A Young Woman's Heart

"Who said that? I'm very focused now, I only touch Xiaoyaoyao's thighs! And other pretty girls' thighs too!"

"What do you mean by 'faithful'?!"

"Xiao Yaoyao is separated from the other girls."

"...That's as shameless as a man who's having affairs with ten women and then telling one of them, 'You're special to me.'"

"Oh dear, is little Yao Yao jealous?"

"Jealous my foot! I was just expressing my contempt for you." She rolled her eyes at Hua Yinyin, and before she could say anything more, she saw the other woman leap over the table and plop down on her lap. "Ouch, you're heavy! Get off me!"

"I'm not heavier than you! I'm only 46... kilograms!"

"Your body fat percentage is too high." Mo Xueyao looked speechlessly at Hua Yinyin, who had climbed off her lap but started rubbing against her lap. Hua Yinyin looked like a complete pervert.

"My fat is all in the right places, what, are you envious, little Yaoyao? Want some?"

"No way, it's so heavy it'll be inconvenient to walk." Mo Xueyao had absolutely no interest in it. "You drooled all over my thigh!"

"Little Yaoyao, can I take a bite?"

"I refuse!!"

Gao Yuan, on the other hand, eventually bought the credits from the two Mo sisters.

They didn't particularly want the prizes they could redeem with the credits; if they had the money, they could easily buy them themselves.

One point for every dollar is more valuable than redeeming prizes.

Li Wanyan frowned, but ultimately said nothing.

After all, the two sisters, who have no parents, are different from others.

Actually, the two of them felt a little embarrassed when they sold it to Gao Yuan. Logically speaking, Gao Yuan had paid for the construction of that container house and then provided it to them for free. Not only did they not have to pay rent, but he also paid for their water and electricity. They really shouldn't have charged Gao Yuan for the game currency.

Gao Yuan insisted on giving these to the two of them.

Poverty makes people lose their ambition...

It's not used in a derogatory sense here, but rather reflects the reality in many situations.

People who can stand tall even in poverty and never owe favors to others are extremely rare.

People who would rather starve than accept charity are probably one in ten thousand.

The two sisters exchanged their points for nearly 300 yuan, which, combined with their previous poverty relief subsidies, was enough to buy a cheap mobile phone.

Mo Xiaoxiao has a Motorola phone left by her father. Although it's a very good phone, it's not only outdated but also quite old. It often shuts down automatically for no reason, causing many problems when using it.

It's about time I got a new phone...

Life goes on, and past memories will gradually fade.

The cell phone my father left behind will eventually be phased out.

Mo Xiaoxiao looked at the phone in the drawer and suddenly felt a little melancholy, completely lacking the joy of finally saving enough extra money to buy a new phone.

Different people experience joy, and different people experience sorrow.

Mo Xueyao watched all of this with her chin in her hand, and suddenly felt grateful that her life was still wonderful.

Although she was forced to become a girl instead of a boy, her life is still very enviable compared to most people.

"Hua Yinyin, the homeroom teacher wants you to go help!" Ma Jianhang's voice came from the doorway, finally allowing Mo Xueyao to get rid of Hua Yinyin.

Actually, she does this every day, so she's gotten somewhat used to it.

"Hmm." Huang Yuxi pinched a stray hair that had fallen beside her ear, gently nudged Mo Xueyao's arm, and handed her the whiteboard. "Want to go to the farm this weekend?"

"A farm?" Mo Xueyao was somewhat surprised by his sudden invitation. "Um, you and me?"

"My brother is taking us there in a truck." After writing a paragraph, Huang Yuxi saw that Mo Xueyao had finished reading it, so she erased it and wrote another paragraph: "My brother asked me to invite my close classmates to go together."

"I see... um... then shall I bring Wanyan along?"

"Okay." Huang Yuxi nodded happily. "Please ask the others for me."

"The others? Hmm... Hua Yinyin, Mo Zhuyou, Cha Li, and the others?"

"Mmm!" Huang Yuxi smiled brightly. His aphasia hadn't made him lose his optimism, which was what Mo Xueyao admired most about him.

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Chapter 228 Springtime is for Flying Kites

April seventeenth.

It's already mid-April.

For a southern city like Hangzhou, spring has already arrived.

To describe it using elementary school level idioms, it would be a riot of colors, with a hundred flowers vying for attention.

Although I don't know the names of many of the wildflowers by the roadside, seeing them so vibrant still brings me joy.

Spring-related items started appearing for sale near the school gate.

The owner of the homemade ice cream shop has seen his business boom.

