A Young Woman's Heart

1.65 meters tall.

"Where's Xiaoyao?"

"Me? I'm 1.62 meters tall..."

"Your figures are about the same, my sister and I both have extra swimsuits that we can give you!"

"Thank you." Li Wanyan nodded.

"Eh? Wearing someone else's swimsuit..." This made Mo Xueyao a little shy, mainly because it was a swimsuit that other girls had worn. Although it had been washed, she felt that there was still some kind of ambiguous atmosphere left in it.

Before leaving, Mo Xiaoxiao put the dark chocolate in a cage, and then led everyone up the mountain.

Instead of climbing the tea plantation next to it, you have to follow the path for another ten minutes or so to reach the real end before you can climb the mountain.

This path isn't even like the pebbly paths outside; it's just a dirt road made by people walking on it. It's difficult to even walk on it, let alone ride a bike.

The roadside was overgrown with weeds, and sometimes the road was covered with weeds. You had to look at the soil marks to determine if it was an extension of the path.

This indirectly proves that few people usually walk this way, otherwise the weeds wouldn't grow so lushly.

The mountain path was even harder to find; it was practically impossible to find. Mo Xiaoxiao had to clear the way ahead with a machete.

"I'll do it! I'm good at this!" Nora volunteered, patting her chest with a very springy sound. "I'm a hunter too, you know! Are there wolves and bears on this mountain?"

"Generally speaking, there shouldn't be any... At most, there might be wild boars?" Mo Xueyao wasn't quite sure.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen." Mo Xiaoxiao shook her head. "Hunters come here to hunt every year, but they can only catch some rabbits and such. They can't even find wild boars. This mountain has always been very safe."

Having lived here for more than half a year, Mo Xiaoxiao had obviously become quite familiar with the surrounding area.

Then Nora took the machete and quickly chopped through the weeds and thorns blocking her way, making her move much faster than before.

Actually, there aren't that many places where roads need to be built, since there is already a small road, albeit a discontinuous one.

—In some places, there are many weeds, while in other places, it is completely bare.

Further up, there were even stone steps, indicating that this was a mountain that people used to frequent a long time ago.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have built the steps.

“We can go halfway up the mountain; there’s a shrine at the top.” Mo Zhuyou picked a wildflower and tucked it into her sister’s hair, using it as a hairpin.

"The ancestral hall? Has no one gone there anymore?" Mo Xueyao asked curiously.

Nora, who was walking ahead, turned around: "The pond?"

"No, it's an ancestral hall."

"What is that?" When communicating with everyone, she usually tries to use Chinese as much as possible. She only uses English when she really can't find a way to describe it. Occasionally, she will also use Russian. Listening to her speak is like listening to a mixture of Chinese, English and Russian.

"Well... uh... how should I put it?" Mo Xueyao tried to describe it in English, but couldn't find a suitable way to express it for a long time.

Li Wanyan pondered for a moment and explained, "It's a place used by a large family to commemorate their ancestors."

"Oh, I understand. So, why aren't we using it anymore?"

"Maybe they moved away?" Mo Xueyao guessed.

“No, it’s because everyone in that family died in the War of Resistance. Other branches may still be alive, but they have long since scattered to different places. This family has essentially been expelled, and the ancestral hall is now obsolete.” Mo Xiaoxiao took the flower hairpin that her younger sister had put in her hair and twirled it in her palm. “I found out about this when I was chatting with some local villagers.”

"Did you go out of your way to ask about these things?"

"No, it was just a casual chat when we bumped into each other." Mo Xiaoxiao shook her head and smiled with her eyes crinkling. "They seemed quite interested in this house."

"Well, of course! This is quite novel in the countryside, and it wouldn't be bad even in the city." Mo Xueyao crossed her arms proudly, mainly because she was the one who came up with the design concept for this house. Although it was Teacher Qiu who refined it, without her idea, it wouldn't have been designed like this.

If you go up the steps, you won't need to use a machete to clear the way anymore.

Just be careful of the moss, don't slip and fall, otherwise there is a risk of concussion.

"Is this the place?" Before long, Nora saw that the road in front of her had become flat, and beside this flat road, there was a clear spring with water flowing.

The spring water is about a meter deep, making it a very safe outdoor water play area for adults.

The clear spring water reveals the pebbles at the bottom, which look exceptionally clean from years of water erosion.

Along the waterway, there are also some large rocks protruding from the water, which are perfect for placing clothes that have been taken off on. If you get tired, you can also lie on them and sunbathe.

Moreover, the waterway is not directly against the mountainside; there is still a distance of about seven or eight meters. This distance ensures that the area will not be too dark and damp, and the entire waterway can be exposed to sunlight.

"Yes, this is it." Mo Xiao smiled and nodded, preparing to find a secluded spot behind a rock to change her clothes.

Nora, on the other hand, was much more unrestrained. She took off her clothes and threw them on a large rock before jumping into the water, splashing up a wave half a meter high.

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Chapter 123 Clear and Cool

This is one of the many sources of the downstream river—the downstream river has such a large volume of water that it cannot possibly have only one source, but rather it is formed by the convergence of several sources.

The clear spring water flows out from the mountain crevices. After being filtered by nature, it is now incredibly clean, and there is no problem even if you drink it directly. Of course, for safety reasons, it is best not to drink untreated water.

Everyone else hid behind the rocks and changed into their swimsuits, but Nora was completely naked.

However, her body hair was handled fairly well; at least there wasn't a situation where you could see a large clump of armpit hair when she raised her arm.

