A Young Woman's Heart

Chapter 104 Best Friend or Best Friend

"What's wrong?" Mo Xueyao noticed his unusual behavior, casually grabbed his arm and put it on her shoulder, then put her arm next to his neck.

"Ha...she's a girl after all..."

Why didn't you avoid suspicion before?

"I used to think you were just a guy who looked like a girl." Li Gutao chuckled and scratched his head. "Uh, what if your classmates find out?"

"So what!"

"Let's keep a little distance," Li Gutao said with a dry laugh as he slipped away. "I'm not saying I'm distancing myself from you, I'm just worried you might get into trouble because of this."

"Tsk, whatever, whatever." Mo Xueyao's tone gradually became casual and relaxed. Being 'open' with her best friend made her feel like her old self had returned. "Let's go, let's go! I haven't been to the arcade in ages! My hands are itching!"

"Damn it, aren't I the same!" Li Gutao felt that the last bit of awkwardness had turned into familiarity between best friends. "Hey, let's go, let's have some fun!"

Best friends are still best friends.

Their relationship doesn't seem to have changed.

Even though we haven't been in touch properly for a long time, and even though Mo Xueyao has changed a lot.

But the bond between them remains strong.

The two were playing an obstacle course game in the arcade. Mo Xueyao shouted excitedly, occasionally uttering a few swear words.

No longer having to maintain a so-called "feminine image" made her feel much more comfortable, as if every pore had opened up.

After two hours, I don't even know how many times I said "fuck" (a vulgar expression).

It's very satisfying to curse people.

Preventing people from swearing is actually suppressing human nature.

That's what Mo Xueyao thinks.

Although they had played for two hours, it was still early, and it wasn't even time for school to let out yet. The two left the arcade, and Mo Xueyao bought them a cup of milk tea. They walked and drank as they went, casually strolling around and chatting.

"My family's fruit shop is located right below the Cancer Hospital. It's the second shop from that direction of the hospital. Although my family was the first to open, it's a little further from the hospital than the first one." Mo Xueyao held her warm milk tea and sipped it slowly. The one-yuan cup of milk tea didn't have many fancy toppings; it was just plain milk tea with plain tapioca pearls, nothing more.

"Oh, okay, I can hang out with you sometime."

"You should deal with this matter first..."

"I can't possibly go to your door to apologize, can I?"

"Hmm...maybe I still have to back down?"

Li Gutao was both amused and exasperated: "Then why did you tell me to fight back in the first place?"

"Would it make you feel better to hit back?" Mo Xueyao smiled awkwardly. "I didn't expect that if a boy hits a girl, people would be so unreasonable as to think that you're in the wrong."

"The world is always like this, it's either this extreme or that extreme," Li Gutao said with deep feeling. "I really regret not studying harder. Even getting into the worst regular high school would have been better than going to a vocational high school!"

"Actually, there are some vocational high schools with good school spirit, right? Isn't Kaiyuan High School in Liushuiyuan pretty good?" When Mo Xueyao finished her high school entrance exam and was considering which high school to attend, she also looked up some information about vocational high schools.

"Sigh—" Li Gutao sighed, "Annoying, I don't want to go to school anymore."

"...Entering society might be even more troublesome." Although Mo Xueyao hadn't experienced it, she could glimpse some clues. Don't be fooled by the fact that her parents seemed to have an easy time in the shop every day; they had just as many things to do and their minds to work on as she did when she was in school.

"Ah, sigh." Li Gutao sighed several times in a row, as if sighing a few more times would solve the problem.

"I'm sorry... I can't be of any help to you." Mo Xueyao felt a little annoyed and guilty. "I shouldn't have said that back then."

"It's alright, it has nothing to do with you. Even if you didn't say anything, I couldn't stand it anymore," Li Gutao comforted him.

The two looked at each other in silence for a long time, seemingly recalling many things from the past.

"Life can change so much," he suddenly laughed.

"Yes, many unexpected things can happen." Mo Xueyao also sighed deeply. "After a long time, will we still be ourselves?"

"Why are you suddenly saying such philosophical things?" Li Gutao looked at her in surprise. "To be honest, Xiaoyao, you look really beautiful now."

"Huh? What you said gives me goosebumps." Mo Xueyao crossed her legs and rolled her eyes at him. "So, want to touch it? I know you definitely do."

"Damn, am I that kind of person? I'm someone who's transcended low-level interests, okay! Besides, touching my brother's thigh is just too weird!" Li Gutao looked at Mo Xueyao's thigh clad in white, semi-transparent stockings and couldn't help but swallow hard. After all, he was a high school student; he knew what he was supposed to know...

"Tch, go ahead and touch it if you want. You've never even had a girlfriend, how pathetic." Mo Xueyao grabbed Li Gutao's hand and placed it on her thigh. "How does it feel?"

