A Young Woman's Heart

The two of them were inseparable, but they didn't find it troublesome at all.

Huang Yuxi herself is no exception.

"Little Xi, Little Xi, did you miss me?"

“…Mmm.”

"I didn't ask yesterday!"

"Hmm...I want to."

"The doctor will come to my house the day after tomorrow. I'll stay here for more treatment during the summer vacation. Your country's technology is too backward. This kind of disease is actually not difficult to cure."

Huang Yuxi gave an awkward smile in response.

Although this was true, he was still a little unhappy.

Perhaps Sanhua Tongjue sensed something, or perhaps she felt there was no need to continue the conversation, so she pulled him upstairs again. Half of the place was an arcade, filled with all sorts of new game machines.

Many games have incredibly detailed graphics, making them look like real-life footage.

"Shoot?" Sanhua Tongjue blinked and playfully made a gesture that had nothing to do with serious shooting, causing Huang Yuxi's face to turn bright red.

"Well, but the doctor said we can't hurt your body too much. Oh dear, we can only take a shower together tonight." She whispered in his ear, and he turned his gaze away somewhat embarrassedly.

There are many different games here, and similarly, a lot of coins are required.

However, Sanhua Tongjue bought a huge amount of game coins, and just looking at them, it seemed like she could never spend them all, unless she went to play those gambling machines...

In Z country, Huang Yuxi rarely went to arcades, except for a few times when her brother took her there.

Moreover, they just watched from the sidelines and didn't participate at all.

Therefore, his gaming skills were absolutely terrible. He couldn't even beat Sanhua Tongjue in PvP, let alone in PvE. His coin-collecting speed was comparable to playing a slot machine.

……

"Hey, Xiaoxi, the ending of today's movie was so heartwarming. I wish everything in the world could be that wonderful..."

"Yes." Huang Yuxi smiled and wiped away her tears. "I'm also very touched..."

"Pfft, it's a happy ending, why are you crying?"

"It's so...difficult." Huang Yuxi took the tissue offered by her, feeling embarrassed, and wiped her eyes.

"I'm not going home today."

"Huh? No, did you...make a promise with your...father...?"

"It's okay, I'll just make a call later." Sanhua Tongjue seemed to have had enough of being outside, or perhaps she didn't want to go back to that restrictive home—even though almost everyone treated her with great respect. "It's so boring. Ever since my dad bought that mansion and hired a lot of servants, going home has become less and less interesting. I still prefer the atmosphere of living in an apartment building when I was in elementary school."

Huang Yuxi smiled awkwardly, not quite understanding Sanhua Tongjue's sentimentality.

The family is getting richer and richer, which is obviously a good thing.

"What about the tickets...?"

"It's okay, it's not much money anyway, I'm too lazy to cancel the ticket." Sanhua Tongjue said nonchalantly as she hailed a taxi.

On the street, there weren't many people hailing taxis; most people were taking public transportation or wobbling home on their bicycles.

The taxi driver was very polite, almost like a servant hired by the Sanhua Tongjue family, with a smile on his face.

Huang Yuxi pinched her cheek, feeling that she was too tired to smile all day and couldn't force a smile anymore.

In this country, you always have to smile when you talk to others...

Although she told him not to be so particular, seeing others do it made him unconsciously start to imitate them.

Indeed, the environment can change a person a lot.

After getting on the bus, Sanhua Tongjue and Huang Yuxi both sat in the back seat. She spoke a few words in Japanese and then comfortably leaned back.

"where to?"

"Hmm~ Hotel!"

It is indeed a hotel, but a five-star hotel.

It sits in the heart of the city, towering into the clouds.

Just by looking up at it, you can imagine the prosperity of the entire city.

Sanhua Tongjue skillfully rented a room, took the exquisite room card, and went up to the fourteenth floor with Huang Yuxi in the elevator.

"I specifically requested a room with a huge bathtub!"

"It's huge...?" Huang Yuxi followed her into the room with curiosity. She excitedly pushed open a door and saw a bathtub that was much larger than the bathrooms of many homes.

It will probably take quite a while just to fill it with water.

