A Young Woman's Heart

Children who are not pampered by their parents often seem to be more mature and well-behaved than their peers.

These children, whose heights varied, responded with a resounding "Good!" in unison.

Then, a five- or six-year-old boy blinked his bright eyes and peered through the door for a while before being urged to come in, somewhat embarrassed.

He didn't even dare to say a word, but just walked up to her with his head down and secretly looked at her with his eyes raised.

"Raise your head and open your eyes wide," Tian Tingchan said with a smile. When she smiled, her slightly upturned phoenix eyes appeared even more long and narrow, which made her smile even more infectious.

The slightly awkward little boy relaxed a bit, perhaps sensing some warmth from her smile.

So he obediently raised his head, but his eyes darted around as if he didn't know where to look.

"Don't move your eyes." Tian Tingchan pried open his eyelids, shone a flashlight on them, and after a general check showed no problems, she checked the eye option on the medical examination form he handed her.

"Don't look down, I need to check your nose too." She gently lifted his round cheeks and shone a flashlight inside. "There's a little polyp inside your nose. Do you get a stuffy nose easily?"

"Hmm!" He nodded vigorously, complaining softly, "I often can't breathe through my nose. I breathe through my mouth when I sleep, and my mouth feels very dry when I wake up in the morning!"

After he finished speaking, he licked his lips, as if to prove that his mouth was very dry.

"Okay, take the form and go to the nurse next to the blood drawing room. Ask her to help you clean the secretions and boogers from your nose so that you can breathe more easily."

"Um! Nurse, what is a polyp?"

"It's just an extra piece of flesh that's made the breathing opening smaller, but it's not that big yet, let's observe it for now." Tian Tingchan carefully wrote the words 'nasal polyp' on the form, then felt all his bones, and finally pursed her lips, a little embarrassed, but trying her best to put on a serious expression, "Take off your pants."

"Huh... Oh, wait a minute?"

"Yes, it needs to be checked."

Although the little boy was puzzled, he still stood up straight shyly and spun around twice as Tian Tingchan instructed.

Actually, the check is very quick; a quick glance is enough to see if there are any problems.

If a group of people were checking inside the room, then a single touch would suffice. But now that only one child can enter the classroom at a time, removing the mask for observation would be more convenient and accurate.

She handed the form back to the little boy, who, as if he had been sexually assaulted, fled the classroom in a panic.

Through the door, you could hear the little boy and his friend talking: "We're going to take our pants off for the nurse to check us later!"

"Really? Oh, can we skip the check?"

"Wow, that's so scary!"

In reality, few of them were afraid; it was just a vague and subtle feeling at play.

It's like they're deliberately stirring things up.

There were both boys and girls coming in, and the oldest was no more than seven years old.

At first, Tian Tingchan felt a little shy, but after checking for a while, she didn't feel anything was wrong.

To medical staff, examining a person is as ordinary and routine as a repairman inspecting machinery.

At this moment, Tian Tingchan's eyes were also completely free of any ulterior motives.

Once the examination started, it didn't stop for a while. She was busy like this until the sun was high in the sky, and her eyes started to feel tired.

How old are you?

"Nurse, I'm six and a half years old!" This little boy was surprisingly bold, standing in front of Tian Tingchan without feeling shy at all.

Even if children don't have a concept of gender, they will still feel shy, which is not surprising.

It's rare to see someone who isn't shy.

“Oh, six and a half years old…” Tian Tingchan glanced at the soybean, nodded slightly, and wrote the words ‘developmental delay’ on the form.

"Next child," she called softly as she handed the form back to him.

The door opened, but this time it wasn't the orphanage children who appeared; instead, it was a familiar yet unexpected person.

"...Zhou Yong? What brings you here?"

"Huh? Wow, Brother Chan, what are you doing here? I'm a volunteer, I came to call you for dinner!"

"A volunteer?" Tian Tingchan looked him up and down. "Which part are you in charge of?"

"Uh, I was in charge of helping to move things..." Zhou Yong said a little embarrassed.

Tian Tingchan pursed her lips, smiled lightly, and shook her head: "Hmm, okay, where should we eat?"

"In the cafeteria, huh? Hehe, Chan-ge, you're in charge of physical examinations, right?"

"Ah."

"Nurse, can I get checked too?" Zhou Yong joked. Tian Tingchan's reaction was calm, but his face suddenly turned as red as a pig's liver. "Ahem, hahaha, just kidding, just kidding! You go eat first, I still need to call the others!"

"Mm." Tian Tingchan nodded lightly. Just as she reached the door, she saw Zhou Yong running lightly to the doors of other classrooms to call people for lunch.

