A Young Woman's Heart

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"Does your back hurt?"

"..."

She was stunned for two or three seconds before she could figure out how Jiang Yuruo's thoughts had jumped to this point.

……

(two)

The night mist carried a hint of the purple of the stars.

The playground, devoid of any lights, seemed to be trapped in a swirling galaxy.

Li Wanyan turned around, intending to see if Mo Xueyao had come out.

Jiang Yuruo, who was behind her, tilted her head and suddenly asked, "Senior, do you like girls?"

"What do you like?"

"The kind of liking that comes with love?"

"I don't like it." Li Wanyan shook her head softly and coldly.

Jiang Yu didn't speak, but her expression clearly showed disbelief.

Li Wanyan certainly didn't expect her to believe it; in fact, it was completely irrelevant to her.

"Oh right, a senior asked me to find a senior on the playground. Her name is Mo Xueyao."

"Ok?"

"She asked you to buy her a freshly made chocolate chip ice cream; she'll be right down."

Li Wanyan shook her head with a helpless smile, but immediately suppressed her smile when she noticed Jiang Yuru looking at her.

"Senior! Don't you play any musical instruments?"

"..."

"Why not join their band?"

"I have other things to do," Li Wanyan said, clearly not referring to the present moment.

Jiang Yuruo rested her chin on her hand, turning her head gently repeatedly, as if she were already immersed in her own world.

Li Wanyan tried to take a few steps, but was not stopped by the other party.

They walked far away, and when they looked back, she was no longer visible in the darkness.

……

(three)

"A tactful remark!"

As soon as Li Wanyan reached the door, she saw Mo Xueyao waving at her with a big smile, looking refreshed and as if she had just received some good news.

"This way!"

After saying that, she rushed back to the snack shop at the school gate and took a chocolate chip ice cream and a strawberry chip ice cream from the shop owner.

"I was hoping you could buy it for me, here." Yi waited until Li Wanyan approached and handed her the strawberry one. "Where did you go? Why were you so slow? Did you see that strange junior?"

Li Wanyan took the ice cream, hesitated for a moment, then lowered her head, stuck out a small part of her tongue, and gently licked it.

"Waiting for you on the playground, um, we met."

"Is that the girl with the two beauty marks under her eyes?"

"Ah."

"Oh, she's weird, isn't she? But she's quite interesting."

"It's alright." Li Wanyan slowly put a strawberry crumb into her mouth and chewed. The two walked a few steps forward side by side naturally before she spoke softly again: "Actually, no one did well on the test. It's just that the teacher's expectations for you were too high."

"Huh? Hah—?" Mo Xueyao seemed not to understand what she was saying at all.

"...What did your homeroom teacher talk to you about in the office?"

"Oh, that? Well, Fourth Middle School wants to recruit me to their school, uh, they say it's an invitation."

"how."

"Awen told me, and so did Xiaoxue. The results are out. We did pretty well this time, right? The scores are very high."

"Hmm..." Li Wanyan seemed a little disappointed, "What about mine?"

"Haha, I finally surpassed Wanyan this time! The total score difference is fifteen points!!"

The exam papers have obviously been graded and the rankings have been released, but they haven't been posted in the lobby on the first floor yet.

The specific rankings should be available tomorrow.

They've widened the gap to fifteen points, that's a huge difference.

"Don't be sad! It's normal for grades to fluctuate!" Mo Xueyao patted her shoulder to comfort her. "Oh, right, let's continue with what we were saying. Because of me and Xiaoxue, especially Xiaoxue, we took the top two spots in the overall score of this unified exam. Uh, Wanyan, you're in the forties."

Li Wanyan pretended not to care and licked the ice cream again.

"Awen said that this is the first time in the past five years that a regular high school student has achieved a top-three ranking. The Fourth High School, which participated in this unified exam, felt that students like Xiaoxue and me were wasting their talents by attending regular high schools. They wanted to invite us to a top high school to improve ourselves better, saying that they hoped to cultivate us to get into Tsinghua and Peking University... Tsk, and there is also a chance to get a recommendation for admission to a top high school."

Li Wanyan seemed to understand why Ye Wen's expression was serious when she called Mo Xueyao into the office.

After all, the conditions offered by the other party were indeed very tempting, but if Mo Xueyao and Mr. Xue really agreed, Yukong High School would lose two top students.

Li Wanyan then remembered that Mr. Xue had also been called to the office during the time he was having dinner that afternoon.

"Awen still wants me to think about it, but I have no interest at all. Fourth Middle School is not as good as Fourteenth Middle School, and it is one of the bottom schools among the key high schools. It's boring. It's the last year, who wants to leave Yukong?"

Li Wanyan gently licked the ice cream residue still on her lips: "Where is Mr. Xue?"

"Him? Awen said he also refused directly." Mo Xueyao yawned. "But if he does this well again next time, the Education Bureau may have to send someone to inquire. I heard that because of me and Xiaoxue, our Yukong High School will have to take the final exam with all the key high schools. We will be the only regular high school in that exam."

Li Wanyan gently raised the corners of her mouth.

……

(four)

Jiang Yu Ruo ran quickly to the dessert shop and bought an ice cream with chocolate and strawberry pieces. As soon as she got it, she couldn't wait to take a big bite.

The cold made her grimace.

The blue-purple starlight shone on her, making her decide to try blueberry ice cream next time.

It's probably because the color is somewhat similar to the starry sky.

……

(Fives)

Mr. Xue always came and went alone.

Today is no exception.

Ye Wen's question echoed in his mind: "You're only two points away from a perfect score in every subject... Xiaoxue, are you doing this on purpose?"

He grinned, neither confirming nor denying.

Although he was first and Mo Xueyao was second, the difference between the two was actually an astonishing thirty points.

"Actually, you should go out into a wider world to develop... But you didn't perform that badly in your previous standardized tests, did you? Don't you want to go? It's a top-tier high school."

In the office, Mr. Xue did not give a reason.

But on his way back alone, he smiled faintly and answered Ye Wen's question—even though she couldn't hear him at all.

"Because—there aren't that many interesting stories there."

……

(six)

My parents said they'd close a little later today because business is booming, and some customers have already called to order flowers.

So Mo Xueyao and Li Wanyan took the bus home ahead of time.

To avoid having to transfer if the direct train stops running later.

The bus was completely empty late at night, the darkness filling those empty spaces, making you feel like you were sitting in a large coffin with the window open.

Mo Xueyao was so sleepy that she leaned against Li Wanyan and fell asleep. The journey home suddenly felt much shorter to her.

I was still a little reluctant to wake up when it was time to get off the bus.

Next to the supermarket, colorful neon lights flickered. Half-asleep, she thought of Shi Haiming, who worked at an internet cafe nearby, and suddenly wanted to see how he got to work.

But then I remembered that I hadn't asked for the specific address, so I had to give up.

"Ah, speaking of which, Tao should be graduating by now, right? I wonder if vocational high school seniors do internships? Or do they study like us...?"

As Mo Xueyao spoke, she opened her mouth wide and yawned several times. Even Li Wanyan was infected and yawned as well.

"Make a call and ask."

"It would be better to get everyone together when we have time..."

"Let's get together then, it's been a long time since we've had a get-together."

"Huh, why is Wanyan even more enthusiastic than me?"

"People always need friends."

"Does Wanyan have any friends besides me?"

"..."

"Cough cough!! I didn't say anything!"

"Yinyin, Lele, Xiao..."

"Isn't that my friend?" Mo Xueyao joked.

"It's mine too."