A Young Woman's Heart

"If you really don't want the exam papers, cut a piece of nylon rope from the podium and tie them up. Then sell them as scrap and use the money to pay for class funds. We'll use that to buy you some graduation gifts."

"Little Yaoyao, do you want some rope? I cut two extra pieces over."

“Hmm…” Mo Xueyao hesitated.

With so many exam papers here, it's unrealistic to expect her to go back and review them all in the next few days.

In fact, many questions on the test paper are repetitive or similar, and you've almost gotten used to them by the time you finish them, so there's not much point in going back to look at them.

But those are words I wrote myself, and sweat I shed, so it feels a bit of a waste to just throw them away.

But she eventually nodded.

It's like saying goodbye to my past self...

……

Chapter 305 Various Things

(One)

Inside the mint green family sedan, Huang Yuxi was yawning sleepily.

The roadside trees outside the window moved backward at a leisurely pace.

This is a newly built highway. Because many people don't know about it, there are hardly any other cars on the road. On both sides are farmland and a winding river.

The two went for a drive without a destination.

Just strolling around leisurely like this.

More than anything, it's about enjoying the scenery along the way.

“Xiao Xi.” Sanhua Tongjue’s Chinese was noticeably better than when she first came to China, and she even spoke more fluently than Huang Yuxi. “I’ve already helped you get your classmates’ visas. When you go back in a few days, just give them the visas and their passports together, okay?”

Huang Yuxi sat up straight, a bright smile spreading across her face: "Yes! Tongjue, thank you."

"What? Don't say thank you to me. I hate it when people in Japan are so polite, even to people they're close to."

Huang Yuxi blinked her bright eyes: "Hmm... I like the way people get along in China?"

"Yeah, it feels more casual and comfortable. If you pay too much attention to etiquette and such, the feelings will actually fade."

"Hmm..." Huang Yuxi nodded slightly, seemingly understanding but not quite.

Before long, the newly built highway came to an end.

The guardrail separates this area from the other side, and there is no sign of any construction work.

Sanhua Tongjue stopped the car and looked back. It was a straight highway, with the country lanes along it being so inconspicuous.

So much so that when you arrive here, you might get the illusion that the road is not open to traffic at all.

"Shall we rest here for a bit?" Sanhua Tongjue patted Huang Yuxi's head and asked with a light laugh, "Want some bento?"

"Bento!" Huang Yuxi's eyes lit up immediately. "I want to eat!"

This is a bento box that the two of them made together. They packed it in a box after making it in the morning and drove over.

If a trip without a destination must have a final destination, it must be the place you choose to eat at.

Mika Tongjue opened the trunk of the K-car and took out a folding table and chair that matched the car's color scheme.

Although it was outdoors, it was still incredibly exquisite.

A three-layered bento box was unpacked and laid out on the table.

The portions are small, but the variety is plentiful.

There is sushi, fried food, xiaolongbao (soup dumplings), salted fish slices, cookies, small cakes, chocolate...

Huang Yuxi sat in the chair, gently swinging her legs, gazing at the straight road in the distance. The refreshing scenery before her was the perfect accompaniment to this moment.

"Hey, juice."

"Hmm~"

Are you confident about the college entrance exam?

"First choice, should be fine."

"It's okay. Since you won't pass the exam anyway, I'll have my dad pull some strings to get you a place to study in Japan." Mika Hitomi gently swirled the juice in her glass. For this rich young lady, anything that could be solved with money was no big deal.

……

(two)

Sunlight streamed through the window onto Zhou Yong's desk, and the wind blew the potted plant on the windowsill, causing its leaves to sway and its shadow to dance from side to side.

"Squeak, squeak..." In the cage on the windowsill, the little hamster that Tian Tingchan had given him to raise was gnawing on the cage, making a clattering sound as it squeaked.

Zhou Yong, who was somewhat distracted from his studies, focused his attention on the hamster. The little hamster was so fat that it was almost a ball, but it had no interest in the running wheel that Zhou Yong had bought for it. Its greatest pleasure every day was chewing on the cage.

It chewed up the original plastic cage, and now that it's been replaced with a wire mesh cage, it still chews on it without hesitation.

Seeing it, he couldn't help but think of the cicadas in the sky.

Seemingly sensing that someone was watching it, the pale yellow hamster raised its head, stared at Zhou Yong with its black bean-like eyes for a moment, its two little paws curled up, and sniffed something with its nose.

Zhou Yong opened the small door of the cage and gently poked its round, chubby body with his finger.