"A bath for two~" Sanhua Tongjue chuckled, pulling Huang Yuxi back from running towards the bed. "Hey~ Don't run away~ Let me help little Xi take a bath~"

"Hmm! The doctor... said so!"

"It's okay, I promise I won't do it!" She raised her right hand, as if swearing an oath to the heavens.

The city lights flashing in the night outside always make people want to unleash some of their restlessness and true nature.

"Xiao Xi's skin is so smooth~"

"Stop running! It's not like it'll eat you!"

"Come on, it's time to give you a bath!"

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Chapter Thirty-Nine: Life Outside the Classroom (Part 1)

In fact, teaching classes is not the whole story of volunteer teaching.

Beyond that, it's mostly about the completely different living experience compared to the city.

One o'clock in the afternoon on Sunday.

Perhaps because the temperature is rising, there are hardly any students to be seen on the playground.

Those day students who didn't live on campus but still came to play have probably returned home by now.

Or they went swimming at the beach.

Children who grow up by the sea seem unafraid of summer, because they always have ways to cool off.

The adults didn't seem worried at all that they would be swept away by the wind and waves, even though they were facing a vast and endless sea.

Mo Xueyao felt tired at the moment, but the heat made it impossible for her to fall asleep.

The electric fan that Ye Wen brought was so small that it needed to be placed on a stool to reach a seated person.

It was placed on the coffee table, blowing a breeze towards Hua Yinyin and her.

Hot air doesn't bring much joy.

She wanted to go to the beach to cool off, but the scorching heat made her not want to step out of her room at all.

Teachers and students mostly stayed in their rooms.

Even the cicadas' chirping sounded somewhat perfunctory.

"Little Yaoyao, don't move, the more you move, the hotter you get."

"It's so hot... I can't find a moment of peace." Mo Xueyao rolled her eyes. "Aren't you hot?"

"Of course it's hot..." Hua Yinyin pointed to her chest, where the fabric was soaked with sweat, and it was clearly a much darker color than the rest of her clothes.

"Ugh—it's so hot it's giving me a headache."

"Try taking a nap?"

"Forget it... Oh right, I put a bottle of water in the fridge yesterday. I'll go check the kitchen downstairs." Mo Xueyao suddenly remembered something, snapped her fingers silently, stood up unsteadily, and walked out of the room.

After sitting for a long time, standing up suddenly made her feel a little dizzy, so much so that she didn't want to bend down to put on her shoes and just casually slipped her sandals on.

A series of 'clattering' sounds came from the corridor, like a child putting on an adult's shoes.

Downstairs was deserted, with only the chirping of insects echoing around.

It seems like everyone has hidden themselves away.

Mo Xueyao went into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and took out the bottle of mineral water that had frozen into ice cubes.

Although it's icy cold and feels nice to the touch, the problem is that I can't drink it right now.

She finally managed to unscrew the lid, but could only lick the ice cubes to cool off.

"When will it rain again..." she muttered as she walked out, and just then, a door in the corridor opened.

A first-grade boy came out carrying a washbasin, squatted down in the corridor, wiped his sweat, and then rubbed the clothes inside with his hands.

It looks quite clumsy.

Mo Xueyao remembers that she didn't know how to wash socks when she was in second grade.

Suddenly I remembered something important: do these boarding students wash their own clothes?

The larger ones are fine, but for the really small ones, do they really know how to do laundry?

"Classmate." Mo Xueyao didn't remember his name, but he looked somewhat familiar. "Why aren't you showering in your room?"

"Hello, teacher!" He hurriedly looked up, greeted the teacher politely, and then explained, "It's too crowded inside..."

"Oh—you weren't bullied by your roommate, were you?" She remembered that the boarding students were students from different grades living together.

It's not surprising if older children bully younger children.

After all, the difference in strength is undeniable.

"No."

Mo Xueyao didn't quite believe his one-sided story, so she quickly walked to the dormitory and found that no one was there; it seemed they had gone out to play.

On Sundays, even boarding students are allowed to go out, as long as they inform their teachers in advance.

"But it's still better inside, right? It's easier to change the water there too."