A Young Woman's Heart

"You're too impatient, aren't you?" Gao Yuan put his hand on his shoulder. "Hehe, but there are conditions."

"What are the conditions?" Zhou Yong stared at him warily. "I don't have any money."

"Damn it, I'm asking you for money? That would make me look really pathetic!"

"Then what are you going to do?"

"Hey, could you copy my Chinese and English homework for me today?"

Zhou Yong immediately patted his chest and said, "No problem, I've got it covered!"

"A gray market deal, huh?" Mo Xueyao lazily propped her bare feet up on the chair next to her. "Can I go play?"

"sure!"

"Gao Yuan, you're such a womanizer, you've forgotten your friends!"

"Hey, can you compare to Mo Xueyao? Why don't you try wearing women's clothes? If you're half as good-looking as her, I'll let you do whatever you want with me."

"What to play? Anything is fine? Ugh—you're disgusting, do you like being passive?"

"Damn it, what kind of dirty thoughts are you having!"

Mo Xueyao watched them fool around leisurely, as if she were watching a comedy live.

She picked up her coffee and took a sip, feeling that these leisurely days were passing by far too quickly.

"Squeak—" Just as Zhou Yong and Gao Yuan were making a ruckus, the club's door was pushed open.

Li Wanyan and Mr. Xue walked in one after the other.

"Oh my, you two are really close," Mr. Xue teased with a smile, then looked around and found that there didn't seem to be any chairs available.

The only empty chair had already been taken by Li Wanyan.

The main problem is that the two Mo sisters took up too many chairs...

So Mr. Xue had no choice but to walk to the window and sit down on the windowsill.

"Why did Wen call you and Wanyan over? Xiaoxue?" Mo Xueyao asked, resting her chin on her hand.

“It’s a summer activity,” Mr. Xue replied. “Some spots have already been secured, such as for me and the class monitor. Other spots will be decided after the final exams. There are spots available for both Grade 11 and Grade 10 students, and the two grades will go to different places.”

"Where should we go?" Mo Xueyao's eyes lit up immediately, feeling that she might have a chance.

“In summer, we’ll definitely go to the beach.” Mr. Xue fiddled with some small handicrafts on the windowsill. “Xiaoyao should have a pretty good chance.”

"So it really is a ranking? Top ten in the grade?"

"That's how it is for now, but I don't know if the number of spots will be increased or decreased later." Li Wanyan took over Mr. Xue's words and replied, "If Xiaoyao can't go, then I won't go either."

"Wow, they're so inseparable! It sounds just like a husband saying that to his wife."

"What?!" Mo Xueyao glared at Gao Yuan in dissatisfaction. "And why am I the wife?"

"Because Mo Xueyao looks rather... delicate?"

"Weak?" As a former boy, being described like that hurt her deeply. "Are you kidding me? I'm very strong!"

Amidst all the noise and commotion, lunch break came to an end.

When leaving, Duanmu Ji walked at the very back. Seeing that everyone else had turned the corner, he quickened his pace and walked to Mo Xueyao, who was also walking at the back, and gently patted her shoulder.

Before Mo Xueyao could react, Li Wanyan, who was walking a little ahead of her, stopped and turned to look at Duanmu Ji.

"Huh? Xiao Ji, what's wrong?" Mo Xueyao then turned her head and asked.

Are you free on April 30th?

"Hmm, there's nothing special planned. What's wrong?"

"A gathering for tokusatsu fans, want to attend?" Duanmu Ji handed her a colorful printed ticket. "There's one more... two tickets."

"Hmm, aren't you going?"

"Zhou Yong and I have two other ones."

"Then it's perfect to go with Wanyan, um... I just don't know if she'll like to go."

"Whatever." Li Wanyan and Mo Xueyao exchanged glances, then Li Wanyan turned back and uttered those two words.

"Hmm, then I'll probably go!" Mo Xueyao stroked the Kamen Rider and Ultraman designs on the ticket. "It seems a little different from last time; is it a special gathering for tokusatsu fans?"

“Yes.” Duanmu Ji took a deep breath. “It’s very interesting, you must come.”

"I'll try my best," Mo Xueyao said, not daring to make any promises too confidently.

……

Chapters 234 Paper Kites in the Sky

School ended on Friday, which was only two hours earlier than usual.

But it gives people the illusion that they have a holiday all afternoon.

Sparrows hopped nimbly on the telephone pole, chirping softly.

The stray cats on the wall were watching them. If any of them got close to the ground, they would pounce on them without hesitation, trying to catch one for a meal.

