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Chapter 76: Cat Ear Hair Accessories

Lu Xiaoxi ran to the side of Li Mu, revealing half of her body, making a “peace” gesture with both hands beside Li Mu’s head, smiling happily.

Li Mu held up his phone with one hand and made a checkmark gesture with the other, pushing the flesh on his face upwards, looking super silly.

“You see, you’re so stupid,” Lu Xiaoxi said, unable to hide the smile at the corners of her mouth as she looked at the photo on her phone.

She really liked this kind of photo; she wanted to print it out, frame it, hang it in her room, and put a big one in the living room, just like a wedding photo style.

?

Lu Xiaoxi came to her senses, shook her head, and shook off those strange thoughts.

“Send it to me when you get back; I’ll show it to my mom.”

“Why send it to Aunt Su? She might think you and I are on a date.”

“Isn’t it?”

“Not really… at most it’s half a date; essentially, we just went out to have fun, don’t get it wrong.”

“Okay, okay, everything is half a date then, half of me and half of you on a date.”

“Ugh, you’re so disgusting!”

Lu Xiaoxi thought of some scenes from horror movies, her small body shivered, feeling a chill.

“I’m just teasing you; look at you being so timid, yet you still want to watch horror movies. You probably wouldn’t even dare to watch unedited horror movie commentaries.”

“Mind your own business.”

“The main thing is I want my mom to know that I’ve gone out to have fun; otherwise, she would always think I’m just at home playing games,” Li Mu said honestly; he really thought that way.

Lu Xiaoxi hesitated for a moment and nodded her small head.

They had basically seen the entire zoo.

From childhood to adulthood, from common animals to national treasures, none were missed.

Except for the stinky monkey mountain, everywhere else was fun.

The super big sea turtles, super big rhinos, and super big elephants were much more impactful in person than in videos.

The only downside was that they couldn’t see the panda cubs; those big pandas were so lazy, lying around and pooping for half an hour, just waiting to clock out.

They left the zoo on a sightseeing car.

“Does your waist and legs still hurt?” Li Mu asked with concern.

He couldn’t let her delicate waist get hurt.

“I’m not that fragile.”

“You’re a fragile college student.”

“Ah, hurry up and go back; I want to take a shower.” Lu Xiaoxi looked at the sky; it was already dark, and the streetlights were lit up in rows, while the small carts started their business.

The small carts here not only sold snacks but also various accessories and toys. There were even coloring ceramic elephants from childhood.

When passing by a small cart that sold accessories, Li Mu stopped in his tracks.

The accessories on the small cart were dazzling.

Li Mu spotted a white cat ear headband.

He wanted to put it on the small girl and then touch her “cat ears.”

On the first day of living together, he couldn’t believe how girls changed as they grew up, and he even asked Lu Xiaoxi to transform into a cat girl for him to touch.

Later, when he thought about borrowing money from Lu Xiaoxi, he only wanted her to wear the cat ears.

In a sense, he was staying true to his original intention and remembering his mission.

“Li Mu, what are you looking at?” Lu Xiaoxi saw him stop in front of a stall and turned back.

Following his gaze, she also saw the beautiful accessories, her eyes lighting up.

“Do you two want to buy accessories? College students starting a business, all handmade!” The owner was a young girl.

“Do you want to buy it? I’ll buy it for you,” Li Mu scanned the code in advance; once he finished buying, he could directly input the amount and send it over.

“I didn’t want to buy it at first, but since you said so, I’ll buy one,” Lu Xiaoxi giggled, starting to pick out her favorite accessories.

She chose a hair tie with a fluffy white pom-pom; it would look great with her little ponytail.

“I want this one.”

“Just this?”

“Yeah, I have a lot of hair ties already.”

“Okay, boss, just these two,” Li Mu quickly took down the cat ears he had already set his sights on from the cart.

“Two for twenty-one yuan; do you want a bag?”

“Yes, I scanned it.”

Li Mu’s checkout speed was astonishing.

Lu Xiaoxi realized too late; she hadn’t seen clearly what Li Mu was holding earlier and was a bit dazed. Now that she saw it clearly, she was completely taken aback.

Cat ear headband?!

She didn’t believe Li Mu would wear such a thing; there was only one possibility—this was for her!

Once they were away from the stall, Lu Xiaoxi angrily grabbed Li Mu, snatched the bag from his hand, and held it up in front of him, “What else do you want to say?”

“What what?”

“Don’t pretend to be confused!” Lu Xiaoxi took out the cat ear hair accessory.

She would never wear such a thing; it was too weird!

“Uh, I said I wanted to wear it myself; do you believe me?”

“Do you have that kind of strange hobby?” Lu Xiaoxi distanced herself from him in disgust.

“Uh, haha, I… uh, actually wanted to give it to someone.”

“I don’t want it.”

“I didn’t say it was for you.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiaoxi’s heart tightened.

She suddenly felt a bit flustered; there better not be any other girls around Li Mu, or else… or else she wouldn’t be his childhood sweetheart anymore, not even half!

“Hehe, I wanted to give it to the childhood sweetheart half of you,” Li Mu said with a grin, striding over, and took Lu Xiaoxi’s delicate little hand again, playing with it in his palm.

“…Then I’ll keep this for now,” Lu Xiaoxi said quietly, her face turning red, pouting.

It was just a simple cat ear hair accessory, something that appeared in many videos, but thinking about wearing it for Li Mu made her feel it was full of romantic meaning.

So embarrassing.

By the time they got home, it was already past ten.

After playing all day, Li Mu was exhausted; Lu Xiaoxi didn’t need to say much, directly collapsing on the sofa, wriggling like a caterpillar, finally lying flat on the sofa.

“I started boiling water at noon; you go take a shower first,” Lu Xiaoxi said weakly; her waist and legs were a bit sore and needed to relax.

“You exposed yourself,” Li Mu said, looking at her thighs that were revealed due to her changing position, unable to take his eyes off.

The sound of swallowing saliva was particularly noticeable in the hall.

“Li Mu!” Lu Xiaoxi immediately sat up, adjusted her skirt, and used two pillows to cover her thighs, her face turning even redder.

“I didn’t see anything; don’t say nonsense.”

Li Mu turned his head in embarrassment and quickly ran into the bathroom.

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