A Young Woman's Heart

The sunlight finally began to fade away.

But the city lights still illuminated the sky brightly, and you could even see the wisps of white, cotton-like clouds.

Yu Shu ate a small portion of cold noodles and seemed to be full. She picked up a glow stick and started playing with it curiously.

"Xiaoyao, how do you play this?"

"Have you forgotten?" Mo Xueyao wiped the oil on her hands on the stone table. Seeing this, the latter quickly bent down and took out a handkerchief with a faint pineapple scent from her skirt and handed it to her.

"It's alright, I've already wiped it clean." Mo Xueyao waved her hand, casually broke off a few bamboo leaves, and rubbed them vigorously in her palm.

Actually, this is not a subconscious habit.

It was something she did deliberately in front of Yu Shu.

Because it's just like when I was a child.

She uses these to wipe her hands.

Bamboo leaves, in particular, are the essence of the dish, because the sap that seeps out can be used as water for washing hands.

"Xiao Yao... Pfft." Yu Shu covered her mouth with the back of her hand, her pink lips still a little chubby like when she was a child. "Why are you still the same as before?"

"Hehe, it's a rare opportunity to come here, so of course I have to recreate it." As she spoke, she picked up a glow stick, bent it left and right, and the transparent glow stick immediately lit up, emitting a pale golden light.

Wind it into a circle, then secure both ends with a loop, and you have a bracelet.

Of course, they can also be connected to each other to create a larger one, which can even be used as a headband.

Of course, for children, that was something only wealthy families could afford, and they used to be incredibly envious when they saw it.

Mo Xueyao placed the ring on her head and pointed at it proudly: "Look, doesn't it look like the ring behind an angel's head?"

"Hmm...not quite right. It would look more like it if it were suspended in mid-air."

"Then we should use a wire or something to prop it up." Mo Xueyao placed the ring on Yu Shu's head. "Yu Shu, what's this again?"

"Which one?" Following Mo Xueyao's gaze, she saw the two round, cake-like foods in the small bag and exclaimed in surprise, "Ah!!"

"What's wrong? Why are you making such a fuss?" She bent down, picked up the ring that had fallen to the ground because Yu Shu shook her head, and put it back on the stone table.

"It's fried ice cream...it must be all melted inside, right?"

"Huh—this is it? I thought you ate it on your way here."

"What I ate was scallion pancakes..."

"Ruined."

The two exchanged a glance, then quickly picked up a fried ice cream and took a bite.

The ice cream inside had almost melted, and it tasted like thick syrup—sweet and cloying, even making one feel nauseous.

"Let's forget it..." they both said in unison, and then couldn't help but laugh.

This is probably the tacit understanding that comes from living together so often as children.

The two bent down and spat the melted ice cream from their mouths onto the ground. At that moment, a series of noisy footsteps came from outside.

A little boy and a little girl, looking rather sneaky, slipped into the area, making the dry branches on the ground crack and pop as they stepped on them.

"Let's hide here. If anyone comes later, we'll crawl out through that dog hole. They definitely won't be able to catch us. We're going to win today!"

"Huh? Really?"

"Hmm, I don't usually hide in this place. Since we're going to make a bet this time... I'm determined to win the fried rice cake!"

Yu Shu blinked, her fair and rosy skin appearing even more delicate under the dim light of the fluorescent ring.

However, Mo Xueyao appeared somewhat pale under this lighting.

Her blue eyes darted around, then she lit up all the glow sticks, and just as the two children walked in, she suddenly darted over.

"Agh—give me back my life..."

"Wow, there's a ghost!"

"Will-o'-the-wisp!"

The little boy grabbed the little girl and turned to run, almost crashing into a bamboo grove—they were in a bit of a panic and didn't know where to go.

In no time, the two disappeared, and Mo Xueyao, who was behind them, almost burst out laughing: "Haha... Pfft... No, really... So... Hahahaha—are they cowards?"

"I was almost scared by Xiaoyao..." Yu Shu patted her chest lightly and complained softly, but she couldn't help but chuckle.

"Speaking of which, that dog hole is still there." Mo Xueyao held up a glow stick as if it were a torch, looked around, and found the so-called 'dog hole' based on her memory.

Actually, a section of the wall bricks near the wall fell down, creating a hole.

Dogs or small children can crawl through here.

Adults obviously cannot do that.

