A Young Woman's Heart

A clear moon hung high in the sky, and the two men, who had only one bottle of sake left, were truly living for the moment.

"Nora... hiccup..." Mo Xueyao leaned against Li Wanyan's chest and hiccuped. "Have you... uh... read... Li Bai's poems?"

"Leave...?" Nora turned her head in confusion. She had finished her sake and was now pouring vodka into her mouth. "What about that snake?"

Mo Xueyao had gotten used to Nora's accent, although it became even stranger when she was drunk, but it was still understandable.

"Our glorious Tang Dynasty had only one... the Poet Immortal, well, it should be said that he was the only one in the five thousand years of Chinese history."

"The Poet Immortal?"

"Like a great writer."

"Oh—a literary giant!"

"But he's several levels above Shakespeare." Perhaps because she was referring to Li Bai, Mo Xueyao intentionally elevated his status, "He was an extremely powerful and legendary figure..."

"Is it really that powerful?" Nora asked skeptically.

"Heh heh, of course, Li Bai, an immortal... uh, is practically... a god?"

"god?"

"yeeeee—s!" Mo Xueyao dragged out the sound. Actually, she wasn't drunk; she had just drunk too much and didn't want to control her tone of voice anymore, becoming more relaxed and casual than usual.

As she drank more and more wine, Mo Xueyao finally felt warmer.

It didn't really matter what program was playing on the TV anymore; Yu Shu smiled awkwardly to the side, seemingly unable to join the conversation.

We were just talking about Li Bai, but the conversation quickly veered off course.

Mo Xueyao and Nora started speaking English, and then Nora switched to Russian.

Later on, Mo Xueyao spoke Chinese and Nora spoke Russian. It was like they were talking at cross purposes, but they still managed to have a conversation.

Li Wanyan thought Mo Xueyao was drunk, but listening to her serious way of speaking, she felt that she was still sober.

Even Yu Shu couldn't stop the two who were already drunk, and was forced to drink two more cups.

Her alcohol tolerance was nowhere near as good as theirs. After drinking, her face turned bright red, and she seemed unable to even stand up straight.

"Alright, stop forcing her," Li Wanyan said, somewhat displeased. "Shu'er isn't feeling well."

"Alas—Wanyan…do you understand Yu Shu better than I do?"

"What's wrong."

"Well... she's really not in good health..."

"So I wasn't wrong."

“Oh, actually she used to be quite healthy.” Mo Xueyao then rested her head directly on Nora’s chest. “Ah… such a soft pillow…”

"Xiao Yao—" Drunk, Yu Shu hugged Mo Xueyao and pushed her and Nora to the ground together. "Hmm... When we were little, I thought Xiao Yao was a boy..."

"Hahaha...I always have been..."

"Ahem." Li Wanyan, the only one who was still awake, cleared her throat. "Yaoyao."

"Ok?"

"It's getting late, don't drink anymore."

"Okay~" Mo Xueyao hiccuped. A dozen bottles of liquor were scattered on the ground, most of them sake and a few vodka.

“A boy? Hmm? I’m a man too!” Nora rolled over forcefully, freeing herself from under Mo Xueyao.

Compared to the petite Mo Xueyao, her height of nearly 1.8 meters made her appear quite 'robust'.

Now, only Yu Shu was left pressing down on Mo Xueyao.

Yu Shu, who had been drinking, was unusually strong. Mo Xueyao struggled for a moment but couldn't break free from under her. Nora watched from the side and laughed heartily, taking a couple more sips of wine—it was the last bottle.

“Xiao Yao… when we were little…” Yu Shu lost her balance and her hand slipped, causing the two of them to press tightly together, cheek to cheek and mouth to mouth.

Li Wanyan bit her lip and gently pinched Mo Xueyao's cheek: "Yaoyao, you're drunk."

"Eh? Hmm..." Mo Xueyao tried to speak, but instead licked Yu Shu's lips.

Although she was drunk, Yu Shu realized that something was wrong with her. She hurriedly got up and wiped her lips with a flushed face.

Mo Xueyao was still muttering, "What are you doing? Am I that dirty?"

"...Luckily, Haruka is a girl."

"Tch, what's so great about that?" Mo Xueyao interpreted it from a different perspective. "Being a girl is so troublesome, you have to get your period every month..."

"I agree!" Nora rolled around on the floor and found Li Wanyan's lap as a suitable pillow. "Women have to deal with a week more trouble than men every month. It's simply the greatest injustice of God!"

