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Chapter 79: Want a Hug

Lu Xiaoxi obediently ate the rice rolls, even though it was such a soft thing, she chewed it seven or eight times before swallowing.

From Li Mu’s perspective, Lu Xiaoxi looked like a little hamster eating, her small mouth moving up and down.

When he used to raise hamsters, he often pinched a green bean in his hand for the hamster to eat; the hamster was clumsy, only knowing to burrow into the gaps between his fingers. He felt that Lu Xiaoxi would do the same.

Opposite him, Li Mu was eating shao mai while looking at his phone, taking one bite after another.

It seemed very serious, but if the camera was moved under the table, one could see that Li Mu had already stretched his foot over to rub against Lu Xiaoxi.

“Are you not cold?” Lu Xiaoxi didn’t mind, after all, it was just through the pants.

Today it was only 21 degrees; she had changed into long pants early in the morning, while Li Mu was still wearing shorts.

The boy acted as if he wasn’t afraid of the cold, valuing style over warmth. Lu Xiaoxi felt that Li Mu was also a boy who valued style.

“Not too bad.”

“You’re pretending.”

“What am I pretending? I can still go shirtless, do you believe it?”

“Who would believe you? Style over warmth.”

Without saying a word, Li Mu started to take off his clothes. Halfway through, Lu Xiaoxi hurriedly stopped him, “Are you a pervert? I believe you.”

“If you had believed me earlier, it would have been fine. You can’t generalize people’s physiques; I might not even feel cold if you wear a coat.”

“I know you’re amazing.” Lu Xiaoxi lowered her head and slurped the rice rolls.

Just now, when Li Mu lifted his shirt, she saw his abs; Li Mu was indeed healthier than she had imagined.

It felt like Li Mu could lift her up with just one hand.

“Do you want to eat?” When Lu Xiaoxi finished her second bowl of rice rolls, she quietly looked up at Li Mu, only to find that he had already finished his shao mai and was now seriously rubbing against her calf.

“Aren’t you eating?” Li Mu’s eyes widened; based on Lu Xiaoxi’s appetite, three bowls of rice rolls wouldn’t be enough if she didn’t eat something greasy.

“Too much.” Lu Xiaoxi said as she picked up a piece of rice roll and held it to his mouth, “Here comes the piggy to eat!”

Li Mu seemed not to have heard, opening his mouth to eat, but ended up biting air. Lu Xiaoxi quickly stuffed the rice roll into her mouth, and two drops of sauce dripped onto the table.

“Little pig is eating.” Li Mu teased her with a smile.

“Here, this portion is for you.”

“You eat; I don’t mind.”

“You can’t just eat two shao mai.”

“Why not? I used to skip breakfast.” Li Mu said casually.

In middle school, he had to get up earlier, basically brushing his teeth and washing up by six o’clock. At that time, Su Wen hadn’t woken up yet, and he generally didn’t eat breakfast, occasionally buying buns from outside, which didn’t quite match Lu Xiaoxi’s three meals a day.

If they had gotten along well in middle school, he probably would have gone to Lu Xiaoxi’s place every day to mooch breakfast.

Watching Lu Xiaoxi finish her breakfast, Li Mu went straight back to his room, lying on the bed and playing on his phone.

Indeed, weekends were most comfortable for lying around.

Movies, games, and anime were more enjoyable, why go out? As long as his little childhood sweetheart didn’t call him out to play, he absolutely wouldn’t go out.

Seeing that he hadn’t closed the door, Lu Xiaoxi leaned against it and poked her head in, “What are you doing?”

“Just being idle.”

“If you’re idle, find something to do.”

“Being idle means there’s nothing to do.”

“Then find something to do.” Lu Xiaoxi looked at his room, feeling it was quite messy; there were clearly hangers in the closet, yet the clothes were just thrown on the top shelf, not even turned over.

The only commendable thing was that there wasn’t any obvious trash, so it was messy but not dirty.

“Isn’t it good to tidy up your room?”

“It’s not messy.”

“It’s a total mess.”

“You can help me tidy it up, considering I bring you your laptop bag every day.”

“Get lost, tidy it yourself.” Lu Xiaoxi didn’t care about him, sitting on his bed, the spring mattress creaking.

“Fine, if you don’t want to tidy up, why tell me to get lost?”

“Anyway, I want you to get lost.”

“Alright, I’ll get lost.” Li Mu turned around and sat next to her, shifting his butt to squeeze the little girl against the wall.

