A Young Woman's Heart

“That way I can hug you whenever I want, but not now, you’re Tongjue’s boyfriend.” Wang Jiale stepped aside with some regret. “She’s so cute… I really want to hug her, like a little animal.”

"You...you look just like me..."

Two adorable little animals complimented each other on their cuteness, making the air seem to turn a lovely orange hue.

……

(Fives)

Wearing a girls' school uniform, Huang Yuxi didn't look like a boy at all.

Along the way, the boys from other classes only glanced at him a few times, after all, pretty girls always attract attention.

As for the issue of having a flat chest...

Wang Jiale next to her is a real girl. If she doesn't count as a girl, then she probably has to be excluded from the 'girlhood' category.

He carefully stepped into the classroom, like a model on a runway, always placing his back foot where his front foot had been.

There was only a brief moment of silence before the entire class erupted in excitement.

The ones who egged them on the most were Gao Yuan and Liu Xiaowei and a few others.

"Holy shit! Holy shit!"

"Who is this? Who is this?!"

"Don't tell me this is Xiaoxi's sister!"

Huang Yuxi is probably the most girlish one in the class, a quality that even An Ruosu, who dressed as a girl in the previous arts performance, can't match.

However, it seems that no one has ever seen him dressed as a woman.

Worse still, some boys actually felt a kind of uneasy flutter in their hearts.

"Damn, why does it look so good..." Liu Xiaowei spat, "That's weird..."

"Looks like you don't like girls, you just like pretty girls!" Gao Yuan teased. "Why don't you give it a try? You can't get girls, but you can get guys, right?"

"Damn it, I'm not interested," Liu Xiaowei said stubbornly, but his gaze couldn't leave the thighs clad in black over-the-knee socks.

"Xiao Xi has a girlfriend, right?" Zhou Yong muttered. "But there are quite a few boys in our class who look good in women's clothing, like Xiao Xue and Su Su. Why don't you give them a try?"

"Damn it, why don't you try it?"

“I like women, but unlike you, you only like pretty ones, and it doesn’t matter if they’re male or female.” Zhou Yong raised his eyebrows and made a very smug and sarcastic expression, something he and his close friends often did when they were joking around.

"Damn it, I curse you to get a girlfriend one day, only to find out she's a guy when you try to sleep with her!"

"Damn it, what a vicious curse!"

Zhou Yong and Liu Xiaowei simultaneously gave each other the middle finger, and then couldn't help but burst into laughter.

……

(seven)

Usually, the girls tease Huang Yuxi, always pinching his face, patting his head, and so on, as if they have a cute little dog.

But today is different.

As soon as get out of class ended, all the boys surrounded Huang Yuxi.

When Aishuer returned from the restroom, she could only stand outside and couldn't go back to her seat.

These virgins who have never touched a girl's thigh can finally satisfy their cravings with Huang Yuxi's.

This scene... if you didn't know better, you'd think it was the set of some Japanese movie.

Huang Yuxi's thighs weren't as fleshy as Mo Xueyao's, but they were fair and straight. Coupled with the slightly rough texture of the black over-the-knee stockings and his blushing face and lowered head...

Even girls find it tempting.

……

Chapter Sixty-Five: The City Is Getting Hotter Every Year

Summer always seems to arrive earlier in the city than in the countryside.

The closing time of fruit shops has also been extended considerably.

The father was leisurely sitting at the door smoking. When he saw Mo Xueyao and Li Wanyan walking over with washbasins, he took a deep drag, then exhaled a long string of smoke rings. He lazily threw the cigarette butt on the ground and expertly stubbed it out with his toe: "Oh, girls, you're back from your bath?"

"Dad, how's the renovation going?"

"The water and electricity are almost completely done, but we still need to test them..." The father scratched his head awkwardly. "Sigh, I thought it would be installed by now."

"It can't be that fast."

"Actually, it was already fixed a while ago, but I wasn't very familiar with it, so I had to take it apart and reassemble it several times before I finally got it working properly. Now it definitely won't leak anymore." The father laughed and patted his forehead. "I need to go take a shower now. Did you guys enjoy yours?"

"It's alright." Mo Xueyao tilted her head and smoothed her long hair, which was still a little damp even after being wiped.

Li Wanyan silently combed her hair with her hands, making the rough hair smooth.

"It's so hot today." Mo Xueyao picked up the plastic fan covered with advertisements on the table and waved it. A gentle breeze blew, but it wasn't cool enough. "I've been sweating all the way here. It feels like my shower was a waste."

"What's so hot? You'll cool off after sitting for a while." Her father laughed and patted her shoulder, then stood up and pressed her down on the small stool he had just been sitting on.