The latter lowered its head, held his fingers in its two paws and sniffed them, then suddenly took a bite.

"Ouch!" Although the skin wasn't broken, the sudden pain made Zhou Yong pull his hand back immediately. The latter looked innocent, not knowing what he had done wrong.

"Ha." He scratched his head, broke off a small piece of sweet potato from the plate on his table, pinched it in his hand, and put it back in front of it.

It took a tentative bite, but once it realized it was food, it ate it happily.

When they were almost finished feeding, Zhou Yong put the sweet potato on the sawdust and closed the cage again.

"When I go to Beijing, how am I supposed to bring this guy with me?" Zhou Yong scratched his head. Although he hadn't finished the college entrance exam yet, his thoughts were already on what would happen after the exam.

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(three)

On the low tea mountain behind, there are patches of deep green tea trees. In this bright summer sun, just one glance can make you feel a cool breeze that can dispel the heat.

Since being snatched away by an eagle, Dark Chocolate has been kept in a cage.

On the last day of June, the weather already felt like summer. The dark-colored rabbit lay in its cage, looking like a lump of coal.

Discs strung together with ropes hung from the tree, their reflections glaringly bright as they were swayed in the wind.

Let alone eagles, even sparrows seem unwilling to land these days.

The grapevines in the yard were covered with green vines, and Mo Zhuyou and Mo Xiaoxiao sat under the trellis to cool off. When a breeze blew by occasionally, they didn't feel hot anymore.

It's even more comfortable than sitting in an air-conditioned room.

Mo Zhuyou no longer needs to take the college entrance examination. She has essentially received an admission notice from Xingda University in advance, so she is already on vacation, rocking back and forth in a recliner while gently fanning herself, feeling quite content.

"Are you hungry?" Mo Xiaoxiao gently wiped the sweat from her face with the towel beside her and looked at her younger sister with a light smile.

"Mmm! Sister, what are you making for us?"

Just as Mo Xiaoxiao's mind popped up with the list of ingredients for the house, she suddenly remembered what Li Wanyan had said to her that day. So she picked up her pen again: "These next few days, shall Youyou cook?"

"Huh?"

"My sister still needs to study."

"Eh—? Hmm..."

“I’m the one who always takes care of you. Now that you don’t have to take the college entrance exam, can you take care of me sometimes?” Mo Xiao smiled, her eyes curving like crescent moons. She looked at her sister, but her tone was very serious.

"Hmm... but I can't guarantee it will taste good."

"As long as it's not poisonous, it's fine."

"Hmm... let me think about it, then... um... I'll do it later."

"Pfft, okay, so what do you want to eat?"

"Cucumber salad, tofu with scallions, and white rice?"

"all right."

"Okay~ then this is it!" Mo Zhuyou shook the rattan chair more vigorously, her eyes fixed on the small, cute, and unripe grapes. "By the way, I should thank Gao Yuan properly when I graduate."

"Yes, thanks to him."

"Before that, I never dared to dream of having a home of my own."

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(four)

Today is the first day of the holiday, and Hua Yinyin didn't even think about getting up to study. Instead, she slept until almost ten o'clock before opening her eyes.

—If the air conditioner hadn't been turned off before her mother left home, she probably would have slept until the afternoon.

"Ugh...it's so hot." She rolled over and tumbled off the bed. She'd probably slept too long in one go, and now she didn't have the energy to get up. It took her a while to finally manage to get to her feet. "Ha...ah ha hoo!"

The bedding on the bed was rolled up in a ball, and she was too lazy to smooth it out. She pushed open the door and went out.

Last night, she planned to be listless all day, so she didn't even wash up before sitting down on the sofa.

Her parents were not home, and the table was clean and tidy, but they had not left her breakfast.

Perhaps because the sofa was warm from the sun, making her bottom feel hot, she stood up again after a few seconds, opened the refrigerator, and started rummaging through it for food.

There were many cartons of milk on the inside door of the refrigerator. She grabbed a carton of whole milk and a carton of yogurt, and then took out the toast she had half-eaten yesterday.

"Beep." Before sitting down again, I turned on the floor-standing air conditioner in the living room and then turned on the TV.

It seems that summer vacation has arrived for elementary school students, so many channels have started broadcasting cartoons.

Hua Yinyin spread yogurt on the bread and ate it in small bites while watching Ultraman on TV.

"Hmm... Little Yaoyao will definitely like watching this... Hmph... Hmm." She muttered to herself, then yawned again, "It's already a holiday even though the college entrance exam hasn't started yet, it feels so strange..."

"Dong dong."