Chapter 61: Just Looking at Him

Lu Xiaoxi had a dream.

In the dream, Li Mu became small, pinching her face and patting her head, being very obedient, calling her “Sister Xiaoxi” with every breath.

Little Li Mu was both silly and clumsy, and from then on, he became her little fanboy, always following her around like a little shadow.

Some said this was a self-protection program for the brain to lighten its load; others said dreams were erroneous information, and when waking up, the brain would delete the incorrect information.

When a person wakes from sleep, the content of the dream forms a momentary memory, which would be forgotten in a few minutes.

When she woke up, she only remembered these details.

Lu Xiaoxi looked up at the sky outside the window and then lay back down, her teenage laziness kicking in.

She lay on her side in bed, curled up in her small blanket, quietly listening to someone’s voice coming from next door.

Something about hitting A and hitting B, searching for something in the bag; she had no idea what this guy was rambling on about, and she couldn’t understand it at all.

She lay there until after eight o’clock, and the sky outside had turned dark.

“Li Mu, do you want to go buy groceries together?” Lu Xiaoxi smoothed out the wrinkles in her clothes, went to the hall to wash her face and brush her teeth, and knocked on Li Mu’s door.

“Go, wait for me to finish this round.”

“Are you playing a game?”

“Yeah, getting ready to finish… defending, the other side hit B!”

“I’m going in.”

“Like it, huh?!” Li Mu seemed not to hear.

Lu Xiaoxi could understand every word Li Mu said, but when they were put together, it became incomprehensible.

“If you don’t speak, I’ll take it as your default.” Lu Xiaoxi twisted the doorknob, opening a crack; the room inside was dark, with only the light from Li Mu’s computer screen and headphones.

This guy was playing games with the lights off, and he had been at it for a long time!

He was going to ruin his eyes.

Lu Xiaoxi turned on the light for him.

“Uh, wait for me to finish this round, and I’ll go down with you.” Li Mu took off his headphones and glanced at her; the only chair was already occupied by him, so he patted the edge of the bed, signaling Lu Xiaoxi to sit for a while, then put his headphones back on and continued his game.

Lu Xiaoxi sat beside him, her legs together, quietly.

She carefully observed Li Mu playing the game.

He was so serious; if he put this effort into studying, his scores would definitely be higher than hers, and they might not even get into the same university.

If she didn’t attend the same university, major, and class as Li Mu, she would be in the dormitory now, with a few girls… She had always been a day student and had never lived in a dorm, so she didn’t know how to get along with dorm mates.

Living with Li Mu was much more comfortable; she didn’t have to worry about other things, and there would be no danger or conflicts, just freedom.

If she had to say, the only danger was Li Mu.

But she wasn’t worried that Li Mu would do anything to her; she trusted him more than anyone else, and he wouldn’t do anything excessive.

Touching hands and rubbing legs didn’t count!

“Stop staring at me; it’s making me a bit uncomfortable.” Li Mu clicked his tongue; he could clearly sense that he was being stared at by a certain little girl. At first, it was fine, but after a while, it felt a bit unnatural.

He didn’t know why it was like this; he was just playing a game.

It was like in class; when your thoughts are clear, and you solve problems easily, but once a teacher is watching, your speed drops significantly. He was in that state of being watched while solving problems, and his reaction in the game slowed down, causing his character to fall.

“You’re just too sensitive; it has nothing to do with me.”

“Hey, do you think I’m handsome, so you keep looking at me?”

“You really are both stinky and beautiful, abbreviated as ‘stink-beautiful.'”

“Tell me the truth; am I handsome compared to the boys you’ve met?”

“…” Lu Xiaoxi pouted, not knowing how to respond.

Li Mu was indeed thick-skinned; he could ask such questions.

How embarrassing!

“Then, you tell me if I’m pretty compared to the girls you’ve met.”

“Let me think… I can tentatively say you’re the second prettiest.”

Lu Xiaoxi’s heart tightened.

Who did Li Mu think was the prettiest? She had been with him recently and hadn’t seen any other girls interacting with him.

The little girl recalled all the female classmates from middle school to university, comparing who was the prettiest. After comparing, she felt she was the prettiest; in fact, she was a bit vain.

Could it be that Li Mu subjectively thought that girl was pretty? Just like the saying… “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”?

“Oh.” Lu Xiaoxi responded softly, feeling dispirited.

“Don’t you want to know who the prettiest is?”

“Not interested.” She was angry.

“The prettiest is my mom; you’re the second prettiest. No, you’re the third prettiest.”

“If you keep teasing me, I’ll take action!” Lu Xiaoxi frowned, her little hands already grabbing Li Mu’s waist.

The two were sitting in different positions; to reach his waist, Lu Xiaoxi had to lean forward. She was already shorter than Li Mu, so this way, her head could only reach his chest.

“The first is my mom, the second is your mom, the third is you. The fourth… uh, what was the name of the female lead in that sweet drama you and Xia Yuanyuan watched?”

“Idiot.” Lu Xiaoxi was amused by his ridiculous logic, lightly scolding him, revealing her white teeth.

Her little mouth was as sweet as brown sugar, so this time, she wouldn’t pinch his flesh.

“What about me? Let me guess, the first is your dad, the second is my dad, and the third is me?”

“You’re just average on my side. If you weren’t so narcissistic, so perverted, so lazy, and so foolish, you might barely rank third.”

“Then am I still me?” Li Mu sat beside her, grinning foolishly, taking the opportunity to poke her little face, which had turned red without her noticing.

Lu Xiaoxi glared at him and swatted his hand away, “Getting too familiar, huh?”

He was getting bolder; first, it was touching hands and rubbing legs, then in the afternoon, he put his arm around her shoulder, and now he was poking her face. Wouldn’t it get worse in the future?

This guy, Li Mu, was testing her limits, just like boiling a frog in warm water; once the temperature reached a certain threshold, she wouldn’t be able to escape.

The little girl thought she was clever, quickly recognizing Li Mu’s scheme.

The warm water was still quite comfortable; she would run out once it got hot.

“You can pinch me, but I can’t poke you? Do Uncle Li and Aunt Su know you’re so double-standard?”

“Do Uncle Li and Aunt Su know you’re so thick-skinned?”

“Of course.” Li Mu nodded calmly.

He was all about honesty.

After all, both families knew what kind of person he was.

“Anyway, it just doesn’t work.”

“Oh, anyway, I don’t want to poke.”

“If you don’t want to poke, why are you poking? Are you sick…”

Li Mu ignored her, sat back in the chair, and put his headphones back on.

At that moment, the character he was controlling just respawned.

“Are you ready to finish?”

“There are a few rounds left; I don’t know if we need to go into overtime. You can watch the video.”

When Li Mu spoke, his eyes didn’t shift, staring intently at the computer.

On the computer was a shooting game; she had never played it and couldn’t understand it.

She used to be like this, standing behind Li Mu watching him play games.

Li Mu seemed to play every game; from the snake game in kindergarten to the stickman badminton and Plants vs. Zombies in elementary school, then various mobile games, and now it had become a hodgepodge of games, both free and paid, on mobile and computer, and he played them all quite well.

She loved watching Li Mu play games, starting from when she saw him play the snake game on Aunt Su’s phone…

Lu Xiaoxi leaned forward, resting her hands on the back of the chair, propping her chin, quietly watching.

The little girl couldn’t understand the game, so she could only watch someone play the game seriously.

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