Because that hole wasn't actually very wide.

And it's filthy, who knows if anyone or a dog has pooped there?

"Looks like we can't get out of here. Hey, Yu Shu, why don't you give it a try? Maybe you can!" Mo Xueyao shouted excitedly, her eyebrows raised high.

Yu Shu pouted her chubby little lips, rolled her eyes, and glanced at her sideways: "I'm not going to crawl in..."

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Chapter 97 Seeing you makes me feel better

"Cuckoo."

"Chirp."

"twitter--"

Shi Haiming sat dejectedly at the very end of the unfinished street.

This place has not been demolished, and no one comes here.

For him at this moment, it was the best safe haven.

The birds in the trees were bustling about, and the place seemed to have become a gathering place for all kinds of animals.

Not only do birds sing in the air, but stray dogs also run and play here.

A wild cat, unafraid of people, simply curled up and lay on the other end of the bench. A bold sparrow flew down and landed next to it, gently pecking at its whiskers with its beak. When the cat stretched out its furry paw to swat at it, the sparrow 'whoosh' flew away again.

There was also a gray bird, slightly larger than a sparrow, which landed directly on Shi Haiming's head, seemingly finding the scenery quite pleasant.

He didn't chase the bold bird away, but leaned against the creaking, decaying bench, staring blankly into the distance.

In this animal paradise, he was like a human specimen used as decoration.

The banyan tree overhead rustled in the wind, and a few green leaves fell, covering the bird above his head.

The gray bird shook its head, hopped to the ground with a 'thud,' and then, like a rooster, folded its wings and strolled leisurely off to snatch food from the rats gnawing on expired sausages.

"Ha-hoo-hoo-" Shi Haiming squinted, touched his left pocket, took out a pack of cigarettes, put one in his mouth, but didn't light it for a long time.

A desolate street.

A cement wall covered in moss.

It was just a framework; the building was completely empty inside.

Not only do animals love this place, but even plants love it.

They grow wildly, pushing up the poor-quality bluestone path with weeds, growing lush and verdant.

It's like a forest in the city.

A girl in light blue jeans walked towards us from a distance, her blue eyes seemingly brightening up the gray world.

Shi Haiming scratched his hair, then suddenly perked up and waved vigorously at her: "Hey—"

His voice echoed here, and the girl who was walking towards him quickened her pace.

As you get closer, you can see the clothes she's wearing on her upper body.

It was a green short-sleeved shirt with no particularly eye-catching pattern, but you could see some vines and grass, and there was a little bit of lace at the collar and cuffs.

"What are you doing? It's like Ultraman's human form finishing their transformation and running over here, even saying 'Hey—'." Mo Xueyao rolled her eyes and said with a hint of teasing. Perhaps because she had walked for a while, there were a few beads of sweat on her forehead, and her face seemed a little red.

"Hahahaha—" Shi Haiming laughed out loud from the bottom of his heart, "Seeing you makes me feel better."

"Ugh, what you're saying is so cheesy." Mo Xueyao shrank her neck and said with a look of disgust. She took out a napkin and carefully wiped the bench before sitting down.

The stray cat that was very close to her simply swished its tail slightly, then turned around and went back to sleep.

"You raised it?"

"no."

"I thought it was your pet. It's not afraid of people at all." Even though she hadn't been petting Sutang much at home lately, she couldn't help but gently stroke the stray cat's fur.

It's probably because it never takes a bath, so it feels really prickly to the touch, like it could be used as a scrubbing brush.

The stray cat was very impatient with Mo Xueyao's petting. After glancing at her sideways, it jumped off the bench and waddled away like a runway model.

Its bushy tail, like a feather duster, dragged along the ground for quite a distance...

"Ha, it's just a cat that's not afraid of people." Shi Haiming finally lit the cigarette he was holding in his mouth, the tiny flame standing out conspicuously in the shade of the tree.

"You'd better be careful not to set this place on fire—there are flammable materials everywhere here."

"I smoke, don't worry."

"Don't give me that." Mo Xueyao subconsciously put her hand on the back of the chair, then quickly raised her hand to look at it, and sure enough, it was covered in dust.

She quickly clapped her hands and stood up from the chair.

Fewer and fewer people come here, and the chairs are so dirty that they're unusable.

I used to often see young couples or elderly people taking a walk there.

"Speak, what do you want? Where's Atao?"

"I didn't call him."