A Young Woman's Heart

10. Never keep secrets; always be honest with each other.

This is the entirety of the three-point agreement; to be precise, it should be ten points...

Because of the ten regulations.

Wait a minute, does the "three rules" refer to three specific articles or is it just a figurative number?

Chen Cheng, who wasn't a great student, scratched his head, looked puzzled for a second, and then put the little problem out of his mind.

In short, it's not an excessive condition, or rather, it's a very normal request.

Even if Zhuang Lianlian didn't say it, he would restrain himself and abide by certain rules.

"So, are there any problems with these rules? Even though you've already signed them, we can still change them if there are any issues," Zhuang Lianlian said, appearing very easygoing.

"Hmm, I think we should add one more."

"Hmm~? What would you like to add?"

“Zhuang Lianlian is not allowed to always say that she is disabled and feel inferior.”

"Pfft." Zhuang Lianlian covered her mouth and laughed. "We don't need this one, right?"

"No, you absolutely have to add it. You can write so much, but I can't even write one line?"

"Okay, okay, of course~" Zhuang Lianlian smiled indulgently, picked up a pen and added a line at the end, then carefully and solemnly pasted the paper on the wall. "Okay, that's fine."

"Okay." Chen Cheng plopped down on the sofa. "Lianlian, you rarely get a break, let's play some games?"

"Playing games? Actually, I'd like to try making a cake again; the one I made yesterday was a bit of a failure."

"Cough..." Chen Cheng's face showed a tense expression, and he suddenly felt a discomfort in his stomach. "Uh... my stomach feels a little uncomfortable..."

"Could it be that he ate something bad?"

"No, no, it's actually quite delicious."

"You're lying again. Didn't I say it's not good? It's not good."

"Cough... Haha... It's a little... a little burnt, and quite bitter." Chen Cheng's voice came from the toilet.

"Was it baked for too long? It seems that even if I double the amount, I can't double the time... This time I'll try making it using the recipe's quantities."

"Okay, I'll crack the eggs for you after I'm in the bathroom!"

"Okay."

However, Chen Cheng spent most of the day in the toilet.

I had diarrhea eight or nine times in total; I was almost driven crazy by it.

Fortunately, the situation has improved a bit. Could this be considered 'food poisoning' with symptoms appearing more than ten hours late?

Not long after she finished having diarrhea, Zhuang Lianlian brought out the finished product.

"Give it a try?" Zhuang Lianlian asked as she sat down.

Chen Cheng, clutching his stomach, nodded with a forced laugh and reluctantly picked up a piece to taste.

"what!"

How did it go this time?

"good to eat!"

"Don't lie to me."

"I'm not lying, it really is delicious." Chen Cheng savored the cake carefully. "It's just that I don't have much of an appetite right now, otherwise I could have finished it all."

"I even gave you diarrhea yesterday."

"No, no, it shouldn't be a problem with the cake. Maybe the cream wasn't fresh yesterday."

"Hmm... I think so." Zhuang Lianlian nodded, then tried a piece herself. Judging from her expression, she seemed quite satisfied. "Is there anyone special in your class?"

"Special person? There's a super rich guy named Gao Yuan, who's a little fat guy."

"anything else?"

"Mo Xueyao, her eyes are very special."

“I know her. She has sky blue eyes, and they’re very beautiful,” Zhuang Lianlian said with a hint of envy.

"Yes, she's famous throughout the school. It's not that she's actually prettier than everyone else. School beauties are all about the same, but her eye color is a huge plus."

"Hmph...you seem to know a lot, huh?"

"No, no..." Chen Cheng quickly shook his head. He felt like he was getting more and more 'afraid' of Zhuang Lianlian. Was this a sign of liking her?

Is there anything else?

"There was a girl named Hua Yinyin. She was very strange. She only liked girls and her greatest pleasure every day was to take advantage of girls. She was known as a female hooligan in our class, and some people said she was a girl with the heart of an old man."

"It's quite interesting."

"Yes... going to school is quite interesting—it's just that studying is too tiring."

“You just find socializing fun, right?” Zhuang Lianlian reached out and patted his head. “Because you still have your parents supporting you… you treat every day like a game.”

"..." Chen Cheng's expression suddenly turned grim. "Don't mention them."

"Okay, okay~ let's not talk about it, but at least they give you a large sum of money for living expenses every month..."

