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Chapter 164: It Only Becomes Fun When Together with the pig

“Is that the fitness area over there? Do you want to go play?”

The fitness equipment in the park is also available in the community, and only some middle-aged and elderly people come to play in the evening; at other times, it is no different from decorations.

“Okay!” The community held her and Li Mu’s beautiful memories. As soon as she saw these, she could recall things from her childhood.

Li Mu had once mischievously climbed up the railing and couldn’t get down after climbing up. It was still she who went to find an adult nearby to carry Li Mu down.

Little Green Plum was not just a little follower.

After turning a corner, the two arrived at the fitness area.

Leg press machines, Tai Chi push hands machines, space walkers… In the past, these were all children’s favorites.

Nowadays, children either attend tutoring classes, play ball, or play on their phones, and they rarely come to places like this.

Even if they had time, they probably wouldn’t come to such places.

If it weren’t for Lu Xiaoxi, he wouldn’t have come here; he would definitely be holed up in his room playing games now.

“We are really going back in time.” Li Mu had now become a tall guy. The railing he couldn’t get down from as a child could now be easily climbed with a light jump.

The railing, which still felt quite new in his memory, had already developed quite a bit of rust. When climbing up, it would even make strange noises. Perhaps in a few years, this fitness equipment would need to be completely replaced.

“Li Mu, Li Mu, come pull me!” Lu Xiaoxi patted the seat of a leg press machine, happily sitting down and calling out to Li Mu, who was on the other side.

“This thing is meant for you to exercise your leg strength, not for you to play like this.” Li Mu tapped her little head, holding the backrest and slowly lifting it up, then slowly lowering it back down.

To be honest, this job was not easy. There was a ninety-five-pound Lu Xiaoxi on the chair, and there was nothing to hold on to on the backrest. After a few tries, Li Mu was already exhausted.

“You’re so heavy; I can’t pull you anymore.” Li Mu slowly let go, ran to the opposite side, and slumped against the backrest, exhausted.

“Then let me pull you.”

Lu Xiaoxi ran to his back, rolled up her sleeves, and was ready to give it a try.

“I weigh one hundred fifty pounds.”

“I’ll just see if I can pull you.”

“Okay, okay, just don’t suddenly let go.”

To be safe, Li Mu still placed his feet on top, in case Lu Xiaoxi didn’t have enough strength and suddenly let go, hurting his little brother.

“Don’t worry!” Lu Xiaoxi said without hesitation, suddenly pulling with all her might, even letting out a whimper from the effort.

Li Mu, who didn’t move an inch: “…”

He had overestimated Little Green Plum’s strength.

He might not even be able to lift her, let alone do this more strenuous action.

“I feel like you weigh 250 pounds.”

“With those little arms of yours, it would be strange if you could pull me.” Li Mu laughed.

Lu Xiaoxi huffed twice, cupping Li Mu’s face with her hands, making him look up at her.

The two of them, one high and one low, stared at each other like this.

The competition began: whoever moved first would lose, a tacit understanding between childhood friends.

Lu Xiaoxi couldn’t hold back first. Looking at Li Mu’s charming smile, she burst out laughing, warm breath blowing on Li Mu’s face.

“Do you know that expression you make is really funny?”

“Is it? I see anime male leads smiling like this.”

“You’re silly. Anime characters only have facial features, no muscle structure. They can look however good they want; reality is obviously different.”

“Look at my charming smile.”

“Hahaha, silly.” Lu Xiaoxi found it easy to laugh when she was with Li Mu.

She mischievously pinched Li Mu’s nose, then pretended to be disgusted and wiped her hands on his clothes, gently blowing air on his face.

“Do you want me to kiss you?”

“Are you sure? We’re outside right now.”

“Mm.”

Since Lu Xiaoxi said so, Li Mu had nothing to say. He closed his eyes and puckered his lips, waiting for Lu Xiaoxi’s kiss.

Li Mu sat on the chair, leaning against the back, while Lu Xiaoxi stood behind him, so he could only try hard to tilt his head back.

