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Chapter 143: The Appetizer of Lu Xiaoxi

Lu Xiaoxi’s body was too sensitive; Li Mu only needed to move his hands slightly, and Lu Xiaoxi would become completely soft.

Having muscles was still good; at least when tensed, it could greatly enhance the defense against tickling.

One had high defense and high attack, while the other had nearly zero defense and zero attack; the difference was clear.

Li Mu, who won the tickling competition, placed his hand on Lu Xiaoxi’s lower abdomen, kneading and pinching it with the posture of a victor.

He even reached his hand inside her clothes, touching Lu Xiaoxi’s soft little belly at close range, sliding back and forth over her cute belly button, tickling her.

Lu Xiaoxi lay on the bed like a salted fish.

Childhood friends could always compare without any dialogue, and the tickling competition was just like that.

“Don’t go up!” Lu Xiaoxi shyly swatted away Li Mu’s hand that was trying to go higher, sitting up decisively to prevent him from touching her.

It had already been ten minutes; her legs were weak, and this guy still wanted to touch her. If he was going to touch her, he could at least be a little more restrained!

Was that even a place to touch?!

“Come with me to the vegetable market, now.”

“Sure, I’ll be your laborer,” Li Mu replied. He also wanted to go to the vegetable market with Lu Xiaoxi; it had been a while since he last went.

The last time he went was to buy water cakes for Lu Xiaoxi.

The vegetable market was the domain of young girls; buying things relied almost entirely on Lu Xiaoxi, while Li Mu followed behind as her bodyguard and tool, enjoying a few “handsome guy” remarks from the vegetable stall owners.

The ice cream wholesale store that could still be seen before had already switched to selling quilt covers; the large ice cream sign was completely out of place.

Once the weather warmed up, they would become an ice cream wholesale store again.

After wandering around, he saw an old lady holding a straw target filled with candied hawthorns; the candied hawthorns Lu Xiaoxi bought before were most likely from here.

This vegetable market still had a sense of age.

“We’re having beef braised with potatoes tonight. I also bought some mung beans to make sweet soup for you when we get back,” Lu Xiaoxi said as she walked out from a stall, hanging the items in her hands onto Li Mu’s. She walked with her hands behind her back, her steps cheerful.

“Sweet soup? Mung bean soup?”

“Yeah, it’s my first time making it, so I’m not sure if it will taste good.”

“It’s okay; even if you put in some ban lan gen, I would still say it tastes good,” Li Mu said, tapping her forehead. Without her nails, it felt soft when he tapped.

“If you dare say it doesn’t taste good, I won’t sleep with you tonight.”

“Uh, I didn’t say you could sleep with me tonight either.”

“You said it!” Lu Xiaoxi was about to blush again.

“Alright, I said it. I forced my little childhood friend to sleep with me.”

Lu Xiaoxi seemed to really like this feeling of “being forced.”

This way, it could cover up her initiative.

“Yes, yes, it was all you forcing me.”

Lu Xiaoxi smiled sweetly, went around to the other side, took Li Mu’s empty hand, pressed his fingertips, and pinched his palm, playing however she liked and enjoying herself.

“Tonight, you teach me how to make braised potatoes with beef, and I’ll show it to my mom.”

“Hehe, no problem, I’ll give your mom a scare.”

“What kind of talk is that?”

“Oh, oh, scare Aunt Su.”

“By the way, the grades for the group project just came out,” Li Mu said, being pulled along by her, so he could only use the hand that was free to take out his phone. He opened the group chat messages and handed it to Lu Xiaoxi.

There were many group messages, with several members flooding the chat; one could easily find the document sent by a teacher twenty minutes ago online.

Opening the document, it recorded the grades for the group project. There were over twenty groups in the class, most with three to four people, and only three were two-person groups, and they were one of them.

The grades were listed from top to bottom, and they were at the very top, with a big number 1 written in the ranking column. The lowest rank was tenth place, and afterwards, to consider the students’ feelings, no further rankings were made.

“We’re amazing!” Lu Xiaoxi’s eyes seemed to emit lasers; she was extremely excited.

“All thanks to me.”

“Not at all, it’s more thanks to me.”

“Alright, more thanks to you,” Li Mu said, squeezing her a bit, slightly bending down to rub against the girl’s face, making her giggle.

Upon returning to the community, they each put on their respective aprons.

Today’s roles had switched; Lu Xiaoxi became the one assisting, while Li Mu took on the role of the cook.

This was a request Li Mu made himself.

Though he said that, Li Mu still couldn’t do without Lu Xiaoxi’s guidance. If another incident of using old soy sauce instead of light soy sauce happened, then this meal would be wasted.

Though it was called cooking, it was really just flipping vegetables and adding seasonings; as for when to add them and how much, he still had to listen to Lu Xiaoxi.

Li Mu felt he learned things slowly; perhaps he was too lazy. Most people would have been able to cook by now.

“Now I put in the potatoes, right?” Li Mu poured in the potatoes, adding a bit of old soy sauce for color; a dish was almost ready.

“Cover it, and when it’s almost done, add the chicken essence, then turn off the heat. I’ll go wash the mung beans,” Lu Xiaoxi said, watching him from the side and nodding.

She recorded Li Mu’s cooking appearance.

She planned to send it to Aunt Su later, to show Aunt Su what kind of good son she had trained him to be.

She was indeed a very competent “Teacher Lu.”

After washing the mung beans, Lu Xiaoxi used an induction cooker to boil them. On a cold day, having a bowl of warm mung bean soup felt so comforting.

“Alright, alright, it’s time to eat.”

Li Mu turned off the heat and brought out the beef braised with potatoes; today, there was only this one dish.

The hot steam from the dish left Li Mu’s face covered.

“Coming!” Lu Xiaoxi turned the heat down to low, so the contents wouldn’t overflow due to boiling.

“Wait, let me eat first.”

“When did you start doing this?”

“I learned it from you.” Li Mu smiled and sent the freshly taken photo to his mom.

He felt he was doing well.

Soon, Su Wen on the other end of the phone quickly replied, but Li Mu didn’t look; he set the phone aside, picked up a piece of potato, and tasted it. The flavor was quite good, so he picked up another piece for Lu Xiaoxi and fed it to her.

“It’s delicious!” Lu Xiaoxi smacked her lips; if this were an anime world, her eyes would definitely be sparkling right now.

“During the National Day, I ate your food, and during the winter break, I’ll cook for you.”

“Cut it out, you can’t do without me.”

“How much Michelin star chef skill do you think I have now?”

“National banquet level.” Lu Xiaoxi praised him, seeing him looking for compliments, and found it amusing. Under the table, her little foot kicked off her slippers and stepped on one of Li Mu’s feet.

Li Mu expressed his satisfaction.

Yes, he was a chef at the national banquet level.

How did he know he could make beef braised with potatoes?

He decided to show off to Lao Yang and Lin Sheng tomorrow.

Those two probably couldn’t cook, right?

“Eat, don’t just look at your phone.” Li Mu saw Lu Xiaoxi across from him scrolling through her phone and specially picked up a piece of beef to feed her.

Lu Xiaoxi didn’t even give him a glance, swallowing it in one bite, continuing to scroll through her phone, then mischievously stared at him.

“Here comes an appetizer.”

After saying that, Lu Xiaoxi opened the video she recorded in the afternoon.

Li Mu’s voice calling “Sister Lu Xiaoxi” played back three times.

“Hahaha.” Li Mu’s mouth twitched, not saying anything, but Lu Xiaoxi couldn’t hold back first, bursting into laughter.

Laugh all you want; tonight, I’ll kiss you.

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