A Young Woman's Heart

If people aren't seated according to their assigned numbers, they generally choose seats closer to the entrance, and only a few who prefer quiet sit there.

Over time, the chair accumulated more dust than other places.

"Has Lele finished her snacks?" Mo Xueyao glanced at Hua Yinyin, who had wiped the chair clean and sat down, and asked casually.

With a hiss, Hua Yinyin twisted open the Sprite bottle cap. Just as the bubbly water was about to gush out, she quickly plugged the bottle opening with her mouth. The sudden rush of soda filled her mouth, making her cheeks bulge. She hurriedly swallowed two large mouthfuls of Sprite, finally calming the restless thing down. However, because she was in such a hurry, a little foamy Sprite still spilled from the corner of her mouth.

She wiped her mouth hard and let out a long breath: "Phew...it almost sprayed all over me."

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Mo Xueyao casually picked up a bottle of drink. "Has Lele finished her snacks?"

"They've already been distributed, and she's still sulking."

"Then why don't you go and comfort her?"

"Huh? This isn't a good time to comfort her."

Mo Xueyao, who was looking down and adjusting something, looked up in confusion: "Why?"

"It will make her feel like she's petty in other people's eyes... and she'll be disliked. Yaoyao, you're such a girl, you don't understand girls' feelings at all."

Mo Xueyao rolled her eyes: "A woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea; it's so troublesome to keep guessing."

"Tsk, isn't it hard for Xiaoyao to guess herself?"

"Me? What's so hard for me to guess?"

Hua Yinyin didn't ask any further questions. Instead, she snapped open the bag of potato chips, took one, and brought it to her lips: "Ah—"

Mo Xueyao opened her mouth and put the potato chip in, but instead of chewing it, she first tasted it: "...Original flavor?"

"Hmm! This is the only flavor left, don't be picky!"

"Just asking."

"What is Xiaoyao doing?"

"I suddenly discovered that this tape recorder could be tuned to several different radio frequencies."

"Well?"

"SW's radio station."

"what is that?"

"It's probably something that can receive signals from very, very far away. I'm not quite sure, but I did receive a radio broadcast from Taiwan just now."

"Huh? Really?"

"Yeah, you can tell from that accent right away, and they keep talking about the mainland, so it must be from there."

Hua Yinyin put a potato chip in her own mouth and then stuffed one into Mo Xueyao's mouth: "Are you searching for something else?"

"Hmm, I'm trying to find Japanese radio channels."

"Isn't it too far?"

“We’re a coastal city, you know, maybe we can get it…” Mo Xueyao muttered, raising the tape recorder in her hand and turning it around, then slowly adjusting the channel little by little. Occasionally she would stop to listen carefully, and once she felt that there was no one talking, she would continue adjusting.

"Where is Wanyan?"

"They were handing water to our class's athletes on the playground."

“Oh—” Hua Yinyin was not surprised at all, because she had just asked casually.

"Oh, I hear that, it sounds like Japanese!"

"What? Let me hear it!" She excitedly leaned over, so Mo Xueyao handed her the left earphone.

The latter took the potato chips with his left hand, which had never held them before, and stuffed them into his ear, immediately frowning.

Because it's very noisy.

Amidst the crackling sounds, there was only a faint, indistinct human voice.

"very noisy……"

"Can't you hear me? Should we turn it up?"

"No, no, no—"

"Let me adjust..." Mo Xueyao turned around to make sure which side was clearer, then sat up straight again and adjusted the antenna to that direction.

The voices became clearer, and although the noise was still there, at least a few words could be heard.

"It's Japanese!" Mo Xueyao had watched many Japanese-language videotapes at her godfather's house, and after listening for a while, she was completely certain.

"Why can't it be Korean?"

“Korean doesn’t sound like that.” She shook her head. “That one is weirdly noisy, it’s all gibberish, and it feels like they’re just repeating the same few words over and over.”

"Little Yaoyao is very experienced!"

Mo Xueyao always felt that there was a hint of mischief in her smile.

However, for guys, making such dirty jokes isn't scary at all. Plus, having spent a lot of time with her, Mo Xueyao naturally doesn't shy away from it: "Because European and American girls are generally not very good-looking."

"That's because Xiaoyao hasn't seen any good ones yet. Come to my house to watch them next time, they're really good, the female lead is amazing!"

