A Young Woman's Heart

When unfolded, it was about two meters tall, which was enough for Yu Shu, who didn't have a lot of clothes.

Because there was no bed, the room didn't look crowded.

Instead of flooring, the floor was painted with black paint, which is not only dirt-resistant but also makes it harder to spot dirt...

"Alright, let's start cleaning! I've put the rag and bucket outside your room, Shu'er. Clean your room yourself, okay?"

"Okay, Mom." Yu Shu walked quickly to the door, took off her flat shoes, hesitated for a moment, then took out two plastic bags from her schoolbag and put them on her feet as temporary slippers.

You definitely can't wear outdoor shoes to clean the room, but the inside isn't clean either. If you go barefoot, your fair and tender feet will turn into black feet.

So she chose to put on a plastic bag and use it as a disposable shoe cover.

……

Chapter 336 The Brother Who's Afraid of Ghosts

"Then, the ghost crawled out of the mirror, grinning maliciously, and ate his face..."

"Eee-yah-yah—" Huang Yuxi was so frightened that she covered her head and shrank into her brother's arms.

"Hahaha, don't be scared, don't be scared, it's just a ghost story, of course there are no ghosts in the world." Huang Zhengyang laughed loudly, "You're the one who asked me to read you a ghost story, why are you scared now?"

"Waaah..." Huang Yuxi, trembling in her brother's arms, might have wanted to say something, but it was pitch black all around, so she couldn't write anything and couldn't utter a single word, so she seemed a little anxious.

"Xiaoxi, you can't be so timid. A man must be brave!" Huang Zhengyang's tone became serious. "Look at you now, acting like a girl. That's not good."

"Hmph!" Huang Yuxi suddenly opened her small mouth and bit his shoulder hard to express her anger.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch... Okay, okay, I was wrong, I was wrong. Xiaoxi isn't a coward at all, is she?"

"Humph~"

"Alright, alright, let's go to sleep. Even though tomorrow is Sunday and there's no school, it's already 2 a.m. If we don't go to sleep soon, it'll be dawn." Huang Zhengyang comforted Huang Yuxi as he lay down.

The mat beneath me had been replaced with a straw mat, and the electric fan was whirring. It wasn't exactly hot, but it wasn't exactly cool either. That's how summer nights are; even at this hour, the air is still warm.

Even with a thin blanket covering my body, I felt hot. At most, I would cover my stomach to avoid catching a cold from the wind.

Huang Yuxi still clung tightly to her brother, refusing to let go.

"Oh dear, Xiaoxi, it's so hot... Don't hug me so tightly, it's summer."

"Ugh..." Huang Yuxi pouted, looking somewhat aggrieved.

"Okay, okay, you can hold me then. Ugh, it's so hot..." Huang Zhengyang said helplessly, closing his eyes.

In the heat, he was drifting off to sleep when he noticed his face was damp.

It looked like water droplets were falling.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a small face very close to his by the moonlight outside the window, which made him tremble with fright.

"Hey, Xiaoxi? What's wrong? Why aren't you asleep yet? What time is it...?"

Huang Yuxi, who was lying on top of him, held up three fingers.

"Only an hour has passed... It's almost dawn, aren't you going to sleep? By the way, why are you lying on top of me? I feel like I'm very heavy."

Huang Yuxi gently bit her lip, wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth with a slightly flushed face, reached for the writing board on the bedside table, turned on the light and wrote on it: "I am a face-eating hungry ghost".

"What? Ha... You're still hung up on ghost stories? Hey—they're not that scary, are they?"

"I need to go to the toilet." Huang Yuxi erased the words on the paper and continued writing.

"Go if you want to?"

Huang Yuxi's lips twitched, and she looked at him with teary eyes, as if she was about to cry.

"Ah... do you want me to come with you?"

"Um……"

"Alright, alright." Huang Zhengyang helplessly covered his forehead. "Next time you want to hear a ghost story, I promise I won't tell you one!"

Huang Yuxi laughed shyly, rolled off the bed, and then tightly grasped her brother's hand.

Huang Zhengyang felt no fear at all, so he didn't even turn on the lights along the way, and just relied on his instincts to take his younger brother to the bathroom door.

"...Brother, don't go away."

"I know, I know, I won't leave. Hurry up and go to the toilet... Really, Xiaoxi is like a three-year-old."

Huang Yuxi walked into the bathroom with her face flushed, not daring to look in the mirror. A moment later, the sound of running water could be heard.

Back in bed, Huang Yuxi still needed to hug her brother to fall asleep. One of them was afraid of ghosts, and the other was afraid of the heat. They managed to stay awake until dawn before finally falling asleep. When they woke up, the sun was high in the sky and the clock had reached the '10' mark.

Fortunately, Huang Zhengyang is off today, otherwise he would definitely be late for work, and probably wouldn't even have time to eat his lunch...

"Xiao Xi, wake up, the sun's already high in the sky." Huang Zhengyang yawned as he nudged Huang Yuxi beside him. "Get up, it's time for lunch."

