Chapter 54: Lu Xiaoxi Listened to Her Own Voice Message

Li Mu stared blankly at the leaves.

The wind blew, and sunlight poured in through the gaps in the leaves, flashing in his eyes.

Autumn was very suitable for sleeping.

He had just gotten out of bed not long ago, yet he now felt a hint of drowsiness.

Out of the corner of his eye, he could catch a glimpse of the girl’s flat stomach rising and falling evenly beside him.

If it weren’t for the horror movie sound effects coming from Lu Xiaoxi’s phone, he would have thought she was asleep.

“Horror movie?”

“Movie commentary.”

Lu Xiaoxi was very interested in horror movies, but she was timid and didn’t dare to watch them; she only dared to watch censored movie commentaries.

Commonly known as being a novice with a big appetite.

“Lu Xiaoxi, let me play something for you.”

“What?”

Li Mu mysteriously brought his phone close to her ear, turned up the volume, opened WeChat, and found the ‘good night’ voice message sent by someone last night.

Hearing the words ‘good night,’ Lu Xiaoxi initially didn’t react.

“Is it nice?”

Lu Xiaoxi realized too late.

Was her tone that gentle back then?

Her little face suddenly turned red.

It felt just like a couple saying good night to each other, all greasy.

So embarrassing.

Why did she send a voice message to this guy?

“What do you want to express?”

“Nothing much, just wanted you to hear what you said.”

“Go die!” Lu Xiaoxi turned to scratch and poke him, first poking at the soft flesh around his waist, then at his armpit, and seizing the opportunity to twist his abdominal fat, feeling the outline of his abs.

Being poked and prodded by her soft, boneless fingers, Li Mu instantly sat up, spread his legs, and hunched over, abandoning his previous smirk, becoming completely honest.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, just tired of lying down…”

Li Mu awkwardly grinned; he couldn’t let the innocent Lu Xiaoxi know about certain reactions.

Fortunately, his clothes were loose, so nothing could be seen; otherwise, he would really be a pervert.

Lu Xiaoxi was quite quick with table tennis and could already play about ten continuous drops with Li Mu.

The little girl was easily satisfied; as long as she won a single point against Li Mu, she could jump up, even knowing that Li Mu was deliberately letting her win.

Sometimes she would try to smash, but she failed every time, sending the ball flying away, and Li Mu would run to fetch it, enjoying himself.

Mi Dan spent almost an hour eating lunch.

“Hey, Sister Xiaoxi can actually play table tennis now?” Mi Dan led his cousin, looking shocked.

“Why did it take so long to eat?” Li Mu tapped Mi Dan’s forehead with his paddle.

“Don’t blame me; my mom let me play on my phone for an hour. I was in the Glory of Kings golden promotion match, and I just forgot while playing.”

Mi Dan was just an elementary school student, and it was normal for him to be addicted to games; Li Mu didn’t want to educate him, as he himself had a gaming addiction.

“Did you reach gold?”

“The opponents were too ruthless!…”

Mi Dan rambled on about how he was beaten up by the opponents.

“You’re so bad; I’ll take you to play tonight.”

“I can’t play; I can only play for an hour a day, and then my mom won’t let me anymore.” Mi Dan looked at Lu Xiaoxi, “By the way, Sister Xiaoxi, can you play too? Perfect, let’s have a match!”

“You guys play; I still don’t know how to play very well.” Lu Xiaoxi smiled and waved her hand.

“You teach your cousin how to play; we’ll take a break.” Li Mu placed the paddle steadily on Mi Dan’s head.

Mi Dan looked at Li Mu, then at Lu Xiaoxi, finally settling his gaze on his eight-year-old cousin.

Sure enough, all the older siblings were from outside; his little cousin was the best.

Mi Dan began to earnestly teach his little cousin how to play table tennis.

But the eight-year-old little cousin couldn’t manage it; she couldn’t even hold the paddle steadily and almost hit Mi Dan in the face.

