A Young Woman's Heart

"How do you want a massage?" the older brother pressed.

"Hmm... I'll write it down for you. When you go to get your medicine, I'll also give you massage tools."

Is it expensive?

"It's not expensive, it's manual, thirty-five yuan each. Remember to clean and disinfect it after each use and before each use." The female doctor glanced at Huang Zhengyang. "Sir, would you like to leave for a moment? I'll teach him how to use it."

"Huh? Ah... Don't you need my help?"

"You want to help?" The female doctor's expression immediately turned strange. "It's not impossible, it would indeed be more convenient if someone else helped, but it might be a bit awkward."

"What do you mean?" Huang Zhengyang still didn't understand.

"To give an example... it's similar to using an enema." The female doctor coughed twice.

"Oh, oh—" Huang Zhengyang finally understood how that small bottle of liquid came out. "Ahem, I'm going out now. Xiaoxi, remember to be careful."

Huang Yuxi was now silent, his face burning hot.

Huang Zhengyang chuckled and scratched his head, then very consciously walked out the door and slammed it shut.

The room was fairly soundproofed; even standing at the door, you could only faintly hear a little bit of sound.

"The tools you receive will be the same as the ones I'm using now. Before using them, remember to wash your hands and tools thoroughly, and then disinfect them with alcohol. If you don't have alcohol, soak them in boiling water..."

"Remember, your position is here. Don't use too much force; go slowly, because that area is very vulnerable..."

"Each massage session consists of 100 to 300 repetitions. Remember, don't do too many, or it will have the opposite effect. The main purpose is to relieve swelling and expel inflammatory substances..."

"Have you memorized your location? Come on, try it yourself. Can you feel it?"

Then came the rustling sound of clothes being put on.

Huang Yuxi didn't dare to look up at her brother. She hid behind him in silence, not daring to move at all.

"Haha, what's wrong? Are you shy? Is it because the doctor is too pretty?" Huang Zhengyang laughed loudly. "Then I can just go get the medicine, right?"

"Yes, if there are still problems, come back for a follow-up check. If there are no problems, you generally don't need to come back."

"Okay, thank you, doctor."

After saying goodbye to the doctor, Huang Zhengyang took Huang Yuxi's little hand and went downstairs to the pharmacy. The pharmacist didn't seem to find the medication strange at all, and calmly put it in a bag and handed it to him.

This trip cost over a hundred yuan, but it wasn't a complete waste of time; at least we found other ailments.

When it comes to treating illness, the earlier the better, as it costs less money. If you keep enduring or suppressing it, who knows if it will get worse later?

"Xiao Xi, does it hurt a lot?" Not in a hurry to get back, the two boarded the bus. Huang Zhengyang sat next to Huang Yuxi and asked in a low voice.

However, instead of receiving a reply from Xiaoxi, he was hit hard on the head with a whiteboard.

"Boom!"

"Ouch! What are you doing? Why did you hit me all of a sudden?" The older brother scratched his head in confusion. The slap was quite forceful; Huang Yuxi hadn't held back at all.

"My brother is an idiot!" He wrote these five words in big letters on the whiteboard.

"Huh? What did I do wrong? I brought you to see the doctor...did I do something wrong? Is it bad to care about you too much? When did Xiaoxi become so rebellious? Is she going through puberty?"

"Idiot!" Huang Yuxi erased the first three words, typed "idiot" forcefully, and then added two big exclamation marks after it, "Idiot!!!"

"what?"

Huang Zhengyang still didn't understand the situation and continued the previous topic: "So, does it hurt or not? If it hurts a lot, then forget it, or you can take some medicine."

"It's okay, it doesn't hurt too much." When she wrote this, Huang Yuxi's face turned red, as if she were lying.

“It’s okay, don’t force yourself.” His brother laughed and patted his shoulder. “I also had constipation when I was a child. Back then, my parents were still alive, so they used glycerin suppositories on me. I felt embarrassed, so I used one myself. Ugh, that feeling was so uncomfortable, both uncomfortable and disgusting.”

Upon hearing this, Huang Yuxi showed a disgusted expression: "Brother is disgusting."

"Ah, that is indeed quite disgusting. By the way, you can use it when you take a shower, so you can rinse it clean if it gets dirty."

Huang Yuxi turned her head away, too shy to pay any attention to him.

Back in the apartment complex, as soon as the elevator to the top floor opened, Huang Yuxi rushed out, only to bump into Hua Yinyin, who was standing at the door.

"Ouch!" Hua Yinyin fell to the ground, landing on her back.

Huang Zhengyang saw all the lace trim under the short skirt at once.

"Waaah..." Huang Yuxi rubbed his head, tears welling in his eyes as he got up. The bag he was holding fell to the ground, spilling out the medicine and tools inside.

"Ahhh—why did you run so fast in the elevator?" Hua Yinyin didn't even see who bumped into her. It took her a while to come to her senses. With Huang Zhengyang's help, she stood up.

"Haha, are you alright? Xiaoxi ran too fast, sorry."

"Thank goodness... um... um?" Hua Yinyin opened her eyes and saw Huang Yuxi frantically stuffing a uniquely shaped soft rubber object into a plastic bag. She couldn't help but glance at it a few more times, then looked at Huang Zhengyang, "Brother Zhengyang..."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Hey, take care of yourself. Look after Xiao Xi, he's a bit weak, so don't do it too frequently." Hua Yinyin, with the air of someone who's been through it all, stood on tiptoe and patted Huang Zhengyang's shoulder, speaking earnestly.

