A Young Woman's Heart

Parents who say they don't like pets are actually the ones who love pets the most...

"Meow~ Meow~" Su Tang darted around everywhere, and Mo Xueyao didn't dare to walk around carelessly, for fear that she might accidentally step on it.

"Sutang, come here, stop running around. Aren't you hot?" Mo Xueyao seized the opportunity and grabbed Sutang—of course, if it didn't want to, Mo Xueyao certainly wouldn't have been able to catch it so easily.

As soon as she touched it, Mo Xueyao felt that its fur was rough and dirty. Looking at the palm of her hand that had just held it, she saw that it was covered with some dust.

"Wow—Sutang! How long has it been since you took a shower?"

"Meow—"

"It's so dirty!" Mo Xueyao immediately put it on the ground again, afraid of getting her clothes dirty.

Upon closer inspection, the cat, which originally had watermelon stripes and black and white markings, now had gray parts where the white parts were originally.

It changed from black and white to black and gray...

Isn't it said that cats love to clean themselves?

Isn't it said that cats don't get themselves dirty easily?

Why is the brittle different?

No, this silly cat has always been different from other cats. It's probably because it spent a lot of time with dogs when it was a kitten. I guess it learned a lot about its personality from dogs.

"Who knows? Isn't bathing the cat your job?" The father casually lit a cigarette.

"Hey, can't you wash it?" she said helplessly to her mother. "Mom, don't you think it's dirty?"

“It got this dirty a couple of days ago, and I thought it would clean itself up.” The mother glanced at it and said, “Since you’re here, you can wash it yourself. Your parents have a lot of things to do.”

"Tsk, okay, okay, I'll take a shower—it's so hot, I should just take a cold shower, right?" Mo Xueyao squinted her eyes. Although it had rained in the morning, the temperature had returned to normal by the afternoon, so the rain was practically negligible.

"Whatever you like, just get some water from the tap by the door."

"Would you like some shower gel?"

"There's no shower gel, only soap."

"Soap will do..." Mo Xueyao put on the apron to avoid getting all dirty and unable to wash it off, then grabbed the brittle and shouted to Li Wanyan, "Wanyan, please run a basin of clean water!"

"Ah."

Just a few seconds after Li Wanyan responded, the sound of splashing water was heard.

"I'll give you a bath, don't fuss." Mo Xueyao said, holding Su Tang. The latter seemed to know what was about to happen and struggled violently. "Has it been too long since you had a bath? You used to be very well-behaved when you took a bath."

"Meow-"

"Do you think you look cooler when you're all dirty? You stupid cat." She rolled her eyes and put the candy into the large basin of water.

"Meow—" Su Tang fluttered around haphazardly.

"What are you doing? What are you doing?" Mo Xueyao pinched the back of its neck, finally calming it down. "Stop fooling around, it's just a bath, not cooking."

"Meow—" As if it understood, Su Tang finally quieted down and stopped moving around even when Mo Xueyao stopped pinching the scruff of its neck.

Actually, taking a bath in the summer is quite comfortable, especially for furry animals, who would probably feel even hotter in the summer.

"See, it would have been better if it had been this quiet earlier. You were enjoying yourself so much. Two people were scrubbing you. I've never received such treatment." Mo Xueyao stroked its chin with her soapy hands, and the latter squinted its eyes contentedly.

"There's mud and sand between her claws," Li Wanyan said softly.

"Yeah, this is the first time I've ever seen such an unclean cat." Mo Xueyao gently tapped its head, then pressed her thumb on its paw pad. "See, Wanyan, if you press here, its paw will come out by itself!"

"Ah."

After washing her back, she turned it over and leaned it against the edge of the basin like an old man.

The candy also leaned against it in a very cooperative manner, looking like a delicate plush toy.

You don't know how dirty it is until you wash it.

The first basin of water was as black as ink; it took three or four washes before the water gradually became clear.

Its whiskers, which had turned gray, finally turned white again after being washed.

I really don't know where it usually hides; it manages to get itself so dirty...

Mo Xueyao even seriously suspected that this guy might have crawled into the sewers.

I used ordinary laundry soap to bathe it, but after washing, it still had a faint fragrance, which was much better than before.

You know, the dirty water from the first wash is practically as smelly as sewer water...

Interestingly, it's not easy to smell anything on it when it's not washed.

"Mom—give me a big towel—"

"Here you go." The mother tossed over a gray towel that looked washed and dried.

What kind of towel is this?

"It's for wiping the table."

"Oh—" At least it's better than a foot towel. After taking the towel, Mo Xueyao handed Su Tang to Li Wanyan to hold. Then she wrapped the cat in the towel, rubbed it vigorously to absorb the moisture, and then held it in her arms.

"Don't run around until it's completely dry, it's easiest for dust to stick when it's wet." Mo Xueyao sat down and gently patted Sutang's head with one hand.

The latter didn't have time to run around; it was lying quietly, constantly licking its paws to wash its face.