"Ugh..." Huang Yuxi seemed to be having a nightmare. Her little face was filled with fear and terror. When Huang Zhengyang shook her, she even started screaming. In the end, she woke herself up by fright.

“Eee—? Huff…huff…”

"Did you have a nightmare?"

"Um……"

"Haha, I'll tell you a fairy tale tonight, so you won't have nightmares."

"Idiot brother." Huang Yuxi picked up the whiteboard and wrote on it.

"Huh? How am I an idiot?" Huang Zhengyang tapped his younger brother on the head. "How dare you talk to your older brother like that? Get up, we're going out to eat today, and we'll go see a movie on the way."

"Hmm!" Huang Yuxi's eyes lit up immediately.

After washing up and getting dressed, the two went out.

Comparatively, the older brother's clothes were simpler. He wore very plain casual clothes, a white short-sleeved T-shirt on top and a pair of blue shorts on the bottom. His thighs and calves were covered with shiny black leg hair. Sometimes when he was bitten by mosquitoes, he would scratch and a few hairs would fall out.

"Brother, it's time to shave your leg hair."

"Why shave? A man with lots of leg hair is a real man, don't you understand?"

Huang Yuxi pouted, completely disagreeing: "Brother's thinking is so old-fashioned."

"Yeah, yeah, I really can't accept new things. After all, the things you young people are exposed to are a bit too exciting for me," Huang Zhengyang said lazily.

Huang Yuxi didn't react at first, but a few seconds later, her body suddenly stiffened, and then her face turned bright red, as if it had been painted.

"Let's go, Xiaoxi." Huang Zhengyang bent down to put on his shoes and urged from the doorway.

Huang Yuxi followed and went outside, putting on the sandals that were placed at the door.

Huang Zhengyang couldn't help but glance down a few more times, because Huang Yuxi's toes were so pink and tender. Even though she had been using them all the time, they didn't seem to have any calluses.

In contrast, Huang Zhengyang's feet were those of a real man; they were not only dark, but the skin was also cracked, and the soles of his feet were peeling.

It's the kind of thing you absolutely wouldn't want to look at a second time after seeing it once.

Completely different from Huang Yuxi's small feet that make people want to take a second look.

He seemed to sense his brother's gaze, and shyly lowered his head, nervously and awkwardly intertwining his fingers.

"Haha... Xiaoxi's feet are just like a girl's. She'll definitely be popular with women in this day and age. Looks like you won't lack girlfriends in the future." The older brother scratched his head and laughed.

"Brother, where's your girlfriend?"

"Me? Uh, if I get a girlfriend, I won't have time to take care of you. So, I'll find a girlfriend when you're independent."

"How about I give it to my brother..." Huang Yuxi hadn't finished writing when her brother leaned over. He panicked so much he could barely hold the pen. After hesitating for a full three seconds, he ultimately didn't erase the line. Instead, he added a few words after it—"Introduce a few?"

"Hey, the girls at your school are all too young. I'm already twenty-five or twenty-six, almost thirty."

"An old ox eating tender grass."

"So it won't work."

"What does it matter?" Huang Yuxi bit her pen. "Besides, doesn't my brother like young girls?"

"Huh? Huh? When did I say that? Ha, hahaha..."

"My brother once drank some alcohol and said that you like girls who look like they are sixteen or seventeen years old the most."

"Cough cough cough!!!" Huang Zhengyang coughed awkwardly several times in a row, opened the truck door with the key, and a wave of heat immediately rushed out of the truck bed.

"Ah, it's so hot." Huang Zhengyang wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Let's air it out first before getting in the car."

"Um……"

But in reality, without air conditioning, no amount of ventilation will make the carriage cool down.

The two eventually sat down, but it felt like they were being stuffed into an oven.

Huang Zhengyang moved the small electric fan above his head so that it was blowing towards Huang Yuxi.

Although this little breeze isn't very effective, it does help to cool people down a bit.

Both windows had been rolled down, and Huang Zhengyang reassured him, "It's alright, it'll be cooler once the car is moving."

"Hmm~" Huang Yuxi didn't seem to mind much. He gently swung his legs and looked out the window at the roadside trees that were rushing past.

The truck began to accelerate gradually and drove onto a relatively empty highway that looked as if it had just been built.

"Let's go to a movie theater in the suburbs. There will be fewer people there, and the road there won't be much traffic."

"Mm." Huang Yuxi nodded and silently turned the small electric fan back to face her brother's head.

Although the wind was blowing into the car from outside the window, my brother's forehead was still covered in sweat.

However, as the speed gradually stabilized and increased, the wind began to feel quite comfortable.

Going for a drive is something that only feels truly enjoyable at times like these!

"Whoosh—" The wind blew hard, and Huang Yuxi couldn't help but stretch her hand out of the window to feel the wind resistance ahead.

"Xiao Xi, be careful! Don't stick your hand out! If a car drives by, you'll lose your hand!" Huang Zhengyang shouted nervously.

It's like taking care of a child who's only in elementary school.

This has always been the case since she was a child, and Huang Yuxi has gotten used to it.