A Young Woman's Heart

"Sweet."

Soon, a bowl filled with soy milk was brought out. The owner took the braised meat out of the pot, finely chopped it into minced meat, and wrapped it in the rice cake.

This is called "qian gao".

It probably means the filling is embedded inside?

Soon, the two rice cakes were wrapped up and placed in a plastic bag.

Which one is mine?

"You added some coffee, right? This one is yours." The shopkeeper pointed to the one on the left.

"Thank you!"

Mo Xueyao took the inlaid cake and took a big bite.

It seemed to be filled with braising liquid; after taking a bite, it overflowed from her mouth and dripped down her chin onto the table.

"Mmm!" She quickly grabbed two napkins to wipe her mouth. "It tastes really good!"

"Right? Haha, but people here might not be used to it because rice cakes are quite filling."

"I think it's great, this rice cake is delicious." Mo Xueyao took another bite. "By the way, how much is it in total?"

"Two bowls of soy milk cost one yuan. The one without shiitake mushrooms costs two yuan, and the one with shiitake mushrooms costs three yuan. The total is six yuan."

"It's a little bit expensive," Mo Xueyao muttered, placing the change on the table, which the shopkeeper then tossed into a tin can beside her.

It was indeed expensive, but the amount of rice cake was truly generous, and the filling was generously portioned. Mo Xueyao was already full after eating half of it. She let out a big burp, but couldn't bear to throw it away, so she grumbled as she resealed the bag and carried it in her hand: "I'll eat it when I'm hungry again..."

“One would have been enough.” Li Wanyan nodded gently.

A light drizzle began to fall again, and the dark clouds hadn't dispersed yet, so it looked like another shower was about to start.

There's no need to worry about rain all day. Most of the time, summer rain comes and goes quickly, and people may even forget that it rained not long ago, just a few hours after it started.

In the corridor, Mo Xueyao ran into Wang Jiale, who rarely arrived at school early. Excitedly, she rushed over, gave her a hard slap on the bottom, and greeted her loudly, "Good morning, Lele!"

"Huh? What? It's Xiaoyao... I thought it was Hua Yinyin..." Wang Jiale rubbed his eyes and bottom at the same time. "Why did you hit me? It hurts so much."

"I didn't use any force, did I...?"

Why spank?

"Hmm... Although Lele's front isn't protruding, her back is still perky!" Mo Xueyao gave a thumbs up.

"Oh dear! Haruka and Gin have gone astray!"

"No, I didn't." Mo Xueyao coughed twice.

Actually, this was a habit that boys used to have.

This is how he greets his best friends and other boys.

A pat on the shoulder doesn't show intimacy; a pat on the butt is what a true friend does.

Lately, she's been getting very close to girls, and before she knew it, she was indulging in the same ways she used to interact with her friends.

Fortunately, no one suspected anything. Although this way of greeting was not common among girls, it wasn't too strange—after all, Hua Yinyin's way of greeting was much stranger than hers.

"Hey..." Wang Jiale yawned widely. "My dad got the time wrong again. I suspect he just wanted to leave early and pretended the time was wrong."

"...Pfft, you have to trust your alarm clock."

"If I could hear the alarm clock, would I still need my dad to wake me up? The alarm clock is for waking my dad..." Wang Jiale muttered dejectedly, almost bumping her head against the classroom door.

"Hey, hey, don't rush, Wanyan hasn't opened the door yet."

"I almost forgot..." Wang Jiale touched his nose with lingering fear, seriously doubting whether his nose would have been crooked if he had really bumped into it.

Li Wanyan reached out a hand and opened the classroom door in front of Wang Jiale's belly. At that moment, a spirited shout suddenly came from behind Mo Xueyao.

"Little Yaoyao~ Yoho~ I'm here! I missed you so much all day!"

Mo Xueyao didn't need to turn around to know that a perverted guy was about to pounce on her.

So she suddenly sped up and ran towards the front of the corridor, dodging Hua Yinyin's pounce.

Yes, who else could be so enthusiastic besides Hua Yinyin?

If everyone in the world had a rating system for how much they liked her, then Hua Yinyin's rating would be off the charts...

Moreover, her theoretical values ​​have no upper limit.

Before she could react, Mo Xueyao immediately turned around, ran past her, and disappeared into the dead end of the corridor.

She was so focused on where Hua Yinyin was that she didn't see the person in front of her and ended up bumping into them.

Judging from the feel, it should be a male, because the bones and muscles are very hard...

Upon closer inspection, she realized that it was Duanmu Ji who was passing by.

A rare hint of panic appeared on Duanmu Ji's gloomy face, a truly unusual sight.

"Hoo...cough, sorry, sorry." Mo Xueyao stood up, grabbed him with her hand, pulled him up, patted the dust off his body, and said apologetically.