Unfortunately, Mo Xueyao had read in a book that you shouldn't wet a cat's head while bathing it, otherwise it would easily catch a cold. Otherwise, she would definitely have washed the cat's face too.

In the end, they just wiped it clean.

The way Su Tang washed its face was quite adorable. Mo Xueyao couldn't help but watch it for a while, and even deliberately blocked its paws with her hand. When it washed its face, it ended up 'washing' her hand instead. Its clumsy appearance and the disgusted look in its eyes when it raised its head made people want to laugh.

"Hey, Old Chen, you're back so early today?" Just as Mo Xueyao was teasing Su Tang, a middle-aged man walked into the fruit shop.

"I came back to get my ID card." The middle-aged man in worn-out clothes smiled wearily, noticing Mo Xueyao and Li Wanyan sitting in the fruit shop. "Oh, these two are...?"

"Well, one..." The mother was about to say something when the father interrupted her.

"Yes, they are both my daughters. Come here, Xiaoyao and Wanyan, call him Uncle Chen."

"Hello, Uncle Chen." Mo Xueyao looked at him curiously, blinked, and stood up while holding the cat, allowing him to walk into the small room of the fruit shop.

"Hello, Uncle Chen." Li Wanyan also greeted him softly.

"Hello, haha, sorry, sorry, I don't have any gifts for you."

"What do you mean by a gift? What are you talking about, Lao Chen?" the father said irritably. "Aren't you here to get your ID card? Hurry up, don't be late for work."

"Yeah, I'm so envious of you."

"What's there to envy?"

"I envy you for having two beautiful and obedient daughters. I wish I had had daughters back then."

"Don't give me that. When your wife gave birth to a son, weren't you the happiest one?" the father mocked. "What, now you want a daughter? With your parenting style, sons and daughters are the same. Daughters might even be worse, as they'll only be harmed by others. As for sons, at most they'll just harm other people's girls."

"Sigh, haha." Old Chen chuckled dryly. "Yeah, it's all my fault."

"It's true that you're not good, but the problem is that you spoil the child too much. You always want to give him the best. Can't you be more honest? Although there were reasons, they're all in the past now. Can't we go back to a normal family?"

"We'll talk about it later," Old Chen said with a forced smile as he walked past Mo Xueyao. She could smell a strong stench of sweat on him.

They are clearly people who do manual labor.

Old Chen took his ID card and left in a hurry. Mo Xueyao rarely saw him, but judging from her father's words, it seemed that there was something else going on with his current situation.

Just a few minutes after Old Chen left, Chen Cheng came out of the grocery store and stood in front of Mo Xueyao's fruit shop.

"Hey, isn't this Lianlian's boyfriend?" the father laughed loudly. "Come on, what would you like to eat?"

"Buy a pineapple."

"There's half a piece here that we ate ourselves, we didn't finish it, you can take it."

"Okay, how much?"

"No money needed, why are you talking about money? This is no small matter." The father waved his hand forcefully. "Go away, take it and eat it. Do you think I'm short of money to earn from you?"

"No, I'm here to buy something." Chen Cheng insisted, looking somewhat stubborn, as if taking something for free would be a loss of face.

"Hey, you little rascal... Alright, alright, I'll sell it to you. Hmm, you want a whole one, right? I'll help you pick one out?"

"Please help me, thank you." Although Chen Cheng was very polite, it always felt like his politeness was only superficial and not very endearing—at least in the eyes of adults, he was a very awkward child.

"Okay, I'll peel it for you and then weigh it."

"it is good."

However, what Chen Cheng didn't know was that his father always weighed the pineapples first, paid for them, and then peeled them. Even though the skin was thick, the weight and price were still calculated.

This is actually a way of giving him a discount, but it can't be too obvious, otherwise he probably won't accept it.

“Chen Cheng, Old Chen…” Mo Xueyao muttered to herself, “They both have the surname Chen.”

But she didn't connect it to anything else. After all, this surname is too common. Even if they happen to be the same, you can't say that they are father and son, right?

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Chapter Ninety-One: Xiao Xi's Expression Changed

Holidays always make it easy to oversleep.

Yesterday was busy; Huang Zhengyang worked overtime delivering goods until midnight, and by the time he got home, washed up, and went to bed, it was already past 2 a.m.

He slept so soundly that he didn't even hear the alarm clock ring. When he was finally awakened by the midday sun, he was startled to realize that it was already noon.

"Whoa!" Huang Zhengyang scrambled to his feet in a panic, grabbed his phone and saw several missed calls and a text message from his boss. He frantically dialed back, "Hello? Boss?"

"Zhengyang, what's wrong today?"

"Sorry, sorry, it was really too late yesterday, I overslept..." Huang Zhengyang said, then yawned again.

"Haha, how about I give you a day off today?"

"Salaries will be paid as usual?"

"What are you thinking?" the boss said with a laugh. "You're lucky we're not docking your pay!"

"Heh, haha... Okay, okay, then I won't be in a hurry to get up."