Chapter 32: Combing Hair

The girl’s hair was very smooth, but under Li Mu’s skilled manipulation, it was not so smooth anymore.

It took two minutes to tie this little ponytail, and Li Mu proudly looked at his epic masterpiece, nodding in satisfaction. Please call him Li “Artist” Mu.

Xia Yuanyuan was holding a mirror and bouncing in front of Lu Xiaoxi.

The freshly dried hair was a mess after Li Mu’s operation; the ponytail was tied, but it was only a small section, with many strands of hair around and a lot of frizz that had not been dealt with.

At that moment, Lu Xiaoxi’s little fist clenched.

“How is it? Not bad, right?”

“Not bad your head, your hair is all messed up.” Lu Xiaoxi took off the hair tie, and the disheveled hair fell down, with many strands intertwined, looking really messy, like a bird’s nest.

“I think it looks quite cute, messy like just waking up.”

Just waking up means looking dazed and confused, which is very cute.

Lu Xiaoxi pouted, and the blush on her face became even more pronounced.

Was Li Mu saying she was cute? That annoying Li Mu, always saying such embarrassing things, disgusting!

“Where’s the comb I put on the table?”

“I used it to scratch my body last time; let me find it…”

“Don’t use my comb for weird things!”

“But using a comb to scratch is really comfortable.”

Li Mu found a pink plastic comb in the crevice of the sofa, dusted it off, and said, “I’ll help you comb.”

“Combing hair is also a skill; don’t think it’s just about combing it straight from top to bottom.”

“Trust me, okay?”

Li Mu played with her hair, combing it down from the roots to the tips.

Lu Xiaoxi’s hair was very smooth; with just one stroke, it became straight.

Combing hair inevitably involved getting hands-on; his hands often slid over the girl’s snow-white neck, and that feeling he had never experienced before made him a bit… lightheaded.

The girl’s neck was fair and delicate, like white jade carved, with smooth lines and many fine hairs, making one unable to resist wanting to kiss it.

If he really kissed it, Lu Xiaoxi would probably kill him.

From his perspective, he could see the girl’s scalp on top of her head; sometimes he could see a small patch of it, and he grabbed it and brought it in front of Lu Xiaoxi.

“Look, such a big patch of scalp.”

“So what?”

“Nothing, just wanted you to see your scalp.”

“……”

As the hair was being stroked by his big hands, it felt quite comfortable, and the girl lazily let out a small cat-like whimper.

Li Mu’s hands smelled of hair; he brought them to his nose and took a sniff, feeling refreshed.

“You’re so disgusting!” The sound of her taking a deep breath made Lu Xiaoxi straighten her back suddenly, getting goosebumps.

She thought someone was smelling her hair, smelling her neck.

How could Li Mu be so bold!

Today he dared to smell her hair, tomorrow he would dare to smell her clothes, and the day after tomorrow, what would he dare to do? She didn’t even want to think about it.

Lu Xiaoxi angrily turned around and scratched Li Mu’s ticklish spots, letting this big pervert sniff around!

Perhaps Li Mu’s skin was too thick; the effect of scratching was not very good. When Li Mu counterattacked, Lu Xiaoxi was defeated, covering her waist and lying awkwardly on the sofa, gasping for breath, her blush even more intense.

Such playful antics inevitably involved some physical contact; the girl’s fragrance lingered at the tip of his nose, and when he scratched her, he could also feel the softness of her waist. Li Mu was a pure, sunny, and cheerful big boy, but shamefully, he had a certain reaction…

Li Mu propped his elbows on his knees, clasped his hands over his mouth, his expression indifferent, leaning forward in a domineering CEO posture.

Lu Xiaoxi found it funny; just a moment ago, he was scratching her, and now he was pretending to be serious.

The girl, unaware of someone’s abnormality, kicked him angrily, but he remained still, so she kicked him again.

But this time, she wasn’t so lucky; Li Mu directly grabbed her fair ankle, pinched it, and quickly let go, saying, “So smelly.”

“Your feet are the smelly ones! You have athlete’s foot, nail fungus, paronychia, yellow toenails, and dirt under your nails; anyway, your feet are the smelliest!”

Lu Xiaoxi was extremely embarrassed and angry, wanting to kick this guy to death, but afraid of being caught again, she timidly pulled her foot back.

After a moment of silence, she sniffed her own feet; girls are supposed to smell nice, right? There was no smell at all!

So they lay there for a few minutes, and Lu Xiaoxi’s heartbeat had calmed down, and the blush on her face had faded significantly.

Lu Xiaoxi snorted coldly and got up to wash the fruit…

The scene from earlier kept flashing in her mind, and her face turned red again. She only just realized how intimate those actions were; clearly, they were no longer children.