"That's it!"

“Hmm…yes—!” Yu Shu leaned lazily against Mo Xueyao, “And if Xiaoyao were a boy, I could be her bride.”

"Huh?" Nora burst out laughing. "Can we do it now?"

"That was all when I was little... I used to play with Yu Shu a lot back then." Mo Xueyao finally realized she was a little drunk, because the walls looked like a mixture of white and yellow light.

"Shall we sleep together tonight?" Nora asked.

"Can't sleep together, can you?"

"Hmm...put this mat in your little room..." Nora patted the foam mat under her bottom forcefully, "Then Yu Shu and I can sleep on the floor..."

"Or, how about you stay at my place?" Yu Shu bit Mo Xueyao's arm like a puppy that hadn't been weaned yet. "My room doesn't have a bed, but it can fit four people..."

"Huh? Why isn't there a bed?"

"Buying a bed is expensive, so... I think sleeping on the floor is not bad either."

“There will be cockroaches in the summer,” Mo Xueyao shook her head.

"At least there's no winter..."

"That's right, Wanyan! Shall we sleep at Yu Shu's house tonight?"

Li Wanyan took a sip of the goji berry tea she was holding in her hands: "Whatever you want."

"Okay! Let's sleep at Yu Shu's house tonight!"

Just then, there was a knock on the iron gate.

Li Wanyan stopped Mo Xueyao, who was about to open the door, got up and walked to the door. Sure enough, she saw Yu Shu's father standing outside the door knocking on the iron gate.

"Hello, is my Yu Shu with you?" the other person asked with a warm smile.

"Yes, she forgot her keys."

"Haha, I knew it!" Yu Shu's father laughed twice. "Let her come back. It's almost dinner time. Have you eaten yet?"

"Not yet," Li Wanyan answered truthfully.

"Then come to our house for dinner! We just happened to have made too much food today!"

This wasn't an overreaction; it was simply because they had already guessed that Yu Shu would be there, so they wanted to treat them to a meal.

When adults do things, they always pay attention to social etiquette—that is, if they owe someone a favor, they will repay it as soon as possible, even if the other party doesn't care.

"Great, I'm going to sleep at Yu Shu's house anyway."

"sleep?"

"Yes! The four of us will sleep together!" Nora tossed her red hair, her impressive chest making Yu Shu's father unable to look directly at her. "Xiao Yao, is this your relative?"

—He knew that Mo Xueyao had Russian ancestry.

"No, um... it's my Russian friend."

"Oh, then come along. Sleeping together would be nice, it'll be more lively. My Yu Shu is always alone at home."

"Here I am!" Nora, reeking of alcohol, squeezed past Li Wanyan and slipped out, while Yu Shu seemed to sober up considerably all of a sudden, looking somewhat flustered.

Her father frowned: "...The smell of alcohol is very strong."

"Yes, they drank... I... I was infected..." Yu Shu explained softly.

Although Mo Xueyao and Nora were half-drunk, they were still rational and wisely kept quiet.

Yu Shu's father nodded with one eye open and one eye closed, then pushed open the door and warmly invited everyone in.

Dinner wasn't actually ready yet; I just came early to call Yu Shu back for dinner.

Yu Shu pushed open her bedroom door, pointed to the soft cushion on the floor, and, unable to control her muscles, plopped down on it.

"Well!"

"Does your butt hurt?" Mo Xueyao teased.

"Hmm... I sat too fast."

"Then sit down slowly." Mo Xueyao plopped down and then lay down as well. "Phew... I'm a little sleepy."

"We haven't eaten yet." Li Wanyan said politely on her behalf, while glancing at her helplessly.

"Hmm...it's okay, I won't fall asleep."

As soon as Mo Xueyao finished speaking, she closed her eyes.

His breathing quickly became even, and he even started snoring.

Nora is the same.

Their snores echoed each other, as if they were in harmony with some kind of melody.

When Yu Shu's father pushed open the door and came in, he saw Li Wanyan smiling somewhat embarrassedly—it was rare for her to show such an expression.

"Huh? What's wrong with them?"

"He drank some alcohol and fell asleep..."

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Chapter 172 "Sugar Diary" Even a great cat has things it can't do.

"Kill them all!" I stood next to an arched bridge, which marked the edge of this area. If we could completely take over this place, we would control half of Hangzhou's territory, meaning the Great Sugar Union could be established.