"That's the price they have to pay, that's atonement!" Chen Cheng suddenly slammed his fist on the table in anger, his expression turning somewhat ferocious. "Who told them to cheat on me when I was still a minor and then start their own families? They made my life incomplete. If they were so irresponsible, why did they even give birth to me?!"

"...Do you know why they got divorced?"

"Ha, even if you don't know, you can guess. A big boss has so many temptations, how could he not cheat? As for the big boss's woman, she's definitely no pushover either...!"

"But at least, they still care about you..."

Chen Cheng interrupted Zhuang Lianlian, roaring, "I don't need this kind of concern! Is throwing cold money at me considered concern? I need something else, something more important!"

Zhuang Lianlian frowned, walked to his side, and gently patted his back: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said those things."

"It's okay...it's not your fault." Chen Cheng's expression softened. "At least I still have you now."

"And what about when I'm not around?"

"Uh..." Chen Cheng's gaze immediately began to wander awkwardly around.

The anger I felt just moments ago vanished without a trace.

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Chapter 144 Reply in March

Dear Glimmer:

As I write this letter, it hasn't been long since we last met, but I still miss you terribly. I love your long, black hair, and I'm currently considering whether to dye my red hair black as well.

I don't know how to write your name in Chinese. Actually, I think your Chinese name sounds better. I hope that when I reply to you next time, you can tell me how to spell your Chinese name in both Chinese and English.

I think we can stop using these pseudonyms. I'd like to call you Yao, but you can also just call me Nora.

The recent situation has been turbulent, but the acting president has brought it under control in time. Although he is still the acting president, I think he is very likely to become our new president.

The presidential election will be brought forward, and perhaps when this letter arrives, I will begin to write you a letter to tell you who our new president is—of course, you should also be able to see the new president's inauguration in your country's news.

Most people are quite satisfied with this acting president. Although he has only been in office for a short time, they can indeed feel that the country is undergoing positive changes.

On the very day I wrote this letter, the German president apologized for the Nazi genocide, but history will remember it all; an apology cannot erase everything.

But at least this is a good thing. History will eventually move forward, and the mistakes of the past should not be borne by those who come after. As long as we don't repeat the same mistakes, that's fine. That's what I think. What about you?

Recently, something very sci-fi happened. A scenario that previously only existed in science fiction novels has actually come to pass—the first cloned monkey has been successfully cloned!

Monkeys and humans are very closely related. Does this mean that humans will soon be able to be cloned?

This is truly a crazy thing.

If I were cloned, and someone who looks exactly like me and even has all my memories replaced me, and then I was killed, would I be alive or dead?

Human technological development is so rapid that many of the terrifying scenes described in science fiction novels have actually occurred in my lifetime.

Before this, I always thought they were very far away from me.

I wonder, in my lifetime, will I witness the destruction of humanity, or will humanity prosper, break out of the solar system, and venture into the more distant stars?

If you were given a chance to travel through the universe, but you might not be able to come back, would you choose to go?

I think I might choose to go.

Because I really yearn for that mysterious space, many nights when I can't sleep, I imagine what's in that boundless galaxy.

Could there be black holes that allow people to travel to the past or future? Could there be rifts that allow people to enter higher dimensions?

Nature is so magnificent, can humankind really explore all its mysteries?

To be honest, I originally wanted to send you the military rations you thought were pretty good last time, but the customs inspection process was too complicated and troublesome, so I gave up. Instead, I sent you some dried fish in the letter. They were homemade dried fish, and I tried two. They tasted pretty good. You can eat them directly, but you should have them with a drink or water, otherwise they will taste too salty.

Spring has already arrived where you are, right?

Although Moscow also has spring, it usually arrives later and the temperature is not as high as where you are.

Do you have cherry blossom trees where you live?

I used to think that cherry blossoms were the national tree of Japan, but I later learned that the saplings were actually introduced from your country. Every time I study your country's history, I always discover many amazing things. Such a vast and vicissitudes of history is sometimes truly enviable.

Going back to what I was saying earlier, if it's possible, could you pick a few cherry blossoms, make them into bookmarks, and mail them to me?

We have them here too, but I always feel they aren't as beautiful as I imagined. Perhaps it's because they're different varieties?

Hmm... If there are no cherry blossom trees, you can also find some other wildflowers. Bookmarks made from colorful wildflowers whose names you don't know are also quite charming.