A Young Woman's Heart

After all, not every girl is very attentive every day.

At most, they are just a little less careless than the boys.

—On another note, it's not uncommon for people not to wipe after urinating.

Mo Zhuyou let it slip once.

These are all gossip topics among girls.

Mo Xueyao didn't want to hear it, but sometimes she had no choice but to listen.

By the time we finished lining up and got to the playground, it was almost time for class to start.

The boys were the first to gather, so Ye Ran had already dragged them all to the horizontal bar area to do pull-ups.

"Girls, wait at the basketball court next door. Aya Akimoto, take these boys to the equipment room and get fifteen soft mats. Put them on the basketball court for them to use for sit-ups later." Ye Ran instructed, glancing slightly at the boys doing pull-ups.

"Ok."

So the girls waited in the basketball court next door, watching the boys do pull-ups.

Perhaps it's because the girls are watching them that some boys are more motivated, but if they can't do many of those, they'll feel very embarrassed.

When Mo Xueyao arrived, she saw the dark-skinned man in the vest jump up and do three of them in a row with great agility. Then he did more than a dozen of them with a hip thrust-like motion before he jumped down from the horizontal bar with ease.

"Awesome Vest Guy!"

"It's a pity that it was just one point away from a perfect score."

"It's nothing." The man in the vest looked completely unconcerned, and everyone around him believed that if he continued, he could definitely make another one.

"So you don't need to go all out in the college entrance exam because there's no physical education component?" Ye Ran shook his head and said with a laugh.

"Hehe, we're going to play basketball later! Save your energy!"

The PE teacher recorded the scores and then called out the next boy: "Zhou Yong!"

"Hey, here I am." Zhou Yong scratched his cheek sheepishly and weakly raised his hand from the back of the crowd.

"Why are you standing so far back? Come over here and choose a horizontal bar. Do you want a higher one or a lower one?"

"The higher-end ones are simpler," advised his strategist Liu Xiaowei.

“Jump up, and you can do it right away.” Gao Yuan agreed wholeheartedly, because he had just tried it.

In junior high school, the requirements are stricter. However, in high school, although the maximum score remains the same, the passing score has dropped significantly; a score of six is ​​considered passing.

Zhou Yong rubbed his hands together, looked up at the horizontal bar above his head, and then turned to look at the girls behind the wire fence of the basketball court.

Mo Xueyao's gaze was fixed on him, causing the latter to smile somewhat awkwardly.

She continued watching expressionlessly, seemingly oblivious to the subtle changes in his facial expressions.

"Drink—!" He jumped up suddenly with great momentum, and using the force of the jump, he did a good job on the spot.

"Great!" Gao Yuan immediately cheered him on.

However, his exaggerated expressions and tone made him want to laugh.

After finally stabilizing, I felt a bit powerless.

"Continue," Ye Ran urged.

Zhou Yong thought of the way the man in the vest had exerted force earlier and wanted to try to learn it as well.

However, when the teacher usually asked the boys to practice pull-ups on their own, he would slack off on the sidelines, and now he couldn't do a proper pull-up at all.

It wobbled and swayed, rocking back and forth, left and right, like a fish that had taken the bait and was struggling.

Ye Ran raised one eyebrow, as if he couldn't bear to look: "A backhand counts too."

It's easier to apply force with a backhand, and it's also relatively easier to do.

Zhou Yong quickly switched to a reverse grip in mid-air and then pulled hard.

Generally, one would expect to have had their chest examined, but he only barely had his head examined.

It was hanging awkwardly in the air, unable to go up, and coming down seemed to mean all its previous efforts had been in vain.

“…Two.” Ye Ran said very generously.

He breathed a sigh of relief, hung it back up, and prepared to make the third one.

This time he twisted even more violently, not like a fish, but like a person hanging by the neck, kicking his legs wildly.

"Uh-"

Unfortunately, I still couldn't get on this time.

"Alright, alright." Ye Ran chuckled. "Next, you need to run the long-distance race in under three minutes and thirty seconds, and you'll pass."

"Ah, okay..." Although he wasn't sure if he could run in, Zhou Yong immediately jumped down. After all, hanging there like a salted fish was just too embarrassing.

He glanced at Mo Xueyao somewhat guiltily, and this time she reacted—she winked playfully and then quietly gave him a thumbs up.

He didn't know what it meant, but that didn't stop his imagination from running wild.

Is it some kind of hint?

Or is it that you found it funny even though you failed?

The embarrassment of losing face in front of the girl just now vanished instantly, leaving only a strange excitement brewing in his chest—he decided that he must run faster later and not lose face again.

