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Chapter 115: They looked at theirs, and we looked at ours.

Lu Xiaoxi, fragrant all over, came out of the bathroom and let out a long sigh.

There was nothing more comfortable in a day than sleeping and taking a bath… and being hugged from behind by Li Mu while touching his abs…

Sleeping replenished energy, bathing purified body and mind, and touching abs satisfied the little pervert inside…

“Li Mu~ play the sweet drama, the playback record.” Lu Xiaoxi giggled as she sat next to Li Mu, softly calling for him to turn on the sweet drama.

“Mm, here, it’s ready, is this the one?”

“Yes, yes, that’s it.” Lu Xiaoxi nodded, only then noticing the cut pieces of sugarcane, all the segments piled on Li Mu’s side, while the juicy parts were all piled on her side.

It wasn’t that Li Mu particularly wanted to eat the sugarcane segments; he didn’t have that noble character of “eating the fish head and giving the fish meat to others,” he just didn’t want to waste it. The sugarcane segments were a bit hard, but that was the only issue.

“Can’t tell, you’re quite attentive.” Lu Xiaoxi smiled sweetly, her delicate fingers grabbing a piece of sugarcane and chewing on it.

“I specially cut it for you, aren’t you going to praise me?”

“I already praised you, didn’t I say you were attentive?” Lu Xiaoxi’s cheeks were stuffed, and halfway through her words, she started slurping the sugarcane juice, finishing a piece and sticking out her little pink tongue to spit out the sugarcane pulp, then immediately stuffing another piece into her mouth.

Seeing that Li Mu still wanted to speak, the girl quickly stuffed a piece into Li Mu’s mouth, blocking his words, her fingertip resting on Li Mu’s lips, preventing him from talking.

Li Mu wasn’t annoyed; he took the girl’s delicate hand and began to knead it.

Just finished bathing, she was fragrant all over, even her hands smelled of shower gel.

She must not have rinsed it off properly.

“Do you want me to help you blow-dry your hair? It’s been a while since I did.”

Noticing the girl’s wet hair, Li Mu chuckled softly; she ran over to eat sugarcane without even drying her hair, how much did she love to eat?

With shoulder-length short hair, Lu Xiaoxi didn’t dare lean back against the couch, fearing the sofa would get wet and moldy, so she could only lean forward.

She had planned to blow-dry her hair anyway, and now that Li Mu brought it up, she had no reason to refuse. She nodded and watched Li Mu get up to fetch the hairdryer.

The sofa was L-shaped, with a low backrest protruding; she sat there, letting Li Mu blow-dry her hair from behind.

Li Mu’s technique was very gentle, not hurting her at all. The hairdryer roared by her ear, and she couldn’t hear the sweet drama or Li Mu’s voice.

This wasn’t the first time she had Li Mu blow-dry her hair.

In fact, the first time was when they were kids, long before coming here, Li Mu had helped her blow-dry her hair.

When Li Mu came to her house to play, she had just finished bathing, and her mom had pulled her to blow-dry her hair. Li Mu, perhaps out of curiosity, insisted on helping her.

He really did blow-dry her hair for a while, then turned the hairdryer towards his own face, blowing cold air, and made silly noises, which quickly got him stopped by his own mom.

It was just a trivial matter; even if Li Mu was nostalgic, he probably wouldn’t remember it. She herself only recalled it by chance.

Back then, both she and Li Mu were quite playful.

They had even promised to go see the snow together; she wondered if Li Mu still remembered that promise.

She had always remembered it.

“Li Mu.”

“Mm?”

“Nothing, I was afraid you would fall asleep.”

“Why don’t you listen to the nonsense you’re saying?” Li Mu said, embarrassed.

Lu Xiaoxi’s lips curled up, extremely satisfied, her little head shaking back and forth, adding some difficulty to Li Mu’s mission of blow-drying her hair.

Li Mu carefully blow-dried her hair, using his fingers as a comb, untangling each strand of the girl’s hair, and when he saw tangles, he would separate them until he could comb from top to bottom without feeling any resistance, thus finishing the blow-drying.

“Come sit over here.” Lu Xiaoxi tidied her hair, brushing the loose strands behind her ear, patting the spot next to her, signaling Li Mu to sit down.

“What’s wrong, are you hungry again?”

“No, I just want to lean on you.” Saying this, Lu Xiaoxi hugged her legs, treating Li Mu like a wall, pressing her entire weight onto him.

“When are your parents coming tomorrow? Are they taking a taxi or the subway?”

“Probably around eleven in the morning, by subway. I’ll go to the subway station to pick them up.”

“I’ll go with you; I have nothing else to do anyway.” Li Mu poked her nose and prodded her cheek, like a big brother trying to amuse a little child.

He indeed had been Lu Xiaoxi’s brother for a period of time.

The once little crybaby Lu Xiaoxi had grown into a graceful young girl.

The once mischievous Li Mu had also become a cheerful young man.

It felt like it had all happened in the blink of an eye.

The memories from before were so vivid, everything seemed like a slideshow; he understood what it meant for time to fly and how quickly it passed.

Li Mu rubbed the girl’s fingertips, lightly touching her fingertips with his own, and the girl would playfully flick his fingers.

As for tomorrow’s matters,

He was quite familiar with Lu Xiaoxi’s parents, so there was no need to greet them with excessive formality; it was best to treat them like usual.

“My parents are going to the science museum to see the exhibition; they’re just here for fun. I’ve already asked my mom to buy tickets for us.”

“Great, then we’ll just follow your parents; they look at theirs, and we look at ours.”

“Be careful tomorrow; you can’t hold my hand. If my parents see, I won’t let you off.”

“If they see, they see. If they ask, I’ll just say you held my hand, and I couldn’t resist, so I was forced to hold hands.”

“You dog, have some shame. Look at your muscles; who is bullying whom?” Lu Xiaoxi rolled her eyes and poked his shoulder.

“Did you forget to eat durian?”

“Wow, I almost forgot!”

Lu Xiaoxi clattered in her slippers as she took the durian out of the fridge, swaying it in front of Li Mu.

The scene felt somewhat familiar.

“After eating, we still have to finish the sugarcane.”

“I can’t eat any more sugarcane; you eat it. I’ll eat the durian.” Saying this, Lu Xiaoxi took a big bite of durian, her little mouth moving.

The taste of durian was quite novel, a bit bitter and pungent; the girl’s brows slowly furrowed, and the durian wasn’t as delicious as she had imagined.

This was the most expensive fruit she had ever eaten, but it wasn’t the tastiest.

It wasn’t even as good as the sugarcane segments Li Mu had cut.

“You should eat a little.”

“Not tasty?”

“Not as good as I imagined.”

“Then I’ll help you finish some.” Li Mu bit the spot where Lu Xiaoxi had bitten.

The hall was filled with the smell of durian.

The two of them worked together to finish the durian.

After finishing, Lu Xiaoxi playfully blew air at Li Mu, trying to tease him.

Li Mu, not to be outdone, began to retaliate.

A battle of bad breath unfolded in the hall.

There was still a bit of sugarcane left, which they finished off as well.

After brushing their teeth, they hugged as usual.

This time, the hug lasted a bit longer than usual.

Lu Xiaoxi rubbed against him like a little cat for a while, making Li Mu feel as if Lu Xiaoxi was being affectionate.

Really… so delicate.

The room was filled with the smell of durian.

Li Mu had no choice but to open the window for ventilation.

Damn, today’s novel… hasn’t even been touched!

Having a backlog of drafts could trigger laziness; Li Mu kindly experienced this point.

But he felt that the main culprit for his lack of desire to write wasn’t the backlog.

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