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Chapter 72: Rebecoming Childhood Sweethearts

It was a rare weekend.

Lu Xiaoxi wore her home clothes, her slender legs crossed on the coffee table, and her hands held her phone as she scrolled through horror movie explanations.

After graduating from middle school, she had also spent her time aimlessly scrolling on her phone, but now she felt so bored.

Sounds of Li Mu playing games echoed in the room.

She knew he would be gaming… Lu Xiaoxi muttered to herself, finally understanding why those girls would ask their boyfriends that classic question.

Is the game more important or the girlfriend?

For a moment, she also wanted to ask Li Mu that, but she wasn’t his girlfriend, so what reason did she have to demand anything from him?

Her only leverage was Aunt Su asking her to help supervise Li Mu.

Yes! That’s it!

Lu Xiaoxi puffed out her chest, found a reason for herself, and confidently knocked heavily on Li Mu’s door.

“What’s wrong?”

“Li Mu, I’m coming in.” After finally building up her momentum, Lu Xiaoxi’s confidence crumbled upon hearing Li Mu’s voice, and she spoke softly, weakly.

“Mm.”

Lu Xiaoxi’s lips curled up slightly as she gently opened the door, tiptoeing to his side and sitting on the edge of his bed.

“What’s up? Is there something?” Li Mu took off his headphones with one hand and hung them around his neck.

“I want to supervise you.”

Li Mu turned to face her, but his eyes remained glued to the computer.

“That’s quite dismissive.”

“What’s wrong with you? Are you so bored?” Li Mu was playing a multiplayer battle game, so he could only chat with her while playing.

Although after Lu Xiaoxi entered, he hadn’t really focused on the game.

“I’m a bit bored, so I came to bother you.”

“If you’re bored, find something to do, like help me clean my room or something.”

“Dream on.”

Lu Xiaoxi chuckled, kicked off her slippers, and sat further onto the bed. She was wearing shorts that covered half of her thighs, while the remaining skin was completely exposed, from her thighs to her knees, and from her knees to her ankles, all as white as jade. Her toenails were well-groomed, adorned with nail stickers from a two-yuan store, looking quite cute.

Li Mu’s bed was a spring mattress, somewhat old, and it creaked when she sat on it, the mattress also feeling cold.

“Your legs are in my line of sight.”

“Who told you to look!” Lu Xiaoxi’s face flushed, and she grabbed a pillow to cover her legs.

This idiot was playing games and still looking at her, and he was so honest about it, saying it outright.

“I accidentally saw it out of the corner of my eye; it’s not like I wanted to look.”

“Well, you still looked.”

After quickly finishing a game round, Li Mu also sat on the bed next to the girl, nudging her little leg.

“How are you going to bother me?”

“I don’t know.”

“You come to bother me without knowing anything? I suggest you think it through next time before coming.”

“Um—want to go out and play?” Lu Xiaoxi gently pressed her small hand on Li Mu’s hand, watching as his skin turned from red back to white, leaving a row of nail marks.

“Where do you want to go?” Li Mu scratched his hand, removing the pillow from the girl’s leg and placing it on his own, just in case things got awkward.

This action clearly startled Lu Xiaoxi; her whole small body trembled, thinking Li Mu was reaching for her thigh for something.

“We’ve been here for so long, and there are so many places we haven’t been to, like the zoo, amusement park, cinema…”

“A date?”

“Not at all!” Lu Xiaoxi suddenly raised her voice, and after realizing it, she quickly covered her mouth, “Just a simple outing, not a date or anything…”

Seeing the little girl almost steaming with embarrassment, Li Mu felt a tickle in his heart and quickly poked her face before retracting his hand, his fingertips still warm.

“Are you going or not? If you’re not going, then forget it.” Lu Xiaoxi tilted her head.

“I never said I wouldn’t go. When are we going?”

“Where to play?”

“…It’s not like you asked me to go, so why are you asking me now?”

“But I don’t know where’s fun.”

“Then do your homework first. Think about it slowly; I’ll keep playing since we have plenty of time.” Li Mu said as he lay down to play on his phone.

For some reason, Lu Xiaoxi also felt lazy, pulling over a small pig plushie to rest her head on and lying down. She felt it wasn’t quite right, so she pulled the small blanket over her body to hide her curves, preventing this guy from peeking.

“Why do you act like I’m a pervert?” Li Mu clicked his tongue and withdrew his gaze, thinking he should put away the plushie next time and tuck the blanket in, so if the little girl wanted to lie down, she could only rest her head on his hand.

If Lu Xiaoxi lay beside him with her head on his hand, at that moment, their relationship would surely be very good, probably more than lovers but less than married.

In reality—

When he and Lu Xiaoxi were still childhood sweethearts, their relationship was much closer than so-called lovers or even spouses.

While others were still smug about their romantic relationships, he and Lu Xiaoxi had already gotten used to it over a decade ago…

Aside from that red thread, they had done everything they were supposed to do; it was just that when they were young, phones weren’t widespread, and they didn’t understand as much as today’s kids. There weren’t so many mixed-up bad thoughts; they were just focused on playing and having fun. When they got tired, they would cover themselves with a blanket and sleep together. He would go to her house to sleep, and she would come to his house to sleep; they just had to sleep together.

More pure than lovers, sweeter than spouses.

Many lovers and spouses are busy showcasing their best sides to their beloved, allowing the other to slowly accept their flaws.

But he and Lu Xiaoxi had known everything about each other from the very beginning and still managed to last so long.

Although there were unpleasant moments in between, looking at the long term, their little problems were just insignificant fluctuations in a narrow time ray.

If they were to rank their relationship, it would definitely be childhood sweethearts > spouses > lovers.

A progressively layered relationship.

Perhaps.

Between them, childhood sweethearts had already encompassed all relationships; the four words “childhood sweethearts” were the ultimate point of their relationship.

He seemed to have always been going in the wrong direction.

Lovers, he had started to look down on.

Childhood sweethearts were the primary goal!

Starting from childhood sweethearts, ending with childhood sweethearts.

Outside the community, the sound of large vehicles honking was deafening.

“Lu Xiaoxi.”

“What’s wrong?”

“What is our relationship now?”

“Why do you keep asking this? How many times has it been?” Lu Xiaoxi turned her head to look at him, their gazes meeting.

“I want to know your thoughts.”

“Um… there are many, many relationships.”

“What specific relationships are there?”

“Many, many, I can’t count them all.”

“Then don’t count. How about we establish a new relationship?”

“What relationship?”

Lu Xiaoxi’s big eyes blinked, vaguely guessing something, her little head almost turning into a tomato. Unable to bear Li Mu’s intensely hot gaze, the little girl flipped over and buried her face in the small pig plushie.

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