A Young Woman's Heart

"..." Li Wanyan didn't know how to answer for a moment. She dipped her chopsticks into the white porridge, put them in her mouth and sipped them. After a long while, she said, "I don't know much about it."

"So, without knowing anything about them, just based on your personal subjective opinion, which one do you like the most?"

Like an adult being pestered by a child, Li Wanyan smiled helplessly and said in a coaxing tone, "Well, let's go with Seven."

"Really? I love Ultraman Jack the most!"

"Okay." Li Wanyan pointed to the breakfast on the table. "Eat quickly, or it will get cold."

"Uh-huh!"

……

Chapter 300 The Rabbit and the Eagle

(One)

Under a blue sky that is as soft and blurry as if drawn with a pencil, an eagle is soaring.

This ruler of the sky used his sharp eyes to search for his prey.

Then, it suddenly swooped down through the thin veil of clouds, its outstretched wings blocking out a large portion of the sunlight.

"Wow—"

"call out--"

In the blink of an eye, it caught the plump black rabbit and flapped its wings again, soaring into the sky.

"Ah!" Mo Zhuyou, who was sitting in the yard shelling soybeans, was startled by the scene in front of her. Although she often saw eagles in the sky, this was the first time she had seen one so close.

So much so that she was completely unaware of the green worms wriggling near her fingernails inside the bean pod.

because--

Dark Chocolate was arrested.

"Sister!" Mo Zhuyou ignored the overturned vegetable basket, pushed open the glass door and rushed in, anxiously shouting at her sister who was cleaning, but she couldn't say a complete sentence and could only make incoherent sounds.

Mo Xiaoxiao looked at her younger sister, who was stomping her feet and waving her arms and legs, and quickly came over, patting her back to comfort her, "What's wrong? What happened? Don't worry."

"Gurgle—" Mo Zhuyou seemed to only realize this at this moment, and tears welled up in her eyes. "Sister, Black Chocolate has been captured!"

"Huh?"

"What a huge... eagle!"

Mo Xiaoxiao quickly pushed open the door and went out to take a look. Sure enough, she couldn't find any trace of Hei Qiao in the yard.

This is the end of the village road, and also the place closest to the mountains. Wild animals do sometimes roam here, but since there are fences around the yards, they rarely come to places where people live.

In addition, there are armed hunters in the village who occasionally go hunting, so the fierce and irritable wild boars or even the possible wolves dare not provoke humans.

Unexpectedly, such a large eagle dared to fly into the yard.

Actually, it's not that surprising.

After all, these large carnivorous birds sometimes even attack humans.

Catching a rabbit instead of attacking Mo Zhuyou is considered good luck.

Mo Xiaoxiao wanted to comfort her sister, but when she turned around, she saw that her face was wet with tears and snot was flowing uncontrollably from her nose.

"They've been arrested, so there's nothing we can do..."

"Waaah... But, but, dark chocolate... We, we... we finally... raised it with such difficulty..." Mo Zhuyou sobbed, "We finally, so difficultly raised it!! Waaah..."

Mo Xiaoxiao hugged her younger sister and gently patted her shoulder, letting her rest her chin on her shoulder: "It's alright, there's nothing we can do, she's already been taken away... It's good that you're alright."

“We, the two of us… Dark Chocolate, are already a family, family members… hiccup…” Mo Zhuyou was crying so hard that she even started hiccuping uncontrollably, unable to finish a sentence.

In the gentle sunlight, the older sister patted her younger sister's back tenderly: "It's okay, how about we get another black rabbit?"

"No, no, no! Dark chocolate is dark chocolate! Other rabbits aren't it!!"

"Okay... how about I make you a chocolate cake today?"

"No—!!!" Mo Zhuyou cried even harder, gently punching her older sister's arm with her fist as she cried, like a child throwing a tantrum.

Mo Xiaoxiao simply smiled gently and patiently comforted her.

……

(two)

Mr. Xue and Yang Yankai were walking side by side on this country road. They were regulars here, coming here from time to time, either to fish, or to set up scaffolds and repair something.

Such pure friendship is precious at any time.

Yang Yankai was carrying a large bundle in his arms and another one on his back, both filled with cotton, which he had brought from home.

Summer is actually the perfect season for drying cotton. Once this cotton is dried, the two sisters can use it themselves.

Whether used to make quilts, cotton-padded jackets, or even to stuff pillows or dolls, it's perfectly fine.

"When I graduate, I plan to bring the sapling from my family's land and plant it at the school." Yang Yankai looked at the sky, thinking about what to do next. "It's a peach tree that I planted myself. I just broke off a branch, stuck it in the ground, and it survived. Transplanting it now shouldn't be a problem."

"Should we plant it in the school, to leave a memento?" Mr. Xue asked with a smile.

"Yeah, pretty much. At least it proves I was here. Even if I'm not here, my old classmates can gather under the tree I planted and laugh together, saying... that's the tree Old Yang planted, and the peaches are ripe now, haha."

