A Young Woman's Heart

"She's all skin and bones, it's not comfortable to hold her. Lele should eat more." Hua Yinyin waved her hand. "Everyone likes girls with some meat on their bones, right, Xiao Yaoyao!"

"Although you're right, I don't want to agree with you..." Mo Xueyao had already put on the dress. She lowered her head and turned around. "How is it? Does it fit me?"

"It's pretty good, but this outfit seems a bit small, and my chest feels... so stuffy..." Hua Yinyin took a deep breath and muttered softly, "Do I have to wear an XL?"

"Big-breasted monster!"

"Is Lele just envious and jealous?"

"No way!"

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Chapter Three: Xiaoxi's Voice

"Hmph, I knew you'd all be here!" With the sound of keys turning, Mo Zhuyou poked her head in from outside the door. "Hey, where did you get those long skirts? New school uniforms?"

"Yes, let the class monitor send it to you... Oh, the class monitor is here, not downstairs." Wang Jiale slapped her forehead, tilted her head, and stuck out her pink little tongue.

"Class monitor~ I want one too~"

"I'll go downstairs with you." Li Wanyan, who had already changed her clothes, nodded gently and smoothed out the wrinkles on her skirt.

"Anyway, I didn't bring my electronic keyboard today, let's go downstairs!" Mo Xueyao immediately followed, and Wang Jiale and Hua Yinyin exchanged a glance and came out as well.

"Good morning, Xiaoxiao!" As soon as she returned to the classroom, Wang Jiale waved vigorously and shouted to Mo Xiaoxiao in her seat. After not seeing each other for a month, the relationship between them seemed to have become even closer.

What is there to say?

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Although it's not quite appropriate to use it here...

Good morning, long time no see!

"Oh, right! We took our dresses from those boxes. Just find your size... and then have the class monitor write it down."

As time went by, the classroom gradually became lively.

Mo Xueyao didn't change her clothes back. She just sat in her seat wearing the dress, leisurely watching her classmates joke and play around.

The girls always seemed to subtly like to gather around her, even though she could never join in on their conversations...

The sky outside brightened a bit, but there was no bright sunshine.

The weather forecast said it would be cloudy today, and it seems that was correct.

Wang Jiale was chattering away with Lu Chengyuan, while Mo Zhuyou was dragged to the back by Hua Yinyin to look at her strange comics. Li Wanyan was also quizzing Cha Li on English vocabulary.

Mr. Xue sat alone in his seat, fiddling with a humanoid robot that was barely maintaining its balance, but it would fall to the ground if it encountered even the slightest obstacle.

A group of boys surrounded him, watching and occasionally bursting into exclamations of amazement.

Although she didn't participate in other people's conversations, Mo Xueyao felt that the noisy environment was very reassuring.

She's a bit of a strange person. When she's quiet, she likes to chat with people, but when she's surrounded by noise, she prefers to be alone and quietly daydream.

It seems that for her, finding tranquility amidst the noise is an interesting thing.

She rested her chin on her hand and looked out at the corridor. Many students were coming and going. Some were carrying backpacks and had just arrived at school. Others were going to the toilet or the convenience store in groups. Occasionally, she could see groups of boys heading to the playground. Judging from the basketball in the leader's hand, she knew what they were going to do.

"Thump, thump." Some people couldn't wait and started dribbling basketballs in the corridor.

A passing teacher immediately shouted, "Don't play ball in the hallway!"

On the first day of school, many people seemed overly excited, as if they wanted to release all the energy they had accumulated over the past month at once.

Duanmu Ji bumped into the boy he often played with, and both of them fell flat on their faces.

However, this did not lead to any argument. The two of them laughed happily and helped each other to their feet.

A gentle spring breeze swept by, lifting a few fallen cherry blossom petals, which danced gracefully in the air before drifting in through the window and landing on the windowsill beside Mo Xueyao.

The fresh air, filled with the scent of flowers, made her take a deep breath.

The cherry blossoms bloomed exceptionally early this year.

In previous years, it usually opened in March or April, but now it's only the end of February.

Normally, the most vibrant flowers at this time should be the peach blossoms and plum blossoms...

"Look, it's Xiaoxi here." Mo Zhuyou, who was lying on Wang Jiale's table, suddenly whispered and pointed to Huang Yuxi, who was walking slowly from the corridor in the distance.

"Her hair seems to have grown quite a bit? It looks like she's had it styled." Mo Xueyao also leaned on the table, tilting her head to look towards the door.

"He's become even more beautiful..." Ye Banxia whispered with a hint of jealousy, "He's clearly a boy, yet he's prettier than a girl... Waaah..."

Xuan Anyi nodded in agreement: "She's a child whose gender makes people incredibly suspicious."

"Little Xi~" Mo Xueyao waved her hand high in the air before he even entered the door, "How was your winter vacation!"

"I heard she went to Japan." Hua Yinyin flipped over the table from the seat behind her and lay on top of Mo Xueyao. "That naughty little Yaoyao, she didn't even give me such a warm welcome when I came here!"

Mo Xueyao rolled her eyes, about to tease her, but hesitated before finally saying seriously, "Because I knew you would greet me first."

"Hmph, of course, but what if I don't hit it?"

