A Young Woman's Heart

"Yes, of course. Although I don't know what the future holds, at least in my past life, they have all been very important people in my life." Mo Xueyao nodded vigorously.

"It seems your mental state is indeed quite good; there's no strong aversion or intolerance."

"I've always been a very adaptable person..." she said with a hint of pride. "I've always been like this since I was little. I'm very adaptable to my environment. There's basically nothing that I can't accept. There's nothing I can do about it. I can't change so many things, so I can only change myself."

"Haha, don't make yourself sound so miserable. The real you is right now!"

"Hmm, it's hard to say." Mo Xueyao shook her head. "No matter what, there's nothing we can do to change it. We can only live with it, right? We can't just die, can we?"

"Yes, that's very good. Many people don't have your strong mentality." Dr. Wang patted her on the back. "Keep this optimistic attitude, and life will get better and better."

Then, before Mo Xueyao could say anything, he stood up and asked, "Xiaoyao, what size shoes do you wear?"

"Me? Hmm... I think sizes 34 to 35 would fit." Although she had grown taller, her feet hadn't.

"Still so small? My daughter has some old shoes from junior high school that she can't wear anymore, they're probably around size 35 to 36. I brought them for you, please accept them if you don't mind?"

"Ah, whatever." After all, they brought it from so far away, it wouldn't be good to refuse. Although she wasn't interested in shoes or anything like that, Mo Xueyao still nodded and accepted.

Anyway, if she doesn't wear it, Li Wanyan can wear it.

Li Wanyan's feet are probably around size 36.

"It's in my trunk, come and help me out."

"A lot?"

"There are quite a lot, haha."

"Buying so many shoes?"

"She's always buying new shoes; she's been doing it since junior high."

"So rich..."

"It's just a small amount of money."

Dr. Wang can certainly say that, since everyone's annual income is different.

Mo Xueyao could only give an awkward smile in response.

The trunk contained more than a dozen shoe boxes. Even though several boxes were stacked together, it took the two of them three trips to get all the shoes out.

"Why are there so many shoes?"

"These are the old shoes my daughter wore in junior high. If you don't mind, you can wear them. There are size 35 and size 36. You two can see which ones fit you best."

"Hurry up and thank Dr. Wang!" The mother quickly looked at Mo Xueyao.

"Thank you, Dr. Wang—" she pouted, "Being so polite actually makes me feel awkward, okay?"

"Haha, that's right, no need to be so polite!" Dr. Wang laughed heartily. "After all, she's a very special patient for me!"

The shoes in the shoebox all looked pretty new; it seemed that each pair had only been worn five or six times at most before being discarded.

Some of the designs looked particularly extravagant, like something you'd wear to a performance or a ball, and Mo Xueyao had no interest in wearing them at first glance.

Some have a simpler design, but the materials used are quite good.

She couldn't see much of it, but her mother could sense just how good they were: "These round-toed leather shoes, they're made of very high-grade cowhide, aren't they?"

"I'm not too sure either, anyway, she bought it herself." Dr. Wang should actually know the approximate price, but he deliberately didn't say so because he didn't want Mo Xueyao and the others to think that the gift was too expensive.

"Your daughter can't fit into any of these? They're all very nice shoes."

"Haha, my daughter's feet are size 38 now."

"It's not that big," Mo Xueyao's mother quickly said.

"Well, after all, she's tall now, she's 1.75 meters tall."

"Going to high school?"

"I'll be ready to go to university right after summer vacation ends."

"Okay, okay, Yaoyao, Yanyan, put your shoes away, let's get ready for lunch!"

"I know—" Mo Xueyao drawled as she piled up the boxes of shoes. Whether she would take them back or leave them there was up to her mother.

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Chapter 112 Chen Cheng's Mother

Shanghai Water Park.

Although this place seems a bit remote, there are still many tall buildings in the surrounding area. The so-called remoteness is only in comparison to the bustling Shanghai Center.

There was a long queue at the entrance, with many tourists patiently waiting to buy tickets.

Wang Jiale and Lü Bolun weren't there to buy tickets for today, but for tomorrow.

Since we arrived here in the afternoon, if we queue to buy tickets and enter, we won't have much time to play.

It's better to queue up today and buy tickets for tomorrow, so you can go straight in tomorrow without wasting time.

You can have a great time all day long.

"As expected of Shanghai... What a magnificent water park! Is it all man-made?" Wang Jiale exclaimed.

Lu Bolun tilted his head and looked inside: "It shouldn't be entirely man-made, or rather, it should be modified, rather than created out of thin air, especially those water amusement facilities."

"But it also feels really big. Compared to it, the Children's Palace is like a kindergarten."

"Sigh, that place really can't compare to this one..."

"Yeah, after all, this is one of the first-tier cities. There are only a handful of first-tier cities in the whole country." Wang Jiale swayed back and forth under the parasol. "When will Hangzhou become that prosperous? Ugh, so hot..."