"Eek—Yinyin, you actually watched it?"

"What? Little Yaoyao, what do you think I'm looking at?"

Mo Xueyao rolled her eyes. She knew that whatever she said would be met with a counter-argument, so she simply stopped talking.

What are they talking about?

"Lele might understand a little bit..."

After listening for a while, the two got bored, so Mo Xueyao continued to change channels. She wanted to find a channel from Europe or America, but after a long time, she couldn't find one. Most of the channels were speaking Mandarin, Hokkien, Japanese, and Korean.

Interspersed among them were some jumbled voices from indistinguishable countries, probably from some small neighboring nations.

Well, not necessarily. It could be W City...

I heard that it was used as an encryption language during the War of Resistance against Japan, so it's normal that you can't understand it at all.

Hua Yinyin quickly finished her bag of potato chips, and she was sucking on the remaining powder on her fingers, not because they were so delicious, but probably just because she was too lazy to wash her hands...

After licking it, just wipe it clean with a tissue.

It wasn't that I was being lazy, it's just that the women's restrooms were overcrowded, and even the sinks at the entrance had to be queued.

“If we stay here, it doesn’t feel like a sports meet at all! Let’s go for a walk on the playground, Yao Yao!” Hua Yinyin tugged at Mo Xueyao’s arm.

"We always walk on the track during the annual sports meet, but I'm too lazy to move this year."

"Tsk, getting old, turning into a sly old fox, huh?"

"Ah, look, Lele is coming over."

Hua Yinyin turned her head and saw that it was indeed her: "Lele~!"

She waved her hand forcefully, and the latter quickened his pace somewhat awkwardly.

When Wang Jiale approached, Hua Yinyin handed him the soda.

"Um... thank you."

"Hey, why are we being so polite to each other?"

"..." Wang Jiale pouted, "I haven't even eaten many of my own snacks..."

"You can refuse when someone else asks for it."

"I'm too embarrassed to say it, and lots of boys are also trying to grab some, even though Gao Yuan has so much..."

"Lele didn't bring that many snacks, did she?"

"Hmm, not much." Wang Jiale took a small sip of his canned cola. "How about we go out and buy some food? We could even buy some steamed buns..."

"Can we go out?"

"It should be possible..."

"Give it a try?" Hua Yinyin urged.

When Mo Xueyao realized she couldn't find a channel to listen to English radio, she gave up. She put the tape recorder back in her bag and stood up: "Okay, let's go!"

"Should we put Youyou and Xiaoxiao in their schoolbags?"

Where are they?

"Where is it in the class?"

Mo Xueyao looked in the direction Hua Yinyin was pointing and saw the two sisters sitting there chatting and laughing, with Ye Banxia and Cha Li beside them.

Mr. Xue was also there, and he was looking at the situation on the playground with a pair of binoculars.

The telescope looked very simple, seemingly just contained in two bamboo tubes. It was either a limited edition item or something Mr. Xue had made himself.

Comparatively speaking, Mo Xueyao felt that the latter was more likely.

"Xiaoxiao! Can you watch my backpack for me? We're going outside to buy something."

Mo Zhuyou tilted her head: "Buying food?"

"Hmm, did you two sisters bring any food?"

"Yes, there's a bento box and snacks for my sister, but we can't eat them until the afternoon."

"Please get me some! I want to eat cream bread." Cha Li raised her hand.

"I'm not even sure if Cha Li is still around. I just remember there was a steamed bun shop near the entrance," Wang Jiale said helplessly. "I was planning to buy some steamed buns to eat."

"Oh—then tea eggs are fine too." Cha Li immediately lowered her requirements. "Here, take this, five yuan. Buy some tea eggs and steamed buns or something. Not too many, just a normal breakfast amount. You can decide what to buy for me."

"it is good."

"Speaking of which, do you know where I can get hot water here? I've finished mine and want to make some more... otherwise I won't have any tea to drink."

Mo Xueyao rubbed her eyes: "I guess... no, how about I buy you a bottle of mineral water?"

"Let's see what hot food we can get, and try to buy something hot, it's still quite cold today."

"There's nothing we can do. The girls' uniforms at Yukong High School are far less warm than those at other schools—" Mo Xueyao sighed and shook her head.

Hua Yinyin tilted her head back, hands on her hips: "But it looks good!"