My Family Is Very Odd

"Then I'll come to find you after school! There's not enough time now. I'm going to eat." Li Xiao Gui said.

The Mirror Ghost was hand in hand with Li Xiao Gui, obediently, like a child, even though it was half a head taller than Li Xiao Gui when it stepped out of the mirror.

Its legs were long, straight, and slender, very beautiful. Li Xiao Gui inexplicably thought of what it had just said about being scouted and signed by a star scout.

It's a star ghost!

When Li Xiao Gui let go of its hand, the Mirror Ghost reflexively grabbed back. After making this move, Li Xiao Gui didn't react much, but it was startled by itself, took two steps back, and quickly said, "So-sorry! I just haven't held hands with anyone for a long time! And you were the one who held my hand first!"

Its tone was fierce, panicked, and hurried!

Li Xiao Gui: "Sorry, you don't like it?"

Looking at Li Xiao Gui's apologetic face, the Mirror Ghost felt even more panicked than the little girl, "No-no! It's just that I haven't held hands with anyone for a long time! You have to know that I'm a ghost! I've been dead for many years! When people see me, they either scream or run or scream and run, no one ever holds my hand! It's just a little… unusual!"

When it got nervous, it couldn't help but blurt out a long string of nonsense, but it didn't get to the point it wanted to say. It paused regretfully and added what it really wanted to say at the end of its firecracker-like speech: "I like it, holding hands."

It seemed casual, but it was what it really wanted to say.

Although it was a little embarrassing, it was afraid that if it didn't say it, it would never be able to hold hands again.

"Really?" Li Xiao Gui hesitantly took a step forward, reached out and took the Mirror Ghost's hand again, squeezing it through its clothes.

"Mm-hmm!" The Mirror Ghost's eyes darted left and right several times before it awkwardly fixed its gaze on Li Xiao Gui's face. Looking at Li Xiao Gui's expression, it slowly, silently squeezed back, and then "mm-hmm" again.

It was so nervous.

If the Mirror Ghost were human, its face would surely be red as a beet right now.

Such a soft touch, who wouldn't like it, the Mirror Ghost thought.

That long-lost feeling of holding hands.

Feeling the Mirror Ghost squeeze back, Li Xiao Gui confirmed that it wasn't reluctant and smiled with satisfaction. Her narrowed, smiling eyes and upturned face could make anyone who saw her feel her happiness.

The Mirror Ghost thought thankfully, it's a good thing it doesn't have a heartbeat anymore.

Li Xiao Gui whispered, "To tell you the truth, I have skin hunger."

The Mirror Ghost thought blankly: Ah, is that so, that's great.

Li Xiao Gui continued, "At home, I often hug my mom and dad, my brother, and my grandparents like this."

The Mirror Ghost: "Oh, oh."

Then it secretly glanced down at their connected hands: Then why am I just holding hands?

Its thoughts were full of vinegar and sourness!

"Then I'll see you after school, I'm leaving!" Li Xiao Gui squeezed the Mirror Ghost's hand again before letting go and leaving. When she reached the door, she turned around and waved at it again, "Bye! See you after school, Xia Xia!"

Li Xiao Gui said with a smile.

It wasn't until Li Xiao Gui had left the bathroom that the Mirror Ghost seemed to remember something and awkwardly waved back. It hadn't done this action in a long time, and it felt unfamiliar.

Then, after more than ten seconds, instead of crawling back into the mirror, it slowly took a step and stood in the patch of sunlight shining in from the window.

Its Yin Qi slowly decreased with the light, its soul and power becoming thinner. If it were before, it would feel uncomfortable.

But now, standing where Li Xiao Gui had just stood, the Mirror Ghost, who couldn't feel any warmth, let out a sigh, as if it was feeling the sunlight for the first time.

Has it… become human again?

How strange.

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Li Xiao Gui took out her phone as she walked. There were many messages on the second WeChat conversation from the top. Because Li Xiao Gui was used to setting her phone to silent, she hadn't noticed it just now.

Li Xiao Gui quickly reached out her finger and swiped up to check.

"Hey, are you there?"

"Did you fall into the toilet while going to the bathroom?"

"Is it serious? Let me know if you're okay."

"Shen Chen is next to me, checking his phone every ten seconds. Aren't you going to answer me?"

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And the latest one was a photo of Shen Chen looking at his phone, sent by Chen Yuanyuan.

Chen Yuanyuan, who had been taking pictures with cameras and phones since she was a child, had excellent photography skills. The composition, angle, and light captured Shen Chen's side profile as he sat, making it look like a movie canvas, handsome and straight.

Looking at Shen Chen's focused eyes staring at the phone, Li Xiao Gui suddenly panicked. She quickly replied with both hands that she was fine and would be there soon. Then, instead of dawdling, she trotted towards the agreed place.

