A Young Woman's Heart

“There must be someone who has no home to return to, or whose parents are no longer alive, for some reason.” Gao Yuan glanced at Li Wanyan, seemingly unintentionally.

"Really? Do we have students like that at our school? No way!" Zhou Yong asked in surprise. "Who? Is anyone in our class homeless?"

"Damn, why do you ask so many questions!" Gao Yuan rolled her eyes at him. "Can't you learn from Xiao Ji? Don't you know that silence is golden?"

"You can even use idioms, wow." Zhou Yong patted Gao Yuan on the shoulder and put his ear to his mouth. "Come on, tell me quietly, I promise I won't tell anyone."

"I don't believe you!" Gao Yuan rolled his eyes and immediately raised his middle finger.

"Wow, Gao Yuan, you're something else! You actually dared to look down on me! Take this monkey stealing peach trick!"

The two boys then started laughing and joking around again.

However, Qiu Yi, their instructor, completely ignored them and was busy taking pictures with her digital camera.

He kept taking pictures of the scenery and people, as if he could never get enough of them.

"After it's finished, can the rest of us live here permanently?" Mo Xiao, who was walking ahead, asked jokingly.

"Of course, yes, but only for girls."

"Damn it, I know! Gao Yuan, you're up to no good!"

"What the hell are you thinking! You're such a pervert!" Gao Yuan immediately retorted.

"I didn't say anything, how do you know what I was going to say? You think I'm perverted just because of this? You must be thinking perverted things, tsk tsk tsk." Zhou Yong mocked sarcastically, and was immediately dragged aside by Gao Yuan, who acted like a 'strongman locking up a man'.

Li Wanyan pursed her lips, seemingly lost in thought, but Mo Xueyao, who knew her well, knew that she must be experiencing considerable emotional turmoil.

Perhaps she was somewhat moved by her usually unserious deskmate?

However, Mo Xueyao was more curious about what to do after the house was built.

Did you tell the other students directly that the class monitor had no home to go to and then let her stay in this makeshift house?

Putting aside the possibility of it attracting jealousy, if I were to say it out loud, it might hurt the class monitor's self-esteem.

And it could very well affect her 'authority' in the class.

There's no way to stop other people from coming after it's finished, since they'll definitely have to come many times during the construction process, right?

If you remember the route, you'll be able to find it yourself.

It seems inevitable that the club members will find out the truth.

There's really nothing to be ashamed of.

It's not like she did anything wrong. As the class monitor, Li Wanyan has already done a great job. It's not like her parents can control their lives.

That's what Mo Xueyao thinks, but that doesn't mean others won't discriminate against her because of it...

She vaguely remembered that when she was in kindergarten, there was a little boy from a single-parent family who was looked down upon by the other children every day.

They say he doesn't have a father, that he was raised by his mother, and therefore doesn't count as a man.

Although high school students should be much more mature, there are still some things that are hard to predict.

Mo Xueyao recalled what her father had said to her that night at the fruit shop.

I don't quite remember the exact words, but the general idea was that you can believe many people are kind, but you can't ignore the unknown malice.

"Alright, alright, Zhou Yong, stop messing around, we're here!" Gao Yuan pushed Zhou Yong aside, took a few steps forward, and ran to a piece of abandoned land. "This is it!"

"It's so spacious." Mo Xueyao took a deep breath and smelled the earthy scent, which was neither pleasant nor unpleasant.

Duanmu Ji, who had been silently following along, looked up at the sky, seemingly beginning to imagine what it would feel like to build his envisioned underground house here.

Mr. Xue, who hadn't said much either, smiled slightly and walked to Gao Yuan's side: "It's said to be at the foot of the mountain, but it's not that close. There's enough sunlight to shine on this open space, and the other side of the mountain faces north, so there's no obstruction to the south. There's also a stream running along the foot of the mountain... Hmm, this is truly a blessed place."

Mr. Xue joined the club after Mo Xueyao and the others. He actually applied to many clubs, but the Art Practice Club was the first to approve his application, so he naturally joined Mo Xueyao and the others.

"Hehe, of course! This place is quite nice!" Gao Yuan said proudly, looking around. "Hmm, let me see. We can use this flat area, but we'll pass on the other slopes. It's about two hundred square meters."

"About 160 square meters," Mr. Xue said after taking a few steps, giving a relatively precise figure.

"A house of 100 square meters should be enough, the rest can be used as a yard." Mo Xueyao had already started planning.

"Yes, that's enough. In fact, the house we designed doesn't take up too much space. According to the design... the actual floor area is fifty-eight square meters." Qiu Yi nodded gently.

"This is really a perfect place to live!" Mo Zhuyou stretched lazily. "I'm so sleepy!"

Qiu Yi then walked to Gao Yuan's side and whispered in his ear, "Gao Yuan, didn't you say you wanted me to say this was arranged by the school? How come you let it slip?"

"Ah... I got carried away..." Gao Yuan suddenly remembered this and guiltily wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Actually, you wanted to test whether saying this would cause them to distance themselves from you, right?"

"Ha, haha...maybe?" Gao Yuan replied ambiguously.

“If you said your family was so poor you had to beg for food, people might distance themselves from you. But if you say it like that, who would distance themselves from you…” Qiu Yi said helplessly.

"No, no, no...it's also possible that I'll become very obsequious, like...a very sycophantic feeling."

"And now?"

"It seems...no change?"

"Of course, because everyone really considers you a friend, especially Zhou Yong."

"Ahem, I was overthinking it." Gao Yuan looked up at the sky, then changed the subject, "So, teacher, what should we do now?"

