A Young Woman's Heart

"Ugh...mmm..." Her head was a little dizzy, but probably because she had slept for too long, her eyelids opened as if something was forcibly holding them open.

She rolled over on the spacious floor, bumped into the cabinet opposite, and then rolled back with a 'gurgle'.

The bedding was tangled up with her body, twisted and contorted beyond recognition.

Finally, she decided to get up.

The main symptom is thirst.

"Phew!" She sat up abruptly, staring blankly at the empty dormitory room. Then she picked up the water glass on the low table and gulped it down in one go.

"Hoo-hoo!" It was as if the parched farmland had been nourished by rain, making her feel completely relaxed.

She straightened the bedding, put it in the closet, and then changed into her school uniform before leaving the room.

It was getting late, and the dormitory building was quiet.

Where are they...?

My mind is still a bit foggy, and I need to walk to remember many things.

"Huh...did they all go out to play?" She was a little nervous, feeling like she was being left alone at home by the adults.

Fortunately, there were a few students from other classes behind the open dormitory door, which reassured her a lot.

But there are indeed not many students left in the dormitories.

I guess it's because I'm finally leaving, so I'm taking the opportunity to go out and have some fun, to create a lasting memory for myself?

Now she suddenly regrets not going out with everyone.

Sleeping in late is certainly enjoyable, but once you wake up, you immediately feel like you've wasted a lot of your life.

Humans are always so contradictory.

……

(three)

After washing up, Mo Xueyao gently tossed her neatly tied single ponytail, which was still pretty even without Li Wanyan's help to comb it, and went downstairs at a leisurely pace.

There weren't many people left here, and even the boys who usually liked to play ball were gone from the square.

Only a few students who were too lazy to go out remained here, sunbathing.

Mo Xueyao glanced around but didn't see any familiar classmates.

I do know someone, but we're not very close.

—The students in Class 2 were assigned to other science classes when the division of arts and sciences occurred. They did not do well in arts and sciences and could not get into Class 1 in sciences.

A tall, thin boy with a few pimples on his face.

Normally, Mo Xueyao would feel that he was already a stranger.

But today, she suddenly felt that this guy had become familiar again.

"Jia Qixue!"

She stood on the steps and waved to the boy who was chatting with his companion.

"Huh?" Jia Qixue was clearly a little surprised. He paused for a moment, looking at the black-haired, blue-eyed girl. His companions next to him suddenly chuckled as if they had discovered some secret.

Have you seen any of the other students in our class?

"Other classmates? Uh... I don't know. Many of your classmates went to the city to play this morning, and some went out with other teachers."

According to Jia Qixue, Class Two has now become your class.

Although this was normal, it still made Mo Xueyao feel a little disappointed.

"All right……"

"Oh, right, I think I just saw Yue Tingfeng come downstairs."

"Huh, him?"

"Yes, I didn't see any other students from Class 2."

"Okay." Mo Xueyao put her hands in her skirt pockets and gave him a thank-you smile.

The latter seemed to be frozen in place, mouth agape and motionless.

His companions laughed and woke him up only after she turned to leave.

In the eyes of many students at Yukong High School, Mo Xueyao is a shining star wherever she goes, leaving an indelible mark on many people's lives.

But to Mo Xueyao, they were just ordinary classmates, merely fleeting passersby in her life, and she wouldn't even remember them when she looked back in the future.

And how many people in this world can be etched in the memories of so many others?

……

(four)

There was only one person sitting in the classroom.

—Listening to the wind.

He was slurping down his instant noodles, sweating profusely as he ate. Although it was just an ordinary bowl of instant noodles, the way he ate it made it look very appetizing.

"Listening to the Wind?"

"Oh? Mo Xueyao? Didn't you go out with anyone else?"

"I just slept in..." Mo Xueyao stretched her arms, "Now I'm a little hungry... Where did you get your instant noodles?"

