A Young Woman's Heart

Apart from Mr. Xue and Li Wanyan, no one else knew that there was a cat 'growing' in Mo Xueyao's drawer.

As more and more students filled the classroom, Mo Xueyao began to feel nervous.

If someone discovers a cat in the desk, it could easily reach the teacher's ears.

This is still a violation of classroom discipline, and I don't know how it will be dealt with.

As usual, Wang Jiale arrived at school just before she was late, put her schoolbag in her drawer, and quickly took out the homework due that day and placed it on the table.

"Phew, I made it." After finishing all this, Wang Jiale collapsed onto the table, looking exhausted.

"You do this every day," Mo Xueyao said helplessly. "You probably don't feel nervous anymore."

"Tch, it's not like I wanted to be late, it's just that the bus is always stuck in traffic!" Wang Jiale grumbled. "Ugh, it's so hot, is the heating in the classroom set too high?"

"That's because you just ran like crazy. You won't feel hot after a while." Mo Xueyao rolled her eyes at her. "No wonder you're so good at sprinting. It turns out you trained so well by rushing into school when you're almost late."

"Heh heh, how about that? Pretty impressive, huh?"

“…I wasn’t saying you were amazing.” Mo Xueyao thought what she had just said was sarcastic, but she didn’t expect Wang Jiale to completely miss the point and instead become smug.

"What are you talking about?" Wang Jiale asked blankly, taking two bags out of his schoolbag.

There was something wrapped in oil paper in the bag; it looked like snacks.

"Hey, hey, hey—" Wang Jiale proudly handed a bag to Mo Xueyao, "Here, have some wife cakes~ If you eat them, you're my wife~"

"Huh? Wife cake?" Mo Xueyao had heard the name before, but had never eaten it. She only knew that it had various fillings and that it wasn't cheap.

"Yes, there are three kinds inside: red bean paste with petals, beef, and pork with preserved mustard greens."

"Uh, thank you." Mo Xueyao was a little flattered.

"What's wrong with that expression? Isn't it normal to bring your deskmate some treats?"

"But I haven't brought you many things." Mo Xueyao said somewhat embarrassedly.

“I brought you some delicious food, not so you could bring me something else next time. If that were the purpose, why couldn’t I just buy it myself? That would be so much more convenient!” Wang Jiale said in an unyielding tone, putting the bag directly into Mo Xueyao’s drawer. “Okay, okay, it’s yours, take it.”

Just then, a furry paw suddenly reached out from the drawer and gently scratched the back of Wang Jiale's hand.

"Huh!" Wang Jiale was startled. Looking closely, he saw Su Tang's paw flailing wildly in mid-air. "What is this?"

"Shh—" Mo Xueyao quickly put her index finger to her lips, "Keep your voice down... It's my cat... It sneaked into the class monitor's bag and followed us."

"Wow!" Wang Jiale exclaimed excitedly. "Can I touch it?"

"Okay, sure." Mo Xueyao nodded, then reminded Su Tang again, "Su Tang, don't call me that."

"Meow," Su Tang responded softly.

"Calling it that way won't work either."

Su Tang seemed not to listen, and just stretched out its second paw to rummage around haphazardly.

"Hehehe—" Wang Jiale also interacted with it with his fingers, and the latter seemed to get even more excited.

"Hey, Lele, why don't I have any?" Mo Xiaoxiao asked jokingly.

"No... What? Ah, wife cakes?" Wang Jiale held up another bag in his hand. "Of course, you're not my wife~"

"Husband~" Mo Xiaoxiao called out on the spot, and then the two of them burst into laughter. Mo Xueyao, who was standing next to them, couldn't help but laugh as well.

"Alright, alright, then I'll have two wives." Wang Jiale nodded. "That way I can have one on each side!"

"You and Hua Yinyin went for further studies?" Mo Xueyao teased.

"Who called me?" Hua Yinyin immediately looked towards Mo Xueyao.

This made her quickly turn her head away, pretending that she had never said her name.

“Hua Yinyin is very sensitive to Xiaoyao’s voice,” Mo Xiaoxiao said with a smile that curved her eyes. “Lele has a rival, you know.”

"Tch, I definitely have a better chance, right, Xiaoyao?" Wang Jiale chimed in. "If you had to choose between me and Hua Yinyin, who would you pick?"

“…I choose Crispy Candy.” Mo Xueyao pushed Crispy Candy’s two paws into the desk and answered expressionlessly.

"Here, for you, Xiaoxiao."

"No need," Mo Xiaoxiao pushed the wife cake back. "I was just kidding."

"Oh, I bought this for you anyway. I already ate it on the way."

Is that so?

