Chapter 57: Li Mu Also Had a Young Girl’s Heart

The flow of people at the station was very large.

The two of them were separated by three train cars, and with countless passengers crowding to get off, it was indeed not easy to find each other.

Li Mu stepped out of the train car, scanned the area, and soon spotted the young girl not far away.

Lu Xiaoxi stood there in a daze, looking around.

Li Mu’s gaze shifted, and against the flow of people, he quietly circled behind the girl, gently tapping her shoulder, mimicking the foreigners’ awkward Mandarin:

“Hey, little sister, can you give me a discount?”

The girl felt the touch on her shoulder and shivered slightly.

“I’m sorry, I don’t have WeChat…”

Turning around, her words of rejection were not yet finished when she saw someone’s mischievous smile.

“I told you to be naughty!”

“Don’t hit me, there are too many people!”

“Just get hit to death!”

“Hey, don’t kick my butt, it still hurts from the last fall!”

Li Mu covered his butt and hailed a taxi.

The two of them sat in the back seat.

Li Mu glanced sideways at Lu Xiaoxi’s calves.

If it weren’t for the presence of others, he would definitely have stretched his foot over to tease her.

Lu Xiaoxi stared intently at the car window.

Outside was…

Everything in the big city was still very fresh to Lu Xiaoxi.

Previously, she had only strolled around the neighborhood, and the farthest place she had been was a square with a fountain.

She had to find an opportunity to have a good time in this city.

Amusement parks, zoos, and cinemas—these were things that didn’t exist in her small hometown, and she had never been to any of them.

Li Mu shamelessly shifted his butt until he finally touched the girl’s body.

The girl smelled sweet.

“Look, there’s a turtle!” he exclaimed, pointing at a huge turtle sign on the commercial street outside.

“This is a turtle!”

“That is a chain restaurant specializing in turtle dishes. It’s quite famous in our city. Every week, they hold events; on Wednesdays, college students get 20% off, and on Fridays, couples get 30% off.” The driver, having navigated the city for many years, knew all the shops nearby.

The driver glanced at the rearview mirror; the two people in the back seat were sitting so close together that, based on his seasoned experience, he could tell they were definitely a couple.

“The food there tastes pretty good, and it has a good reputation here. I see you two are college students, right? College couples can get 35% off on Fridays.”

Couple?

Lu Xiaoxi seemed not to have reacted, glancing at Li Mu and then back outside.

Her fair face flushed slightly, feeling a bit flustered inside.

“I… we are not a couple…” Lu Xiaoxi said softly while looking out the window, but just then, a large vehicle honked, covering her voice.

“Driver, we are not a couple.” Li Mu appeared very calm and said seriously, “We are siblings.”

“Uh, haha, I’m sorry, that was my oversight. I often drive couples and thought you were one too.” The driver awkwardly broke out in a sweat on his forehead.

Seeing these two so close together, almost leaning against each other, anyone would guess they were a couple.

But he only thought about it in his heart; after all, he was just a driver, and it wasn’t good to chat too much with passengers.

“Move over, who is your sister?” Lu Xiaoxi blushed and struggled to push Li Mu away, her voice as soft as a mosquito’s.

“What did you say?” Li Mu really didn’t hear her.

“I said you are a pig.”

“Then you are a dog.”

“You are the dog.”

“Then you are a pig.”

Lu Xiaoxi gritted her teeth in anger.

She always lost to Li Mu in arguments, completely at his mercy.

How could her smart brain turn into mush when it came to Li Mu!

“You are both a pig and a dog!” This was the only thing Lu Xiaoxi could think of to shut Li Mu up.

“Then what are you?”

“I am a human!”

“You are worse than a pig or a dog.”

“……”

Lu Xiaoxi was about to be driven mad by Li Mu!

She was definitely losing years off her life!

The small girl was very displeased, snorting coldly, crossing her arms, and looking out the window, ignoring him.

Li Mu moved a little closer to Lu Xiaoxi, trying to find ways to make her happy…

He couldn’t let this little girl get angry; he was counting on Lu Xiaoxi to help him clean the room when they got back to the neighborhood.

The driver uncle saw everything.

He even said they were siblings.

If they weren’t a couple, he would eat this car.

He had seen many “not couples” who were actually more intimate than many couples.

They arrived at the neighborhood.

The security guard was still the familiar Uncle Zhang.

“Uncle Zhang, I brought you something.” Li Mu smiled and took out a bag of oranges he had just bought outside.

Uncle Zhang cheerfully pushed the oranges back, “That’s very kind of you, but you should keep them for yourselves.”

“Well—okay, then we’ll head up first.” Li Mu placed two oranges on the security desk.

“You and Uncle Zhang have a good relationship.” Lu Xiaoxi had already calmed down.

“Having good relationships is not a bad thing; interpersonal relationships need to be managed well.”

“How can I believe that coming from you? You must have a lot of shady friends behind my back!”

“What’s there not to believe?” Li Mu smiled, “Come on, let’s hurry up; I’ve been in the car all day and I’m exhausted.”

He really didn’t have shady friends, but he did have a little pig friend.

But he didn’t dare to say it; otherwise, Lu Xiaoxi would get angry again. When she got angry, she would pinch his soft flesh.

The small room was still as peaceful as before.

After settling their luggage, Lu Xiaoxi wanted to charge her phone.

She plugged in the charger, but the phone still didn’t respond.

“Li Mu, is it out of battery?”

“What? Let me take a look.”

“See, it won’t charge.”

“I forgot; I didn’t turn on the circuit breaker.”

Li Mu turned on the circuit breaker.

Lu Xiaoxi’s phone was revived.

“Your phone uses power too quickly. From the time I left until now, I still have 70% battery, and you only have 20% left.”

“Uh, changing phones is so expensive.”

“I’ll lend you mine.”

“Forget it, it can still be used for now. Why do you always think about lending me money? Are you plotting something bad?”

Last time, Li Mu had proactively lent her money for a computer, and this time it was for a phone as well.

Lu Xiaoxi didn’t believe that Li Mu had no ulterior motives.

“Am I that kind of person?”

“Yes.”

“I always thought you were pretty good at reading people.”

Li Mu laughed heartily and openly admitted it.

Lu Xiaoxi took the initiative to take care of the housework, tidying up the entire small room from top to bottom.

Li Mu opened the windows for ventilation.

After finally finishing the housework, Lu Xiaoxi let out a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and her stomach began to rumble.

Opening the fridge, she found that the leftover ingredients had all been used up.

“Li Mu, should we order takeout?” She leaned against the door and looked into Li Mu’s room.

Just in time, she saw Li Mu take out a few pairs of shorts from his big backpack, along with a pink little pig plush toy.

Hmm?

She wasn’t mistaken.

It turned out Li Mu also had a young girl’s heart.

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