A Young Woman's Heart

"Die!" Mo Xueyao always shouts loudly when playing games. It's not intentional, but it has become a habit. It's as if she feels that she's not playing with any energy if she doesn't shout a few times.

On the game console screen, "Ye Yu," wielding a crowbar, lunged forward. Although there was still some distance between them, the crowbar in his hand was already close enough to touch the other person.

Yang Yan hurriedly controlled "Silver Bell" to jump backward, but was still hit and his body leaned backward, resulting in a stiff moment.

It turns out that Mo Xueyao's apparent swinging of the crowbar was actually a trick; she used the skill of throwing the crowbar.

After throwing the crowbar, "Ye Yu" will only be able to use his fists and feet to attack temporarily, but the stun caused by this crowbar is enough for Mo Xueyao to control him to get close.

A series of attacks sent the opponent flying into the air, before they fell uncontrollably downwards.

Mo Xueyao didn't connect her skills well; otherwise, if she had followed up with a landing attack and then an upward attack, she could have completed an infinite combo.

"Silver Bell" gained a moment to catch her breath and kicked down from the air, the shockwave forcing "Ye Yu" back a step.

Then she walked backward while using ranged attacks to create distance.

To avoid the opponent unleashing a combo, Mo Xueyao can only choose to passively defend and wait for the right moment.

Then, the shadow beneath "Silver Bell's" feet suddenly flew forward, reaching Mo Xueyao's side, where it transformed into a black figure and threw a punch at her.

Although this move doesn't deal much damage, the resulting stun effect is not reduced at all. If used properly, it can achieve the effect of two against one.

The shadow unit, which operates automatically, takes control, while the main body seizes opportunities to unleash more powerful skills.

"It's no use!" Mo Xueyao calmly dodged the shadows and used a grappling technique to grab the "Silver Bell" body that had just rushed over to finish off the combo. Then came a random physical distortion.

The timing was perfect, because once the crowbar is back in your hand, you can't perform this skill anymore.

However, she wasn't very lucky, because instead of doubling gravity, she managed to make gravity disappear.

Both characters can easily leap into the air, making them difficult to control and reducing their accuracy.

Ye Yu's crowbar missed its target, and Yin Ling took the opportunity to jump to the other side, slowly descending through the air while unleashing a ranged attack skill.

As soon as Mo Xueyao landed her character on the ground, she was hit twice by the shadow. In this situation, the system-controlled unit was more accurate than the player's.

The shadow's time was up, and it disappeared. However, "Silver Bell" was already standing at a comfortable distance, and her continuous attacks had narrowed the gap in health.

"Waaaaah—" Mo Xueyao screamed as she flew up to meet the barrage of bullets rushing towards her from the sky. She used a crowbar to disperse the few that she couldn't dodge, and threw the crowbar away again when she got close enough.

He could have dodged it, but he deliberately made his character dodge instead, and ended up getting hit...

"The monkey is stealing peaches!" Mo Xueyao's voice became shrill, her little face filled with excitement. "Now there's no way to escape!"

The scene before me was simply too unbearable to look at...

Silver Bell, who already had very little health, struggled in the air for only a few seconds before falling helplessly to the ground.

"First victory!" Mo Xueyao shouted excitedly and proudly.

"I'll definitely win next time!" Yang Yankai said seriously, as if he felt it was very shameful to lose to a girl.

Unlike Liu Xiaowei and the others, although he usually chats and laughs with people, he is actually a person who cares a lot about his image in some aspects, and is also someone who is prone to getting stuck on trivial matters.

Unfortunately, he lost the second match, and Mo Xueyao qualified for the next round, while he sat on the side looking dejected, as if he had been dumped by his girlfriend.

She patted his shoulder teasingly and asked, "Seriously? Is it really that exaggerated?"

"Sigh, I just didn't expect I to be this bad."

"Pfft, hahaha, what? It's just because I'm exceptionally strong!"

"Then I'm even more disappointed," Yang Yan said with a wry smile. "Xiao Yao, you're pretty good at playing games."

"You're finding out for the first time?" Mo Xueyao winked at him. "I'll keep winning with your wishes in mind!"

"Why do you make it sound like Yang Yankai is about to die?"

"Damn it, how can you talk like that? Who's going to die?" Yang Yankai's expression was very serious.

The boys often said he was like a bull, and after today's fight, Mo Xueyao felt that it really was true.

The key point is that, although he's usually cheerful and easygoing, at certain times he seems completely unable to take a joke...

Are boys really this hard to understand?

She muttered to herself, waving as she ran to Hua Yinyin, who was watching others play badminton: "Where's Lele!"

"Lele? Look, over there."

"Eh...where? I don't see him...Oh right, last time she asked me to go find that boy and ask him about that matter, but when I went I didn't see him. Did you see him today?"

"Is that him?" Hua Yinyin pointed to the boy playing basketball. At the same time, Mo Xueyao also noticed Wang Jiale. She and Qiu Yuanling were sitting on a bench outside the basketball court. Qiu Yuanling pretended to chat, but kept glancing at him.

"I think... that should be it."

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Chapter 229 Do you have a girlfriend?

"Little Yao Yao, look! What a great opportunity! Go help Lele, no, let's ask Akimoto Aya!" Hua Yinyin winked at Mo Xueyao and mischievously urged her.

"What, you think I wouldn't dare?"

"Oh dear, Xiao Yaoyao isn't really going to ask, is she?" Hua Yinyin's face immediately scrunched up when she was asked this question, and a hint of jealousy seemed to waft around her.

“I already promised Lele. We didn’t run into her last time, but we definitely have to ask her this time. Look at Akimoto Aya—she rarely acts like this when she’s infatuated.”

