Chapter 186: Now a College Student
After sending off the university leaders, Mo Ziyang started handling the moving of furniture and luggage.
As for Lin Muxi, since her arms and legs were slim and weak, Mo Ziyang didn’t let her help with the heavy work. Instead, he gave her his phone and asked her to take care of things like university registration, joining the class group chat, and paying the tuition fees.
Even though people often say “men and women working together don’t feel tired,” in the end, it was still Mo Ziyang who did all the heavy work. By the time the whole morning had passed, Lin Muxi was sitting comfortably in the dorm, relaxed and scrolling on the phone, while Mo Ziyang was lying on the sofa completely exhausted. His arms, especially from moving furniture, were still sore.
Unlike the regular six-person dorms for undergraduates, the graduate dorms were designed like small apartments, with two bedrooms and a living room.
In terms of size and decoration, it was even nicer than Lin Muxi’s old rental apartment. It didn’t look like a dorm at all, it felt more like a cozy home.
Lin Muxi was more than satisfied with this dorm. After joining the class group and seeing the difference compared to the normal student dorms, she even felt like she wasn’t here to study, but to enjoy life.
At this moment, as Mo Ziyang finally recovered a little while sitting on the sofa, he turned to look at Lin Muxi, who was smiling brightly while looking around, and asked:
“How is it? Do you like it here?”
“Of course! Just look at the difference between here and the other students’ dorms.”
Lin Muxi sat down beside him, showing him the dorm pictures her classmates had sent in the group chat. Her eyes were full of joy.
Seeing her so happy, Mo Ziyang lovingly rubbed her head. But before he could react, Lin Muxi suddenly threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly.
Feeling her little head rubbing against his chest, Mo Ziyang showed a happy smile. He didn’t know what was going on, but he still gently stroked her hair to comfort her.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing… it’s just, everything feels so unbelievable. I can’t believe… we’re really in university now, and we’re even living together.”
When she said this, Lin Muxi stopped rubbing against him, raised her head, and gave him a very sweet smile. Her clear eyes seemed to shine like stars as she looked at him.
This was the first time today, while being alone with him, that Lin Muxi openly shared her true feelings.
“Thank you… thank you, Mo Ziyang. No—thank you, hubby~”
Hearing that, Mo Ziyang turned his head slightly in embarrassment, but the smile at the corner of his lips was so bright it could almost reach the sky.
Letting Lin Muxi act spoiled in his arms for a while, he looked around at the furniture that had been placed but not yet cleaned and said,
“Alright, it’s almost done. Let’s clean up a bit and then go eat.”
“Okay!”
Getting up quickly from his arms, Lin Muxi gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before running off to grab a broom. That left Mo Ziyang sitting on the sofa, still touching his cheek in a daze.
During the cleaning, since she knew her good bro had already worked hard moving everything, Lin Muxi didn’t let him sweep or mop. Instead, she gave him a wet cloth to wipe the tables and chairs.
As for herself, she took care of the heavier work like mopping and sweeping. Even when Mo Ziyang said he was fine and wanted to help, she still refused.
So after he finished wiping down the furniture, he had nothing else to do. He sat on the sofa with his phone, watching his little wife seriously doing housework.
She looked just like a young wife at home, working hard on chores while waiting for her husband to come back from work.
In a daze, Mo Ziyang even felt that maybe this was what his married life with silly little Lin Muxi would be like in the future.
As his thoughts drifted there, the more he looked at his little wife doing housework in front of him, the more he liked her. He even had the sudden urge to sneak up from behind and hug her.
It wasn’t until Lin Muxi finished cleaning, put away the mop and broom, and walked over to wave her hand in front of him that Mo Ziyang snapped out of his thoughts. With a gentle look, he reached out and pinched her cute and delicate little face.
This sudden pinch made Lin Muxi’s face turn slightly red. She quickly stepped back a little and asked, half annoyed.
“What were you thinking about… with that expression just now?”
Facing his wife’s question, Mo Ziyang didn’t avoid it. Instead, he answered calmly.
“Just now, watching you clean the room made me start looking forward to our married life in the future.”
“Wha… what? What married life?”
Lin Muxi froze for a moment, then her cheeks turned red at a speed visible to the eye. She looked at Mo Ziyang with disbelief, then suddenly seemed to realize something, and hurriedly tried to defend herself.
“I-I-I… I was just worried you were too tired, that’s all! What nonsense are you imagining?”
But to Mo Ziyang, the more she explained, the weaker her words sounded. The smile on his face grew stronger as he looked at her.
That feeling, like all her little thoughts were being seen through, made Lin Muxi’s face burn even redder. Her two little hands fidgeted nervously, not knowing where to put them.
“I-I… fine, you win!”
In the end, not knowing how else to argue, Lin Muxi admitted defeat. Her face was burning hot with shame as she stood there helplessly like a lost child, until Mo Ziyang pulled her hand and drew her into his arms.
“With our relationship now, you don’t need to keep pretending to be tough, right?”
Hearing his gentle voice, Lin Muxi, whose face was full of shyness, buried herself into his chest. After a short silence, she whispered in a very soft voice.
“Then… marry me soon… I don’t want to wait too long…”
“It won’t be long at all.”
As if answering his little wife in his arms, Mo Ziyang stroked her head and spoke softly. After that, his tone shifted back to normal, like nothing had happened.
“Alright, since we’re done here, let’s go eat. Do you want to eat out or at campus?”
“A-at… at campus.”
After lingering in his arms for a moment, Lin Muxi pulled herself together, stood up again, tidied her slightly messy skirt, and avoided his gaze nervously.
Mo Ziyang didn’t know why, but looking at Lin Muxi at that moment, he felt that in the past two or three days, his little wife had changed a little.
He couldn’t say exactly what had changed, but it seemed like she was cuter and clingier than before. And maybe it was his imagination, but she also seemed a bit bolder.
“What are you staring at me for? If you’re ready, let’s go. I’m hungry…”
Seeing her good bro staring at her like he was lost in thought, Lin Muxi awkwardly reminded him.
Coming back to his senses, Mo Ziyang smiled, stood up, and held her soft little hand.
“Let’s go, time to eat.”