A Young Woman's Heart

Hua Yinyin took the opportunity to grope her, but Li Wanyan remained expressionless, while Mo Xueyao looked at her as if she were an idiot.

That, on the contrary, made her lose interest immediately.

Humans are really strange.

The more he resisted, the more excited he became. Once he let her see and touch him completely, he no longer wanted to do anything strange.

However, Hua Yinyin still started making a fuss while taking a bath, like a monkey who never had a moment to spare.

Although it was okay to touch her a couple of times, she was just too noisy, forcing Mo Xueyao to resist a little, and the bath turned into a playful frolic in the tub.

"Cough, cough, cough—!" Hua Yinyin was about to ambush Mo Xueyao, but she accidentally slipped and fell in the bathtub, choking on several mouthfuls of bathwater. "Cough, vomit..."

"Serves you right for making a scene. Now you've choked, haven't you?"

“If it weren’t like this, it wouldn’t be Yinyin.” Li Wanyan’s brows relaxed as she spoke softly.

"That's it!"

"You still have the nerve to be so self-righteous... I wonder if you didn't choke to death!"

"Waaaaah, Yao Yao is so heartless... She actually tried to choke me to death... But, even if I die from being choked by Yao Yao's bathwater, I'll have no regrets!"

"Your life ideals are a bit too casual!"

"Whoosh! Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand!"

"Pfft, hahaha, cough cough cough..."

"Little Yaoyao, are you alright?"

"Flower—Silver—Silver—!"

……

Chapter Twenty: The renovation plan was put on the agenda.

"Huh? What? You guys went to Yinyin's house to celebrate her birthday yesterday? Because there's no 29 this year, you celebrated it a day early? Hmm—no, shouldn't everyone pretend not to know and then surprise Yinyin on the 28th?" On the first day of March, which was the morning after spending the night at Hua Yinyin's house yesterday, Lu Chengyuan was chatting with Xuan Anyi.

Now, whenever it's not during class time, she doesn't sit in her seat but goes to visit other girls.

Actually... I guess I still felt awkward, right?

After all, it hasn't been that long since the last Valentine's Day.

Even though they both pretended to be oblivious, they still felt very uncomfortable when they looked at each other.

“Even if we all pretend we don’t know, Hua Yinyin will still tell, right?” Xuan Anyi said with a light laugh.

"Yeah, right... I'll definitely be bringing my closest friends along—why didn't you invite me?"

"Hmm—there were so many people there, they probably forgot?"

"That wretched Yinyin, do I really hold such a low place in her heart?" Lu Chengyuan complained, half-jokingly.

At the classroom door, Lu Bolun staggered in, carrying his schoolbag, looking like he hadn't woken up yet.

Upon seeing him, Lu Chengyuan subconsciously clenched her teeth, her emotions a complex mix of feelings.

In girls' circles, gossip always spreads quickly, so even Xuan Anyi knew a bit about it: "How about we ask the homeroom teacher to change your seat?"

"No...it's too embarrassing."

Xuan Anyi sighed, "Well, anyway, as time goes by, I'll forget about it."

Morning reading time has already started. Since Hua Yinyin has to go to the band classroom, Li Wanyan or Cha Li are now leading the reading.

"Hoo..." Lu Chengyuan took a deep breath, walked to Lu Bolun's side, and glared at him with a complicated expression. Her seat was inside, and because it was by the window, she had to pass by him every time she wanted to get in...

Luberon pretended not to see anything, but still moved the chair forward to make room to walk.

“Idiot…” Lu Chengyuan muttered angrily, and it was unclear whether Lu Bolun heard her, but his expression was certainly not natural.

Perhaps it was precisely because she truly liked him that she didn't immediately slink away after being rejected.

Otherwise, Ye Wen would have already helped me change to a new seat.

Every day of hesitation was an inner struggle, but she wondered if Luberon could understand her feelings.

But people's patience is ultimately limited, and perhaps there will come a day when Lu Chengyuan will not be able to persevere.

Love between students is actually very simple, but in the eyes of adults, it has an incomprehensible complexity.

……

"Ahhh... Wan~ Yan~" Mo Xueyao, carrying a long and heavy electronic keyboard on her back, walked unsteadily with her hands hanging limply at her sides like rubber. "So heavy—"

Li Wanyan glanced at her sideways and held the plum blossom cake she had just bought from the roadside to her lips.

"Ah—mmm!" Mo Xueyao opened her mouth and took a big bite. "So sweet..."

"It's too sweet." She nodded. "I told you not to buy it."

"Because it's been rare to see people selling plum blossom cakes on the roadside lately... and they even give away two white magnolias, which I can put in my closet to scent my clothes."

Li Wanyan also found the plum blossom cake too sweet, so she simply ate it like candy—licking it little by little with her tongue.

I doubt we'll be able to finish it by the time we get home.

The sunset is the most memorable sight of the day, probably because it's a rare moment of freedom that I remember it so clearly.