"No, no, Xiao Yaoyao isn't allowed to ask, I'll ask!" Hua Yinyin grabbed Mo Xueyao's arm, dragging her like a heavy iron weight to prevent her from leaving.

"Does this kind of thing even need to be fought for..." Mo Xueyao looked at her with drooping eyelids, but people are always strange. Originally, she was not very willing, but now that someone suddenly wanted to compete with her to do this, she was full of motivation.

Mo Xueyao suddenly tickled Hua Yinyin's armpit with her other hand, making the latter laugh out loud, giving Mo Xueyao an opportunity to slip away and run a few steps forward.

"Wow, Xiao Yaoyao is so cunning!" Hua Yinyin immediately took a step and chased after her.

Then, the boys playing basketball on the court saw a short girl chasing another slightly taller girl with sky-blue eyes. It seemed that both of them were headed for the basketball court.

Mo Xueyao smashed open the barbed wire gate with her body, as anxious and excited as a reporter rushing to report from the scene.

"Hey—!" Just before Hua Yinyin was about to catch up with her, Mo Xueyao shouted at the tallest boy there, "Hey you, do you have a boyfriend—!"

Just as Hua Yinyin was about to rush over and cover Mo Xueyao's mouth, she stumbled and almost tripped over her own left foot.

The boys, who had been eagerly anticipating who the school's most famous beauty would confess her feelings to, were now frozen in place.

He didn't even notice the basketball slipping from his hands.

Then, everyone's eyes fell on the boy.

As the saying goes, flies don't land on eggs without cracks. Mo Xueyao must have known some inside information to ask such a question. Although it seemed rash of her to ask in front of so many people, what everyone was more curious about at the moment was whether this girl really liked boys.

"Huh...?" The tall boy felt like his mind couldn't process what was happening.

"Oh no, no, do you have a girlfriend?" Mo Xueyao waved her hand, quickly correcting her slip of the tongue.

The stiff expressions on the boys' faces immediately melted away, and they patted him on the shoulder with laughter, saying things like, "Hey kid, you've got some luck with girls!"

"No..." His confusion instantly turned into a hint of pride and joy, but he still asked reservedly, "What's wrong, senior?"

"Senior?" Mo Xueyao was taken aback for a moment before realizing she was already a sophomore in high school. She nodded and adopted the demeanor of a senior—though it felt more like the demeanor of a big sister, because she walked up to the boy, patted him hard on the back, and laughed heartily, "Um, it's nothing, just asking for my friend, it's fine! By the way, what's your name?"

"Wu Senyan".

"What a strange name," Mo Xueyao commented. "Alright, that's all, bye!"

"Ah, wait a minute, um, want to play basketball together?" Wu Senyan invited, flashing what he thought was his most handsome smile.

Mo Xueyao initially wanted to refuse, but after tilting her head and thinking for a moment, she nodded and agreed, "Playing basketball? Sure!"

"Come!"

"Wait, but I won't be the one to hit him." She thought this was a good opportunity for Aya Akimoto to get to know him.

Moreover, Aya Akimoto, who is also 1.8 meters tall, is more suitable to play basketball!

"Akimoto Aya! You fight her!"

"Huh?" Sitting on the bench, Aya Akimoto, who had thought these things had nothing to do with her, pointed blankly at herself, not expecting that after going around in circles, it had come back to her. "Me?"

"Okay, come on, come on!"

"That's right, Aya Akimoto, come quick!" Hua Yinyin echoed.

They initially thought it was the school beauty who came to visit them, but it turned out to be another girl.

It's not that Aya Akimoto is ugly, but the contrast is so great that the boys all lost their enthusiasm, as if they had already entered a state of post-coital bliss.

Mo Xueyao and Hua Yinyin sat down next to Wang Jiale, while Qiu Yuanling was 'forced' to get up and walk onto the basketball court.

Wang Jiale winked at Mo Xueyao and gave her a thumbs up.

"Hmph, am I efficient?" she asked smugly, oblivious to the fact that Hua Yinyin was playing with a lock of her hair in her hand.

"Wow, Xiaoyao's amazing!" Wang Jiale shook his thumb, which he hadn't yet put away. "Looks like Aya Akimoto will be getting a boyfriend soon!"

"Hmm, it should be very easy for a girl to pursue a boy, right?" Mo Xueyao shook her head, which was being tickled by Hua Yinyin. "The sunshine is so nice today, I want to take a nap here."

"Phew, there's not much time left before the indoor lunch break ends."

"That's such a shame."

For many boys, a girl who is 1.8 meters tall is someone they have to look up to.

Especially in the Jiangnan region, on this gentle land, men are generally not tall, let alone women.

The younger generation may be taller, but older women are mostly around 1.5 meters tall, with many even reaching 1.4 meters.

So girls that tall are certainly eye-catching, but ironically, girls of this height don't always come across as feminine to men...

Firstly, men generally prefer petite women who are easier to protect. Even if some men like older women, they don't like women who are much taller than them.

In the eyes of boys, 1.73 meters is the standard height for a beautiful woman, but if she's 1.8 meters, she'll look like a telephone pole...

Mo Xueyao eventually managed to take a nap in the warm sunshine, although she felt like she had just closed her eyes when the alarm rang.

Aya Akimoto walked out of the basketball court covered in sweat, her face flushed. It was hard to tell whether it was from being shy around someone she liked or from the intense exercise.

Or perhaps both?

"So, Akimoto Aya, have you gotten any closer to him?" Wang Jiale winked playfully. It seemed that she and Akimoto Aya had a good relationship, otherwise the other party wouldn't have asked her for help.

“…No.” Aya Akimoto sighed helplessly, “It feels like I’ve become one of the brothers with everyone…”