A Young Woman's Heart

"Hey—" Wang Qianyu's voice came from outside the car, "Idiot Qiu Yi, we're leaving first! You're just following behind eating shit!"

"Slow down, it's dangerous to drive that fast."

"I wasn't speeding!" Wang Qianyu said, and then heard the roar of the sports car gradually fade into the distance.

"Alright, we're ready to go. It might be a long drive; we won't be taking the highway. It'll probably take five or six hours to reach our destination. Those who want to sleep can start trying to drift off now," Qiu Yi said with a smile.

It's 8:30 now, so it will take five or six hours, until 2 or 3 pm, to arrive.

This journey is going to be quite long.

Upon hearing these words, Mo Xueyao couldn't help but yawn. As a child, she wasn't particularly good at riding in cars, so she developed a habit of unconsciously feeling sleepy on long journeys.

Or rather, it's become a conditioned reflex.

"Oh right, isn't Teacher Shui, whom we met at the villa last time, coming with us?" The car hadn't even started yet, but Hua Yinyin was already very excited, not knowing how much she would throw up later.

"Shui Shui, she's already there. We need to get ready for her first," Ye Wen said with a smile, then scratched Cha Li's chin.

"Ah Wen~ why do you keep scratching my chin?" Cha Li asked, her eyelids drooping.

"Pfft, because Cha Li looks so well-behaved, it feels really nice to touch her chin."

"Alas--"

"Let's go! Don't open the windows, the air conditioning is on," Qiu Yi said, finally starting the RV.

The noise wasn't very noticeable, but the speed seemed a bit slow, perhaps because there were too many people?

This was a picnic in the countryside, and everyone was very much looking forward to it and excited.

"I have snacks!" Hua Yinyin took out her snacks from her schoolbag and shouted proudly.

"I have one too."

"Yes, I have one too."

The other girls were not to be outdone.

Gao Yuan didn't bring many snacks because he only carried a backpack. If he brought too many snacks, he wouldn't have room for other important items.

"I brought a notebook to record the game's plot!" Mo Zhuyou shouted from the bed above. "Anyone want to play?"

"I...I...I—" Mo Xueyao immediately raised her hand.

Mo Zhuyou's game has a very rich storyline, which, in her opinion, is no worse than any computer game. The twists and turns of the plot are so captivating that it's hard to put down.

And so, amidst the lively sounds, the RV slowly drove forward...

……

Chapter Fifteen: On the Road

When they first set off, everyone was very excited. When they left the city and stepped onto the suburban highway, they even cheered.

Like a bird that has finally escaped its cage.

In fact, most students of this age live in a city, and when they do leave, it's usually to go back to their hometown or their maternal grandparents' house.

Many people have never even been outside their province.

“Actually, Youyou and I have never even left Hangzhou,” Mo Xiaoxiao said leisurely, lying back on the mattress in the ‘attic’.

"Why?" Cha Li, who had been 'tamed' by Ye Wen's chin-scratching offensive, leaned lazily against Ye Wen and asked in confusion.

There's no particular reason why, it's just that there's no real need for it.

Are both your maternal grandmother's home and your ancestral home in Hangzhou?

"Hmm... no, but my maternal grandparents and paternal grandparents have all passed away a long time ago," Mo Zhuyou replied casually.

But Mo Xueyao couldn't help but think about how they survived by relying on each other when their parents had also passed away.

At that time, they probably didn't have any immediate family members around them who could help them...?

No wonder Mo Zhuyou is always so attached to her older sister Mo Xiaoxiao; it's because, for her, Mo Xiaoxiao is her only family.

Mo Xueyao put her water glass on the table, grabbed a bag of biscuits from Hua Yinyin, opened it, and started eating.

"How is it, Yaoyao? How does my beloved cookie taste?"

"Don't make cookies sound so disgusting, okay?" Mo Xueyao rolled her eyes.

"What's disgusting about it? Does Xiaoyao think love cookies are made from a bunch of weird, sticky liquid?" Hua Yinyin stared at her, resting her chin on her hand. "Those aren't love cookies, they're made by..."

"Alright, alright!" Lu Chengyuan covered her mouth. "Awen heard everything, you lecherous bastard."

"So you guys usually talk about such 'interesting' topics?" Ye Wen said with a mischievous smile. "Come on, tell me, what else do you usually talk about?"

"Only Yinyin would talk about such awful things, we would never talk about such terrible things..." Mo Xueyao muttered softly, stuffing the biscuit into her mouth and making a 'crunching' sound.

“Sometimes, that happens. Xiaoyao is pretending to be innocent again, pfft—” Lu Chengyuan covered her mouth and laughed.

"Huh?" Mo Xueyao was stunned. "What do you mean by pretending to be innocent?"

"Hmm...it seems that Xiaoyao hasn't really participated in these kinds of topics much. At most, she's only been forced to participate because of Hua Yinyin."

"So, what's the topic?" Gao Yuan asked, looking very interested.

"Then, let's talk about clothing coordination." Cha Li glanced at him sideways and immediately changed the subject.

"Damn it, don't ignore me!"

"It would be great if all the boys rode in the other car," Lu Chengyuan said, resting her chin on her hand, seemingly unintentionally teasing her.

"That won't do. With me here, you can talk about serious topics!" Gao Yuan's expression, as if he were doing something very helpful, was truly hilarious.

