Chapter 3: Not Getting Along with the Childhood Sweetheart

“Li! Mu!” Lu Xiaoxi bit her lip and slapped Li Mu’s outstretched leg, which made no sound and caused no pain.

“Hey, what are you doing?”

“Change the song!”

“You say change and it changes, then wouldn’t I be losing face… Ouch, don’t step on my shoes, they were just cleaned!”

Before she could finish her sentence, Lu Xiaoxi stepped on his shoe, leaving a shallow imprint.

The words she wanted to say were stomped back into her stomach, and Li Mu hurriedly switched to some anime songs.

They would step on each other at the slightest disagreement!

He indeed did not get along with Lu Xiaoxi!

Although Li Mu and Lu Xiaoxi had grown up together since childhood and had played well when they were young, they had never really gotten along.

This lack of harmony manifested in many aspects.

He loved light flavors, while Lu Xiaoxi preferred spicy…

He raised a hamster, while Lu Xiaoxi had a fat cat…

In middle school, he was very careless, unable to do anything well, and after his grades plummeted, he became the bad student that other parents warned their children against befriending;

Lu Xiaoxi was very meticulous, able to do everything well, and was the “other people’s child” in the eyes of other parents.

Sometimes, he and Lu Xiaoxi would become two extremes, often compared by others.

In any case, they just did not get along.

Being able to chat so calmly now was already quite good.

If possible, Li Mu also wanted to return to the time when they had a very good relationship as children…

The Lu Xiaoxi from childhood was truly adorable, like a little pink dumpling following him around.

When their families visited each other for meals, they would always sit next to each other.

Li Mu was not sure why they had become like this now.

Perhaps it could be summarized with the phrase “grown up.”

The three-hour journey was not particularly fast; Li Mu had eaten a bun before leaving, but Lu Xiaoxi was not so comfortable.

Gurgle, gurgle.

Li Mu turned his head to look at Lu Xiaoxi.

Lu Xiaoxi turned her head to look out the window.

“Your stomach is growling.”

“I don’t need you to remind me!” Lu Xiaoxi shot Li Mu a resentful glance; this person really never missed a chance to embarrass her.

Lu Xiaoxi usually had regular meals three times a day, but today was an exception. After packing her luggage last night, she had gone to bed early, but thinking about going on her first trip to a strange city with the person she got along with the least, she felt inexplicably excited. She lay in bed for a long time but couldn’t fall asleep, and by the time she knew it, it was almost dawn.

With insufficient sleep, let alone making breakfast, she had planned to buy two buns on the way, but Li Mu walked very fast and showed no intention of waiting for her…

She opened her small bag and took out two egg yolk pies.

“Give me one.” Li Mu blinked and smiled as he reached out to her.

“Only if your stomach is growling.”

“……” Li Mu retracted his hand.

He had eaten breakfast before leaving, so it was impossible for him to be hungry so soon.

He was just purely craving Lu Xiaoxi’s egg yolk pies.

If the other party didn’t give him one, there was nothing he could do.

Lu Xiaoxi took small bites of the egg yolk pie, her mouth moving, occasionally licking her lips.

Oh no, he was getting tempted.

The high-speed train was very fast, and by the time they arrived, it was already noon.

The station in the big city was very spacious.

Lu Xiaoxi closely followed Li Mu. Although she said nothing, Li Mu knew that Little Pig Lu was definitely very nervous right now.

He knew Lu Xiaoxi had never been far from home and had suddenly come from a fifth-tier city to a second-tier city; the huge gap would definitely take time to adapt to, and nervousness was inevitable.

If it were middle school, seeing Little Pig Lu’s timid appearance, he would have definitely pointed at her nose and laughed loudly.

The dignified class president, the top student, actually had such a day?

Although he still had such thoughts now…

Li Mu squinted his eyes and raised his hand to block the sunlight.

As everyone knows, the south only has two seasons: winter and summer. Winter has not yet arrived, and summer persists. Even in September, autumn is not much different from June’s summer.

“I have an umbrella.”

Splash.

Next to him, Lu Xiaoxi opened an umbrella, blocking a small patch of glaring sunlight.

There were two body lengths between her and Li Mu, showing no intention of helping him with the umbrella at all.

Li Mu: ……

Not knowing what to ask, how could he get the childhood sweetheart, who did not get along with him, to take the initiative to share an umbrella? Online, waiting for a response, quite urgent.

“Little Pig Lu, I’ll treat you to milk tea, how about you hold the umbrella for me?”

Li Mu thickened his skin; both of them knew each other’s personalities well, and there was no need to maintain a gentlemanly demeanor.

“What did you call me?”

“Lu Xiaoxi, am I the kind of person who would call you by the nickname Little Pig Lu?”

“Aren’t you? You gave me that nickname!”

“Hehe, you’re right; you really know people well.” Li Mu scratched his head and admitted generously.

Little Pig Lu was an apt description.

In kindergarten, the naive Li Mu watched as the little guest ate three bowls of rice and one bowl of soup, which brought a great shock to his young heart.

Thus, the nickname Little Pig Lu was born.

Of course, Li Mu only called her this nickname privately; during class or other occasions, he would call her by her name. He wasn’t foolish enough to spread the nickname around; otherwise, it would turn into bullying.

“Little Pig Lu” was his exclusive nickname for Lu Xiaoxi.

That said,

Lu Xiaoxi’s appetite had not diminished at all. Even during middle school, since their families lived across from each other, their neighborly relationship had been very good for over a decade, and visiting each other for meals was common. The last time she visited, Lu Xiaoxi had eaten three large bowls of rice.

He really didn’t know where Lu Xiaoxi’s appetite came from; her waist was proportionate, her abdomen flat, showing no signs of gaining weight, and her two soft curves were still very youthful, only showing a very small amplitude.

Li Mu thought that the world’s top ten unsolved mysteries could add one more—

The reason why Lu Xiaoxi could eat so much without gaining weight…

“I want the most expensive milk tea.” Lu Xiaoxi frowned, feeling that this guy was thinking of something bad, and shoved the umbrella into his hand.

She could hold it for him, but the one holding the umbrella must be him. Not only that, but Lu Xiaoxi also wanted the most expensive milk tea, making this annoying fool spend a lot.

Nearby milk tea shop

Lu Xiaoxi looked at the menu, a bit hesitant.

The prices in the big city…

A cup of ordinary signature milk tea costs 15 yuan, and the cheapest green tea costs 9 yuan.

15 yuan was already her pocket money for two days in middle school.

She wanted Li Mu to spend a lot, but the extent of this spending was greater than she had imagined.

“Can you drink it cold?” Li Mu was about to order when he suddenly thought of something.

Lu Xiaoxi’s face turned red, and she gently shook her head, leaning close to Li Mu’s ear and whispering, “How about we don’t drink it?”

Li Mu looked at her strangely.

This Little Pig Lu was somewhat sick again, making him treat her, and now she was saying not to drink.

“If you don’t drink, I’ll drink it. So are you going to drink or not?”

“I just want that green tea, normal ice.”

Li Mu nodded and placed the order with the staff.

“Two cups of taro mud bubble milk tea, two cups of normal ice.”

“What are you doing?” Lu Xiaoxi tugged at Li Mu’s shirt.

“I’m treating you, I didn’t say you had to choose for yourself.”

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