A Young Woman's Heart

Li Wanyan responded and went back into the kitchen, closing the door behind her.

However, Mo Xueyao still coughed a few times from the fumes: "Cough, cough... Wanyan, what are you cooking today... It's so spicy..."

There was no reply, probably because they didn't hear it.

So she continued to busy herself, putting the books the two of them had brought back from school the day before into their suitcases one by one.

There are actually quite a lot of textbooks, practice questions, and supplementary materials; there's a huge stack of test papers alone.

Since I'll be attending classes there for a month, I need to make sure I bring everything I need.

Today, we deliberately skipped evening self-study and let the senior students leave school, so that everyone would have enough time to take all their belongings from their drawers and the cabinets at the back of the classroom.

……

(two)

"Yaoyao, dinner's ready."

"Here it comes—" Mo Xueyao had just packed half of the books, with textbooks and test papers piled up all over the floor. She found a foothold in the chaos and tiptoed out of the room in a few steps.

There were three dishes and a soup on the table, a rather sumptuous meal.

The really spicy dish I just saw was the spicy chicken cubes covered in chili peppers right in front of me.

Li Wanyan's cooking is always quite strong in flavor. Although Mo Xueyao has offered some minor suggestions, it's still hard to change. If she doesn't use so many seasonings, she seems to have forgotten how to cook.

However, at least there's a light dish today—cold cucumber salad.

It was sprinkled with white sugar.

Putting aside the strong flavor, the taste itself is quite good, but it can be a bit cloying if you eat too much.

The downpour subsided after a short while, turning into a light drizzle. The living room, without windows, offered no view of the scenery outside, which was a bit of a disappointment.

Otherwise, enjoying dinner while admiring the rain scene would be a wonderful experience.

The most popular TV series of the moment, "Wind and Cloud," is playing on the large-screen TV. The male lead, sporting a ramen noodle hairstyle, is engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy.

Mo Xueyao was so engrossed in watching that she picked up a piece of food with her chopsticks, only to realize she hadn't picked anything up when she put it in her mouth.

Li Wanyan shook her head helplessly and picked up a few pieces of chicken, putting them into her bowl.

"Eat everything, don't leave any."

"Mmm..." Mo Xueyao nodded, but the plot interrupted with a commercial break at its most exciting moment. She reluctantly turned back and quickly shoveled down a few mouthfuls of food. "Mmm, delicious!"

"If you're just watching TV, can you even taste the flavor?"

"Of course you can taste it!"

"Is everything put away?"

"Not yet. I'll pack the rest into my suitcase after dinner. To be honest, we have quite a lot of books and test papers..."

"Bring everything you need; it's not convenient to buy things in the mountains."

"Absolutely, trust me completely on that!"

"Have a meal."

"Good~"

……

(three)

After the meal, as usual, Li Wanyan washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen.

Mo Xueyao continued packing books into the box, occasionally opening drawers to rummage through them and see if there was anything else she needed to bring.

"Oh right... I definitely need a novel to pass the time, and... let's grab the game console I won in the raffle last time, we can play it in the car..."

Although we can only play simple games like Tetris, it's better than not being able to play anything at all.

Mo Xueyao also wanted to buy a handheld game console that could play game cartridges, just like Gao Yuan, but unfortunately, it was too expensive, and she didn't know how to buy one...

A few relaxing items were placed inside, instantly giving Mo Xueyao the illusion that she was going on a picnic.

Of course, if you're going on a picnic, you definitely won't bring so much stuff in big and small suitcases...

"Hmm—should I bring the electronic keyboard with me...?" Sure enough, thinking about staying for a month, Mo Xueyao felt that she should bring even more things. She hesitated and swayed her body, looking at the electronic keyboard in her bag. "Ah—it would be great if the electronic keyboard could be folded up too."

In situations like this, Yu Shu's shoulder-mounted keyboard is more convenient to carry.

But thinking about how she'll have to drag a big suitcase and carry a big backpack tomorrow, and if she adds an electronic keyboard to that, what a mess it will be!

"Never mind..."

"Yaoyao, are you taking a shower?" Wanyan's voice came from outside the door. She was wearing an apron stained with oil and asked from the doorway.