Even if Mo Xueyao doesn't watch it, the other girls will still watch it.

Liu Xiaowei and Gao Yuan, who followed, were both at the bottom, especially Gao Yuan, who couldn't even get up on the first try and could only hang there.

Although Huang Yuxi couldn't do strenuous exercise, Ye Ran jokingly let him try. He was carried up, and after being grabbed, he even did two things in a very professional manner, which made Liu Xiaowei laugh at Gao Yuan even louder.

Incidentally, Liu Xiaowei made four himself, although none of them passed...

The last one to go was Duanmu Ji, who did more than twenty in one go and got a perfect score.

However, when he jumped down, the people who came up to him in amazement and patted him on the shoulder were Yue Tingfeng and a few boys with whom he usually got along.

The girls weren't looking this way, especially Mo Xueyao—she was practicing sit-ups right now, so she wouldn't be unable to do many later because she hadn't warmed up...

"Alright! Girls, pair up and find your partners! Lie down where you're assigned. If no one's helping you press down, I'll help! Ready to start!" Ye Ran shouted, swinging the whistle rope in his left hand and the stopwatch rope in his right. "Twenty-five in one minute is passing! It's very easy! Give it your all! Ready—go!"

The person who helps to hold down the pins also has to help count them, which might raise suspicion of cheating.

But physical education teachers are usually more lenient with girls, turning a blind eye as long as it's not too excessive.

As a result, all the girls passed the test.

This made Mo Xueyao, who truly achieved a passing grade on her own, feel a little embarrassed.

She made twenty-six, a number that sounded like she was faking it, and perhaps fearing that twenty-five was too unrealistic, she added one more.

Boys and girls start the long-distance race at the same time, the only difference being that boys run 1,000 meters while girls run 800 meters.

A cool breeze brushed against Mo Xueyao's face, but as she was preparing, Hua Yinyin stopped her, raising her hand and shouting to Ye Ran, "Teacher! Little Yaoyao has a heart condition. Although it's better, she still can't do strenuous exercise like long-distance running!!"

Mo Xueyao licked her lips, wanting to say the words "I'm fine".

……

Chapter 109 I want to go too!

Given her past record and Ye Ran's concerns, Mo Xueyao clearly wouldn't be able to take the exam without a doctor's certificate.

However, the teacher will give her a passing grade directly.

But... it just feels so strange that she has special privileges.

Even girls who were on their periods participated today, just so they wouldn't have to take a make-up exam alone sometime later.

She had always been someone who really didn't want to take long-distance running exams, but now, sitting on the flower bed, she had an urge to join in and run with them.

Humans are sometimes so contradictory.

Although the girls' race is 800 meters and the boys' race is 1000 meters, many girls still finish in about the same time as the boys, while many others finish slower.

Of course, there are also those like Gao Yuan who give up on themselves and drag others down.

"Huff, huff, huff—hahh—" Hua Yinyin almost ran into the excellent line, panting heavily as she fell directly into Mo Xueyao's arms, vigorously wiping the sweat from her face onto Mo Xueyao's skirt.

"Hey!!"

She slapped her handkerchief onto the other person's face and shouted angrily, "Don't get it dirty! I just changed it today!! Mom's going to nag me again!"

"Hehe~"

"Trying to be cute won't work! It's fine normally, but it won't do now."

"Little Yaoyao~ I was wrong~ I'll buy you a drink later."

"I don't want a beverage."

"Ice cream for lunch?"

"..."

Mo Xueyao pursed her lips, glared at her fiercely, but then nodded slightly.

Although the running time is usually only five minutes at most, a lot of time is wasted in lining up and other trivial matters, so when the run is over, there is only half a class period left.

The boys lay down on the playground, spread out in a starfish shape, and looked up at the sky, looking quite content.

The girls also had to maintain a certain level of modesty, and could only sit by the flower bed or on a bench.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer seats available, Hua Yinyin simply grabbed Mo Xueyao and went back to the classroom. On the way upstairs, they also bought two drinks from the vending machine.

The classroom was empty. As soon as she entered, she turned the electric fan on to its highest setting.

The four electric fans overhead suddenly started whirring, making it seem even cooler than when the room was full of people.

Hua Yinyin plopped down next to Mo Xueyao, tilting her head and letting her hair fall loose so it would dry quickly.

This is one of the biggest worries for girls in the summer.

Another possibility is that I get my period when the weather is hot.

In contrast, boys have it much easier; even if their hair is soaked with sweat, it dries quickly in the wind.