Mo Xueyao tossed the plastic fan with the "Infertility Treatment" advertisement aside and slapped it onto Su Tang. The lazy cat didn't even want to move, and even comfortably rolled over to the side: "Hangzhou is getting hotter every year... Shall we turn on the fan tonight?"

"Why would you open it?" Before her father could speak, her mother interjected, "Just bear with it a little longer. What will you do when summer really comes?"

"Ah—I can't take it anymore—" Mo Xueyao swayed, like seaweed swaying with the waves.

If she could, she would rather be a piece of seaweed right now, at least she could stay cool in the water...

"Why is Yaoyao so delicate now? In previous years, you would only turn on the fan during summer vacation."

"I've already said it's getting hotter every year!"

"You're the only one feeling hot, why aren't the others hot?"

Mo Xueyao drooped her eyelids, completely unwilling to argue anymore.

Lately, it seems like her mother is always going against her, or rather, she always finds fault with her.

Is it because of the comparison with Li Wanyan that he feels his daughter is not satisfactory enough?

"Yaoyao's body is more yang in nature, so she is more prone to feeling hot," Li Wanyan quickly explained on her behalf.

“Yes, that’s right!” Mo Xueyao completely agreed, after all, she used to be a true 'positive'!

The mother shook her head helplessly: "Yan Yan, stop taking Yao Yao's side."

"Wanyan was just telling the truth!"

In the end, Mo Xueyao received an old, small electric fan, which was said to have been bought by her mother and father in their first summer after their marriage.

The entire electric fan was only slightly larger than Mo Xueyao's face, and its wind power was barely noticeable—but it was better than nothing.

I only took this out because it saves electricity.

For a mother who grew up in the countryside, every penny in life must be carefully calculated.

Although Mo Xueyao always felt that saving money here was unnecessary, how could she possibly save a few dollars a month?

She didn't dare say it, because she knew that if she did, she would get the reply, "A few dollars isn't money."

After a long day of renovations, the father lit a brand-new cigarette and went to the public bathhouse to take a shower.

It was getting late, and Grandma Jin was already resting at home.

It's fine for Mo Xueyao and Li Wanyan, who are both girls, to bother the elderly; in fact, she would be very happy. But it's better for grown men not to trouble the elderly.

Mother had to wait for Father to come back before going. The weather was getting hot, and more people were staying up late. Who knew what other guests might come over later?

Since the whole family lives in the shop, there's no rush to close it so early.

On the black-and-white display screen of the landline, the time finally jumped to nine o'clock.

"It's so hot in this little room—" Mo Xueyao put the basin of dirty clothes on the counter, and after just stepping inside, she swayed back out.

"Open the windows to let in some fresh air; it'll cool down in the latter half of the night."

“Later, half, night…” Mo Xueyao’s eyes were lifeless. “Ah, Wanyan, my sleep time has decreased again—why don’t we go to school now? I don’t think it’s this hot in the band room.”

In summer, the smaller the room, the hotter it gets, especially a room with a small window, where the heat from the sun during the day is hard to dissipate.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages; it gets warm inside in winter.

It's just that it must be a bit tough in the summer.

"Why hasn't autumn come yet?" Mo Xueyao lay lazily in the rocking chair, while her mother took the clothes the two of them had changed out of and started washing them at the tap outside the door while there was no business.

"Where in Hangzhou is there autumn? Summer just ends and winter comes right away." The mother vigorously rubbed the two children's school uniforms with a large bar of laundry soap. To avoid making them wrinkled, she always washed them by hand. She rarely used a washboard or even a brush.

Therefore, whenever Mo Xueyao gets any hard-to-clean stains on her school uniform, she inevitably gets scolded by her mother for a long time.

But since it's not me who's doing the laundry, I can only pretend I didn't hear it, no matter how much it bothers me.

Over time, they developed the special ability to let things go in one ear and out the other.

Li Wanyan fanned Mo Xueyao with a fan. The area in front of the fruit shop was quite cool, and feeling the gentle breeze, she even thought it would be nice to sleep here tonight.

The night breeze does indeed gradually lose some of its heat, and the advantages of wearing a skirt become apparent at this time. The wind blows in from under the skirt, making the whole body feel incredibly cool.

Mo Xueyao applied some medicated oil to her thighs and arms to ward off the mosquitoes that wanted to bite her delicate skin.

"Wanyan, would you like to try some Tiger Balm? It feels so good when the wind blows through it."

"it is good."

"How about it?"

"Pretty good."

"Hey, this is my secret to not being hot in the summer!"

"A secret, my foot! Everyone knows that, right?" Her mother always found an opportunity to tease her.

Mo Xueyao pursed her lips and stopped talking.

Li Wanyan pursed her lips, a half-smile playing on her lips, her slightly parted eyes sparkling like the starry sky.