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Chapter 117: Intimate Interactions Were Discovered

She did not know whether to be happy or worried.

Seeing her own daughter and Li Mu getting closer, she was naturally happy.

She also felt that her daughter and Li Mu were a good match.

But when it really came to this point, she began to worry.

As a parent, one always worries about their children.

With a light sigh, she knew she had to find a time to talk to Lu Xiaoxi.

Some things were still not appropriate to cross boundaries; there should be a certain distance, and no matter how good the relationship, it could not be crossed.

“Mom.” Lu Xiaoxi did not know when she had arrived at the door of the room, looking at her mother who was standing in the room in a daze, she softly asked.

“Xiaoxi…” Qin Xiaoqian smiled, closed the door, and pulled Lu Xiaoxi to sit on the bed.

“What’s wrong?”

“Hehe, it’s nothing, just checking in on you two. Are you both doing well here?” Qin Xiaoqian was truly mixed with joy and worry, not knowing how to poke at Lu Xiaoxi’s little head.

“Pretty good, I go to class every day and come back, take a shower and sleep at night. I even became a tutor, and my student is right next door.”

“Then, what about Li Mu?”

“Li Mu… what about him?”

“Just, Li Mu isn’t bullying you, right?”

“He is bullying me; he forces me to cook for him every day, it’s so annoying!”

“That’s not the kind of bullying mom meant.” Qin Xiaoqian stared directly into Lu Xiaoxi’s eyes.

“…Well, no, Li Mu wouldn’t do that. If he bullied me, I would tell Aunt Su, and Aunt Su would break his legs.” Lu Xiaoxi was momentarily stunned, began to fidget, and averted her gaze, not daring to meet Qin Xiaoqian’s penetrating eyes.

Did Li Mu’s teasing and hugging count as bullying?

Sleeping under the same blanket, touching abs?

No, no, that didn’t count; it was just a sign of a good relationship between childhood friends.

Lu Xiaoxi felt guilty and quickly added, “Mom, why are you asking this? It’s not what you think; you don’t have to worry, I know how to handle it.”

Qin Xiaoqian smiled; her daughter was truly… too cute.

With a flustered little expression and a serious tone, who could give birth to such a lovely girl? Oh, it turned out to be herself.

“You two are childhood friends; in some ways, mom doesn’t dare to say she understands you as well as Li Mu does. Anyway, you two need to get along well, okay? Mom won’t interfere with your matters with Li Mu; you can tell me anything.”

“Mm-hmm, if Li Mu dares to bully me, you and Aunt Su can break his legs together.” Lu Xiaoxi sweetly leaned on her mother’s shoulder.

Whether it was Li Mu or her parents, she wanted to rely on them like this.

“Pfft, hahaha, does Li Mu know you said that?”

“He knows nothing; he only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun, he’s such a clueless pig.”

“Well, then let’s go out,” Qin Xiaoqian’s heart relaxed.

Her daughter having a sense of propriety was better than her saying anything more.

The four of them had nothing much to prepare.

Especially Li Mu, who was lightly packed, wearing a set of casual clothes and shoes, with his phone in his pocket, coming as conveniently as possible.

The science museum was not far, and taking the subway did not take much time.

The most excited was still Lu Xiaoxi, who, like a child, looked around, taking pictures here and there, wanting to see everything.

The girl originally planned to play everywhere; although the science museum was not on the itinerary, now it was.

But she did not come with Li Mu; she was accompanied by her parents.

If Aunt Su and Uncle Li could also come, the two families could stroll around like they were at a lantern festival; that would be so happy.

Everyone accompanying her were people she liked and cared about.

“Come on, let’s take a picture, the four of us.” Lu Ming took out a small camera from his backpack, one of those palm-sized cameras worth a couple of thousand, along with a tripod.

After all, it wasn’t professional; that kind of long lens wasn’t needed, just taking some travel photos, this small camera was completely sufficient.

Lu Xiaoxi did not like being in front of the camera, except for family; she quickly found a spot, standing between Li Mu and her mother, smiling and making a peace sign.

This was a photo of a family of three plus half a family member.

“Dad, send it to me when we get back.” Lu Xiaoxi leaned over to look at the photos in the camera, extremely happy.

She wanted to print it out and hang it on the wall.

“Uncle Lu, send me a copy too.” Li Mu also leaned in, standing next to the girl, having not held Lu Xiaoxi’s hand for two hours.

The four of them began to wander around the science museum, which was predominantly white, with some signs and directions in a sci-fi style.

Inside the museum, there were many technological products, all sorts of strange shapes, a front desk resembling an airplane, and scales with turtle shells, small tornado makers… it was like a small children’s amusement park.

Li Mu had thought there would be some high-tech stuff in the science museum; at first, he was a bit expectant, but now…

He followed behind the girl, looking at her cute back, wanting to hug her.

“Li Mu, Li Mu, look!” Lu Xiaoxi ran to a place crowded with many children, playing along with them, and called Li Mu to join.

This was a wall; as long as you placed your hand on it, tiny electric currents would form behind the wall, creating a visual impact of electricity on your hand.

“Wow, let’s go see something else; this is so childish.”

“Come on, only kids play with this.”

A few children ran away in an instant.

“Li Mu, is this very childish?” Lu Xiaoxi blinked her eyes; she thought it was quite fun, pressing her finger on it, the electric current followed her finger like a tail.

She was drawing her name on it, then drawing Li Mu’s position, imagining drawing a big heart to connect their names, but with Li Mu beside her, she felt a bit shy.

“For elementary school students, it might be a bit childish, but for you, little pig, it’s just right.” Li Mu smiled and pressed his hand against the wall, feeling the tingling sensation.

Wow, it felt like controlling lightning magic; how cool was that?

“What about you?” Lu Xiaoxi said unhappily.

“I’m just right.”

“You’re childish too.”

“Who told me to come and play?” Li Mu looked at Uncle Lu and Aunt Qin, who were gradually walking away, and took the opportunity to pinch Lu Xiaoxi’s cheek, laughing.

“Whatever I tell you to do, you do it? Clearly, you just want to play.” The girl also turned to glance at her parents, seeing they had not turned around, her courage began to grow.

She stretched out her finger to poke Li Mu’s abdomen, tickling him.

“Your mom is looking over!” Li Mu originally wanted to hold Lu Xiaoxi’s hand and squeeze it, but he suddenly saw two figures above, one of which turned around, scaring him to quickly withdraw his hand and whisper a warning.

Lu Xiaoxi was also startled, turning to look; her mom really turned to look at her and Li Mu.

Usually at home, or even at school, she had no problem poking Li Mu.

But if this kind of intimate interaction was discovered by her family, she would be so shy she could explode.

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