Then a table tennis lesson turned into a dodgeball game.

When Lu Xiaoxi returned home, the first thing she did was boil water for a shower.

After washing up, she hugged Little Fei and opened the computer to watch videos.

In the past, she watched videos on legitimate software for free series; when she needed a membership, she would casually find a pirated website to watch, and some series were so obscure that she couldn’t even find high-definition resources.

Now, with Li Mu’s account, watching videos became much more convenient.

In her spare time, she would watch sweet dramas, seeing others fall in love, and occasionally browse through Li Mu’s viewing history to see what he had watched.

It was like checking up on him, preventing him from watching anything inappropriate.

Li Mu often watched some anime, and Lu Xiaoxi would follow him, deliberately messing up Li Mu’s viewing history; if he had watched half of an anime, Lu Xiaoxi would start from the beginning, resetting Li Mu’s record.

It was bad behavior to pry into others’ privacy, except for Li Mu.

Because it was Li Mu who had logged into her computer account voluntarily, she couldn’t be blamed; the girl had found a self-justifying excuse to check up on him.

She arranged red origami cranes by the bedside, along with a clean sunny doll and a silly-looking little dog plushie, giving the little girl a TV companion.

After watching two episodes, it seemed like a layer of fog had covered the outside, and it started to rain lightly, with the curtains swaying up and down.

Lu Xiaoxi went barefoot to close the window.

The autumn weather was also changeable; there had been sunshine while playing outside, but now it was dark.

Although Little Fei was quite chubby, he was very agile, easily jumping onto the windowsill to watch the autumn rain with his owner.

“Are you hungry?” Lu Xiaoxi laughed, rubbing Little Fei’s belly.

After raising Little Fei, her family’s balcony and windows were sealed with stainless steel screens; they said it was stainless steel, but it rusted after a few years, needing to be replaced every year.

“Meow.” Little Fei lay on the windowsill like a little pig, curled up like a cotton ball.

The girl’s gaze gradually softened.

A WeChat call interrupted her restless literary thoughts.

“Hello, Mom.”

“Xiaoxi, can you bring us an umbrella? It seems like the rain is getting heavier.” Qin Xiaoqian’s voice came from the other end of the line, along with the sound of rain.

“Okay, where are you?”

“Just over by the badminton court; you weren’t paying attention and forgot the water bottle when you came back.”

“Ah, I forgot. I’m going down now; wait a moment.”

Lu Xiaoxi found two umbrellas, put on her cloth shoes, and hurriedly ran out.

At that moment, the door across the hall opened.

The two looked at each other.

Li Mu sized up Lu Xiaoxi, who had already changed into casual clothes, and noticed the two umbrellas in her hands.

“Could it be that you also…?” they both said in unison.

“Delivering umbrellas to my parents.”

“What a coincidence, so am I.” Li Mu raised the blue translucent raincoat draped over him.

His parents were still hiding from the rain in the pavilion; as a dutiful son, he had to go pick them up.

His family originally didn’t lack umbrellas, but his parents had a habit of taking umbrellas to work and losing them on the way back, repeating this cycle and losing countless umbrellas.

When the umbrellas were needed, he regretted not having enough; rummaging through the house, he could only find a double umbrella and a raincoat.

“Why are you wearing flip-flops?”

“Well, I just took a shower, and it’s easy to dirty my cloth shoes when I go out; they’re white and hard to clean.”

“You look like a sleazy old man.” Lu Xiaoxi found Li Mu’s outfit amusing.

If Li Mu’s beard were a bit longer, she could say he was an old man.

“Isn’t this rain going to stop soon?”

“It won’t stop that quickly; this kind of light rain usually lasts for a few hours.”

“How do you know?” Lu Xiaoxi blinked; when did Li Mu learn to observe the weather?

“Weather forecast; if you don’t know this, you’re too dumb.”

“……”

Lu Xiaoxi wanted to hit him.

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