"Huh? Oh, of course, of course, I just got my medicine ready today."

"Huh? Have you already dispensed the medication? Are you using it too frequently?"

"Huh? With what?"

"Tsk tsk." Hua Yinyin glanced at him sideways. "Honestly, you did it, so why are you so shy? Xiao Xi, if your brother bullies you, just come to me~"

Huang Yuxi's face flushed red, but Huang Zhengyang didn't understand what it meant.

"She actually bought special things for a massage. Could it be that Xiaoxi is starting to like that feeling?"

Huang Yuxi blushed and covered Hua Yinyin's mouth to stop her from saying anything more inappropriate. Then, when her brother opened the door, she suddenly let go and rushed into the room.

"Take care of yourself." Hua Yinyin looked at Huang Zhengyang with a strange expression. "I have a few sets of clothes from junior high school here. Xiaoxi should be able to wear them. Do you want to give them to him?"

"Huh? Ah... cough, I don't need it anymore, haha, thanks." Huang Zhengyang said with a slightly embarrassed chuckle.

"Oh... so it's okay not to wear girls' clothes anymore?" Hua Yinyin tilted her head and scratched her cheek, a mischievous smile on her face. "Hehehe, can I watch next time? I've never seen a real one before!"

"Uh, observe what?"

"Tsk tsk, Zhengyang, stop pretending to be stupid!"

"I really don't know." Huang Zhengyang was completely baffled.

"Forget it, this kind of thing is usually not something you show to outsiders, right? I didn't expect Xiaoxi to actually... um... I wonder when I'll be able to be with Xiaoyao..."

"I'll go in first if there's nothing else." Huang Zhengyang chuckled when he saw Hua Yinyin starting to talk to herself. "Want to come over for dinner later?"

"No need, I'll just order takeout later."

"Oh, takeout? By the way, I went to a noodle shop before that had really good noodles, and the owner delivered them really fast, and they weren't burnt when they arrived. Can I give you their phone number?"

"Sure."

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Chapter Ninety-Three: Cooling off at Yu Shu's house

Saturday, September 2000, 8.

Although she knew it was already past nine o'clock and the temperature in the room had risen considerably, even with beads of sweat on her forehead and the bedding kicked to the floor, she felt unable to open her eyes or get up.

It felt like I hadn't slept for three days and three nights; I was incredibly tired.

"Yaoyao, what's wrong?" Li Wanyan reached out and touched Mo Xueyao's forehead. "You don't have a fever, do you?"

"No 'mmm'..." she managed to squeeze out a sound from her throat with great difficulty, "So sleepy..."

"Isn't it hot?"

"Yes, a little..."

She had already made the motion to get up, but she seemed extremely weak and could not get up no matter how hard she struggled. Her eyelids seemed to be glued shut, and even if she opened them a crack, they would quickly close again.

I didn't go to bed too late last night, but for some reason I was still very tired.

Li Wanyan picked up the bedding that had been kicked to the ground, folded it neatly, and placed it at the foot of the bed.

"Are you feeling unwell?"

"I have a bit of a headache."

"He might have a bit of heatstroke."

In the sweltering heat, with no air conditioning at home, the only somewhat effective air cooler, after using up the ice, produced even less airflow than a regular electric fan.

"Really? I should go to the library to escape the heat every day... Hah!" Mo Xueyao took a deep breath and finally sat up. Then, as if she had already run a kilometer, she was panting heavily.

"Didn't we say we'd start jogging early in the morning today?"

"Huh? Huh... I think I did say that. No, I'm too tired today. Let's do it tomorrow." Mo Xueyao squinted at the scorching sunlight streaming in from the window, and stuck out her tongue like a dog that was about to die from the sun. "Phew... I'm going to wash up."

The weather was so hot that the tap water was scalding hot. It only became warm after a while, but it was obviously impossible to get that cool feeling.

"It would be great if the tap water in winter and summer could be switched." Mo Xueyao scratched her head, rubbed the warm tap water on her face, and also put some on her hair, so that it would feel cooler when the wind blew through it.

Fortunately, she got a short haircut right at the start of summer vacation; otherwise, she would have been in unbearably hot with her hair down all the time.

Perhaps having passed the rapid growth phase and entered a more stable stage, Mo Xueyao's hair growth rate has slowed down considerably, or more accurately, it has become much more normal.

After a month, the ear-length bob hadn't grown much, and it was still very easy to comb.

After washing up, she habitually looked in the mirror several times and tidied her messy hair.

On the living room wall hung a calendar with pictures of beautiful women. Mo Xueyao, imitating her father, stood in front of it and admired it for a moment.

"Hmm, the beginning of autumn is on August 7th, just two more days—" She stretched out a big yawn, "It should get cooler by autumn, right?"

“The hottest period is in late summer,” Li Wanyan retorted softly.

Thinking about it carefully, it's true. Most of the time, the first month of autumn is even hotter than summer...

I don't know if the temperature will break 40 degrees Celsius this year, but even if it does, the weather forecast probably won't say so, is it to avoid causing panic?

Mo Xueyao tilted her head; her back was already soaked with sweat after just standing there for a short while.

Although the tank top is close-fitting and you usually don't notice it, in this hot weather, its presence is particularly noticeable, making her feel very uncomfortable.

"Ugh—it's so hot wearing this, but I'm not going out today anyway." Mo Xueyao exclaimed loudly, taking off her short-sleeved shirt, then untying the tie around her neck and throwing her white tank top onto her bed. "Phew, it feels so good to be shirtless."