Mo Xueyao bought two soft and chewy homemade ice creams, one for herself and one for Li Wanyan.

There was a small tricycle selling goldfish nearby.

In the middle is a green plastic box with goldfish of different colors swimming happily inside, while around it are some glass tanks of different shapes.

Goldfish are probably the most common pet that children are allowed to keep as pets.

They don't take up much space and don't have a strong body odor like cats, dogs, or rabbits.

Even hamsters are not allowed to be kept as pets by some families with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Goldfish are different. They don't have much of a smell when kept in a tank, and as long as the water is changed properly, the tank won't look dirty.

It can even be placed on the dining table as a decorative item.

The only downside is that most people can't keep goldfish well; they often die.

But that doesn't stop the kids from buying it.

After all, the price is very cheap...

Some people buy two, put them in plastic bags, and keep them in large plastic bottles at home. They don't care if they don't keep them for long, since they don't mind spending the money.

The most common buyers are people who suddenly get interested in keeping fish. On the contrary, people who want to keep them long-term and are afraid of killing the fish will hesitate to buy them.

Besides selling goldfish, they also sell kites.

Or rather, almost every grocery store had a few kites hanging in front of them, since they could sell at least a few during this season.

The kites sold at stalls near the school gate are much cheaper, with the cheapest costing only one yuan and fifty cents. These are the kind of kites made entirely of paper, square and without any patterns, quite rudimentary.

The more expensive ones, which cost five yuan, are kites made of nylon. They are lightweight and durable, unlike paper kites which are easy to break, and they also come in beautiful shapes and patterns.

Most are bird-shaped, and some are made into oval-shaped Peking Opera masks.

"Does Wanyan know how to fly a kite?" Mo Xueyao stuffed the crispy shell of the ice cream cone into her mouth, making a 'crunch crunch' sound.

This thin, biscuit-like part is best eaten after you finish eating ice cream, because the ice cream is very sweet, so eating it will prevent you from feeling too cloying.

"Not really."

"I'm not very good at it either. I never managed to fly a kite when I was little..." Mo Xueyao touched her pouting lips. "How about we buy a kite and play with it?"

“I can’t put it down.” Li Wanyan shook her head gently, seemingly uninterested in this kind of 'toy'.

In terms of daily life, she is actually a rather boring person because she doesn't have anything she likes to do.

For someone like Mo Xueyao, who enjoys playing with so many things, this is truly unbelievable.

Don't you like playing?

"I'm not interested."

“But it’s springtime, so we should fly kites!” Mo Xueyao glanced at the still bright sun. If it were winter, the sun would probably be setting by now. “Besides, the weather is quite nice this afternoon. The breeze is perfect for flying kites.”

"Whatever you want." Li Wanyan took a small lick of her ice cream and didn't stop her anymore.

"Boss, give me the cheapest kite!"

"This white one is cheap, made of paper, and it's easy to break. Are you sure you want to buy this one? Or you could buy this one, made of nylon, which is less likely to break."

"No need, no need, a paper one is fine." Mo Xueyao was afraid that she would waste money if she bought one that she couldn't fly, so she didn't plan to buy the five-yuan kite.

"One dollar and fifty cents." The shopkeeper's tone became a little flatter, as if he had lost interest in this customer.

That's normal, after all, cheap kites don't make much money.

"Here you go." Completely oblivious to the change in the shopkeeper's attitude, she still happily took out two coins of different denominations and handed them over, then accepted the small kite offered to her.

It was about the same size as her backpack, or even a little smaller.

It was entirely white, without any patterns or designs.

The components are very simple, just paper and bamboo sticks, and they are very thin and light.

A rope was tied to the stick in the middle, and the rope was connected to a very simple kite string below.

It was just a ball of yarn, without even any wood or plastic to wrap it around.

After all, it's just a kite that costs 1.5 yuan, so they've definitely cut corners wherever possible.

“One-time use,” Li Wanyan commented.

"Well, I can't fly a kite every day anyway, so once is about right. I just hope it doesn't break before I can fly it..." Mo Xueyao muttered to herself, holding the bamboo stick of the kite as she walked towards the fruit shop.

I came by bus this morning, so I won't be able to ride a bicycle back; I'll have to walk.

"Hey, Wanyan, look at that kid, he's amazing, he put it so high!" Mo Xueyao, who was walking down the street humming a song, suddenly patted Li Wanyan on the shoulder and excitedly pointed at a primary school student.

"Yeah, the same style as yours."

"It seems my kite might actually be easier to fly!" Mo Xueyao was filled with anticipation and couldn't wait to go home and fly her kite.