"Oh? You go ahead and wash, I'm not done yet!"

"it is good."

The rain stopped again, and a cool breeze blew across her face through the cracks in the window. It had been like this all this time.

"Take this too, just in case you need a pencil... um... should we bring extra ballpoint pen refills...? Should we bring a fountain pen too...?"

……

(four)

Mo Xueyao scratched her wet hair and stood naked in front of the fogged-up mirror.

She reached out and wiped the mirror with her palm, then picked up the hair dryer.

"Hmm—I should bring shampoo and conditioner too, otherwise my hair will get tangled again..." She thought about the things she had overlooked while drying her hair, her gaze casually sweeping over herself in the mirror.

Suddenly, she stopped using the hairdryer and pressed her hand against her chest: "Are you more perky than before? Hmm, have you grown taller?"

The hairdryer started blowing again, and Mo Xueyao raised her arm to look at her armpit, which was still completely hairless.

"Wanyan said the milk scent here is the strongest... Strange, why can't I smell it?" She tilted her head and sniffed, only smelling the fragrance of shower gel.

After drying her hair, she used the hairdryer to blow-dry other parts of her body, then dried herself with a towel, put on her pajamas which were by the door, and ran out barefoot.

Li Wanyan was going through her packed luggage, as if checking to see if anything was missing.

"By the way, Wanyan, why don't you put the conditioner and stuff in your backpack? I feel like there's no room in your suitcase."

"Yes, I'll pack it up later."

“Use the new ones! Didn’t Mom buy several bottles last month when it was on sale at the supermarket? And the shower gel, oh… that shower gel is mint scented.”

"dislike?"

“It’s not that I don’t like the smell, it’s just that every time I put it on my body, ugh—” Mo Xueyao said, shivering, “it’s freezing cold, it’s like putting ice cubes on my body. But, it should be quite comfortable to use when the weather is hot.”

"Hmm...it does feel like Tiger Balm when you apply it to your body."

"Oh right, I almost forgot about Tiger Balm and mosquito repellent. Bring them all! I don't want to be covered in mosquito bites. The mosquitoes in the countryside are much more vicious than those in the city."

"I brought it." Li Wanyan opened her schoolbag, which was also bulging with bags.

"Hmm—let's see what else we need, otherwise it will be troublesome if we want something but can't find it later."

Li Wanyan pursed her lips and looked at Mo Xueyao: "Don't worry too much, there are many friends who can help each other."

"Huh? It's quite strange to hear that from Wanyan."

Li Wanyan glanced at her sideways.

"Ahem, what I mean is, I thought Wanyan didn't consider Yinyin and the others to be friends..."

"why."

"Uh, uh... maybe because I'm always rather indifferent?"

"..."

"Should we be more enthusiastic next time?"

"Passion...?" Li Wanyan fell into deep thought. Although she knew the meaning of the word, it would be a bit too much to ask her to express that feeling.

After all, it's very difficult to change a person's personality.

"Actually, all you need to do is smile more, right?"

Is that so?

"Uh...you, is that supposed to be a laugh? It's more like..."

"Doesn't that count?"

"He seems like a smiling tiger."

"..."

……

Chapters 245: School Trip!

(One)

The bus was bumping along, heading into the distance.

The journey wasn't too far, nor too short; the students would likely spend a whole morning and half an afternoon on the bus before finally arriving.

Having experienced motion sickness before, Hua Yinyin got on the bus, found a window seat, closed her eyes, and prepared to fall asleep.

Otherwise, she would have thrown up her dinner from yesterday during such a long journey.

A white headphone cord was hanging from her body, with two earphones in her ears, and her body swayed with the car.

She could only find a little peace and quiet when she was in a car.

Sitting next to her, Mo Zhuyou was chatting with her older sister and Wang Jiale across the aisle, seemingly about some recent celebrity gossip.

It seems to be more than just who's dating whom; there's even gossip about which male celebrity slept with several female celebrities at once...

Li Wanyan and Chali were sitting in the front, chatting about their studies. Mo Xueyao sat quietly by the window, with Duanmu Ji, who rarely seemed to hang out with the boys, beside her.

Zhou Yong and Le Tingfeng sat together, listening to the latter chat about the interesting things that happened in the bar.