A Young Woman's Heart

"What do you mean, Xiaoyao?!"

"what?"

"There's still a difference between the front and back, isn't there?"

"Uh... I think it's probably impossible to tell by touch."

Mo Xueyao closed her eyes and began to carefully apply the ointment to her back.

"That wretched Haruka, she's not that much bigger herself!"

“If you want it, I’ll give it all to you,” Mo Xueyao said very sincerely, but Wang Jiale heard it as a mockery.

"Ouch!"

"Pfft, don't move! The foam is splashing all over my face..."

"Xiaoyao's body proportions are better than mine."

"What's wrong?"

"Your legs are longer than mine!"

"Uh...it still looks like there's a lot of meat on it."

"If it were the same size as me, it wouldn't look as good."

"I think Lele is alright."

"That's because I've lost weight!"

Wang Jiale bent down, touched her thigh, and rinsed it with water. The fine, translucent downy hair on it became much clearer: "After I graduate from high school, I plan to get laser hair removal."

"A one-time solution, right?"

"Yes, where's Xiaoyao?"

"Uh... I've never grown any hair... By the way, Wanyan shaves her hair all the time."

"That won't work. The more you shave, the more hair grows, and it will become thicker and darker."

"There's such a thing as a rule."

"Hmm, it's probably similar to a man's beard, right?"

"No wonder Yinyin said she used hair removal cream..."

“That one is better, but it’s also more damaging to the skin. Laser treatment is better, and you have to go to a big hospital to do it.” Wang Jiale couldn’t help but touch Mo Xueyao’s thigh. “Little Yaoyao is so lucky, she doesn’t have these problems.”

But little did she know that Yi's troubles were actually far more numerous than that.

……

(two)

"Sit down."

"Um..."

"Keep your back straight."

"Ouch—it hurts—Wanyan, you rubbed my back too hard!"

"Otherwise it won't be effective." Li Wanyan showed no sign of stopping. "Straighten your back."

"Waaah—"

Li Wanyan and Hua Yinyin are taking a shower in a bathroom right now. Although you can't see what's going on inside, you can tell from the sounds that she is in absolute control.

It's just like training a dog...

Those commanding words made Mo Xueyao feel like a dog trainer giving a dog commands like "sit," "shake hands," or "spin."

Hua Yinyin, who was very noisy when taking a bath with Mo Xueyao, was as well-behaved as a puppy today.

The shower was also very efficient; in no time, the two of them had dried themselves, blow-dried their hair, and came out in their pajamas.

"Ouch—" Hua Yinyin rubbed her back. "Wanyan's back rubbing is like cupping, it's made my back all red!"

"That's how you should get a back scrubbed." Mo Xueyao used to get a back scrubbed in a bathhouse in the north when she was a child. After the scrub, it felt like her whole body had been peeled off.

Especially the masseuses at cheap bathhouses, because they are in a hurry, use a lot of strength and a high frequency. If you're not thick-skinned, you might not be able to stand it.

But the workers who did manual labor actually enjoyed it, and even asked their masters to use more force.

"What?! Little Yaoyao, try it yourself!" Hua Yinyin complained loudly, "Waaah, it's like slaughtering a pig!"

"Is it really that exaggerated? Wanyan didn't scrub my back that hard when she was doing it."

"It's definitely revenge, revenge! Waaaaah—"

"Stop whining, your fake crying has been seen through long ago." She yawned uninterestedly, pushed open the door and walked out.

This is Li Wanyan and Wang Jiale's dormitory room; she and Hua Yinyin's is next door.

After taking a shower, of course you have to go back to your dorm room to rest.

"Go to bed early tonight," Li Wanyan advised.

"Okay, Wanyan."

"Wanyan is becoming more and more like an old woman," Hua Yinyin muttered softly, receiving agreement from Mo Xueyao and Wang Jiale.

A sudden gust of wind blew in from the corridor outside, almost causing Mo Xueyao to take two steps back.

The campus, which was relatively peaceful before the shower, is now swept by a strong wind.

The trees in the school were bent over by the wind, and many green leaves were blown off the trees, twirling and dancing in the wind.

It's as if autumn has arrived early.

The only difference is that instead of yellow leaves, green leaves are falling...

"Wow, the wind suddenly got really strong."

"It seems the typhoon is really coming." Mo Xueyao said with some worry, "The school is built on a mountaintop, will it really be okay during a typhoon...?"

"Hmm—although it's the top of this mountain, there's an even higher mountain next to it, so it should still be able to block it for a while, right?" Hua Yinyin rubbed her back and frowned as she swayed into the two's dormitory. "Even if we get blown away, there's nothing we can do. Maybe it'll even be a novel experience!"

"I don't want to be caught in a typhoon..." Mo Xueyao yawned wearily. "I'm not a character in a comedy cartoon, I'm not going to die..."

As soon as the two entered the dormitory, the door behind them was slammed shut by a strong gust of wind.

"Damn, that scared me..."

"Little Yaoyao is so timid~"

"Tch, you're much bolder than when you were taking a shower."

"Alas, who wouldn't be afraid when facing Wanyan!"

“Wanyan isn’t that scary,” she retorted, her eyelids drooping. “She’s not some monster.”

"Hmph, she's only nice to you."

"Who said that..."

……

(three)

Just like the day we arrived, the howling wind sounded as if it could shatter the glass. Although the glass didn't crack, it kept shaking, making it feel like it would break at any moment.

This made Mo Xueyao subconsciously move a little further away from the window.

The radio on the table was trying hard to pick up a station signal, but all it could get was a series of static noises.

No matter how I change the direction of the antenna, whether I extend it or shorten it, I can't receive any signal.

You can vaguely hear people talking, but you have no idea what they are saying—after all, the sound is probably not even as loud as the noise of cockroaches crawling on the ground.

Hua Yinyin, who was supposed to be grading students' homework, ended up falling asleep on the table, drooling onto a student's notebook and making that page wet.

She didn't wear braids; her long hair was loose and flowing, making her look quiet and serene, like a delicate doll.

Waves crashed against the mountainside again and again; the seawater had risen considerably.

The heavy rain continued to fall, raising concerns that it might flood the entire island.

"Whoosh, bang—!!"

It sounded like a stone being blown by the wind and hitting the wall, which startled Mo Xueyao so much that her heart trembled.

When I was in Hangzhou, I would encounter several typhoons every year.

But when we're in the city, it doesn't feel as intense.

At most, you'd wake up the next day to find trees snapped in half, solar water heaters blown down from houses, and billboards hanging in mid-air...

The water won't accumulate too much, so it shouldn't significantly affect travel.

Perhaps by the time they arrived there, the typhoon had weakened considerably and was not as fierce as it had been initially.

On the island, however, they faced a powerful typhoon that hadn't subsided much. The wind carried rain, and the raindrops pattered against the windows like bullets.

The wind was so strong that it felt as if the entire island, even if it wasn't overturned, would be submerged by the surging seawater.

The monster scenes in the movie weren't even as terrifying as what we see now.

Hua Yinyin is actually able to sleep...

Mo Xueyao was not sleepy at all.

She was terrified that once she fell asleep, she would never wake up again.

But in reality, the islanders are used to such typhoons.

……

(four)

The boarding students on the first floor who hadn't gone home gathered together, using the howling wind, which seemed capable of tearing everything apart, as background music, chatting and playing cards...

It's not a playing card.

Instead, it's a card game with character stats. Although the rules are simple, judging from their expressions, they seem like they could play it all night without getting bored...

……