A Young Woman's Heart

—Her face still had a bit of baby fat, perhaps because she was still developing.

"Hmm...it must be that my thighs have gotten thinner!" Mo Xueyao muttered confidently, lifting her right leg and examining it closely in the mirror. However, she couldn't tell whether it had actually gotten thinner or not. So she comforted herself, "Hmm...it's probably because I look at myself every day that I don't know if I've lost weight..."

Sitting in the living room, Li Wanyan glanced helplessly at the bathroom. Of course, she knew best whether Mo Xueyao had lost weight or not, but in her opinion, Mo Xueyao hadn't...

My thighs are still as fleshy as ever. If I wear over-the-knee socks, my thighs will definitely bulge out a little.

This is probably what they call "fleshy."

Mo Xueyao always felt that she was fat, but actually, this was the kind of figure that boys liked the most—although she had no intention of catering to boys' interests at all.

Actually, she was afraid of gaining weight, simply because she was worried that she would be discriminated against. She had seen far too many overweight people being discriminated against when she was in junior high school.

Whether she's a boy or a girl, she doesn't want to look like a fat person.

However, if that's all there is to it, she has nothing to worry about. If she thinks she's fat, then there are probably very few girls in the whole class who can be considered thin.

After carefully washing up, Mo Xueyao returned to her room, wearing loose casual clothes, and subconsciously looked out the window.

From her angle, she actually couldn't see what was happening downstairs from her apartment building.

"Are you getting ready to leave?" Li Wanyan asked casually.

"Okay, I'll leave as soon as I get dressed. Actually, it's fine if we stay at home, right? We won't be of much help at the fruit shop anyway."

"Well, at least you won't have to cook lunch and dinner yourself, right?" Li Wanyan said with a smile, placing the shoes by the door so that Mo Xueyao could put them on and go out once she was ready.

But just then, footsteps suddenly came from the corridor, followed by the sound of someone knocking on the door: "Knock knock knock".

"Who is it?" The one who answered her was not Li Wanyan, but Mo Xueyao.

“nora.”

"Hmm? Nora?" Li Wanyan was a little confused, but that confusion quickly turned into surprise, because she recognized the red-haired woman. "You are... Nora?"

"YES~! Hello~" Nora shouted in broken Chinese, waving her hands vigorously, "HELLO~"

"Nora?"

"Um~ Sorry to bother you~ Did you receive the letter? I wanted to give you a surprise this time~!" Nora called out with a smile in English.

"Huh? Who is it?" Mo Xueyao asked curiously as she came out of the bathroom—she had just washed the face wash off her face.

“Nora.” Li Wanyan’s tone was calm, but her expression couldn’t hide her surprise.

"Huh? What? Nora? Really? Wanyan is lying to me, right? It's probably just another flyer-giving thing, isn't it?" Mo Xueyao walked to the door with a disbelieving expression.

However, when she saw the woman at the door, her eyes widened in surprise.

A woman with red hair and a stunning figure, clearly not of Asian descent...

"It really is Nora!" Mo Xueyao rubbed her eyes in disbelief. "Am I dreaming? Is this for real?"

"Xiao Yao~" Nora waved her arms and shouted at Mo Xueyao.

"Nora? Is it really Nora?" Mo Xueyao even doubted whether she was dreaming. "Wait—am I awake right now?"

However, because she spoke in Chinese, Nora didn't hear her completely. She just kept repeating what she had just said like a broken record: "Haruka~ It's Nora, is Haruka there?"

"Nora, don't speak Chinese!" Mo Xueyao called out excitedly as she walked to the door, "Speaking English is fine!"

"I've been learning Chinese lately too~!" Nora, with her red hair, said with a smug smile, though she still spoke in English, "Haruka~ do you remember me?"

“Nora, of course I remember you!” Mo Xueyao said in Chinese, then switched to English after realizing what she meant, “How did you suddenly come to China?”

"Um~ I've already graduated, so I'd like to find a job."

"But you're not familiar with Chinese, do you really think you can find a job?"

"It's okay! I speak English! Most large companies should allow foreign employees who speak English to join them, right?"

"I don't know..." Mo Xueyao muttered, opening the door. "Come in and sit down?"

"Of course, thank you~ I've heard that there are quite a few people in China who can speak English."

"Well... I don't think there will be many..." Mo Xueyao couldn't help but think of Gao Yuan, the guy who always shouted, "Born Chinese, died Chinese soul, asking me to learn a foreign language is simply impossible..."

In reality, there are quite a few people in China who are resistant to foreign languages.

If it's the older generation, perhaps more people will learn Russian than English.

“Hmm… perhaps there aren’t many educated people?” Nora replied in English.

"I don't think so...it's just that not many people are educated in English, right? Come to think of it, aren't there many educated Russians either?"

"Well, maybe so? Speaking of which, 'Xiaoyao,' aren't you going to open the door?"

"Ah, I forgot, I forgot..." Mo Xueyao awkwardly opened the iron gate, "I just woke up, I'm still a little groggy..."

"A surprise, huh?"

"I'm so surprised, Nora, that you've come to China. Although you mentioned before that you wanted to come here to look for a job..."

