Chapter 19: You Were Not Allowed to Spread It

The school registration was nothing more than a set process.

Submitting documents, paying tuition, moving luggage, interacting with new roommates, getting to know the instructors and classmates, and integrating into a new life.

Because Li Mu and Lu Xiaoxi were day students, they avoided a lot of trouble.

Having smoothly completed the registration process, there was still plenty of time left.

“Registration lasts until the afternoon; I should have known not to get up so early,” Li Mu said helplessly.

“Getting up early isn’t bad; there’s still a lot of time. I want to go see other places,” Lu Xiaoxi replied.

The two followed the navigation into the cafeteria.

The university cafeteria was a world apart from the middle school cafeteria.

At the public middle school Li Mu attended, there were only a few fixed dishes available, and they were poorly made; a dish of oil-braised eggplant could turn out like oil-braised coal.

Here at the university, there were many choices, including specialty dishes from various places, allowing one to select according to their taste.

Many dishes that looked particularly good and that she had never tried before stirred up Lu Xiaoxi’s appetite.

She was almost drooling.

Next was the library.

After all, a prestigious university was a prestigious university; the vast majority of students were diligent learners, and even in the morning, the library was packed with people.

The two could only look around from the outside.

After wandering around, they had seen quite a few handsome guys and beautiful girls.

Li Mu was even asked for his WeChat three times, and even a senior from the third year became his WeChat friend… on his secondary account.

“There are quite a few beauties in our major,” Li Mu said with a smile.

Digital Media, being one of the hottest majors at the moment, had a large number of applicants, unlike some engineering majors where you couldn’t find a single girl in a class.

Lu Xiaoxi walked ahead, feeling gloomy.

Li Mu being asked for WeChat made her inexplicably unhappy.

Her pace quickened a bit.

She felt completely depressed.

“Nobody asked you for WeChat, and you’re angry?” Li Mu quickly caught up.

“It’s better if no one asks; that way, I won’t have to think of ways to refuse.”

“That seems true; I wonder if that girl just now will delete me after seeing my Moments.”

“Aren’t you someone who doesn’t post on Moments?” Lu Xiaoxi’s big eyes were filled with confusion.

She had always thought that Li Mu never posted on Moments; at least she had never seen him in her Moments, though she occasionally saw him commenting in Aunt Su’s Moments.

Could it be… that she was blocked by Li Mu?

Just thinking about that possibility made Lu Xiaoxi feel uneasy.

“I never posted on my main account, only on my secondary account,” Li Mu said as he pulled up his secondary account’s Moments.

It was all about the 拼夕夕 (Pinduoduo) discount activities—

There were over ten likes below.

Lu Xiaoxi: “……”

Okay, she shouldn’t think badly of Li Mu.

A message mentioning all members popped up.

“The instructor said there will be a meeting tonight.”

Having just added the class group, the group was quite lively, with a few social butterflies driving the conversation, easily reaching 99+ messages.

Of course, there were also some conspicuous individuals among the freshmen.

“Don’t call me young master, pay in US dollars, only drink iced American coffee… that’s all child’s play.”

When Li Mu took out his phone to check messages, a student with a black-and-white anime male god avatar sent a long URL.

There was a big red exclamation mark in front of the URL.

Before Li Mu could save it, the message was retracted.

Immediately followed by a series of apologies, first claiming his account was hacked, then saying it was his younger brother playing with his phone, which amused the entire class of freshmen, with many teasing him to send them a copy, and within a minute, the messages shot up to 99+.

As for whether he was really hacked or if his brother was playing with his phone, Li Mu naturally didn’t believe it.

Boys, you know how it is.

Li Mu chose to mute the messages; otherwise, his old phone would be blown up with messages.

“So, are we going back now?” Lu Xiaoxi mumbled.

“Up to you; if we don’t go back, we can go to the nearby square.”

“Let’s go to the square; I want to go to the two-yuan store!”

Upon hearing “square,” Lu Xiaoxi became excited.

She had studied in a small city for twelve years, and there were no squares, parks, or amusement parks at all.

She had heard that there were many fun things at the square, with performances during the day and stalls at night, and there was a large convenience store inside that sold everything.

The small mirror in her backpack was bought by her mother at a two-yuan store near some square, and she loved it; she had taken good care of it from middle school until now.

“Okay, let me see how to get there… the subway goes directly there; it’s very convenient.”

Li Mu led Lu Xiaoxi to the nearby subway station.

Along the way, Lu Xiaoxi followed closely behind Li Mu like a little kid.

Li Mu’s long legs moved quickly; if she couldn’t keep up, she would take three steps to make two quick steps, and when tired, she would tug at Li Mu’s clothes, asking him not to walk so fast.

Although it was September and autumn had begun, the weather was still quite hot.

In this short distance, Li Mu was already sweating on his forehead, feeling sticky all over.

“I have oil-absorbing paper,” Lu Xiaoxi said, pulling out a stack of pink oil-absorbing paper from her versatile little bag and pressing it hard against Li Mu’s face, quickly soaking a large area.

“Save it for tonight to use when cooking.”

“Li Mu, please don’t be so disgusting…” Lu Xiaoxi wrapped it in a tissue and threw it into a nearby trash can.

The number of people at the square was slightly less than at the university, and it was the most lively at night.

In the center of the square, there was a dolphin fountain, with water shooting out from the dolphin’s mouth and falling back into the pool. There were a few little yellow ducks in the pool, which were probably placed there intentionally, and many families with children were taking photos here.

Lu Xiaoxi squatted by the pool, pinching the little yellow ducks, making a quacking sound, and played happily with the other kids.

“If you get your clothes wet, I wonder how you’ll go back,” Li Mu said, finding a cool spot to sit down, not forgetting to remind her kindly.

He thought it was a bit childish.

But Lu Xiaoxi was really having a great time playing with those kids.

Her radiant smile was delightful.

He took out his phone and opened the camera.

He didn’t know how to take photos, didn’t know how to find angles, didn’t know how to choose the right moment, and didn’t know how to adjust parameters; he just awkwardly zoomed in, making the whole phone focus only on Lu Xiaoxi, and finally pressed the button.

“Send me the photo later; you are not allowed to spread it, and you can’t post it on Moments or anything.” In broad daylight, after being flashed by the camera, Lu Xiaoxi still noticed.

Moreover, Li Mu was sitting right in front of her, and when she saw him holding up his phone horizontally, she knew what he was going to do.

Li Mu was also thick-skinned, openly taking pictures of her, and didn’t even turn off the flash; how silly.

The girl had no idea that she was also using the flash when taking pictures of someone.

She didn’t like to appear in anyone’s camera except for her family.

At the middle school arts evening, if it weren’t for the homeroom teacher forcing her to perform, she wouldn’t have sung any songs at all.

During the sports meet, she also found a secluded corner to sit and play with her phone, trying her best not to appear in anyone’s phone.

She didn’t even want to take graduation photos.

But if it was Li Mu, that sense of aversion would completely vanish…

This wasn’t because she had any special feelings for Li Mu; it was just because she had known him for a long time.

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