"Hmm...of course, we should remove all these dead weeds first." Qiu Yi's voice rose considerably. "Everyone, come here. Let's remove all the dead weeds in this area. Don't be fooled by the fact that they seem to be dead now; they'll grow back even more next year. What we need to do is pull them up by the roots and clear out a clean space."

"But we don't have any tools!" Mo Zhuyou squatted down and tried to pull out a weed. "And...it seems quite difficult to pull out..."

"Okay, just use your hands. Boys, put in the effort! Girls, you're in charge of piling up the cleared weeds to the side!" Qiu Yi immediately assigned the tasks.

Everyone got busy too.

After clearing a small patch of land, Qiu Yi picked up a twig, took out the blueprints from his briefcase, and started drawing lines on the ground.

"Teacher Qiu, what's this for?" Mo Xue asked, pointing to a small square drawn with a twig on the open ground as she moved the weeds to the side and piled them up.

"Oh, this is a combination of Duanmu Ji's ideas. We're going to build a basement a little further away from the container house. It can be used as a wine cellar, a small warehouse, or a small underground study to satisfy personal preferences. We'll also build a small house on top, which can also be used as a warehouse, study, or other facilities."

“If we’re going to build a basement, we need to consider the soil quality here,” Mr. Xue said, leaning closer. “And we can’t dig the basement near the creek. If we’re going to add a skylight, we’ll have to make sure it’s waterproof… I think it would be better to just dig a basement under the container house, and then build a skylight on the side, and then put tempered glass on top of the skylight to prevent people from falling in.”

"Mr. Xue has thought this through very thoroughly," Mo Xueyao exclaimed.

"Haha, that's really good. This is another one of my plans, so I'm also thinking about which one is better."

“It would be more convenient to build a courtyard,” Mr. Xue said without the slightest hesitation.

“Yes, I also think the courtyard is nice,” Mo Xueyao agreed.

"Haha, you two, are you two in perfect harmony?"

Mo Xueyao looked at Qiu Yi, who was joking, and was speechless.

Meanwhile, Duanmu Ji, who was weeding behind them, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

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Chapter 127 Let's go grocery shopping!

On Sunday morning, a few dark clouds covered the sky.

Mo Xueyao yawned as she washed up in front of the fruit shop. She was too tired yesterday to ride her bike home, so she simply spent the night at the fruit shop with Li Wanyan.

After sleeping with her so many times, I don't really feel anything special anymore.

She wouldn't even have any bad thoughts in her mind—even when Li Wanyan was holding her.

Is it estrogen that's influencing her, or is she just used to Li Wanyan?

"Humans are just too complicated," Mo Xueyao thought to herself, spitting out mouthwash into the well next to the shop and then stretching out a big yawn.

"You're only getting up now?" Grandma Jin walked over carrying a small dog. She always liked to come over from time to time to chat with my father.

Of course, they usually chat while standing at the door, so they can easily see who comes into the grocery store to buy things, so that customers don't come in only to find no one in the store.

"Hmm... Good morning, Grandma Jin." Mo Xueyao subconsciously wanted to wipe the toothpaste foam from the corner of her mouth with her hand, but when she thought that she was in front of strangers, she quickly put her hand down, poured some boiling water into the basin next to her, and then mixed in some cold water from the tap at the door, and began to wash her face in a very ladylike manner.

It's not too late, it's eight o'clock in the morning. Because it's Sunday and I was really tired from cleaning the land yesterday, I slept in for a while.

The main problem was that there was no alarm clock, and neither her father nor Li Wanyan woke her up, so she slept until she naturally woke up...

"Oh my, Aunt Jin, you bought a puppy? Is it a purebred?" Father said, looking at the blue-eyed dog in Grandma Jin's arms that looked like a little wolf. "It's quite handsome."

"How is it? Pretty good, right?" Grandma Jin said, putting the puppy down. The puppy then walked into the fruit shop as if it were a familiar place. "I asked someone to buy it for me from a kennel."

"Looks pretty expensive! What breed is it?" The father squatted down and rubbed his hands together with the puppy. "Mwah, come here!"

"Husky, I heard it's a sled dog, it can grow very big and is very strong," Grandma Jin said with a smile.

"Did Grandma Jin give it a name?" Mo Xueyao wiped her face, washed the towel, and hung it on the hook by the door of the small room.

"Not yet. You and Wanyan are high school students, so you're considered cultured. Why don't you give Grandma's puppy a name?"

"Why don't we just call it 'Haha'?" the father suggested first.

"Ha my foot." Mo Xueyao rolled her eyes. "This name is so tasteless!"

"Isn't it better to make it easy to understand?" the father said, picking up a tangerine and handing it to Grandma Jin. "Auntie, try this, it's guaranteed to be sweet."

"Hehe! Actually, 'haha' is pretty good, but wouldn't it look a bit strange if you kept shouting it? Haha—"

“That’s right, if you keep calling its name, it will just turn into ‘haha, haha, haha, haha,’ and people who don’t know better will think it came from a mental hospital!” Mo Xueyao glanced at her father sideways.

"Now that you mention it, I do think this name is quite interesting," Grandma Jin laughed.

"Haha?" Li Wanyan waved to the husky, which came over as if it understood.

"It seems it likes the name very much." Grandma Jin spat the seeds of the tangerine into her palm and smiled kindly. "Then let's call it 'Haha'."

Mo Xueyao rolled her eyes.

"Awoo~" Haha tilted her head back and howled in a childish voice, as if she had really accepted the name.

Su Tang looked at it with disdain and jumped from the ground to a higher box.

But Haha seemed to really like it, clinging to the box and trying to climb up, biting its tail while constantly licking Su Tang's paws with its tongue.