A Young Woman's Heart

Mr. Xue listened very attentively.

Li Wanyan raised an eyebrow, took the soy milk that Mo Xueyao had just handed her, and took a sip herself.

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Chapter Seventy-Two: About Duanmu Ji

The leaves outside the window have been falling for months, yet they are still not all gone, as numerous as the stars in the sky.

However, the branches were indeed much bald, with only a few leaves remaining, stubbornly clinging to the few remaining hairs on the head of a bald middle-aged man.

After talking to Wanyan about that this morning, I'm now eager to write something about it.

I don't want to write about people I'm too close to right now, and I think Wanyan will choose to write about girls, so I should choose from the boys.

After much thought, I decided to write about Duanmu Ji.

So he's the first person I've written to. I'll give him this letter after I graduate.

So should I write about the story that happened to him today, or about his own story that I observed today?

Or perhaps I should write down my impressions and evaluations of him?

I felt like I had a lot of interesting things to write about, but now I'm hesitant.

I finally decided to take a piece of stationery from the drawer in the band room and write a letter to him that I would give him after graduation.

The letter paper was bought when Nora and I were exchanging letters frequently; the pack contained all sorts of colors and patterns.

I picked a blue one; it looks refreshing and suits him.

But just as I began writing the three characters "Duanmu Ji" at the beginning, Yin Yin next to me started teasing me again.

I knew it—

"Wow—Little Yaoyao is actually going to write a letter to Duanmu Ji, is it a love letter?"

"What love my foot! I just plan to write a letter to each classmate and give it to them when we graduate! Wanyan and I agreed that we would write them at different times."

"I want to join too!" Lele shouted excitedly. "Can I choose anything that hasn't been written about before?"

"Ah."

"Then I'll write—Silver Silver!"

"Ugh, not surprising at all, you wrote this so I could read the whole thing..." Yinyin urged Lele to choose someone else, "How about Liu Xiaowei?"

Why bring him up? It's disgusting.

"Why don't we just write it in the name of the Snow Music Band? We can each write one, and write one every now and then. Wouldn't that be great?" Yin Yin suggested, seemingly eager to give it a try.

"Whatever you want." I continued writing, taking advantage of my current enthusiastic state to write a little something, otherwise I might get lazy again later.

"Little Yaoyao, give me a piece of paper!"

"Me too!" Lele shouted.

Youyou and Xiaoxue also came over.

Only Yu Shu remained unmoved.

I glanced back at her, and she pointed to the camera that the school had lent her.

Oh, so you mean all she needs to do is take a picture as a keepsake.

The morning band time was gone again, and everyone enthusiastically slumped over their desks to write.

I saw that Yinyin wrote "me"... well, not surprising at all.

Lele wrote "Xiaxia," and Youyou wrote "older sister"... Well, Youyou's is not surprising at all.

Xiaoxue was the strangest; he started his writing with the three words "Mr. Xue" followed by a colon.

"Xiaoxue's format is wrong, isn't it?" Although I don't think he would make such a basic mistake.

"This letter is for myself."

I suddenly realized.

Xiaoxue's thought process is really different from others.

I need to hurry up and write something...

Let's think back to what it was like when we first met Xiao Ji?

Yeah, right, it feels like it happened a long time ago. It was like I ran into a drug addict, got cornered, and then Xiao Ji came to help.

Tsk, this kid's fighting ability is completely lacking; he's no match for that person at all.

However, he does have a strong sense of justice—he always has a gloomy face, as if he doesn't get along with anyone.

Hmm, write this down, just to tease him a little.

So I picked up my pen again and quickly wrote down two sentences.

Like a talking box, once you start, inspiration flows into your mind endlessly.

After that first meeting, I had no idea that I would meet him many more times in the future.

Later, I discovered in the art club that he was from the same school and in the same grade as me.

I found that he was actually quite easy to talk to. Although he seemed cold, he was actually very kind-hearted.

Think back carefully, what other interesting things happened after that?

Well, besides participating in club activities together and helping Youyou and the others design and build houses...

Oh right, I just remembered he has an older sister.

His sister is much more interesting than him, but she's too enthusiastic towards others, sometimes it's really hard to handle.

Although I haven't spoken to or spent much time with Xiao Ji, I feel like I'm quite familiar with him.

Hmm... he's a simple person, I guess.

Oh, by the way, he might also like me.

Write that sentence down too, just to tease him. Anyway, we'll graduate by then, so it won't matter if we talk about it later.

Just write it like this:

"Hey kid, have you liked me for a long time? But I'm really curious when you started liking me. Was it after we started spending more time together in clubs? Anyway, as the school beauty, I know a lot of people like me, right? There are so many in my class alone. They all look at me furtively. Do you think I don't know you're secretly watching me? I know you too!"

No, no, wouldn't writing it like this be too shameless?

Although, as a girl, I am indeed considered quite pretty...

Yes, that's true!

But writing it out makes me feel a little embarrassed.

Never mind, I won't write this part.

Just as I was pondering this, the preparation bell rang.

The beginning is already written; let's write the rest based on today's observations.

Um—the following section is called "Duanmu Ji's Boring Day"!

He does seem really bored. He doesn't seem to interact with others much, just minding his own business and not going out to play...

Not necessarily, after all, I haven't paid much attention to him usually.

"Little Yaoyao, let's go, let's go, class is starting!"

"Oh, I see."

I put the letter away and stuffed it back into the desk drawer.

I'll just jot down Duanmu Ji's life story on a draft paper for now, and write it down on letter paper when I have time.

Haha, he must be incredibly touched!

Well, how can I not be moved when a beautiful woman like me pays attention to his daily life and even writes him a letter?

Hmm... bad, or maybe not so bad.

When did I become so narcissistic, actually calling myself a super beauty in my mind...

Mo Xueyao, Mo Xueyao, where is your resistance? Where is your masculinity? Where has it all vanished without a trace?

It's not that I have to maintain my past self.

I just feel that if I don't stick to something, I'll completely become a different person.

Yes, that's right...

Sometimes I feel that I'm really ruthless when I analyze myself.

That makes sense. If a person can't even clearly and seriously understand what kind of person they are, then how can they communicate with others?

We walked back to the classroom, stepping on the fallen leaves.

The leaves were no longer brittle, perhaps because of the rain last night; they were limp and soft, like damp potato chips.

As I entered the classroom, I noticed that Zhou Yong and Xiao Ji were the first to look up, probably because I was intentionally observing them.

Zhou Yong smiled at me, his gaze honest and unwavering. Xiao Ji, however, immediately lowered his head again.

Pshaw, it's not like I've never been a boy before. Do you think I don't know what it's like to have a crush on a girl?

However, most of these unrequited loves don't end well, just like that guy Atao, who would secretly watch the girl he liked every day, but never said anything until graduation.

At that time, I was thinking that I should at least say something so that I wouldn't have any regrets.

But now that I think about it, maybe that girl already knew.

It's just that I kept it hidden in my heart and didn't break through that veil.

The playground is a bit slippery, so we don't have to do morning exercises this morning.

Based on past experience, morning exercises should begin in a few days.

That is, running around the playground.