But it seemed she didn’t mind.

The girl patted her face with her damp hands, easing the heat on her cheeks; if it got any hotter, she would become a silly girl.

At this moment, someone was already playing games, while Xia Yuanyuan was peeking over to watch him play.

That guy Li Mu would definitely not be able to take care of kids in the future.

What was that saying? When it’s dangerous, Dad is the safest; when it’s safe, Dad is the most dangerous.

She beckoned Xia Yuanyuan to sit beside her, fed her a cherry tomato, and then pinched her face. Xia Yuanyuan became her exclusive face-pinching doll, and Xia Yuanyuan did not resist, allowing Lu Xiaoxi to pinch her. Her big eyes rolled around, carefully looking at the sister beside her, then glancing at the brother over there, finally stopping her gaze on the homework notebook. She had originally planned to come over to do her homework, but now she hadn’t even moved a single word.

“Give me one too.”

“Go buy it yourself.”

Li Mu was dumbfounded; the difference in treatment was too obvious!

That said, Li Mu still thickened his skin and went to grab several fruits, stuffing them into his mouth and eating heartily.

“Are you going back after military training?”

“Of course, this year the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are together, so we have a holiday.”

This year’s holiday was quite special; the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day were connected for eight days. University holidays were not like middle school, which would adjust and occupy holidays; however many days there were, that was how many days off. If there were no classes the day before the holiday, then there would be an extra day off.

Li Mu lay sideways on the sofa, playing with his phone in a strange posture, “What about your tutoring? When will you buy the computer?”

“I’ll explain it to Sister Xia; the computer is not urgent; I’ll talk about it when I start getting paid for tutoring.”

“How about I lend you some?”

“Do you have a lot of money?”

Lu Xiaoxi glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, teaching Xia Yuanyuan to calculate math formulas.

“Not bad, with the unpaid manuscript fees, I definitely have around fifteen thousand.”

“Fifteen thousand?”

“Fifteen thousand.” Li Mu said flatly.

“…… Forget it, anyway, the computer is not urgent.”

Li Mu didn’t say anything more; he wasn’t sad about the ‘letting Lu Xiaoxi wear cat ears’ plan falling through.

He knew Lu Xiaoxi was very strong-willed; she rarely troubled others with things she could handle herself, let alone borrowing money, which was equivalent to owing someone a favor. He didn’t have high hopes when he brought it up.

Time reached eight o’clock, and the rain still hadn’t stopped.

Lu Xiaoxi had to go cook, asking Li Mu to help watch Xia Yuanyuan.

When it came to watching kids, Li Mu wouldn’t say he was the best, but he was definitely not bad.

He opened a mini-game website on the computer, found some two-player games, and Xia Yuanyuan, being a playful little thing, naturally came over.

In today’s era, kids mostly played mobile games, like Honor of Kings and PUBG…

Xia Yuanyuan, who was playing mini-games for the first time, was extremely excited, and she and Li Mu happily played half the keyboard each.

In the kitchen, Lu Xiaoxi tied her hair into a small ponytail, looking much better than what Li Mu had tied. The apron couldn’t showcase her figure, and the dishes in the pot didn’t hold her attention; she always subtly glanced towards the hall, not knowing if she was looking at Xia Yuanyuan or Li Mu.

Not knowing when Sister Xia would return, Lu Xiaoxi cooked a bit more rice; after all, Xia Yuanyuan, being a small child, couldn’t eat much rice.

Dinner was just ordinary home-cooked dishes. After eating, Lu Xiaoxi began to help Xia Yuanyuan with her homework.

Xia Yuanyuan’s math and Chinese were okay, but her English was quite poor.

“How do you spell the word for book?”

“b-o-o-k.”

“What about ruler?”

“r-u-l-e-r.”

“What about pencil?”

“p…..e……”

Xia Yuanyuan stammered, racking her brain but couldn’t remember. She had no choice but to cast a pleading look at Li Mu.

Li Mu mouthed the words; he still knew these simple words.

“p-e-n-c-i-l.”

Once or twice was fine, but soon Lu Xiaoxi noticed a pattern; whenever Xia Yuanyuan couldn’t remember, she would look at Li Mu.

Her questioning gaze shifted back and forth between the two.

When she looked at Li Mu, he would turn his head and whistle; when she looked at Xia Yuanyuan, Xia Yuanyuan also wanted to whistle, but the little girl didn’t know how to do that, so she could only pucker her lips and blow air.

Lu Xiaoxi found it quite amusing.

There were two childish people in this room; she wouldn’t say who they were.

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