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Chen Yuanyuan put down her phone and said to Shen Chen, "Xiao Gui said she's on her way."

Shen Chen's hand, which was subconsciously reaching for his phone, paused for a moment before he calmly picked it up and put it down again.

"Mm."

Chen Yuanyuan took a sip of her lemon tea. While waiting, she had almost finished the drink, and the straw made a gurgling sound.

She asked, "I'm saying, we're in college now, when are you going to come clean with Xiao Gui?"

"College is not like before. Just a week after school started, my classmate started dating a senior. And that senior is amazing, not everyone is like Xu Li, silly as a goose." Chen Yuanyuan chattered. She had grown up with them, and although she had eaten a lot of candy, she was tired of it and wanted to try something restricted.

Thinking about it, Chen Yuanyuan lowered her head and clicked on her phone's photo album. There were many photos of Li Xiao Gui and Shen Chen standing together, looking at each other, smiling. Youthful and beautiful.

Photographers like to capture beautiful things, and Li Xiao Gui and Shen Chen could be said to be her photographic enlightenment, as well as the peak of her campus photography. No one else could give her such beauty.

Looking at the photos and sipping her lemon tea, Chen Yuanyuan thought that she had practically filmed the development of a couple, a pure campus love story.

But recently she wanted to shoot something more… sensual. Like… kissing or something.

She felt that as both a CP fan and a photographer, she had encountered a bottleneck.

Hearing the two words Xu Li, Shen Chen's expression darkened, and he didn't speak.

The surroundings were very quiet. Just when Chen Yuanyuan thought he wouldn't speak, he said casually, "I said it once at graduation."

Chen Yuanyuan was surprised: "Huh?"

Shen Chen: "She didn't hear."

Chen Yuanyuan: "…"

After a while, Chen Yuanyuan couldn't help but say, "Then why don't you say it again!"

Shen Chen: "Military training, I couldn't bear to."

Chen Yuanyuan let out an "oh," thinking about it, it was indeed not a good opportunity to confess.

"Then when do you want to say it?"

Shen Chen looked straight ahead with an expressionless face, "I don't know. Besides, Xiao Gui doesn't feel that way yet."

Every time he looked at Li Xiao Gui's innocent and trusting eyes, Shen Chen didn't know how to continue. Headache.

Chen Yuanyuan: "She's so slow, maybe she's just not aware of it. If you don't say it, she'll never figure it out."

Shen Chen: "…" Headache.

Chen Yuanyuan was scrolling through Weibo when she came across a piece of news and suddenly smiled, "Speaking of which, there's a good opportunity, do you want it? Even if you don't confess, it's good to go on a date together."

Shen Chen didn't say anything. Chen Yuanyuan continued, "There's a meteor shower in two weeks, right here."

Shen Chen didn't say yes or no. At this time, there was a sound of footsteps coming from downstairs. Chen Yuanyuan quickly sped up her speech and made a quick decision, "It's settled then. I'll send you the specific time and place later. Make sure Xiao Gui goes, she loves this kind of stuff!"

As a reward, just take me with you, Chen Yuanyuan thought to herself, the little person holding a camera in her heart rubbing its hands together.

"I-I'm here!" Li Xiao Gui panted, catching her breath for a while before slowly walking over and sitting down next to them. The distance between them was neither too far nor too close, very even.

"Take your time, don't rush. I told you not to run so fast even if you're in a hurry, you might fall." Shen Chen patted Li Xiao Gui's back to help her catch her breath, subtly pulling the two of them closer together.

Chen Yuanyuan rolled her eyes and smiled. She couldn't suck any more lemon tea out of the cup, only a gurgling sound remained. She pulled out the straw and put the empty cup aside.

Shen Chen took out two boxes of strawberry milk from his bag. Because they always went out as a trio, Shen Chen had developed the habit of carrying two of everything in his bag, one for Xiao Gui and one for Chen Yuanyuan.

"Want some?" Shen Chen asked.

Her lemon tea was already gone, so Chen Yuanyuan naturally nodded. Shen Chen handed her the milk. Then he picked up the other box of strawberry milk, tore open the straw, inserted it, and handed it to Li Xiao Gui.

For some reason, this time Li Xiao Gui suddenly noticed Shen Chen's actions. She secretly glanced at Shen Chen's actions of opening the milk for her, then looked at Chen Yuanyuan who opened the milk for herself, and froze.

She nervously reached out her little paw to take the milk, her head lowered, like a little chick who had discovered a big secret and didn't know what to do.

Looking at Li Xiao Gui holding the pink box with both hands and obediently drinking the milk, Shen Chen rubbed the little chick's head.

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