"Hiss—so this is what it feels like?" He expressed his feelings with a touch of shyness and great honesty. "It's really comfortable, round and elastic, the feel of the socks is very subtle."

"Alright, alright, I let you touch me once, not so many times!" Mo Xueyao slapped his hand away in disgust.

Li Gutao couldn't help but look upwards.

Where are you looking?

"Ahem, hahaha, I was just thinking, since I've already touched your thigh, why don't I...?"

"Are you an idiot?" Mo Xueyao gently bumped his forehead with her arm. "Doing this on the street, be careful you don't get arrested as a hooligan."

"Hey, what's this ribbon? The bow is tied pretty nicely."

"A little vest... don't you even know that?" Mo Xueyao slapped away Li Gutao's increasingly audacious groping hand. "Don't touch me like that, it tickles."

"Tch, you were the one who initiated it just now, okay? We're good brothers, what's wrong with touching each other a couple of times?" he said matter-of-factly.

"Okay, come here." Mo Xueyao put her arm around his neck, just like when the two of them used to walk together on the playground. Then, when no one was looking, she grabbed his hand and placed it on her chest for two seconds.

"Holy crap!" Li Gutao was startled and quickly pulled his hand back. "Are you serious?"

"Tch, what's the big deal about being a good brother? You've touched him plenty of times before, haven't you?"

"That was a joke, okay?"

"Is this a joke?" Mo Xueyao glanced at him sideways.

"Hmm, seems about the same. I don't feel anything, except it's a little softer. Everything else is the same as before. But you seem to smell like fruit and flowers? Is that a girl's natural scent?"

"Fragrance my foot! It's just the smell of my family's fruit shop." Mo Xueyao rolled her eyes. "You haven't changed either; you still smell like Chinese medicine."

"Cough." Li Gutao awkwardly touched his nose.

"Is your grandfather feeling any better?"

"I don't know, it's always been like this anyway." Li Gutao didn't want to talk about this topic. "Sigh, your family is still the best, they're getting richer and richer now."

"It's just a small amount of money," Mo Xueyao said modestly. "Alright, alright, it's getting late, we should go home."

"Okay, see you next time."

"Bye-Bye."

Mo Xueyao turned around, waved her arm, said goodbye to Li Gutao, and then walked home without looking back.

I don't feel any reluctance to part ways; there will be plenty of opportunities to meet again if I want.

Best friends are always best friends.

The same thought popped into their minds at the same time.

Such a pleasant chat has become a rare treat.

When I returned to the fruit shop, neither my father nor my mother were there.

"Where are Mom and Dad?" Mo Xueyao asked Li Wanyan in confusion.

“My godfather went to the Bureau of Industry and Commerce to pay taxes, my godmother went to buy groceries, and I’m minding the shop,” Li Wanyan replied briefly.

"Oh……"

Just then, a guest arrived.

"Hey, where's the boss? Boss?"

“That’s me,” Li Wanyan stepped forward. “What can I do for you?”

How much are these oranges?

"These three types of oranges have different prices," Li Wanyan explained skillfully, while Mo Xueyao, standing beside her, conscientiously grabbed a plastic bag and opened it next to the customer so he could easily put the oranges inside.

……

At the hospital, the young woman's face looked a bit red and swollen, but there were no actual wounds; she just looked rather disheveled.

Once the swelling goes down, there won't be any problems.

If Li Gutao knew about this, he would probably be relieved.

However, this inspection led to something even more important.

"What? You're saying my daughter is a boy?!" The fat woman looked incredulous.

"Yes, your daughter has an XXY chromosome and does not have female ovaries, which is why she has never had her period. However, she also does not have male reproductive organs, so strictly speaking, she cannot be considered a male."

"How is this possible?! You damned quack!" The fat woman grabbed the doctor by the collar.

"That's true. Just think of her as a normal woman who can't get pregnant or doesn't menstruate. I suggest she buy some estrogen to improve her current condition. Right now, she has too much androgen, which might cause her to grow facial hair, making her even more embarrassed."

The doctor expressionlessly slapped the fat woman's hand away and walked out of the ward.

The young delinquent girl overheard all of this.

She felt no fear, only that the world was so wonderful.

So, she is neither male nor female?

If we categorize her by appearance, she could barely be considered a woman?

It wasn't until much later that she felt her worldview had collapsed.

Even a rebellious girl longs for love.

But now...

Who would like a woman who isn't a man?

"Damn it, ignore those quacks!" The fat woman walked over. "That boy must have hurt you when he hit you. I'll make him go bankrupt!"

"Forget it." The young delinquent suddenly felt she didn't have the energy to cause trouble anymore.

"What, you're just going to swallow your anger after being hit?"

"...Never mind, this time...it really was my fault." She admitted her mistake for the first time, but only in front of her mother. "I'll just pay a little money back."