“Those memories won’t just be yours alone anymore.”

"Yes, so my idea is pretty good, right?"

“Not bad.” Mr. Xue was about to say something when he suddenly stopped, his gaze fixed on the dark figure that was flapping its wings and flying in from a distance.

It didn't fly very high, perhaps because the prey it was carrying was too heavy.

It was a dark, shapeless mass.

It might be a wild boar, or a wild cat or something like that.

Mr. Xue has excellent eyesight; he can even see the patterns on the eagle's feathers.

"Wow, that eagle is flying so low!" Yang Yankai exclaimed, his eyes wide. "It's so big, it could grab a child!"

At that moment, the prey that had been caught by it, seemingly resigned to its fate, suddenly began to struggle violently. Then, with a powerful kick, the dark shape began to fall freely under the influence of gravity.

The eagle swooped down, seemingly trying to catch its prey again, but the dark shadow landed right where Mr. Xue and Yang Yankai were standing.

It flew halfway up the mountain, but finally, somewhat unwillingly, it flapped its wings and flew back into the sky.

"Whoosh!" The dark figure slipped through the gap in the package Yang Yankai was holding and fell into the soft, fluffy cotton.

Then, it struggled to peek its head out from inside.

“Dark chocolate?” Mr. Xue recognized it.

"Ah, isn't this Xiaoxiao's black rabbit?" Yang Yankai was also somewhat surprised.

The rabbit, which had been very excited just moments before, seemed to quiet down a bit after seeing the two people. Its little nose twitched, probably because it smelled a familiar scent, and it stopped moving, looking very tired.

The unwilling eagle circled above the two for a while, but seeing that there was no chance, it finally flew in another direction, intending to find new prey.

……

(three)

As soon as Yang Yankai and Mr. Xue entered the courtyard, they saw Mo Zhuyou crying with tears streaming down her face, her red eyes still unable to stop the flow of tears.

"What's wrong?" Yang Yankai was still a little confused about what was going on, but Mr. Xue already understood everything.

"The rabbit is lost."

"Huh?"

"Oh, oh—" Yang Yankai immediately understood why she was crying. "Haha, you cried like this just because you lost a rabbit? If you had a dog, you would cry for three days and three nights when it died."

"Get away from me!" Mo Zhuyou gritted her teeth, looking as if she was about to take her anger out on him.

"How did you know?" Mo Xiaoxiao then grasped the crux of the matter.

"because……"

“The rabbit is right here,” Yang Yan said first, laughing as he put down the package he was holding in front of his chest, then reached in and rummaged around, pulling out the still somewhat uneasy big black rabbit.

When it realized it was back in the yard, it immediately scurried to Mo Xiaoxiao's feet, trembling and not daring to leave for even an inch.

"Huh!? Dark chocolate!" Mo Zhuyou's eyes widened in surprise. "How...how did it get here?"

"It used the long-lost rabbit-kicking-eagle technique in mid-air," Yang Yankai continued jokingly. "Then it fell down, landing right in the cotton. It should be fine, at most a few scratches or a scratch from its sharp claws. Just apply some white wine and it'll be fine in a few days."

"Yes, it's best to apply iodine and then bandage it."

"Hey, it's not that delicate. If you treat it like that, it won't survive." Yang Yan waved his hand. "Wild rabbits that escape from the clutches of eagles still live."

"You...you...shut up." Mo Zhuyou stammered, bending down to hug Hei Qiao. "...Phew, Hei Qiao, thank goodness you're alright..."

"Thank you." Mo Xiaoxiao nodded gently to Yang Yankai.

"You're welcome. Here, this cotton is what I brought from home. I just grabbed a little from the warehouse. You can dry it in the summer and use it for whatever you want."

"Thank you so much..."

"Haha, it's nothing, just something I picked up. This cotton isn't worth much in the countryside." Yang Yan clapped his hands. "Is there any water? I'm dying of thirst from walking."

"some."

Before her older sister could go inside, the younger sister had already darted inside.

"Sis! Do you have iodine at home? Do you have any liquor? Where's the first-aid kit from last time? Are the bandages in the first-aid kit?"

"Okay, don't rush, let Xiaoxue do it. She's definitely more professional than you."

“That’s true…” So Mo Zhuyou hugged the black chocolate and looked longingly at Mr. Xue, “Little Xue…”

"Okay, I'll do it."

"Um, should we not let the dark chocolates out of the cage? What if they come back next time..."

"This is indeed a bit of a headache." Mo Xiao smiled and nodded. "It wouldn't be good if she scratched my sister and me."

"In the countryside, people usually hang some gourd flutes and keep cats and dogs, so these birds of prey don't dare to come down." Yang Yankai scratched his head, took the cool boiled water that Mo Xiaoxiao handed him, and gulped it down. "Haha, how about I bring you a puppy next time?"