Chapter 45: Touching Hands

“Is it ready?”

The girl saw the initial screen of the computer appear, brushed her hair, and leaned in curiously.

Because Lu Xiaoxi was nearsighted and not wearing glasses, she could only squint to see the computer.

She was only a fist’s distance away from Li Mu, who could smell a faint fragrance in the air, different from the rose scent at school.

“What shower gel are you using?”

This guy not only didn’t answer her question but also smelled his own scent…

“Smelling girls randomly, you pervert.”

Lu Xiaoxi didn’t know if she had the right to say that about Li Mu.

The unboxing video lasted for more than ten minutes, and after subtracting the scenes below Li Mu’s collarbone, only a few minutes were left.

It really seemed like the phone had developed a consciousness; her phone was a lecherous phone.

Li Mu shamelessly admitted it.

He had smelled it plenty of times at school; he could smell it as soon as she got close. He couldn’t just stop breathing, could he?

Li Mu was typing on the keyboard, and the computer screen kept changing, opening this and that.

Watching him type blindly while staring at the screen without blinking, Lu Xiaoxi felt that Li Mu was really impressive.

If it were her, she would probably have to look at the keyboard and type one letter at a time.

She didn’t understand computers at all and was getting dizzy, so she simply stopped looking at the screen and turned to watch Li Mu’s hands.

Li Mu’s hands were slender, with long fingers that had fine hair. When his fingers struck the keyboard, the veins on the back of his hands would move slightly.

She glanced at her own fair and tender hands; they were small, seemingly able to be encircled by just one of Li Mu’s hands.

Lu Xiaoxi had never noticed how good-looking Li Mu’s hands were before.

There were only two people in the hall, and they were sitting very close together. The person next to her seemed like a green bamboo, and Lu Xiaoxi could also smell a faint elegant fragrance, which was very pleasant.

“What shower gel are you using?”

“Hmm? Pervert Little Pig Lu, smelling boys randomly.” Li Mu mimicked Lu Xiaoxi’s tone from earlier.

“Quick, tell me.”

“I forgot, I just used whatever. You can check in the bathroom; our whole family uses the same bottle.”

“Forget it, I don’t want to become a pervert like you.”

“But didn’t you just smell me?”

Li Mu raised an eyebrow; this double standard was too obvious.

“You smelled me too.”

“Then we are both perverts.”

“Wrong, only you are the pervert.”

There were two perverts in the hall, one was Li Mu, and the other was the big fool Li Mu.

Lu Xiaoxi pursed her lips; a reserved girl wouldn’t admit she was a pervert.

Li Mu chuckled, and his movements slowed down a bit.

After downloading a few commonly used software, Li Mu cracked his knuckles, and the joints made cracking sounds.

This stunned Lu Xiaoxi beside him.

When she was a child, she watched martial arts movies with her dad, and the people in them did the same thing; they would crack their fists, and it would sound like firecrackers, while she couldn’t even crack her own.

“Want to learn?”

“How did you do that?” Lu Xiaoxi imitated him cracking his fist, only seeing her flesh gradually turning red, with no sound at all.

“Come, come, come, I’ll help you.”

Li Mu held her hand, hooking her index finger with two of his fingers, and gently pulled it upwards.

The imagined pain didn’t come; the joints seemed to loosen for a moment, making a crisp sound. Lu Xiaoxi’s mouth slightly opened, not surprised at all.

She could actually do it too.

Li Mu only felt that the small hand in his palm was warm and soft.

Gently kneading Lu Xiaoxi’s small hand, Li Mu’s eyes slowly widened; the impact from sight to touch was enormous. This was the first time he held a girl’s hand since puberty.

“What are you doing?!”

Lu Xiaoxi was being squeezed comfortably but suddenly realized something and quickly pulled her hand out from the warm little nest, her face turning red.

A pair of beautiful almond-shaped eyes glared fiercely at this bad guy who took advantage of her.

This guy!

How could he be so skilled and natural at holding a girl’s small hand!

And he was also kneading and squeezing; didn’t he know that a girl’s hand shouldn’t be touched casually?!

Li Mu also felt a bit shy; his skin wasn’t thick enough to feel justified in taking advantage of Lu Xiaoxi.

However, he was blushing much less than Lu Xiaoxi, and his skin was thick enough that it was hard to notice unless one looked closely.

His relationship with Lu Xiaoxi wasn’t good enough to casually touch hands, at least not now.

It seemed he had developed a liking for Lu Xiaoxi’s hands.

Li Mu was startled; could it be that he had a latent hand fetish?

“Hehe, how can I teach you without moving your hand?”

“… Can’t you just say it?”

“You press your middle finger down and see if it works.”

Lu Xiaoxi shifted her gaze to her own hand, then looked at Li Mu, half-believing, and tried to press her finger down. Before she could even press halfway, she felt pain.

“Just saying it won’t work; you have to do it. I’ll help you.” Li Mu wanted to hold her small hand again.

“Do you think I’m an idiot? I’m not learning anymore.”

Lu Xiaoxi turned her hand, and a slender middle finger pointed at him.

Li Mu responded by showing Lu Xiaoxi two middle fingers.

Lu Xiaoxi lifted one foot, struggling to make her middle toe stand up.

“You win. Do you want to play games? If you want to play, I’ll download a gaming platform for you, but the games on it all cost money.”

“Is it fun?”

“It’s okay; it mainly depends on whether you want to play. There are tens of thousands of games on the platform; there’s bound to be something you like.”

“Then you download it.”

“Mainly afraid you’ll download a pirated version and get scammed while helping others count money.”

Li Mu took control of the computer again and started downloading things.

“I’m not that stupid.”

“Classmate Little Pig Lu is the smartest—”

“You’re so disgusting…”

Li Mu laughed, “No matter how disgusting, you still have to rely on me.”

This was indeed a fact; Lu Xiaoxi had no rebuttal and simply ignored him, quietly sitting on the sofa watching him operate.

Li Mu could catch a glimpse of her fair little feet and toes out of the corner of his eye. Her toes were neatly trimmed, with no excess nails or nail dirt, and her rounded toes moved slightly.

So cute…

Did he have a foot fetish too?

No.

Li Mu had a clear understanding of himself.

He was just purely lecherous.

Lu Xiaoxi didn’t notice and was lost in her own thoughts, occasionally looking up at the chandelier or glancing at the person beside her, feeling a bit bored.

“All the downloads are done.”

“So many things.” Lu Xiaoxi leaned over to count the files on the desktop, and there were more than twenty, many of which she didn’t recognize. The ones she was most familiar with were the penguin and the green and white bubbles.

“These two are for listening to music, this side is for games and accelerators, and there are two for watching videos. I logged in just now; you can also use my account to watch videos later, it’s an annual VIP.”

“Oh, I’ll just steal your account when I go back.”

Lu Xiaoxi pretended to speak in a mischievous tone.

“You’re thinking of stealing an account without even understanding how to use it; do you want to be a hacker in the future?”

“No, hackers invade others’ networks; if I’m going to be anything, I’ll be a white hat.”

“Wow, you actually understand this?”

“I’m just very smart.” Lu Xiaoxi straightened her back a bit, thinking that someone must be looking at her with new eyes!

“Then tell me, what is a white hat?”

“It’s… it’s the opposite of a hacker; that’s what they said in the video.”

“…”

Li Mu smiled and let it go; his knowledge in this area was very superficial, and he didn’t want to discuss this nonsense with Lu Xiaoxi.

By the way, it had been an hour; why hadn’t his parents come back yet?

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