"Hey, look!" A primary school student carrying a backpack that looked heavier than a high school student's patted his classmate on the shoulder and said seriously, "Why don't those sparrows get electrocuted when they're perched on the telephone poles?"

"Perhaps these sparrows are insulated," his companion began to think.

"Then can't we use sparrows' feet to make insulation?"

It's clear that both of them are science enthusiasts, but since they are elementary school students, their knowledge is rather limited, which is why they made such a funny mistake.

"If a kite lands on a telephone pole, and the person flying the kite is holding onto the kite string without letting go, could they get an electric shock?"

"I think so, there's a wired connection!"

"But if you stand on the ground, won't those currents be conducted directly to the ground?"

"That makes sense... Maybe nothing will happen?"

As Mo Xueyao watched the two elementary school students walk away, she thought of herself when she was a child, full of curiosity about everything.

However, that curiosity has faded considerably now. Learning is no longer as purely interesting as it was in childhood; more often than not, it's a form of self-imposed coercion.

"Suddenly I feel like our way of learning is wrong," Mo Xueyao muttered, resting her arms behind her head.

"What's wrong?" Li Wanyan turned to look at her.

“We no longer learn out of curiosity or because it's interesting—in many cases.”

“Because it’s impossible for a person to find everything interesting.” Li Wanyan chuckled softly, took a cola candy from Mo Xueyao’s pocket, unwrapped it, and popped it into her mouth.

"That's true. Actually, I think Hua Yinyin is right. She only chooses to master the subject she likes best, and she always maintains enough curiosity and interest." Mo Xueyao reached into her pocket. "Ah, that was the last one! Wanyan!!"

"It's already in my mouth." Li Wanyan winked playfully, opened her mouth, and pointed to the cola candy on her tongue. "Do you want some?"

"If you've got the guts, spit it out on me!" Mo Xueyao retorted defiantly, pretending to snatch the cola candy from Li Wanyan's mouth.

Of course, it was just a joke.

The two were very close, and Mo Xueyao deliberately opened her small mouth wide as if she wanted to bite Li Wanyan's tongue.

To her surprise, Li Wanyan pushed the cola candy out of her mouth. It was probably just a joke, but she accidentally used too much force and the cola candy 'jumped' into Mo Xueyao's mouth—with a few glistening saliva residue still on it.

How should I put it? It's like the stringy texture of candied potatoes...

Cola candy...it has a slightly bubbly texture and a hint of cola sweetness.

At the same time, it also has other indescribable fragrances.

This was the first time Mo Xueyao had ever eaten food contaminated with someone else's saliva—not counting the ones she had no memory of from her childhood.

After all, almost every child has tasted their parents' saliva at some point...

"Gulp..." Mo Xueyao subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva and swallowed the whole cola candy.

Li Wanyan looked at her in surprise, and she looked at the other person in surprise as well.

Their eyes met for a moment.

There seems to be a slight regret?

"Mmm... I... I swallowed it." Mo Xueyao touched her stomach, indicating that the cola candy was already there.

"I'm sorry," Li Wanyan said in a very soft voice, wiping her mouth as she looked down.

"Cough, it's nothing, it was just an accident! And actually, I stole your cola candy, haha." Mo Xueyao laughed and let the matter drop.

Although it was still a little awkward, I didn't take it to heart.

Even if it's not a girl like Hua Yinyin, girls sometimes play like this with each other. Just like boys often use groin grabbing to express friendliness, girls also use similar intimate gestures to express friendliness.

Among girls, the most common actions are probably cheek touching and kissing.

Occasionally, an unexpected incident can turn into a very erotic scene.

It looks very ambiguous.

But in fact, there's nothing to it.

If it were someone else, she might worry for a long time.

As for Li Wanyan, the two of them often slept together and had a lot of intimate contact, so they had long been used to it.

"Okay, let's buy some more cola candies." Li Wanyan returned to her usual demeanor.

"After all, another week has passed. I feel like something's not quite right if I don't have candy in my mouth when I'm walking or doing my homework." Mo Xueyao took out a coin from her pocket and flicked it. "I'll buy two yuan's worth this time, although I feel like I'll probably finish it over the weekend—I'm doing it more and more often."

After replenishing their "ammunition"—cola candy—at a roadside stall, Mo Xueyao and Li Wanyan quickly made their way to the fruit shop.

A white paper kite floated in the air above the shop entrance, bathed in the bright sunlight, making it appear somewhat translucent.

"Who's flying a kite in front of our shop?" Mo Xue looked at the small kite in the distance, scratching her chin in confusion, and popped another cola candy into her mouth. "It couldn't be Dad, could it? Is he that free today?"

The fruit shop wasn't actually very busy.

After all, business comes in small, scattered ways.