"Help yourself on the podium. It's for the students who didn't go out, so they won't go hungry. There are also sausages. Remember to take two. I think I'm the only boy in my class here. Eat as much as you want, you won't be able to finish it anyway."

"It seems like I'm the only girl here."

"What a coincidence, I also overslept and didn't get up."

Mo Xueyao sighed with some regret, took out a box of shrimp and fish cake noodles from the cardboard box, opened it and put in the seasoning packet, slowly walked to the water dispenser, filled it with hot water, then stuck it in with a fork and casually found a seat near Le Tingfeng.

"Haha, it's too boring being alone?"

"Uh...it's alright." Mo Xueyao rested her chin on her hand and looked out the window. "I just don't know how to kill time."

"Oh? Do you want to go out and play with me?"

"and you?"

"Well, we're bored anyway, so why don't we go hiking? Let's go up that mountain over there, and climb to the top, what do you say?"

"Ah, that works too."

"Okay, let's go together after you finish eating!"

The two guys, who hadn't gone out with anyone else, reached a temporary consensus.

……

(Fives)

This hill behind the mountain is not a truly barren hill in the traditional sense.

You can tell from the path that has been cleared that people still use it, and at least every now and then, otherwise the weeds would definitely cover the path.

"Crack—crack—" Le Tingfeng struggled to grab a thin branch, but after breaking it off, it was still attached to the tree. He had to twist it several times before he could finally get it down. "Damn it..."

"What are you doing?"

"It's a bit steep, don't you need a cane?"

"Alas, trees are being destroyed."

"This is nothing at all, okay?" Le Tingfeng said, then twisted down another branch, and the two of them each used one as a support to climb up.

Most of the land here is planted with fruit trees, while the sunny slopes are planted with tea trees.

There is no farmland, probably because farmland is too troublesome to manage, especially in such a mountainous area.

"Do you often go hiking?"

"No, what's wrong?"

"Then how do you know to break branches?" Mo Xueyao supported herself with the branches. With these, climbing up became much easier, and it was also less likely to fall.

"Huh? I'm not an idiot," Le Tingfeng exclaimed helplessly.

"Speaking of which, were you ever bullied when you were a child?"

"When I was little? Hmm... let me think. I said I had two mothers, and then I got laughed at or beaten up or something."

"So what did you do?"

"What should I do? What should I do... Just cry and go back to your mom."

"puff……"

"Haha, that was when I was a very young child."

“I thought there would be some kind of follow-up, like your mom standing up for you and beating up those kids, or you making a good friend who would back you up.” Mo Xueyao’s thoughts kept wandering. “Or, to exaggerate a bit more, maybe your mom would call a security guard to pretend to be your father and scare those brats away…”

"Oh my, girls have such rich imaginations."

Le Tingfeng's words displeased Mo Xueyao: "It's not only girls who have rich imaginations."

"Huh? Uh... Haha..." He didn't know what this meant, so he changed the subject. "Actually, life isn't a novel. Most things just end up being left unresolved."

"Then you're just going to keep getting bullied?"

"That's all from kindergarten. Once I started elementary school, I got smarter and stopped talking about family secrets. As for middle school, I wasn't so naive anymore. By high school... even if I told people, they would find it funny and wouldn't bully me for it."

"That's rare. Kids who are bullied from a young age usually become a bit withdrawn, right?"

"Life is like this: forget the bad things of the past and only remember the good ones. Isn't that how most people do it? How many of the hard times from the past can you still remember now?"

"Eh...that's true..."

"Look!" Yue Tingfeng interrupted the conversation, pointing to a temple on a mountaintop not far away. "It looks like a temple, doesn't it?"

Mo Xueyao squinted, trying to make out the words on the plaque: "Huaxi Mountain Mountain God Temple... Hmm, it's a mountain god temple."

"It's not unusual. After all, it's the countryside. It's normal for people to worship a mountain god. It seems like people come here often. Look, those apples are all fresh."

"Want to sneak a bite and try?"