Savage Addiction

Ning You had many vague guesses about Li Mu.

Maybe his career was not going well and his business failed, so he wanted to go back to the mountains and forests.

Or maybe he was emotionally frustrated and his wife was separated, so he wanted to escape from the world.

But none of these speculations can withstand scrutiny, because Li Mu uses a LaMarzocco coffee machine and drives a Ford Raptor worth hundreds of thousands, no matter how he looks at it, he doesn't look like a loser.

The vague guesses gradually became concrete, and when Ning You ruled out all the impossibilities, there was only one possibility left——Li Mu's family was well-off, and the reason why he came to be a forest ranger was purely because he wanted to.

Originally, Ning You didn't expect Li Mu to answer personal questions, but unexpectedly, Li Mu said for the first time, "For the sake of environmental protection, do you believe it?"

The tone of his words didn't sound like a joke, and the logic of his answer couldn't be faulted, but the question at the end of the sentence made Ning You very puzzled.

"Why don't you believe it?" Ning You asked strangely.

"Because it's ridiculous." Li Mu looked straight ahead of the road, "Environmental protection is just a slogan in the eyes of most people."

Ning You slowly figured out what Li Mu said.

When a person does something, his purpose often has the universal value recognized by the society.It looks ridiculous when one's motivation is "for the mission" or "for the glory" because society doesn't share those two values.

Li Mu said that environmental protection is just a slogan, just like an empty mission and glory. Most people don’t take the concept of environmental protection to heart in their daily life, let alone come to remote border areas to guard forests for environmental protection. .

"I don't find it ridiculous." Ning You looked at Li Mu seriously and said, "I think you are amazing."

Li Mu didn't answer.

Ning You continued: "Our family also donates to the Environmental Protection Fund every year."

As soon as the words fell, Li Mu laughed, Ning You was slightly taken aback, and asked, "What's so funny?"

"That's why I said that environmental protection is just a slogan in the eyes of most people." Li Mu glanced at Ning You lightly, "As long as human beings continue to develop, it is impossible to live in harmony with nature."

Ning You heard the subtext in Li Mu's words - donating money does not mean being friendly to the environment.

He argued unwillingly: "Of course human beings can live in harmony with nature."

"Then let me ask you—" Li Mu said.

Hearing this sentence, Ning You tensed his back unconsciously, because Li Mu also said the same line in the discussion about civilization last time, and he was left speechless when asked.

"How can human beings develop without exploiting natural resources?" Li Mu asked.

"We can develop to a limited extent." Ning You said.

"It's a joke to have a limit. Will it not pollute the environment within the limit?"

"It won't be so polluted..."

"So the premise of environmental protection is not to hinder the development of human beings." Li Mudao, "As long as interests are involved, who cares about environmental protection."

Ning You found that he really couldn't win against Li Mu.

This person is so transparent, whether it is social norms or human development, he can always point to the essence of the matter, and Ning You is too choked to refute.

"So you are an environmentalist." Ning You concluded.

"No." Li Mu said, "I can still drive when I need to, and I won't stop you from using supermarket plastic bags. As I said, the premise of environmental protection is not to conflict with human interests, so I The premise of doing environmental protection is not to make me too inconvenient.”

"...I understand." Ning You looked at Li Mu thoughtfully, "You are making some contributions to environmental protection, but if there is a conflict between environmental protection and your needs, you will still put your own needs first. The first one."

In short, an atypical environmentalist, unconstrained by dogmatism and free to be as he pleases.

"That's right." Li Mu looked at Ning You in surprise, he didn't expect Ning You to understand so quickly.

"But why?" Ning You said again, "You must have a chance to do these things."

Li Mu didn't want to have a deep chat at first, but somehow he got to this level.Speaking of which, he has been away from home for so long and has never met anyone who can share his insights, so he said to Ning You for the first time: "Because the business at home is not friendly to the environment."

"Ah?" This answer was beyond Ning You's expectation, "Then haven't you thought about making some changes?"

"How to change?" Li Mu said, "I am not in charge of the company."

Ning You has a deep understanding of this point, he also has to obey his parents' arrangements in the company.Thinking of this, he couldn't help asking Li Mu, "What does your family do?"

This time Li Mu didn't answer any more.

Ning You knew that Li Mu didn't like to talk about his personal affairs, so he didn't continue to ask, but he had a deeper understanding of Li Mu - this person is not only transparent, but also very free and easy, and he can't understand the behavior of his family , he ran out by himself and did his environmental protection business as he wanted.

I have to say, it's kind of cool.

After returning to the mountain, Li Mu didn't go out again. He took out a long-handled ax from the place where the farm equipment was kept, and chopped firewood in a corner of the courtyard.

At first, Ning You thought it was strange that the cabin used an induction cooker and an electric water heater, and there was no need to use firewood, but after observing secretly for a while, he found that Li Mu was comparing the length of the wood, and then he realized that the wood was Used to build shower enclosures.

Obviously working is a good way to vent your emotions, and Ning Youguang felt very relieved watching Li Mu chopping wood with an axe.

