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Chapter 132: Little Bamboo Horse Was As Childish As A Fool

Good news, there was only one class this morning.

Bad news, one class took up the entire morning.

Specialty classes often lasted four hours, which had long become a norm.

The content of this class was to review previous practical content through an assignment. Li Mu only listened for the first hour and began to work on the group assignment in the second half of the class.

He had told Lu Xiaoxi that he could finish this group assignment alone in three hours, although there was indeed an element of bragging in that.

Because next to him was Little Green Plum, he always couldn’t help but steal glances and chat with her.

This greatly consumed his time for completing the assignment.

He and Lu Xiaoxi had agreed that each would do half, and he was fully responsible for the first half.

After a full three hours, he hadn’t even completed half of the part he was responsible for.

Who else could he blame besides Lu Xiaoxi?

Blame his lack of self-control?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

The main reason was that Lu Xiaoxi was just too much fun; he couldn’t resist her invisible temptation.

It seemed like it had been this way since middle school.

During middle school, Li Mu had only three things to do.

Sleep in class, review games, and steal glances at Lu Xiaoxi.

What a fine virtue that was.

“Are you done?” After class, Lu Xiaoxi asked him proactively.

“Not bad, about half and half.”

“So fast?”

“I meant half of my part, not half of the whole.”

“Oh, I thought you finished your part.”

“What, you don’t want to do it anymore? If you don’t want to, I can do it all.”

“Not that, I was just asking.” Lu Xiaoxi shook her head.

“You’re just looking for a conversation; you definitely want to talk to me.”

“Go away.” Lu Xiaoxi shot him a glance, her fingers intertwined shaking, “We’re having barbecue tonight; I’ll go to the market this afternoon.”

“How about I go with you to help carry things?”

“No need, no need, if you go, you’ll just be a tagalong.”

The market was definitely a girl’s domain.

With Li Mu leaning next to her, it was so cramped that he couldn’t even swing his hands.

The girl went from swinging her hands to swinging him.

Of course, it didn’t mean she was using Li Mu as a stick; it was just that while walking, she swayed left and right, bumping into him from one side to the other.

Not finding something to do felt very uncomfortable.

As they walked, Lu Xiaoxi inexplicably stepped into the bushes by the campus road.

Hmm? When did that happen?

She cast a puzzled glance at Li Mu.

“I seem to bump into people when I walk,” Li Mu said uncertainly.

Something supernatural must have happened just now.

Clearly, it was Lu Xiaoxi who had been bumping into him like a pendulum; under normal circumstances, he would have moved in the direction he was bumped into, but now it was the opposite.

“Be more confident; it’s not just a feeling,” Lu Xiaoxi pouted. Luckily, it hadn’t rained recently; otherwise, stepping into the bushes would have splashed some water and dirtied her pants.

“Walking with me must have been a bit of a hardship for you; as compensation, let me give you a kiss.”

“You call that compensation?”

“It’s your honor that I let you kiss me.”

Lu Xiaoxi’s fist tightened.

Today, each person had their own computer bag.

The little dog and little pig charms were very close, swaying and bumping into each other, entangled for a long time before separating.

Since becoming childhood sweethearts with Lu Xiaoxi, some of Li Mu’s habits had quietly changed.

When taking the bus, Li Mu used to focus on the light boards and advertisements to avoid missing his stop.

Now, he focused on Lu Xiaoxi.

If there was a seat, he would give it to Lu Xiaoxi and then stand next to her like a door god, watching her.

Buses inevitably braked, and there were a couple of times when Lu Xiaoxi wasn’t paying attention and bumped into the seat in front. Each time, he was quick enough to stretch out his hand to block the hard part of the seat, allowing her to bump into his hand instead, which was the benefit of being fully focused.

As for getting off at the stop, that daunting mission naturally fell to Lu Xiaoxi.

Back at the community, Lu Xiaoxi took a short break and went to the market alone.

Leaving the lonely little bamboo horse at home.

Li Mu wasn’t idle; he plugged in the computer and continued to finish the group assignment he hadn’t completed earlier.

Without Little Green Plum by his side, his work efficiency indeed improved quite a bit.

It was quite contradictory.

Lu Xiaoxi could improve his study efficiency but couldn’t enhance his work efficiency.

After about fifty minutes, he had completed the remaining part. He didn’t choose to help Lu Xiaoxi because her attitude towards studying was very serious. If Li Mu helped her, she might even blame him for being idle.

According to what Lu Xiaoxi said last time, his room was for playing, and Lu Xiaoxi’s room was for studying… Great! If Lu Xiaoxi was going to work on this group mission tonight, he could follow her to her room.

At that time, he would just stay there, acting as a warm bed little bamboo horse, relying on his thick skin.

Glancing at the time, Li Mu pulled back his thoughts and video-called Lu Xiaoxi.

Soon, Lu Xiaoxi’s cute little face appeared on the phone, all puffed up.

“Where have you been? It’s been so long that the flowers have wilted.” Li Mu pinched his voice, mimicking a line from a card game.

It was quite similar.

“Tap tap tap!” Lu Xiaoxi pulled the phone back a bit, raising one hand to the same height as her face. Besides the vegetables in the red plastic bag, there were also two candied hawthorns, one of which had already been opened, leaving only two small hawthorns.

“Wow, it’s getting cold, and they’ve started selling candied hawthorns.” Seeing Lu Xiaoxi safe and sound, Li Mu felt relieved.

“I bought one for you; it was so expensive, ten yuan for a skewer.”

“That is indeed expensive; the old lady outside my hometown’s community sells them for five.” Li Mu smiled, “It shouldn’t take this long to buy a candied hawthorn, right?”

“I haven’t finished buying yet; why are you in such a hurry? I bought a fish to grill, and after standing for so long, my feet are a bit sore. I’ll sit next to you and guide you in cutting the meat.”

“Okay, okay, hurry back, and I’ll give you a massage.”

Lu Xiaoxi hummed, wanting to call him a big pervert, but there were too many people here, so she couldn’t say it out loud.

Only at home, or when she leaned close to Li Mu’s ear, would she dare to call him a pervert.

“Then let’s leave it at that; I’ll be back soon.”

“Bye, where’s my flying kiss?”

“…… Fool.” Lu Xiaoxi had a hint of a smile between her brows, pouting at the silly face in the phone, making a “pop” sound.

On the other end, Li Mu reached out again, and the flying kiss landed in his hand. The camera blurred for a moment as Li Mu moved from the room to the hall, then from the hall to the bathroom, tossing it inside.

“Your flying kiss fell into the toilet.”

Lu Xiaoxi: “……”

Sometimes, she really doubted whether Li Mu’s brain was made of glue.

At nineteen years old, how could he still be so childish?

“Hehe, just kidding, it was actually this hand.” Li Mu pressed the hand that had caught the flying kiss to his mouth.

Lu Xiaoxi: “……”

The little bamboo horse was as childish as a fool; what to do?

Although she quite liked it anyway.

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