"Generally speaking, it is unlikely that Hangzhou will reach the level of a first-tier city."

"why?"

"Because it's too close to Shanghai. A first-tier city consumes a lot of surrounding resources, just like a towering tree that absorbs nutrients from the surrounding area. Then, within a certain range, there can't be another tree of the same size."

“That makes sense.” Wang Jiale muttered and nodded. “It seems Hangzhou will stay this dilapidated forever. What’s wrong with it? It’s the provincial capital, after all.”

Before Lu Bolun could answer, he saw a formally dressed middle-aged man in front of him turn around and laugh loudly, "Are you from Hangzhou?"

"Ah."

"Hangzhou is Shanghai's backyard. If Shanghai develops to a larger scale in the future, it might also boost Hangzhou's development."

"What backyard?!" Wang Jiale, a native of Hangzhou, was very dissatisfied. "It's like we're a city dependent on Shanghai, like we can't live without people from here or there?"

"Ha, that's precisely why it's so close – other cities don't offer this benefit!"

"Tch!" Wang Jiale pouted angrily, but it had no offensive power; instead, it made her look even cuter.

"Well, that's the truth," Luberon said awkwardly in a low voice.

"What? Why are you taking someone else's side?! Don't come near me! Humph!" Wang Jiale angrily took half a step to the side, as if to draw a line between herself and him.

"These young couples nowadays are really interesting," the man joked with a loud laugh. Actually, he didn't mean any harm, but his inexplicable sense of superiority was just annoying.

Moreover, he said this in Shanghainese. If Hangzhou weren't so close and the dialects were so similar, Wang Jiale probably wouldn't have known what he was saying.

At this point, most of the people queuing are there to buy tickets for tomorrow, but there are also a few who want to play today. So, they'll probably have to come out not long after they go in...

After queuing for almost an hour, it was finally their turn. In this hot summer, there were so many people coming to the water park. Many were parents with their children, and some were there with their classmates. Among them, there were quite a few student couples like Wang Jiale and Lü Bolun.

Moreover, many of them came from other places, some from Zhejiang, some from J province, and even some from A province.

Shanghai is the absolute center of so many surrounding provinces, attracting others like a black hole.

"Hello, I'd like to buy two adult tickets." Although they are not yet adults, they still need to buy adult tickets once they exceed the height limit.

However, after saying this, Lu Bolun hesitated for a moment. He turned his head and glanced at the height scale next to him, which showed the heights below which tickets were free and the heights below which tickets were half price.

"What are you looking at!" Wang Jiale angrily punched his back. "I'm already over half price, okay? Am I that short?!"

"Uh, no, I just glanced at it casually." Lu Bolun coughed awkwardly.

"Two adult tickets, when are they for: today, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow, tomorrow," Luberon quickly replied.

"That's 130 in total," the ticket seller said emotionlessly.

That means a ticket costs sixty-five yuan.

That's quite expensive.

Even though Wang Jiale's family business wasn't small and he usually had a decent allowance, he was still secretly amazed.

Of course, it's also because it's summer vacation; it definitely wouldn't be this expensive during other off-seasons.

After paying, Lu Bolun casually asked, "How much is it for weekends?"

"It costs eighty yuan per ticket on weekends."

"Wow—that's so expensive!" Wang Jiale said thankfully. "Luckily, tomorrow is Thursday."

"It'll be cheaper if you come on Monday, fifty-five yuan a ticket."

It seems that even during the summer vacation, ticket prices vary depending on the date.

After paying and receiving the tickets, the ticket seller also gave me a small envelope to put both tickets in in case they got lost.

After all, these are just two small pieces of paper, and it's perfectly normal for them to fall out of your pocket if you're not careful.

"So, is that about it for today?" Wang Jiale didn't want to stay outside any longer. "Let's find somewhere with air conditioning... I'm dying of heat!"

"Yeah, me too. Let's look around the shopping malls nearby, or maybe a coffee shop or KFC?"

"Let's go, let's find a big shopping mall, they can basically have everything there."

"A commercial complex, right? Hmm... Anyway, let's take a car first. Let me look at the map..." Lu Bolun took out the map he had bought from a newsstand when he arrived in Shanghai. It was a map of Shanghai, and it was quite detailed. It even recorded most of the bus routes, so it would be easy to find the way to his destination.

"Oh right, didn't you say you were going to call a public phone to let them know you were safe?" Wang Jiale stuffed the envelope containing the tickets into her backpack, then took out a small folding fan and gently fanned herself with it, tilting her head to look at him and asking.

"Oh, right, I almost forgot." Lu Bolun nodded, rolled up the map, looked around, and saw several public phone booths across the street.

Even the number of public phone booths here is greater than in Hangzhou.

Is this really what you'd expect from a big city?