An anti-human kissing position.

Seeing Li Mu like this, Lu Xiaoxi covered her mouth and chuckled, her eyes crescent-shaped.

She leaned forward, pecked Li Mu’s forehead, then quickly stood up, carefully observing the changes in Li Mu’s expression.

“I thought you were going to kiss me on the lips.”

“Are you silly? How could you kiss like this, especially outside! Outside, you can only kiss on the forehead!”

“True…”

“Can you do pull-ups?”

Lu Xiaoxi changed the subject, looking at the three connected high bars nearby.

“I can, but I’m not sure how many I can do. The last time I did it was in middle school.”

“I know, I know. Your belly was showing back then.”

“Ha, you’re quite perverted.”

“Stop talking nonsense. I was standing right in front of you at that time. Even if I didn’t look, I would have seen it. It wasn’t like I wanted to see it.” Lu Xiaoxi suddenly felt shy, not daring to look at him.

“I didn’t say you were looking at me… You help me count. I want to see how many I can do.”

He walked to the highest bar, gathered strength, and jumped up, the bar making creaking sounds.

Because his hands were raised high, his shirt inevitably rode up, and his little belly suddenly felt cold.

Although Lu Xiaoxi really wanted to poke his little belly and tickle him, she still held back.

“Go ahead and do it, let’s see how many you can do.”

“I don’t know; you count first.” Li Mu took a deep breath and started doing pull-ups.

With each one he did, Lu Xiaoxi helped him keep count. She wasn’t sure if Li Mu was doing them correctly, but as long as Li Mu’s chin went above the bar, it counted.

After reaching nineteen, Li Mu let go and jumped down, exhaling a hot breath, “How was that?”

“Only nineteen!”

“Nineteen is impressive; that’s a perfect score for the physical test.”

“I feel like twenty is the real impressive number.”

“If I do twenty, will you then say twenty-one is the real impressive number?”

Lu Xiaoxi shyly played with her hair, grinning at him, her little thoughts exposed.

The girl’s eyes turned, and she ran under the bar, trying to jump up. Not reaching it, she switched to a shorter bar, and after jumping twice, she finally grabbed it, but after a short while, she jumped down.

This was even more embarrassing.

Not tall enough and not having enough jumping power, she could only play on the lowest horizontal bar.

“Help me count.”

“Won’t you hurt your back?”

“I won’t, I won’t. I’m starting now.”

“Okay.” Li Mu pinched his chin, staring at the little belly that Lu Xiaoxi exposed for a while before starting to count for her.

Lu Xiaoxi’s slender little hands worked harder than ever, finally!

She did one.

“Phew, so tired.”

“……” Li Mu’s mouth twitched.

“Hehe, I haven’t exercised in so long; of course, I can’t do it.” Lu Xiaoxi felt it wasn’t enough. She glanced at Li Mu, then at the horizontal bar, waved him over, and said seriously, “You lift me while I do it.”

“Like this?” Li Mu held the girl’s waist with one hand and supported her bottom with the other, lifting her up so she could grab the horizontal bar.

“Yes, yes!”

With the help of her little bamboo horse, Lu Xiaoxi felt she could do it. She exerted her arms, raised her chin, and completed a not-so-standard pull-up.

Li Mu contributed 80% to that one pull-up.

Li Mu’s face was pressed against her little belly, but unfortunately, there were three layers of clothing in between; otherwise, he would definitely take advantage of it.

The two played for quite a while, trying out all the equipment, and finally sat on the seesaw, looking at each other.

The fifty-pound difference made Lu Xiaoxi always be lifted high, her dangling feet swaying, and she didn’t even bother to tie her shoelaces when they came undone.

Li Mu would occasionally kick his feet, making Lu Xiaoxi giggle.

“Is it really that fun?”

“It’s fun!”

“Why haven’t I seen you come to play before?”

“It only becomes fun when playing with the pig.”

Li Mu couldn’t help but smile slightly.

Look at what Little Green Plum said; she made him shy.

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