuan, have one too.” Li Mu peeled another one and handed it to Xia Yuanyuan.

“It’s not as good as what my mom makes.” Xia Yuanyuan said blandly.

“Your mom can make this?”

“Yeah, she bought some to cook before.”

“Then do you still eat it?”

“I’ll eat another one.”

Lu Xiaoxi kept her head down, eating, while her mind was still on that box of crayfish.

Where’s hers?

Why wasn’t Li Mu giving her any?

Seeing Li Mu eat faster and faster, with more and more shells piling up on the table, Lu Xiaoxi felt a bit anxious; she hadn’t eaten yet.

She peeked at Li Mu and suddenly found him secretly looking at her too. The moment their eyes met, Li Mu quickly looked away, pretending nothing had happened.

“Give me one.”

“You said you weren’t eating.” Li Mu smacked his lips, deliberately making a loud noise.

“I told you not to squeeze me, but you still squeezed me.”

“That’s a different matter; if I squeeze you, you won’t lose anything, but this is a crayfish, which adds up to one fifty each.”

“Then I’ll buy yours.”

“Not selling.”

How unfair!

She had even brought this guy dinner before, and now Li Mu wouldn’t even give her a single crayfish.

The more Lu Xiaoxi thought about it, the more wronged she felt, and slowly her eyes turned a bit red.

She didn’t even know why she felt upset; it just felt wronged.

It was as if Li Mu was bullying her—

The little girl felt wronged, said nothing, and kept her head down, eating her own food, using her hair to shield her face.

She would never cook for Li Mu again; let this guy eat instant noodles!

She wouldn’t sit with him in class anymore!

She wouldn’t watch TV with him anymore!

She wouldn’t let him snuggle anymore!

And, and…

While the girl was thinking about how to distance herself from Li Mu, she suddenly felt the sofa dip beside her. Being already distracted, she accidentally leaned a bit and bumped her shoulder against someone’s solid arm.

Li Mu had somehow switched places with Xia Yuanyuan.

The two were sitting very close together.

“Go away.” Lu Xiaoxi didn’t even need to look up to know who it was.

She was already feeling wronged; if Li Mu annoyed her again, she really wouldn’t talk to him today; she meant what she said.

“Here.”

Li Mu reached one hand around the back of the sofa; with a slight tightening of his arm, he could pull the little girl into his embrace.

He pushed a plastic container lid in front of her, filled with peeled crayfish tails.

“Not eating.”

“Really?”

Lu Xiaoxi ignored him.

Li Mu looked down at her face and saw the girl’s slightly red eyes.

His heart trembled.

“Are you really crying?”

“You are the one crying; I’m not that weak.” Lu Xiaoxi said stubbornly; she really just felt wronged and didn’t intend to cry; her eyes were just a bit red.

“Look at you.” Li Mu held up a mirror to show her.

Looking at the wronged little face in the mirror, Lu Xiaoxi pursed her lips.

She was about to write her grievances on her face.

“Little Pig Lu, don’t be angry; these crayfish tails are spicy; if you don’t eat them soon, I might throw them away.”

“Li Mu, wasting food is a serious crime.” Lu Xiaoxi took the pile of crayfish tails but still didn’t look at Li Mu, just softly scolded him.

“Not angry anymore?”

“When did I get angry? Do you have evidence to say that?”

“Oh, then I won’t give you any; I thought you were angry, so I was going to give you some.” Li Mu reached out to take the crayfish tails back.

“You think you can take back spilled water? Have some shame!” Lu Xiaoxi got anxious, afraid Li Mu would really not give her any, poking his hand with her chopsticks to stop him from taking it back.

The crayfish tails now belonged to her.

“Okay, okay, it’s all yours.”

“You’re not eating?”

“Not eating, it’s spicy.”

“Oh.”

Lu Xiaoxi was fine now; the previous grievances had vanished, and the corners of her mouth lifted slightly.

At least Li Mu was perceptive.

She grabbed a peeled crayfish tail and chewed on it.

It was a novel taste she had never tried before.

It was quite delicious.

Just not spicy at all.

It wasn’t even as spicy as the dinner she had brought Li Mu from her hometown.

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