A Young Woman's Heart

Huang Yuxi also reads them, but she's not very interested. She just flips through a book when she's bored.

While her brother was still in the bathroom, Huang Yuxi couldn't wait to open the comic book and start reading.

The cover looks fairly normal; it depicts a somewhat effeminate-looking boy sitting in his older brother's lap eating a bento box.

But it's anything but proper inside.

That's true, how could the comics drawn by Hua Yinyin be anything serious?

The comic actually tells a very ordinary story—a story about a cute younger brother and older brother.

It was drawn by Hua Yinyin based on Huang Yuxi and Huang Zhengyang.

It seems that doujinshi artists have a penchant for using people they know as the main characters, which made Huang Yuxi feel both deeply involved and incredibly ashamed when she read them.

It felt as if the protagonist in the story was myself.

The story goes that the older brother's workplace was short of a hostess and couldn't find anyone. The boss angrily said, "If we can't find one, we'll make you dress up as a woman to replace her." So the older brother had no choice but to drag his younger brother over as a 'scapegoat'.

Although the younger brother looked very young, the boss was very satisfied, thinking that this would definitely attract business.

By the way, this was just to attract customers to an ice cream shop.

The older brother is dressed as a teddy bear in a bulky mascot costume, while the younger brother is a 'beautiful girl' that creates a striking contrast.

Up to this point, it was just a funny and interesting story, but things started to go wrong.

First, in the dressing room, the older brother saw his younger brother wearing women's clothes and couldn't help but hug him, and his actions gradually became more and more inappropriate.

The younger brother was powerless to resist and could only let his older brother hold him.

Amidst this shy and innocent confusion, the two brothers grew even closer.

That's right, and it's not just psychological.

Later, because the blue and white striped briefs became wet, she had to take them off and had to go braless.

—While shyly hiding this little secret in public, she was also trying to attract customers.

From then on, the relationship between the two brothers became uncontrollable. The younger brother would often dress in women's clothing at home, and the older brother would not miss the opportunity to do the same.

There's even a part where the older and younger brothers are wearing the same mascot costume.

It was a rather thick mascot costume with a lot of space inside, and because the outer shell was quite hard, it was not easy to detect the little movements inside.

It's like playing a three-legged race, where the two people are pressed tightly together in a small space...

What followed was a series of terrible and bizarre events.

But Huang Yuxi couldn't stop watching.

His little face turned bright red, burning as if he had a fever, and he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

"Whoosh—" The bathroom sliding door was pulled open, and Huang Zhengyang walked out looking refreshed. "Ah—it feels so good to have a smooth bowel movement."

Huang Yuxi slammed the comic book shut and threw it into the cardboard box below, nearly falling to the ground along with her chair.

"What's wrong?" Huang Zhengyang looked over.

Huang Yuxi quickly shook her head and held up the whiteboard in her hand: "The medicine worked?"

"Hmm, if I hadn't bought this medicine, I don't know how many days I would have been constipated. I guess sitting for too long makes me prone to constipation." Huang Zhengyang twisted his waist, making a 'click-click' sound. "Time to make dinner."

"I just finished using the bathroom and I'm making dinner now." Huang Yuxi held the whiteboard up to her face, hiding half of her face behind it, and with her gaze, it looked like she was teasing her brother.

"I did wash my hands... Okay, I'll wash them again with hand sanitizer." Huang Zhengyang turned back into the bathroom guiltily.

Huang Yuxi took the opportunity to secretly stuff the comic into her own drawer, planning to 'enjoy' it slowly when Huang Zhengyang was not home.

After carefully washing his hands with hand sanitizer, Huang Zhengyang finally started preparing dinner.

Frugal people are always used to cooking at home, which can save them at least half the money compared to eating out.

Of course, cooking dinner at home is twice as troublesome as eating at a restaurant.

It can be considered an equivalent exchange in some sense.

By the time dinner was ready, it was completely dark outside, and the lights in the buildings illuminated the city once again.

From here you can see the city's night view in the distance.

Every day, Huang Yuxi and her brother eat dinner under this night view, and they never get tired of it.

Dinner was simple, but it was still quite a feast for the two of them.

Two dishes and a soup: tomato and egg soup, and stir-fried snow peas and cauliflower, potatoes and meat.

Huang Yuxi scooped a bowl of rice from the rice cooker, her face slightly flushed, but she boldly sat directly on her brother's lap.

"Huh—what's wrong?" Huang Zhengyang, who had just picked up his chopsticks to pick up some food, asked in confusion, his chin poking right on Huang Yuxi's head. His hair was soft, even giving people the illusion of being furry like an animal.

Huang Yuxi didn't pick up the whiteboard to explain. She just sat on her brother's lap and started eating as usual, but her ears were already bright red.

"What's wrong? Are you being so clingy today?" Huang Zhengyang asked, puzzled, but still happily accepted him sitting on his lap. "Did you get bullied at school?"

Huang Yuxi shook her head.

"What's wrong? Do you just want to stick to me?" Huang Zhengyang asked.

Huang Yuxi nodded almost imperceptibly, her face flushed crimson.

Huang Zhengyang didn't ask any more questions. He raised his head, picked up some cauliflower, put it in his bowl, and started eating.

Huang Yuxi stretched her neck like a cat wanting to be petted by its owner, gently rubbing her head against Huang Zhengyang's chin, her body also wriggling slightly restlessly.

