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Chapter 2: You Were Peeking at Me
“Little pig Lu, everyone says girls change a lot by the age of eighteen, why haven’t you changed at all?”
“What do you want me to change into?”
Li Mu pinched his chin and raised an eyebrow.
“How about you grow some cat ears for me to touch?”
“I’ll change you into a head, be careful I tell Aunt Su that you are harassing me.”
Lu Xiaoxi pursed her lips, ignoring the big fool, and dragged her large suitcase to press the elevator button.
“If you don’t change, then you don’t change. Reporting is not a skill.”
Li Mu shrugged his shoulders, feeling helpless, and similarly dragged his suitcase into the elevator, standing next to Lu Xiaoxi.
Aunt Su, who was his mother Su Wen, used to often be reported to by Lu Xiaoxi. No matter what, as long as Lu Xiaoxi felt wronged, his mother would give him a good scolding.
Over time, reporting became a powerful means for Lu Xiaoxi to deal with Li Mu.
Li Mu once doubted whether he was given a free phone card.
Such bickering had become quite normal.
When did their relationship become so stiff?
He vaguely remembered that they used to be very close childhood friends…
They were inseparable in kindergarten and elementary school, until middle school…
At that time, those who played well with the opposite sex were often teased by other classmates. Plus, girls hit puberty early, and a gap unknowingly formed. By the time Li Mu noticed, he and Lu Xiaoxi had already changed from very good childhood friends to friends who grew up together…
In middle school, the two gradually began to drift apart, communication decreased, and they would not yield to each other when talking, gradually evolving into bickering.
Li Mu became a poor student from being the top student in class due to his obsession with games, while Lu Xiaoxi remained at the top of her class.
Their past relationship was no longer.
The fact that they were childhood friends was never mentioned again.
Fortunately, Li Mu had the audacity to ask Lu Xiaoxi for three years’ worth of notes before the college entrance examination, making a significant leap and getting into the same university as Lu Xiaoxi, even choosing the same major and ending up in the same class without any communication.
If it weren’t for their parents being somewhat familiar and having communicated, the two would have never known about this.
Since Li Mu had a small house at the university, both families decided to let Li Mu and Lu Xiaoxi commute together for mutual care.
Today was the day they set off.
The elevator door had a shallow reflection, squashing their images flat, like a duck.
In the past, Lu Xiaoxi was always seen in plain school uniforms; this youthful and vibrant outfit was rarely seen. Lu Xiaoxi wouldn’t wear these kinds of clothes, even during middle school cultural evenings, she would wear regular clothes on stage.
Perhaps it was her first time going far away that made Lu Xiaoxi dress up nicely.
Even Li Mu, who often watched beautiful girls in short videos, couldn’t help but sigh in his heart that this was a truly natural beauty.
“Are you peeking at me?” Lu Xiaoxi keenly sensed someone’s gaze and uncertainly poked her little head out to look at Li Mu’s profile.
“Self-indulgent.”
“Who knows if you are.”
Li Mu felt a bit guilty, not knowing if Lu Xiaoxi had learned some martial arts secret, her perception was surprisingly sharp.
Just as he was about to brush it off, the elevator door opened, and Li Mu stepped out first.
“What are you doing? This is only the third floor.”
“Uh?”
It really was the third floor.
Which mischievous kid pressed the elevator button? If he caught them, he would definitely let the naughty kid experience the harshness of society early, like telling the kid’s parents or something.
Li Mu returned to the elevator, this time standing in front of Lu Xiaoxi, he couldn’t just say he was peeking.
Their home was not far from the subway station; it only took two bus stops to get there.
The two bought adjacent tickets, with Li Mu sitting by the aisle and Lu Xiaoxi by the window.
Lu Xiaoxi had always been a good girl and had never gone far; she was particularly excited about taking the high-speed train for the first time, looking around, leaning against the window to watch the scenery whiz by, occasionally taking a couple of photos.
Li Mu put on his Bluetooth headphones and played an English emo song. If it were midnight, this carriage would have an additional emo boy from the internet.
The moment he put on the headphones, the noisy trivialities in the carriage no longer concerned him, except for the lack of space to put his luggage, which made him a bit uncomfortable.
It was the start of the school season, and many students with suitcases were taking the high-speed train. They arrived late, and after placing Lu Xiaoxi’s suitcase, there was no more space. His suitcase had to be placed in front of his legs, forcing him to spread his legs wide, with his right leg encroaching into Lu Xiaoxi’s space.
Lu Xiaoxi said nothing, silently shifting her leg to the edge, giving him a bit of room.
Their legs occasionally brushed against each other, but unfortunately, Li Mu was wearing long sports pants and couldn’t feel the delicate skin of a girl.
His gaze inadvertently caught sight of the white headphones on Li Mu’s ears, and Lu Xiaoxi felt a bit curious.
For her, a diligent student, middle school was almost entirely spent immersed in studying. The only headphones she had were a wired pair from the supermarket that cost twelve yuan, and she couldn’t tell the quality of the sound. She had used them for three years without changing.
She knew about Bluetooth headphones, but she had never used them.
“Are you peeking at me?” Li Mu sensed a vague gaze and suddenly turned his head, catching her off guard, mimicking Lu Xiaoxi’s tone from before, revealing a big white smile.
“Self-absorbed.” Lu Xiaoxi’s beautiful eyes blinked, she lightly huffed, pouting and turning her head away.
“Do you want to listen?”
Li Mu took off one headphone and offered it to her.
“I can’t appreciate your taste in music!”
“Really?”
“……”
Lu Xiaoxi snatched the headphone he offered, not in a hurry to put it in her ear.
“Surprisingly, there’s no earwax. I didn’t expect you to be quite hygienic.”
“This is a new headphone; today is the first time I’m using it. If there were an earwax problem, that would be serious. If you want to see earwax, I have an old pair here, it might have…” Li Mu pretended to dig into his backpack.
“Ew~ Who wants to see your earwax? Gross!”
What kind of person could say such disgusting things so seriously?
Lu Xiaoxi put on the headphones, and even though there were no wires connected, the small headphones could produce such clear and beautiful music.
The shock brought by the Bluetooth headphones was akin to discovering that the Pythagorean theorem was not omnipotent.
A beautiful English song played in the headphones, and Lu Xiaoxi was entranced, wanting to praise Li Mu for his taste in music, when suddenly the music changed to a creepy and eerie horror tune, and if listened to carefully, there were female screams…
Goosebumps instantly appeared.
Li Mu pretended to be unaware, pouting his lips as if to whistle, but since they were on the high-speed train, he could only pout his lips and make a show of it.
He didn’t specifically change to horror music to scare Lu Xiaoxi; he just suddenly wanted to listen to horror music.
……
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