A Young Woman's Heart

"A type of human tissue."

"Huh? You stole it from the school lab?"

Tian Tingchan tilted her head and glanced at him with her beautiful big eyes: "What are you thinking? This is mine."

"Ah—I know, it's the appendix!"

"No."

"What is that?" Zhou Yong took a deep breath of the fragrance emanating from Tian Tingchan; it was the scent of lavender.

It felt like being in a flower field.

"……testis."

"What?"

Tian Tingchan silently repeated herself, and Zhou Yong could only see her open her mouth, but he couldn't hear her voice.

"what?"

"Ah."

"Why did you..."

“Because I am biologically male.” Tian Tingchan took a deep breath, and her speech suddenly became much faster. “Actually, I didn’t want to tell you. I thought it would be nice to leave you with a beautiful memory. But I still couldn’t help telling you the truth. If this is a plot of a novel, then I think I have failed. At the very least, I have deprived you of more of your imagination.”

"I...I have no idea what this is all about?"

“Me.” Tian Tingchan pointed to herself, “I’ve wanted to be a girl since I was little, but obviously… I can’t. At the very least, I can’t become a real woman. Part of the reason I studied medicine was for… this. So even though I haven’t had the surgery yet, I’ve decided to… remove them first.”

"Thailand……"

"Don't say those two words, they're very hurtful."

"I did not mean that."

Tian Tingchan smiled gently at him, put down the glass bottle, and picked up the hamster cage on the windowsill.

A hamster named Mochi is rummaging through wood shavings, living a carefree life.

"I called you here hoping... you could help me take care of it. I can't take it with me." Tian Tingchan smiled as she looked at him.

Zhou Yong felt that she was more like a real girl than ever before.

"I……"

"If you find it troublesome, then forget it. I'll ask another friend of mine to help."

“No, of course I’m willing… I—” Zhou Yong took a deep breath, picked up the cage from the windowsill, and hugged it tightly as if he were holding a person. “I mean, I’ve always wanted to tell you that I… like… I love you.”

Even if I am actually a man?

"No! That's not it, at least I don't think so."

"Really?" Tian Tingchan gently wiped her cheek with her back to him. "Then, please... throw away that glass bottle for me when we go downstairs later."

"what?"

“I don’t need it anymore.” She turned around, her eyes red-rimmed, but a smile brighter than the sun shone through.

……

(Fives)

"Even after a thousand miles of seeing you off, we must eventually part ways." In front of the train station, Tian Tingchan stood in the shadows by the wall, turning her head slightly to look at Zhou Yong. "You... you can leave me here."

"Can you carry all of these?"

"It's just a short distance."

"it is good……"

"It's too noisy inside, let's part ways outside." She seemed reluctant to turn around, but kept her head turned to the side.

After the morning downpour, the dark clouds had dispersed, and the bright sunshine shone on Zhou Yong. He didn't feel warm, but rather a little melancholy.

"Okay." Zhou Yong nodded gently once again.

He handed all the luggage to Tian Tingchan.

She carried the heavy bundle and walked forward step by step.

He waved from behind, seemingly never stopping.

The sunlight remains unchanged, and so does the shadow.

He looked at her in the shadows by the wall, bathed in sunlight: "Hey!"

"What's wrong?" Tian Tingchan struggled to carry her bundle and slowly turned around. Time seemed to slow down at that moment, and the surrounding pedestrians seemed to be far away.

The world seemed to have deliberately given them a space to be alone.

"I said, hamsters don't live very long either!"

"Take good care of it until I come back." Tian Tingchan slightly raised her delicate and fair neck.

"Don't worry about it!!" Zhou Yong shouted, his hands gripping his thighs as if he were using all his strength. "Once you've decided on a path, just keep going! There'll always be a way forward!"

Tian Tingchan sniffed: "If I really can't walk anymore, I'll stop and wait for you."

"Okay...I..."

Zhou Yong finally made up his mind to shout out his promise, as if he wanted the pedestrians and travelers around him to witness it.

But Tian Tingchan interrupted him.

"I'm leaving, goodbye."

"wait for me!!"

"You were waiting for me, weren't you?" She finally turned halfway around, her reddened eyes curving like crescent moons. She smiled, like blooming cherry blossoms, waved, and finally disappeared into time.

“Okay…” That was Zhou Yong’s final answer.

……

Chapter 215 Mom!

(One)

2002 4 Month 1 Day.

The college entrance examination in July is getting closer.

According to rumors, this may be the last year that the college entrance examination will be held in July. Starting next year, the exam will be held a month earlier.

In other words, next year's senior high school students will have a whole month less to study and a whole month less to spend with everyone.

But Mo Xueyao's feelings were conflicted.

I feel both fortunate and eager for time to pass quickly.

She rested all day yesterday, didn't go anywhere, just stayed home and slept, so much so that she felt as if that time had been stolen away, as if that day off had never happened.

"Yaoyao, are you still tired after sleeping all day yesterday?"

"No, it's more like... being tired. I feel mentally exhausted because I slept most of the time and didn't feel like I relaxed properly. I need to watch TV or play games for most of the day to feel satisfied, right?" Mo Xueyao sighed, draping her arms over her shoulders. "You know, I had so many classes last week, so of course I can't recover after just one day of rest."

"Don't worry, tomorrow is actually a holiday." Li Wanyan gently smoothed Mo Xueyao's long hair.

"Huh? Really?" Her eyes widened in surprise.

Li Wanyan's expression suddenly turned serious, leaving Mo Xueyao somewhat bewildered and flustered, unsure of what was wrong with her.

In less than three seconds, she suddenly relaxed her brows and lightly covered her lips with the back of her hand: "Pfft... Did Yao Yao really believe it?"

"what?"

"Happy April Fool's Day." Li Wanyan casually tossed her those words before quickly heading up the stairs.

Mo Xueyao followed closely behind her: "Hey, I didn't expect Wanyan to play April Fool's jokes too. Oh, is today April Fool's Day? Oh right, it's April 1st..."

"Ah."

"Oh, Wanyan, your shoelaces are untied!"

"The little leather shoes have no shoelaces."

"Damn it—I didn't fool you!"

"What an old scam! Are you a primary school student?"

"No, that's not true!"

……

(two)

In the classroom of Class 2, Grade 12, Li Wanyan opened the window as usual to ventilate and dispel the stale air.

Mo Xueyao placed the heavy schoolbag on the table, took out her homework, rummaged through a large pile of spare items inside, and then stuffed the whole thing into the drawer.

Most students hang their backpacks on their chairs so they can put more things in their drawers.

But she still prefers to put her schoolbag in the drawer, as it seems to make her feel safer. As for things that don't fit in the drawer, she just stuffs them into the cabinet at the back of the classroom.

When I feel that the table is a complete mess, I ask Li Wanyan to help me tidy it up, and it always looks neat and tidy.

When she has nothing to do for the time being, she likes to clear her mind during this time.

Mr. Xue would usually come in shortly afterward.

Then they would go to the band room together...

Surprisingly, the third person to enter the classroom today was not Mr. Xue, but Zhou Yong.

Even when he's copying homework, he rarely comes to school this early. After all, to get to school at this time, you have to get up before 5:30—it's only a little past 6 a.m. right now.

"Hey, so early, Zhou Yong~" Mo Xueyao greeted him warmly and waved gently.

He took a few heavy steps forward before slowly raising his head, looking like he hadn't had a good rest.

"What's wrong? Did you go to Gao Yuan's house to play games all night yesterday?" she asked teasingly.