The telephone poles cast long shadows, and the colors of the light shining on the eaves, beams, and ground were not exactly the same, but seemed to be a gradient from dark orange to light orange.

Cotton candy-like white clouds drifted slowly in the sky. I heard that it's hard to see such a beautiful sky in the most bustling big cities anymore.

"Ahhh... Wan~ Yan~" Mo Xueyao walked like a rubber doll that could melt at any moment, "So heavy!"

"I've said it several times already." Li Wanyan held the plum blossom cake to Yi's lips again, and the latter took a small bite as if it were a routine.

She put the unfinished plum blossom cake back into her schoolbag and held out her hand to Yi: "Give it to me."

"what?"

"Electronic keyboard".

"Cough! I... can hold on for a little while longer!" Mo Xueyao seemed to have been infused with some inexplicable strength, and suddenly straightened her back again. "But Teacher Qiu's zither is really heavy. Although it is indeed very useful, sigh, nothing is without its flaws!"

"Let's carry them together," Li Wanyan said softly, opening her palms.

"Hmm...where should I carry it? Sideways? Can I carry it?"

"enough."

"Hehe, let's do it together then, cough cough!" Mo Xueyao took the keyboard bag off her back a little embarrassedly, and then carried the single shoulder strap together with Li Wanyan.

Because the handles weren't very big, their hands were pressed tightly together, and their bodies were very close, as if they were glued together.

The dim sunset cast their shadows as long as telephone poles. A few sparrows perched on the wall, tilting their necks and watching the two humans walking so close together for some reason.

The fruit shop was very busy, and before Mo Xueyao could even say hello, her father called her over to help.

Someone here wants to buy fruit for the company. A box needs to contain apples, pears, strawberries, cherries, bananas, and tangerines.

Now that all the fruit has been weighed, it needs to be packed into small boxes one by one.

The reason for using boxes instead of fruit baskets is that the quantity is relatively large, and boxes are easier to stack.

On the other side, five or six people wanted to buy several bouquets of flowers. Some were for their girlfriends, some were for patients, and some were for their parents...

In addition, there are also occasional customers buying some fruit.

With their parents already incredibly busy, Mo Xueyao and Li Wanyan couldn't slack off either, so they joined in the hustle and bustle.

"So busy..." Mo Xueyao wiped the sweat from her forehead. It was completely dark now, and the shop had finally quieted down again. "Why are there so many customers today?"

"Business is good and you're still not happy? You've made quite a bit of money today." The father said with a satisfied smile. "I was too busy today, your mother didn't even have time to cook. Let Old Chen make some noodles later. Xiao Yao, go and tell Old Chen that I'd like a bowl of pork tripe noodles."

"Hmm, give me a bowl of tomato noodles. I'm too tired from being busy and don't have much of an appetite. Tell Old Chen to put less in the noodles," the mother added.

"Why is it me again? How did I end up doing all the manual labor?" Mo Xueyao rolled her eyes and muttered, rubbing her back. Only then did she realize that she had been so busy that she hadn't even put down her schoolbag.

Around 7 o'clock, there weren't many customers left at the noodle shop. The busiest time for dinner had passed, and Old Chen was leisurely squatting at the door smoking.

Chen Cheng was leaning on Zhuang Lianlian's shoulder, lazily watching her play the cheap game console that Mo Xueyao had given her—the one she won in the lottery last time, which could play games like Sokoban and Tetris.

"Old Chen!" Mo Xueyao called out without any respect, "Make us some noodles! I've been too busy today to cook."

"Alright, what would you like to eat?"

"Tomato noodles, pork tripe noodles, I... how about pork liver noodles? What about Wanyan?"

"Pickled mustard tuber and shredded pork noodles will do."

"Hey, why are you eating something so cheap... Let's eat something better, how about beef noodles?"

"Need not."

"Haha, then let's have a bowl of mushroom, shredded pork, and tofu noodles, that's delicious too!"

"Okay, let's give Wanyan this!" Mo Xueyao made the decision for her.

After cooking a bowl of noodles, Mo Xueyao took it to the shop. By the time she finished cooking, her parents had already finished eating.

But that's fine too, at least the small table won't feel too crowded.

"Slurp—" Mo Xueyao slurped up a mouthful of noodles, splashing soup everywhere. "This bowl was made by Lianlian, and it tastes even better than before!"

"Yeah."

"Was that bowl of food made by Old Chen, Wanyan?"

"Ah."

"Shall I try some? Let's see which one tastes better?"

"Okay." Li Wanyan nodded and pushed her bowl of noodles over.

"Hmm—not as good as mine, but the tofu is quite delicious."

"Does Yaoyao like tofu?"

"Is it alright? It depends on how you prepare it." Mo Xueyao put some pork liver from her bowl into Li Wanyan's bowl. "Let's swap some. You can have the pork liver, and in return, we can have some mushrooms and tofu!"

"it is good."