Lu Xiaoxi could smell Li Mu’s scent and feel his body heat; it seemed Li Mu’s room was particularly warm. The air conditioning in the house was old-fashioned, without heat, and it would definitely be very cold in winter. At that time, she would run to Li Mu’s room to warm up.

She figured Li Mu wouldn’t mind.

“Cold, squeeze in.” Li Mu insisted and squeezed in a bit more, and now the little girl was really pressed against the wall, still in the same position, with a shoe rack in front, a wall on the right, and a warm someone on the left, unable to escape.

Unlike last time, this time Li Mu could openly pull her hand over and place it on his thigh, then touch it freely.

“Who just said it wasn’t cold?”

“Hehe, I just want warmth over style.”

Lu Xiaoxi knew this guy was using an excuse to squeeze her, and she couldn’t help but laugh inside.

Li Mu was very clever; he could always see through her excuses at a glance; otherwise, the excuse would turn into a lie.

The scent at the tip of her nose grew stronger, and Lu Xiaoxi couldn’t help but take a deep breath; it smelled so good.

“You’re a pervert, don’t sniff around.” Li Mu rubbed her fingers, hearing her deep breath, and couldn’t help but tease her; after all, the girl was squeezed against the wall and couldn’t run away.

“Yue, stay away, I want to go out.”

“Why go out?”

“I just don’t want to be with you.”

“Oh.” Li Mu shifted his butt by a centimeter.

“You?!” Lu Xiaoxi was both angry and amused; he wouldn’t give her space, and she still couldn’t leave?

Lu Xiaoxi kicked off her shoes, lay down, and slowly wriggled up until she was fully on the bed, then pulled the quilt over herself, rolling into a little caterpillar.

This was the little girl’s favorite position, surrounded by the quilt on all sides, feeling completely secure; she liked to press the quilt down on both sides while sleeping.

“Running onto a boy’s bed, do you know what might happen?” Li Mu mischievously lay down as well.

“I don’t know.” Lu Xiaoxi felt a bit scared; it seemed rolling into a caterpillar wasn’t a very good strategy.

She was safe, but it seemed she couldn’t escape; she could only huff and say, “If you dare to mess around, I’ll tell Aunt Su.”

“I won’t mess around; can we just hug?”

“H-how do we hug?” Lu Xiaoxi stared at him with wide eyes.

“Just hug over the quilt; it’s been many years since we hugged, and I miss it a bit. You know I’m a nostalgic person.” Li Mu’s gaze was complex, as if he was truly reminiscing about the time when they were close.

Lu Xiaoxi found it a bit hard to understand him; she compared their relationship in her heart. She was his little childhood sweetheart, so hugging should be fine.

She lightly tapped her little head, burying half her face under the quilt, leaving only her big, round eyes exposed.

“Then I’m going to hug you.”

“Mm…” Lu Xiaoxi turned around, facing away from him; she couldn’t face him because she wouldn’t be able to resist inhaling Li Mu’s scent.

Li Mu’s hand climbed up to her little belly, pulling her into his embrace. Since they were lying on their sides, he could only place one hand on her.

The little girl was held in his arms, so soft and fragrant; even through the quilt, he could feel her softness, better than any pillow.

His face pressed against Lu Xiaoxi’s hair, the fragrance wafting, and he hugged her a bit tighter.

This was a hug after several years, without any occasion or premeditation; he directly asked Lu Xiaoxi for a hug.

If he hadn’t prepared to react, he would have definitely continued hugging.

Li Mu smoothly rolled to the edge of the bed, sat in front of the computer, opened it, put on headphones, hunched over, and started to get serious.

Lu Xiaoxi blinked, not knowing what had happened; they had just been comfortably hugging, and she was almost warm enough to fall asleep, but suddenly he had run away.

“What’s wrong with you?”

“Nothing, just craving a game.”

“……” Lu Xiaoxi felt that Li Mu was like a scumbag, hugging and then running away.

She watched Li Mu play games in a strange position, walked behind him, poking and touching. Li Mu ignored her, so she became bolder, lifting Li Mu’s sleeve and slowly rolling it up until his entire arm was exposed.

Li Mu had hair under his armpit, and she didn’t dare to touch it, her fingers tracing along Li Mu’s muscle contours little by little.

“Don’t scratch, it tickles.”

“Just scratching.”

“If you’re idle, find something to do, like helping me clean my room.”

“You’ll eventually turn into a lazy pig!”

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