Amidst laughter, the car began to accelerate along the road.

It's unclear whether this RV isn't allowed on the highway, or if there's no highway to the small city, or if Qiu Yi just felt it was safer to drive slowly. In any case, the RV moved forward at a steady pace of 60 miles per hour. Although it was summer vacation, it was still a weekday, so there weren't many cars on the road. When they did encounter one, they just whizzed past it.

The long journey of four or five hours finally left the students feeling a little tired.

Hua Yinyin, who was prone to motion sickness, was the first to lie down on the table. She wasn't asleep, but she didn't have the strength to do anything else, or even to speak. Lying down and trying not to vomit was the only thing she could do.

Ye Wen was prepared and brought motion sickness medicine, but it didn't seem to have much effect on Hua Yinyin.

A box of strawberries sat in front of Lu Chengyuan, and she was leisurely eating them while reading a novel. The bumps in the car seemed to have no effect on her.

Mo Xueyao sat by the window, engrossed in playing a game console. The crude and rudimentary electronic sounds were the only background music in the quiet carriage.

Ye Banxia was sitting next to Xuan Anyi, with a laptop on their laps. They each had an earphone and were watching a TV series on the computer, occasionally letting out a soft laugh.

This laptop belongs to Xuan An-yi. It is said that she specially saved a lot of movies and TV series that she had not watched before going out, just to pass the time when she was bored.

Li Wanyan was probably the most focused; she occupied half the table and was concentrating on her summer homework.

This summer's homework was actually the least. For humanities classes, there were only two subjects: English and Chinese. This meant that if they finished their homework early, they could play without worry.

You should know that even students who graduate from junior high school and enter their first year of high school have a lot of summer homework.

Although Mo Xueyao did not hand in her homework, she did do some work, except that the homework she did was from the prestigious high school that had rejected her because her surgery would disrupt her school schedule.

Gao Yuan brought two GBC game consoles and a connecting cable, and was playing games online with Duanmu Ji.

Only someone as wealthy as him could probably do something like this.

You should know that Mo Xueyao can't even afford a GBC game console!

Huang Yuxi had fallen asleep leaning against the chair. Cha Li gently nudged Ye Wen, who was playing on her phone, and whispered, "Wen, Xiaoxi is asleep."

"Hmm...? He's asleep... Ugh, he'll catch a cold in the draft." Ye Wen gently kicked Gao Yuan's back with her bare feet. "Gao Yuan, Gao Yuan, take Xiao Xi to the back room. He's not very healthy and will catch a cold."

"Huh?" Gao Yuan, who was wearing headphones, didn't hear what Ye Wen said.

"I told you to take Xiaoxi to the room at the back." Cha Li, the class monitor, repeated what the homeroom teacher had just said.

"Oh, oh, oh..." Gao Yuan quickly stood up. "Oh dear, I've never hugged a girl before, but hugging Xiao Xi wouldn't be bad. I'll hug her like a girl."

"Then you might as well sleep with Xiaoxi tonight," Cha Li chuckled.

"Is everything alright?"

"Forget it, I'm afraid you won't even spare boys."

"Damn, do you think I'm that kind of person?" Gao Yuan muttered, picked Huang Yuxi up in his arms, and swayed as he walked to the back of the car, gently knocking on the door.

"What's wrong?" a clear voice came from inside.

“Someone was asleep, and Wen was worried he would catch a cold, so she asked me to bring him into the room.”

"Oh—" Then came the sound of the door opening quickly.

Tianyin, who looks almost exactly like Taiyin but has a completely different personality, blinked and touched the fluffy fox ear headband on her head: "Hey, bring her in~!"

Since it was in a car, the room wasn't very big; it was basically just a double bed that took up the whole space, and the aisle next to it was quite narrow.

The counselor, Taiyin, was quietly leaning against the headboard, playing a GBC game console, which excited Gao Yuan.

"Teacher Taiyin, you play GBC too? What games do you play?" Gao Yuan put Huang Yuxi on the bed, then shamelessly leaned over. "Oh, Pokémon."

"Hmm." Taiyin raised her eyelids and glanced at him, then focused her attention back on the game console, seemingly uninterested in chatting with him.

"Alright, alright, you can leave now!" Tianyin gave the order to leave, pushing Gao Yuan out.

"Let's switch Pokémon later!" Gao Yuan shouted.

"Who wants to trade Pokémon with you? I'll trade with you, sister!" Tianyin's disdainful voice came from behind the closed door.

Mo Xueyao, who was engrossed in playing video games, finally played until the game ran out of battery. When she looked up, she found that Hua Yinyin had fallen asleep lying down, and the scenery outside the window had changed.

Although Hangzhou is the capital city of a coastal province, it is not actually located by the sea.

Now, the car is driving along the road, and the azure sea has appeared beside it, as if it is traveling along the coast.

"Are we almost there?" Mo Xueyao asked excitedly.

"Hmm? It's still early." Ye Wen, who was already tired of playing with the push-suit, tossed her phone aside and yawned widely. "We're just passing through Nanjing. We still have to go further and then we have to cross the city to reach the seaside."

"Hmm, looks like it's still early." Mo Xueyao stood up, stretched, and noticed that Li Wanyan had already written quite a bit in her summer homework. "Wanyan, how much have you written?"

"half."