"Wow, Nora's fur is the same color as her hair!" Mo Zhuyou exclaimed in surprise.

“Uh…” Mo Xueyao’s lips twitched, but her gaze still couldn’t help but wander a few times.

However, Nora was now standing in the water. Although the spring water was clear, it was still difficult to see clearly when there were ripples. She could only vaguely see what appeared to be light red patches.

The stones here, except those not submerged in water, are all very dry. In the wild, if you encounter a damp place that is not submerged in water, you must be extra careful, because there may be snakes, insects, or animal carcasses rotting there.

Dryness is a good thing; at the very least, it represents cleanliness to some extent—at most, just some dust.

"Hmm, it seems a bit deeper here." Mo Xueyao walked into the water, which she couldn't tell if it was a stream, a river, or a spring. She took a few steps forward and felt that the water, which had just reached her navel, slowly rose above her neck, leaving only her head sticking out.

This should be the deepest part of this section—let's just call it a stream for now.

Of course, what was a deep hole for Mo Xueyao was just right for Nora.

Some transparent little fish swam around her in the stream; you could only feel their presence when you touched them.

Some of them are colored and a little bigger. The largest one is about a third the size of a palm. Its scales are slippery and occasionally playfully brush past her, making her feel ticklish.

"Nora, is it okay if we're not wearing clothes?" Mo Xiaoxiao asked in English.

"There's nobody here, and everyone's a girl, so it'll be fine!" Nora laughed loudly. "Haha, I love this mountain stream!"

Nora has a slightly plump figure, which is the type that most men find most attractive.

Especially those two on her chest, they look like they could be used as swimming rings...

Although this description is a bit of an exaggeration, Mo Xueyao really did have that kind of illusion.

"Ah, ouch—it itches." Mo Xueyao shook her body, and the little fish surrounding her immediately scattered and swam away.

"Is it a fish biting you?" Mo Xiao swam over gracefully with a smile. "These little fish will eat the dead skin off your body, it's okay."

"I don't have any dead skin on me," Mo Xueyao pouted.

"Hmm—Xiao Yao, why are you so narcissistic? Do you think your skin is as smooth as an egg?" Mo Zhuyou teased. "Xiao Yao is starting to look more and more like Hua Yinyin now."

"How is that similar? I'm just stating the facts." Mo Xueyao looked at the soles of her feet and noticed that the most numerous small fish were gathered there. "At most, I just have some calluses on the soles of my feet, um..."

"Pretty much. They might even eat calluses, and after eating them, the skin will become smooth."

"Slippery... just hearing that word gives me goosebumps." Mo Xueyao crossed her arms, shivered, and thought of slippery snakes and slippery insects...

Since we were already at the stream, playing in the water was naturally an essential activity.

By splashing water from different angles, with different movements, and with different force, the effect of splashing water onto others can be achieved.

The best effect is achieved by patting at an angle with your palm, but your hand will hurt if you pat for a long time.

"Watch this, a devastating surge!" Mo Xueyao slapped the water with both hands, the water directly hitting Li Wanyan's head. Only she dared to play around with Li Wanyan like this.

Li Wanyan retaliated, but her response was not as effective as Mo Xueyao's.

Before long, the battle spread to others, turning into a five-person free-for-all. Everyone's hair was completely soaked by the stream, and they were having a great time.

"Xiao Yao, take this!" Mo Zhuyou cupped her hands into a petal shape, then exerted force, pushing a half-meter-high wave of water that crashed against Mo Xueyao's face like a real wave.

"Whoa—!" She was startled, slipped, and fell backward.

If that were on the ground, he would have landed on the back of his head and fallen flat on his back.

But since she was in the water, the buoyancy was great, so when her feet weren't on the bottom, she actually floated up a little.

However, his head inevitably ended up in the water, and in his panic, he swallowed a mouthful of cool spring water... or rather, stream water.

Nora immediately grabbed her arm and pulled her up: "Are you alright?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing..." Mo Xueyao coughed a few times and spat a few times towards the shore. Although the water was clean, she felt a little uncomfortable drinking it without boiling it.

"It feels so cold in the water," Mo Zhuyou shivered. "Shall we go sunbathe by the rocks? My fingers are all wrinkled."

“Yes.” Li Wanyan agreed.

So the five of them found a large rock lying across the middle of the waterway and sat down on it.

Nora, who has the longest legs, can even put her feet in the water when she sits on it.

Although the rock is large, it still feels a bit crowded when five people sit down.

A cool mountain breeze blew in her face, making Mo Xueyao sneeze. In that instant, she felt as if she was finally experiencing autumn.

"Phew, I didn't expect it to be so cold, even though the sun was shining brightly." After she finished speaking, she sneezed several more times, "Achoo, achoo!!"

"Don't catch a cold, do you want to put on some clothes?" Mo Xiaoxiao asked with concern.

“It’s alright, we’ll get hot again after a while in the sun,” Mo Xueyao joked. “I suddenly feel like we’re grilling meat on a stone slab on this big rock.”

"Let's make it when we get back. We'll pick up a bigger rock later," Mo Xiaoxiao said, while smoothing her sister's messy long hair with her hand.

Nora sat beside him, still completely naked, making it somewhat embarrassing to look at her. Even if one's gaze accidentally fell on her, one would quickly look away.

However, she herself does not seem to be aware of this.

It felt as comfortable as being in a women's bathhouse.

Perhaps it's because they firmly believe that no one would ever walk through here...?