"Alright, alright, stop fooling around, Xiaoxi." Huang Zhengyang helplessly picked up Huang Yuxi and put her back in her seat. "Just eat properly when it's time to eat."

Huang Yuxi didn't answer, but just stared at Huang Zhengyang with a blush on her face, making the latter a little embarrassed and straighten his pants.

It would be too much trouble for Huang Yuxi to keep writing on the whiteboard during meals, so Huang Zhengyang usually does the talking while the latter listens attentively.

However, his outburst today created a slightly awkward atmosphere, leaving Huang Zhengyang momentarily at a loss for words.

Huang Yuxi squeezed her legs together and ate her food in silence, as if she was sulking.

"Ah—Xiao Xi, have you ever seen a square watermelon?" Huang Zhengyang laughed twice, trying to restore the awkward atmosphere.

Upon hearing this, Huang Yuxi looked up curiously, as if she had forgotten what had just happened, blinked her eyes, and shook her head.

"Today I transported a truckload of square watermelons, which are said to be imported from Japan. Because they are all very regular in shape, they are very easy to transport. However, compared to the high price of these watermelons and the little bit of damage during transportation, it is nothing at all."

Huang Yuxi nodded vigorously, signaling her brother to continue.

The conversation finally got back on track, which relieved Huang Zhengyang.

"The boss treated us all to one. It tasted okay, but it wasn't much better than a regular watermelon—of course, compared to greenhouse watermelons this season, it was still quite good."

"Xiaoxi, do you have spring outings in your high school? I saw groups of students from other schools going on outings today."

Huang Yuxi shook his head, indicating that he didn't, or perhaps he didn't know whether he did or not.

"That's true. Usually, these only appear in elementary school. They disappear after junior high school. Sigh... It's such a pity. There are already so many flowers blooming in the suburbs at this time of year."

"It's a pity that I've already used up all my vacation days this month, otherwise I could have taken you out to play."

"By the way, how about taking my car out for a drive on the weekend to see the sights? It shouldn't be a problem to take a slightly longer route."

As Huang Zhengyang was speaking, he suddenly asked a question.

Huang Yuxi nodded longingly, a smile spreading across her pretty face.

"Don't just eat eggs, you have to eat tomatoes too. Don't be a picky eater." Huang Zhengyang smiled gently and put a tomato into his younger brother's bowl. "Eat more."

"Ugh... ugh..." Huang Yuxi stared at the many tomatoes in the bowl for a long time before reluctantly picking one up and stuffing it into her mouth. She swallowed it whole with almost no chewing, her face showing an uncomfortable expression, as if she had choked on something that tasted terrible.

"Is it really that bad?" Huang Zhengyang asked, both amused and exasperated.

This time, Huang Yuxi nodded more forcefully than ever before.

"But you have to eat what you don't like. You can't be picky about food. That's how you get a balanced diet," Huang Zhengyang lectured. "Your monthly exam results weren't very good the other day. Is it because you haven't been to school for half a semester and you're falling behind? It's a pity I can't teach you anything... Sigh, should I hire a tutor for you?"

Huang Yuxi shook her head vigorously, even ignoring the food still in her mouth, and wrote on the whiteboard beside her: "What a waste of money, I can learn it myself!"

“But this time, you only got 80 in English, which is your best subject, and the other subjects were all around 70... Is that okay? Hiring a tutor is expensive, but we can still afford it if we grit our teeth.”

"No problem!" Huang Yuxi wrote these three words in big letters and shoved them in front of her brother's face.

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Chapter 159 Let's play badminton!

The main theme of youth seems to always be related to sports, and sweating is always regarded as the most representative word or action of youth.

Friday is almost like a holiday for the students in Class 2 of Grade 11, except that they have to come to school because there are no main classes today.

Physical education teacher Ye Ran is very understanding of the students. During Friday's physical education class, he almost never makes them run. When the bell rings, they are dismissed and allowed to do their own thing.

This was the last class of the morning. Several other classes were also active on the playground, but the space was still spacious and not crowded at all. Everyone could find something they liked to do.

The students laughed and played, the setting sun shining on them, making them look as if they were radiating light.

"Ah—this is wonderful, is this what youth is all about?" Mo Xueyao exclaimed, sitting on the flowerbed.

"You talk like you're old." Hua Yinyin pinched Mo Xueyao's cheek. "Get up, get up~ Let's go play badminton!"

"Eh...? It's been a long time since I played, I'm not very good at it anymore." Mo Xueyao said with an embarrassed smile.

"What does it matter? Youth is about trying everything. How can you not do something just because you don't know how?" Hua Yinyin put her hands on her hips and said a few words that sounded philosophical at first glance, although they sounded a bit strange coming from her.

"Well, even though Yaoyao has a heart condition, a little exercise shouldn't be a problem, right?" Li Wanyan nodded gently.

Li Wanyan was unaware of Mo Xueyao's surgery, so she used her heart condition as an excuse not to exercise.

However, it has been half a year since the surgery. Although I still cannot do strenuous exercise, playing badminton for a while should be fine.

To be honest, Mo Xueyao had been itching to do it for a long time.

She's only a sixteen-year-old girl, after all, and she's actually quite energetic.

"Okay, then... let's play badminton."

"Count me in if we're playing badminton!" Wang Jiale rushed over. Today, she wore pink hair ties with bows in her pigtails, making her look like a middle school student who hadn't grown up yet.