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Chapter 75: Precious Memories

The weather in mid-October was very nice, with no cool breeze and no strong sun, making it perfect for outings and picnics…

However, neither Li Mu nor Lu Xiaoxi had ever played in such a way.

Perhaps they could find an opportunity for both families to go on a so-called outing and picnic together.

They strolled from the sea turtle garden to the monkey mountain, then from the monkey mountain to the tiger park, and finally arrived at the bird’s nest, where there were many pavilions and stone benches for tourists to rest.

Lu Xiaoxi’s issue with her lumbar disc herniation was not serious; as long as she did not stand or exercise for long periods, she would generally be fine. However, after walking around the park for so long, she was starting to feel a bit overwhelmed.

She cast a pitiful glance at Li Mu, and after explaining her situation, the two of them rested on a stone bench.

While sipping on kumquat lemonade, they watched the birds in the cage, which were also observing them from the branches.

The birds in the zoo were very beautiful; some were pure white, while others were colorful, but she couldn’t name any of them.

It seemed she had only seen swallows, sparrows, and parrots, and she had only seen parrots at the flower and bird market.

“Does it hurt a lot? How about I help you with a massage?” Li Mu did not hold her hand; one hand held the kumquat lemonade while the other took pictures with his phone.

Today was the first day he and Lu Xiaoxi had become childhood friends again, and these photos were very meaningful.

When they evolved into the “complete childhood friends” in the future, they could look back on these memories; he had always been a nostalgic person.

“It doesn’t hurt; if it did, I wouldn’t let you massage me.”

Just kidding, the lumbar disc herniation pressed against the nerves, causing pain in the lower back; if a massage were needed, it would have to be on the lower back and buttocks up to the thigh.

It could be considered an absolute domain within an absolute domain; how could she let Li Mu massage her?

Fortunately, Li Mu did not know this; otherwise, just this statement alone could have labeled him as harassing her.

Lu Xiaoxi took a sip of kumquat lemonade.

The little girl liked to drink sweet and sour things; the cup of juice was not large, and she finished it in just a few sips. She pouted and started to eye Li Mu’s kumquat lemonade.

“Li Mu, we are childhood friends, right?”

“Half.” Li Mu did not look at her and teased her back.

“Since we are half childhood friends, then I can drink your drink, right?”

Lu Xiaoxi did not forget that during military training, this guy came to drink her water every day, and now she wanted to drink Li Mu’s.

“You can only drink half.” Li Mu took a big gulp, leaving about half, and handed the kumquat lemonade to her, “Just right for half.”

“That’s nonsense; it’s all lemon and kumquat in there.”

“Are you going to drink it or not? If not, I will finish it.” Li Mu held the straw in his mouth, taking a deep breath as if he was going to drink it all in one go.

Lu Xiaoxi got anxious and quickly grabbed his hand, “Who said I wouldn’t drink it?!”

“There’s my saliva on it.”

“I’ll use my own straw.” Lu Xiaoxi swapped her straw with Li Mu’s and started to drink slowly.

Li Mu’s cup was full sugar, much sweeter than hers.

Naturally, Li Mu took care of the trash; he glanced at the straw used by the little girl, the end she had bitten was flattened, allowing her to drink slowly without worrying about sucking in lemon seeds.

Lu Xiaoxi held the cup with both hands, and when she opened her mouth, the tender flesh of her lips would stick to the straw and get pulled a bit, which was extremely cute.

“Don’t drink with both hands.” He said, and then, under Lu Xiaoxi’s puzzled gaze, he took her hand again, holding it together in his palm.

Lu Xiaoxi ignored him until Li Mu started to rub her hand; she then pulled her hand away with a soft grunt and poked at Li Mu’s waist.

“Do you really not want me to massage you?” Li Mu suddenly said.

A picture of Li Mu massaging her thigh flashed in Lu Xiaoxi’s mind, and her face turned red as she shook her head vigorously, softly pouting, “Pervert.”

“Shh, there are a lot of people here.”

“Pervert!”

“You are also a pervert.”

“How am I a pervert?”

“Didn’t you hold my hand? And you were rubbing and pinching; that’s pretty perverted.” Li Mu naturally pulled her hand over, placing it on his leg, covering it with his hand, and rubbing her hand’s back with his thumb.

Lu Xiaoxi’s hand was very white; she had to get close to see the fine hairs on it. Li Mu’s thumb gently slid over the hairs without touching her skin, making Lu Xiaoxi feel a ticklish sensation.

“When did I hold your hand? It was clearly you who shamelessly wanted to hold mine, okay?”

“The action of force is mutual.” Li Mu demonstrated his perfect score in middle school physics.

“Your brain is full of fallacies and sophistry.” Lu Xiaoxi rolled her eyes, “By your logic, you are harassing me every day.”

“Oh.” Li Mu replied lightly, continuing to stroke her fine hairs.

“Why don’t you ask how you are harassing me?”

“I don’t want to ask.”

Lu Xiaoxi was about to die of anxiety; the words she wanted to say couldn’t come out, all because of this guy Li Mu.

Even if Li Mu didn’t want to ask, she had to say, “When I poke you, it’s equivalent to you poking me, so you are harassing me.”

“You’ve learned badly, and your skin has thickened.” Li Mu did not look up, playing with her fingers, pinching from the thumb to the pinky, squeezing each joint.

Lu Xiaoxi felt comfortable being pinched and allowed Li Mu to play with her little hand.

“Are you a hand fetishist?”

“No, I’m just lecherous.”

Lu Xiaoxi: “!”

Seeing the shocked expression on the little girl’s face, Li Mu laughed and defended himself, “Just kidding, I’m just a hand fetishist.”

“That’s even worse!” Lu Xiaoxi wanted to pull her hand back, fearing that someone might do something strange to her hand in his mind, but she only thought about it.

Being pinched by Li Mu felt good, and the little girl was about to melt.

After resting, the two of them headed to the final destination of the zoo—the panda garden.

No one could refuse a giant panda.

Lu Xiaoxi thought so.

As a national treasure, pandas were naturally the money tree of the zoo, and the panda garden had far more people than other areas.

Children liked tigers, lions, pythons, and crocodiles—animals with strong aggression, symbols of power.

In contrast, college students preferred cute things, like little pandas and giant pandas.

Upon arriving at the panda garden, Lu Xiaoxi was clearly much more excited; the sunset cast a glow on her face, and her eyelashes seemed to be coated with a layer of golden silk, so beautiful.

For safety reasons, the railings in the panda garden were very high, reaching Lu Xiaoxi’s chest. She leaned against the railing, looking at the giant pandas below.

Unlike in the videos, the giant pandas were all dirty, but their lazy demeanor was still very cute.

Lu Xiaoxi excitedly tugged at the corner of the boy’s shirt beside her, “Look, doesn’t it look like you, silly and clumsy?”

“I think it looks a lot like you, silly and cute.”

“You got it wrong; it should be cute and adorable.” She was not silly at all.

“Alright, our classmate Little Pig Lu is really too cute.” Li Mu’s gaze was very gentle, even he did not notice it.

“Li Mu, let’s take a photo together.”

“Okay, let’s make it look good.”

The two found a spot with fewer people, facing the sunset, leaving behind precious memories.

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