"Okay, don't refuse, or I'll get angry~"

"Okay, thanks."

"Hmph, no need to be so polite." Wang Jiale happily raised her chin. "Eat up, eat up."

"I'll save it for later."

“Me too,” Mo Xueyao said, echoing Mo Xiaoxiao.

"Oh, whatever you want." Wang Jiale shook his head, and when he saw the homeroom teacher walk into the classroom, he became a little more reserved.

A short while later, the school's morning exercise bell rang.

But because it was snowing outside, the students were a little confused, wondering whether they should go to the playground today.

Today is Monday, and the main event is the morning meeting, which is not an activity that requires going to the playground.

"Everyone, please sit in your seats and listen in the classroom today," Ye Wen said, gently tapping the blackboard. "Be quiet and don't make any noise."

The students lowered their voices slightly, but many were still whispering among themselves.

Ye Wen didn't demand too much of the students, and seeing that they reacted, she stopped reminding them.

Mo Xueyao reached into the drawer and rubbed Su Tang's cat ears. The latter licked her palm with its tongue, looking very obedient.

"Let me touch it too, let me touch it too—" Wang Jiale whispered.

"Go ahead and touch it..." Mo Xueyao moved her seat to the side so that Wang Jiale could easily put her left hand into her drawer.

Seemingly knowing that she shouldn't move around too much at this moment, Su Tang let Wang Jiale stroke her, only occasionally holding her fingers and gently nibbling on them.

"Hehe, so good, so good~" Wang Jiale said excitedly, her face slightly flushed. "I want to have a cat too."

"Then let's raise it," Mo Xueyao replied, leaning on the table to cover for her.

"But my family won't allow it."

"Oh...that's true, it's quite inconvenient to keep them at home."

"Where does Xiaoyao keep it? Speaking of which, what's its name again?"

"Its name is Su Tang. As for me, it's raised in my family's fruit shop. It can go out whenever it wants during the day, so it's quite free."

"Ah—that's so nice." Wang Jiale said with envy, "Keeping it in the shop is really convenient. All you have to do is feed it, and you don't have to worry about things like going to the toilet. My parents are worried that keeping a cat will make the house a mess, so they don't allow me to keep one."

“Then we can choose something else… like rabbits or something, just keep them in a cage,” Mo Xueyao suggested.

"But they also think these smell bad."

"Then there's nothing we can do." Mo Xueyao shrugged. "We can only wait until you grow up before we raise you."

"Tch, once she grows up, she'll have even more things to do, sigh~" Wang Jiale sighed and withdrew her hand. "I really envy Xiaoyao."

"What do I have to envy? I'm actually quite envious of your family's wealth."

"What money do I have..."

"Piano lessons must be very expensive," Mo Xueyao glanced at her sideways.

"Well... okay, I'd say it's only a comfortable middle-class life."

"But most people don't even live a comfortable life."

"But that doesn't stop me from envying you! You get to own a cat, I'm so jealous!"

Ye Wen coughed twice on the stage and looked at Wang Jiale, saying, "Wang Jiale, be quiet."

Wang Jiale quickly covered her mouth and gave an embarrassed smile.

And the morning meeting finally began.

Because it was in the classroom, everyone could do their own thing, making the morning assembly, which usually felt like an ordeal, pass by exceptionally quickly. It was over in the blink of an eye, and then it was time for the first class of Monday.

English teacher Wang Qianyu walked in, keeping time with the school bell ringing.

Today she was wearing a cute cake dress with adorable little decorations that jingled as she walked, which sounded quite pleasant.

"Today we're going to learn an article~" Wang Qianyu winked at the students. "No need to look through the book, it's not in the textbook. Today's lesson is a cake-making tutorial, in English, of course. We'll use class time to learn the text while making the cake."

At this moment, another English class representative, who was actually just a tool, walked in carrying an oven.

"Thank you for your hard work, class representative for English."

“…Just call him a tool.” Lu Bolun said with a helpless smile.

"Remember to bring any other tools you have."

“Yes…” Lu Bolun answered weakly, drawing out the words.

"I specially rearranged the schedule with your homeroom teacher. We have two English classes today, so there will be no English class tomorrow. Everyone should listen carefully in class today and participate together. The two classes are back-to-back, so we can make a nice cake together."

"Is it really a cake?" The students were all surprised.

"Can we eat this?"

"Of course!" Wang Qianyu clapped her hands. "Okay, let's start reading this article now. Lele, come and help me hand out these copies of the cake-making tutorial!"

"Come on~"

Mo Xueyao observed a minute's silence for Lü Bolun.

Is this the difference between a real English class representative and a fake one?

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Chapter Nine: Lunch Break in the Club