Not long after, Li Mu took off his plaid shirt, leaving only a white vest on his upper body.

Every time he swung the axe, the muscles in his back would be pulled; every time he struck hard, his strong arms would rise and relax.

Thick sweat trickled down his neck, and heavy panting escaped from his lips.

Ning You pretended to come to the kitchen to wash the cups, and poked out half of his head to peek at Li Mu. The scene in front of him coincided with his initial guess—here was a dirty and sexy lumberjack.

No no no.

Ning You quickly waved away the unrealistic imagination in her mind.

Li Mu is just purely dirty, how could he have anything to do with sexiness?

After chopping firewood, Li Mu went back to the cabin and took his towel.

Ning You looked at the shiny cup in his hand, and suddenly felt that it was not cleaned, so he came to the kitchen again, and looked out the window intentionally or unintentionally.

However, the expected picture did not appear. Li Mu didn't take a shower, but simply scrubbed it with a towel.

An inexplicable disappointment welled up in her heart, and Ning You returned to the living room at the right time before Li Mu entered the room.

Dinner is still a simple home-cooked meal, Li Mu cooks and Ning You washes the dishes.

The temperature in Xinjiang dropped rapidly at night, Ning You took the clothes that were drying outside the house into the house, put them on a small bench and put them on the heater to bake.Except for the trousers, which are still a little wet, the underwear and short sleeves are almost dry.

Li Mu was leaning on the lazy sofa in the living room, holding a copy of "Postpartum Care of Cows".

He doesn't reject having another breathing creature in his home, because Ning You is very quiet, and won't chat with him awkwardly, but just lies on the side and writes and draws intently.

only……

Those two little legs dangling back and forth are really distracting.

After a while, Li Mu put down the book in his hand, looked at Ning You and asked, "What are you drawing?"

"The circuit diagram of your house." Ning You looked up and looked at Li Mu, "I can optimize it for you."

"Really." Li Mu casually glanced at Ning You's manuscript, but didn't take it seriously.

"That's right." Ning You said again, "Can I have a glass of milk before going to bed later?"

Drinking milk before going to bed can help you sleep. Ning You remembered that Li Mu brought back a large bottle of processed fresh milk from elementary school in the morning.

"Are you a kid?" Li Mu looked at the book in his hand, and casually said, "Heat it yourself."

After finishing speaking, he paused, and added: "Don't heat it directly with a pan, pour it into a cup and heat it over water."

Before going to bed, Ning You drank a cup of mellow and rich hot milk.

The milk in Xinjiang is really delicious, with a strong milky aroma, it is full of happiness when you drink it, and it tastes better than any milk Ning You has ever had in other countries.

After finally washing the cup in a serious manner, Ning You put on her dry underwear, turned off the light in the room at the entrance, and trotted into the bed.

He wrapped the quilt on the left and right sides, and said to Li Mu in the dark: "Good night, Li Mu."

The cabin fell completely silent, and Li Mu's response sounded after a while: "Good night."

Ning You quickly fell asleep, not tossing and turning like last night.But after an unknown amount of time, a colic woke him up from his sleep.

He clutched his stomach and curled up into a ball, feeling an ominous premonition in his heart.After gritting his teeth for a while, he couldn't bear it anymore, got up from the bed, and shook Li Mu's arm vigorously.

"Li Mu, wake up quickly."

Li Mu on the bed was soundly asleep, he opened his eyes half asleep, and asked in a hoarse voice, "What's wrong?"

"My stomach hurts." Ning You said, "It should be milk."

Ning You has mild lactose intolerance, and his symptoms are miraculous. If he drinks milk every day, his stomach will be fine, but if he doesn’t drink it for a while, he may have diarrhea when he drinks it again.

This time, he didn't drink it for only one day. After thinking about it, it should be that the fresh milk is very high in various nutrients, which caused his stomach to feel uncomfortable.

"Let's go outside and solve it." Li Mu thought it was something urgent, and closed his eyes again, "I don't know anything."

"No!" Ning You shook Li Mu's arm desperately, "Can you take me to the bathroom down the mountain?"

No one likes to be disturbed, Li Mu frowned and propped up his upper body, and said to Ning You: "In essence, there is no difference between human excrement and animal excrement. By the next morning, your excrement will be covered with fallen leaves." Cover, you can't even remember where you pulled in-"

"shut up!!!"

What shit is not shit, Ning You is about to go crazy.

Li Mu was taken aback by the yelling, but he became sober.He didn't expect the white swan to be vicious when angry, just like the big white swan whose fighting power is over the top.

But after Ning You yelled this sentence, her tone softened again, and she said in a crying voice: "Li Mu, I beg you, take me to the bottom of the mountain, okay, you want me to relieve my big hands in the wild, you might as well let me die .”

Li Mu simply found it unbelievable, as for dying or living for a piece of shit?

Five minutes later, a pickup truck galloped through the woods at night, and the two lights looked particularly abrupt under the starry sky.

Li Mu was really depressed, this was the most inexplicable use of his precious gasoline - sending the little fairy to the village to shit in the middle of the night.