"Finding a job isn't the most important thing! The most important thing is to see you! Haha—" Nora laughed heartily.

"Hmm..." Mo Xueyao scratched her cheek a little embarrassedly and placed a pair of slippers in front of her. "Come in quickly, Nora."

"Hmm—your house is a bit crowded..." Nora muttered, revealing the truth.

“Hey, this is already quite big—in China.”

……

Chapter 322 An Unexpected Surprise (Part 2)

Nora's arrival was an extremely unexpected event for Mo Xueyao.

Even Li Wanyan became extremely curious.

A Russian actually came to China.

Although the two countries are practically bordering each other, they are actually quite far apart.

"Didn't Xiaoyao receive the letter?" Nora asked curiously, of course, in English.

Mo Xueyao's spoken English wasn't that great. Although she could understand what the other person meant, she had to think for a second or two to figure it out.

It wasn't that the words the other person used were difficult to understand; it was mainly because the English had a Russian accent, making it hard to comprehend. In addition, Nora spoke very quickly, which made her need to think for a while.

The listening comprehension section of exams, which I usually hate the most, suddenly seems simple and easy to understand at this time.

Indeed, everything needs to be compared...

"No," Mo Xueyao scratched her head. "Could it have arrived today? Uh... I haven't gone down to check the mailbox yet."

Actually, she was too embarrassed to say that she hadn't checked her mailbox for a week and had almost forgotten that she had a letter reader who sent her letters every month.

In fact, she usually only checks the mailbox once or twice a month, or occasionally when she gets up early and sees the mailman delivering mail to her mailbox, she will go downstairs to see if it is from Nora.

"Well, I also wanted to give you a surprise~" Nora took off her shoes and hugged Mo Xueyao warmly, as if she were back home. "Xiaoyao~ I missed you so much~"

Although it was spoken in English, it still made Mo Xueyao's face flush.

Keep in mind that the person who said this was a stunning red-haired beauty with an impeccable figure and an exotic charm.

Think back to junior high, wasn't the biggest dream of those boys to hug a 'foreign girl'?

In junior high, the boys always said that foreign women were very open and would kiss or hug each other all the time. Mo Xueyao didn't quite believe it at the time, but after meeting Nora, she began to believe it.

However, she still thinks it mainly depends on each person's personality...

Just as Chinese women are stereotyped as being reserved and shy, there are exceptions like Hua Yinyin.

Although it was an embrace, Mo Xueyao felt as if there were two very elastic balloons between them, their bodies not completely pressed together, and Nora had a strong perfume scent.

Seemingly noticing Mo Xueyao's frown, Nora quickly released her grip: "I'm sorry, I noticed that women in your country don't wear much perfume on the way here. Is my perfume too strong?"

"It's...it's alright..." Mo Xueyao chuckled and scratched her head.

"Tulips?" Li Wanyan seemed to have caught a whiff of something, but she blurted out the word in Chinese, then quickly added an English sentence so that Nora could understand.

“That’s right.” Nora smiled and snapped her fingers. “Speaking of which, where are the gun shops in your country? I haven’t seen any along the way.”

"Gun?" Mo Xueyao asked back with a single English word, while also making a handgun gesture.

"Yes, is some kind of permission required to buy it?"

“It does require authorization… but ordinary people can’t use it…” Mo Xueyao’s eyelids twitched. “China prohibits guns.”

"Huh? Then how do you protect your personal safety?" Nora looked surprised, her reddish-brown pupils dilating slightly.

"Call 110... that's the emergency number."

"Will that be enough time?"

"Hmm... self-defense techniques can also be used for self-defense..."

"I see, what a peaceful country!" Nora said with a cheerful smile. "I love it here!"

"Huh? Why? Many people say that China is not free because of its gun ban. If it weren't banned, there wouldn't be so many conflicts, because people would have to think twice before speaking, and a disagreement could lead to a shooting."

"Pfft? Hahaha—" Nora was stunned for a full three seconds before she understood what Mo Xueyao meant, and then she couldn't help but burst into laughter, "How could such a thing be possible? Only countries that don't have confidence in their own country's security would not ban guns!"

"But those experts and professors all say that China's system is not as good as the United States', and that's a big problem."

“How could that be?” Nora waved her hand forcefully. “What suits you best is the best. What’s the use of learning from others? Besides, I don’t think that disgusting country’s system has anything good about it.”

Mo Xueyao didn't continue to refute, not because she was convinced, but simply because she felt that it was impossible to 'reason' with a Russian who was hostile to the United States.

Li Wanyan, standing to the side, seemed thoughtful, as if she thought Nora's words made some sense.

"You, still, like before, don't like to talk much!" Nora said this in Chinese, and although it was a bit awkward, I could still understand what she was saying.

It is obvious that they are referring to Li Wanyan.

"It's alright, Wanyan is much more cheerful than before." Mo Xueyao casually put her arm around Li Wanyan's shoulder and hugged her tightly, making Li Wanyan's face show a somewhat helpless expression.

This is actually a habit left over from when I was a boy.

After all, among guys, the way to express friendliness is to put their arms around each other's shoulders...

"Nora, besides looking for a job, are you planning to travel anywhere else?" Li Wanyan asked calmly.