"It's nothing," Duanmu Ji replied calmly, though the slight blush on his face hadn't faded.

"Little Yaoyao, why didn't you bump into me!" Hua Yinyin shouted jealously.

"Alright, alright...stop fooling around..." Mo Xueyao, who hadn't exercised in a long time, was already panting heavily. "Honestly, it's like this every morning."

"This is for Little Yaoyao to exercise!"

"Tsk, if Xiaoyao has a heart attack later, Yinyin, you'll have to take responsibility." Wang Jiale clicked her tongue, having already placed her schoolbag on her seat.

"It's okay! I'll take full responsibility! Even if Xiaoyao becomes a vegetable, I'll still clean her body!"

"Why does your tone still carry a hint of excitement?" Mo Xueyao muttered, her eyelids drooping.

"I'm leaving now," Duanmu Ji said curtly, and walked towards his classroom.

"Oh, bye-bye!" Mo Xueyao waved to him, not sensing anything unusual.

Perhaps because I had eaten breakfast outside, when I arrived at the classroom, quite a few classmates had already arrived around the same time.

Zhou Yong's voice rang out from not far away. He pointed to Mo Xueyao's feet and said, "Mo Xueyao, did you drop that thing next to your feet?"

"Oh...right, it's mine. It's the leftover rice cake from this morning. I can't finish it." Mo Xueyao bent down and picked up the rice cake. Hua Yinyin immediately squatted down and looked inside.

"Ahem!" Li Wanyan coughed lightly and glanced at Hua Yinyin with a cold gaze, which immediately sent a chill down the latter's spine.

"Oh, can't you eat anymore?"

"Hmm, I can't eat anymore."

"Wouldn't that be a waste?"

“There is a bit of that, but…” Mo Xueyao hadn’t finished speaking when Zhou Yong interrupted her.

"Why don't you give it to me? I'll help you get rid of it! That way it won't go to waste!"

"what?"

……

Chapter 265 The Girl's Saliva

"Hey, I ate that, it has my saliva on it..." Mo Xueyao didn't consider herself to be that close to Zhou Yong, they were just familiar classmates.

Even best friends will complain about eating what the other has eaten.

Unless you really want to eat it or are very hungry, you won't eat anything that the other person has bitten, even if it's your best friend.

Because in the eyes of most people in this era, eating something that someone else has bitten means either that they are related by blood or that they are in a romantic relationship...

"It's okay!" Zhou Yong stared intently at the half-eaten cake in Mo Xueyao's hand. He seemed to realize that his behavior was too abnormal, and his face immediately turned redder than a pig's liver. "Cough... Ah... I, I didn't mean that. What I meant was, well... it's a pity to waste it, and it's perfect... perfect because I didn't eat breakfast!"

"Tch—" Hua Yinyin dragged out the sound, staring intently at Zhou Yong with jealous eyes, making the latter feel a chill run down his spine, as if he might be swallowed whole at any moment.

"Hmm." Mo Xueyao wasn't the oblivious heroine in those romance novels; she was somewhat aware of Zhou Yong's feelings for her.

Although he only wanted to treat the other person as a normal male friend, it is obvious that a guy cannot simply think that way.

Or rather, Zhou Yong couldn't simply think that way.

If you think about it carefully, it's normal for an average-looking guy to overthink things if he's very close to a pretty girl.

However, if a handsome guy is very familiar with a beautiful girl, he won't have too many thoughts about it, because that's how he's always been. He can easily build good relationships with girls, so he won't care if one or two girls are very familiar with him.

She really didn't want to complicate things, but she didn't know what to do at that moment.

If she directly refuses, it will make Zhou Yong lose face; if she agrees, others will mistakenly think that she actually likes Zhou Yong.

She desperately hoped that someone could help her out of this predicament.

"No, the food that Yaoyao ate belongs to me!"

"...It's all my saliva, okay?"

"A pretty girl's saliva smells sweet!" Hua Yinyin shouted, shaking Mo Xueyao's body violently. "I don't care, I don't care, I don't care! I want it!"

It's better to give it to Hua Yinyin than to Zhou Yong.

Anyway, Hua Yinyin has always been like this, and she doesn't care if it makes her think of anything strange.

Besides, girls tend to be more affectionate with each other than boys.

While it's uncommon for boys to share food that each other has eaten, it's not uncommon among girls.

“Hmm…” But Mo Xueyao was still hesitant about what to say.

Fortunately, whether it was out of kindness or simply because she didn't think too much about it, Hua Yinyin snatched the half-piece of inlaid cake from her hand and excitedly stuffed it into her pocket.

"It's mine now!"

"Uh... Hua Yinyin snatched it away." Mo Xueyao gave Zhou Yong an apologetic look, but in reality, she breathed a sigh of relief.