Although this guy hangs out with Gao Yuan every day, his shamelessness is still far less than that of the fat guy.

The midday sun warmed one to the bone, making one feel a slight tingling sensation throughout the body. Wearing a nurse's uniform, Tian Tingchan stood on tiptoe, stretched lazily, and felt as if the sky in her heart had cleared up.

As she walked towards the cafeteria, many children would politely greet her as "Nurse Sister".

Every word touched her heart, and every call brought a sweet feeling to her heart. The iceberg in her heart melted away without her even realizing it.

"Ahem, Brother Chan!"

"Have you finished calling for help?"

"correct."

"Pretty fast, huh?" Tian Tingchan looked at him with some surprise.

"Haha, yeah, cough, oh dear, this is the Chan-ge I know. You were so serious before, it felt like you had become a different person."

"Whether it's Brother Chan or Nurse Sister, aren't they all me?" Tian Tingchan smiled and took another step.

"Huh? Huh?"

Zhou Yong stood there dumbfounded for a few seconds watching her back before quickly chasing after her.

He felt that she seemed to have changed a lot again.

But it doesn't seem to be a good thing for him.

Because I always felt that a certain distance was beginning to grow between the two of us.

This left him somewhat disappointed...

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Chapter 40 Grandma...?

January 25, 2001, the second day of the Lunar New Year.

The snow stopped today, but although the sun shone down from high above, it didn't melt the snow at all.

Yesterday morning, Mo Xueyao and Bao Cheng played shooting games all morning, and in the end she only won against one person.

In the afternoon, many people had things to do, so they dispersed, leaving only Bao Cheng and a few others, who took the two girls to catch birds.

A group of people ran to the abandoned mountain god temple on the mountain, scattered some chaff, hung a long line on a bamboo basket, and waited to lure the birds over before pulling the line...

Although they weren't able to catch them every time, they still managed to catch quite a few.

They took the common birds back with them, and of course, they were destined to be eaten.

At Li Wanyan's request, those birds with particularly beautiful feathers and that were relatively rare were all released.

One of them was probably a pheasant; its tail feathers were bluish-green and very beautiful. One of the feathers fell down as it flew away, and she caught it.

Mo Xueyao stretched out a big yawn, shook her head and walked out of the dilapidated mud-brick house, almost tripping over the threshold again.

The threshold still made her feel very uncomfortable, after all, living in the city, it's not common to see a threshold as high as her calves.

She staggered a couple of steps before regaining her balance, and snow from the roof tiles fell in a soft patter, scattering diagonally over her head.

Even Li Wanyan, who came out with her, had some of it on her hair: it looked like herbal jelly sprinkled with frosting.

The second day of the Lunar New Year.

Some people left early, while others came to offer New Year's greetings, so the lively atmosphere remained unchanged.

The children were setting off firecrackers everywhere, and several of them rolled down to Mo Xueyao's feet.

Li Wanyan frowned slightly, as if she was a little angry.

But Mo Xueyao wasn't scared at all. Instead, she laughed and kicked the still-smoking firecracker back, scaring the group of kids into running around in all directions.

"Tch, you little brats, trying to scare me? You're 20,000 years too early!" Mo Xueyao held up a number and shook her head smugly. The children were not afraid of her at all; instead, they looked at her with respect.

People often say that children are the kindest, which is true, but more accurately, children have more animalistic thoughts.

Just like now, they will openly worship the strong.

It's not that people stop admiring the strong as they grow up, it's just that they use all sorts of disguises to cover themselves up.

Neither the theory of inherent evil nor the theory of inherent goodness are accurate enough. She used to think the former was more correct, but now she has a new idea.

—It should be said that human nature is inherently animalistic at birth.

In other words, a person is born without humanity; all they possess is **.

"Yaoyao, come here quickly!" Her mother's voice came from afar. She came back to her senses in a daze and saw that she was walking with an elderly woman in her sixties who was in good spirits, and a young man in his thirties was with her.

"What?" Mo Xueyao was a little impatient, because she knew she was about to call for help again.

Unfortunately, she didn't know any of these relatives, yet she had to greet them with a smile, which was incredibly troublesome.

"Here, this is..."

"Hello, Grandpa." Having already experienced this, Mo Xueyao immediately gave a half bow to the energetic old man, then turned to the young man, hesitated for a second, and continued, "Hello, Uncle."

"Uh, no, no, no!" The young man laughed awkwardly, waving his hands repeatedly, which only piqued Mo Xueyao's curiosity.

It's just a normal way of addressing someone, there's no need to be so humble, right?

Could it be that he just looks old, but is actually just a high school student?

Mo Xueyao looked him up and down curiously, waiting for her mother to explain.