"Then they'd ask what's wrong, whether you're feeling unwell or something. You wouldn't not say hello unless it was something like that, right?"

"Little Yaoyao really knows me well!" Hua Yinyin seemed to have received approval, hugging Mo Xueyao's neck and rubbing her cheek vigorously.

"Tsk tsk, Yinyin is really clingy to Xiaoyao." Lu Chengyuan clicked her tongue and also gathered at the classroom door. "Oh ho, Xiaoxi!"

A group of people were gathered at the classroom door, chatting with Mo Xueyao. But to Huang Yuxi, it seemed as if they had all planned to welcome him together, which made him feel flattered and take a half step back.

A strand of soft hair fell from his forehead, and he slightly opened his mouth.

No one expected him to say anything; they were just curious about what he would write on the whiteboard.

Surprisingly, his voice actually came from that small, innocent mouth: "Hello, everyone, it's been a long time!"

Led by Mo Xueyao, the people closest to him were instantly stunned, and the other students in the class seemed to sense something and fell silent instantly.

Five seconds passed before Liu Xiaowei finally couldn't help but ask, "Damn, is it the principal or the dean of students?"

"I don't know..." Zhou Yong shook his head blankly as the girl on the other side suddenly fell silent.

"Wow—!!" Wang Jiale exclaimed first, her voice becoming somewhat shrill when she was excited, almost piercing the ears. "Xiao Xi can talk!!!"

"Mmm-hmm!" Mo Xueyao was also extremely excited, even happier than if she had won the lottery.

"What...?" Zhou Yong wondered if he had heard correctly. "Holy crap, Wang Jiale said Huang Yuxi can talk?"

"real or fake?"

"Come on, let's go see!" Gao Yuan immediately put his arm around the two brothers and followed them inside to join in the fun.

"What... happened?" Seeing more and more people gathering around, Huang Yuxi took a half step back in fear.

"Look, it really spoke!"

"Xiao Xi, say it again!" Mo Xueyao patted his shoulder hard, so hard that the latter's body swayed a few times.

Huang Yuxi nodded blankly, her pupils slowly regaining focus, as if she understood what was going on.

A bright smile spread across his face, and he said in a clear, youthful voice, "Hello everyone, I can speak now!"

Although he speaks slowly and deliberately, and his pronunciation is not very clear, he can still have daily conversations.

"Your aphasia is cured?" Mo Xueyao asked in surprise.

"Okay! One o'clock, let's go to Japan, Tongjue... take me to see a doctor!"

"You went to Japan during winter break? No wonder, I heard the medical facilities there are excellent."

"The key is to have money." Hua Yinyin patted Wang Jiale's head. "But, Xiao Xi actually went to Japan, and with Sanhua Tongjue no less. Did she do both things she shouldn't and shouldn't have done?"

"What?" Wang Jiale was stunned, seemingly not quite understanding.

Mo Xueyao cleared her throat heavily: "Ahem! Yinyin, don't talk nonsense."

"Xiao Xi's voice is quite nice, tell me more about it later." Cha Li, who was standing in front, couldn't help but pinch his cheek. "His skin is still so smooth..."

"I want to touch it too! I want to touch it too!"

"I want me too!"

"Boys are not allowed to touch!"

"Why should I? Xiaoxi is a boy, so it's not your girls who can't touch her!"

"But Xiaoxi looks like a girl! Touching him is bullying him!"

"Damn it, isn't touching me considered bullying?"

"Girls are all very gentle!"

"Look at Tian Xinnan next to me and say it again?"

"Damn it, what are you saying, Liu Xiaowei, you idiot!" Tian Xinnan cursed angrily in her voice, which was much deeper than that of an average girl.

"Wait, wait!" Gao Yuan raised his hand high. "Xiao Xi can talk now! This is a day worth celebrating! I'll treat the whole class to Coke! Liu Xiaowei, quick, buy me two cases of Coke!"

"Damn, I'm going alone?"

"Here'll give you money for your escape!"

"Uh, I'll go too, cough." Zhou Yong touched his nose with one hand and raised his hand somewhat embarrassedly.

"It's okay, it's okay, I can manage on my own."

"You're good now? Weren't you not good just now?" Li Hongran couldn't help but laugh and scold.

Huang Yuxi's smile was brighter than the sunshine. He bowed deeply, then looked up and exclaimed happily, "Thank you so much for your concern! I will say more!"

He always misses a few words when he speaks, perhaps it's a symptom of his aphasia not being fully recovered, but it's still much better than not being able to say a word at all.

"This is the best news for the start of school." Mo Zhuyou was genuinely happy for Huang Yuxi. "Xiaoxi and her brother have been relying on each other for survival. Now that she has regained her speech, she should have fewer troubles in her life and won't have to depend on her brother all the time."

"Yes, today is a really nice day." Mo Xueyao took a deep breath and felt that the air was as sweet as cake.

Soon, Liu Xiaowei and Zhou Yong returned carrying a case of Coke and a case of Sprite. Gao Yuan, who was rich and powerful, always kept his word in this regard. Thanks to Huang Yuxi, all the students in the class could enjoy a bottle of Coke or Sprite.

For most students of this era, this was a rare luxury.