A Young Woman's Heart

Otherwise, it would be very dangerous to stop directly in the queue.

Even so, it's not entirely safe.

Fortunately, this is a bend in the road, and the road is wider than the straight road ahead. There is also a temporary parking area on the side for passing.

Li Wanyan pulled Mo Xueyao to a stop there.

The latter had no strength to resist and was completely pulled over by her. After they stopped and stood still, Mo Xueyao supported herself on her knees with her hands, barely able to stand, panting heavily.

"Huh...huh..."

At that moment, she felt the air itself sting, and every breath felt like swallowing shards of glass.

"Are you alright? Don't push yourself if you can't run; it's bad for your health," Li Wanyan said with concern.

"No...it's just...okay..." Mo Xueyao's heart, which had been pounding like it was about to spasm, finally slowed down a little. "I didn't expect to be so useless now..."

"What? Your health isn't good to begin with, is it? If you have heart disease, you still need to exercise, but it should be appropriate exercise."

"I'm not running very fast," Mo Xueyao said to herself, "I didn't expect to be this tired..."

"That's normal. After all, you haven't exercised in a long time, and your heart isn't good either. No, I'll ask for leave for you during the military training later."

"No need, no need!" Mo Xueyao quickly said, "It's just... the content of the military training... it's fine..."

"Are you sure you can do this? You look so tired."

"Just need a short rest."

"Okay, then you rest first, I'll go up with you later." Li Wanyan said, handing the water cup she was holding to Mo Xueyao, "I brought water because I was afraid I'd get thirsty on the way. Do you want some?"

"I can't drink right now..."

Mo Xueyao waved her hand, grabbed the guardrail beside the road, and took another deep breath.

The air was finally no longer as sharp as shards of glass, and my heartbeat finally calmed down.

Just now, the 'thump-thump-thump' sound of her heartbeat was echoing in Mo Xueyao's mind.

After all, I spent a month in bed after the surgery, and at first, I wasn't very able to walk properly.

Mo Xueyao's body is indeed severely lacking in exercise; she overexerted herself this time.

Or rather, she still always held herself to the standards of a man.

After all, a man can't say no. No matter how bitter or tiring it is, he has to grit his teeth and persevere.

Girls are different. From childhood to adulthood, what girls hear most often is, "If you can't do it, give up," "If you're tired, rest," and "If you don't want to eat, don't eat."

Things like that.

About five minutes later, there were no students left on the road; even the students from the last class had run ahead.

Mo Xueyao wiped her dry lips, and Li Wanyan, who was beside her, handed her a water bottle as if by telepathy.

"Uh……"

"Don't worry, the water was just poured, and the cup was washed last night. I haven't drunk a drop." Seemingly noticing Mo Xueyao's hesitation, Li Wanyan said.

Actually, that's not what Mo Xueyao meant.

She just felt a little embarrassed to drink water from a girl.

"Then... I drank it?"

"Drink."

Unable to suppress her thirst, Mo Xueyao finally accepted the slightly warm water cup, unscrewed the cap, and poured the water into her mouth.

A lot of water had overflowed and flowed onto the camouflage uniform.

"Drink slowly, don't choke."

"Hmm..." Mo Xueyao drank more than half a bottle of water in one gulp, then somewhat embarrassedly screwed the cap back on and handed it back. "Uh... thank you."

"It's okay, let's go up. We can just walk up, but it might take twice as long."

"Hmm, but what if we're late going up? Is that okay?"

"It's okay, I'll talk to the instructor."

The phrase I've heard Li Wanyan say to Mo Xueyao most often these past few days seems to be this.

Or rather, the sentence that left the deepest impression on me.

Actually, when the two were halfway there, the instructor ran down to look for the missing people. When they took a headcount, two people were missing, which was a big deal.

"What's wrong with you two? Everyone else is already here," Instructor Huang asked as he ran up to the two.

"Instructor, Mo Xueyao was having trouble breathing just now, so I pulled her aside to rest."

"Oh...it's you. Aren't you supposed to avoid strenuous exercise?"

"I want to... give it a try... and... and jogging isn't strenuous exercise, is it?" Mo Xueyao said softly.

"Haha, even if it's not that strenuous, the road is still quite long. Look at you, so capable. Alright, you two can walk up slowly, I'll wait for you up there."

"Okay." Li Wanyan nodded.

"Thank you, Instructor," Mo Xueyao said gratefully.

……

Chapter Sixty-Five: The Instructor's Dishes Had No Meat

When you take the bus up, you don't feel like the road is very long.

I didn't think the mountain was very high.

But when I was actually walking, it felt like it had been such a long time.

There were no people or shops along the roadside, only the winding mountain road that kept going uphill.

"So high..." Mo Xueyao murmured to herself.

"It's okay, take your time."

Mo Xueyao is not good at chatting with girls, and Li Wanyan also seems to be someone who doesn't chat with people much.

So the two of them remained silent on their way up the mountain.

Although Mo Xueyao was also curious about what had happened to the class monitor's family and why her mental state had been so poor lately.

However, the idea was abandoned because the two were not that close.

Asking about other people's family matters can be annoying.

In the sky above, soft white clouds were shaped into various forms by the invisible hand of the wind, and the newly risen sun, still somewhat delicate, shone its pale yellow light through the clouds onto the earth.

"Mo Xueyao's family must be very happy." Just as they were about to reach the top of the mountain, Li Wanyan suddenly asked.

"Ah... why are you suddenly saying that?" Mo Xueyao scratched her head and smiled awkwardly. "Uh... although our family isn't very well-off, everything else is alright."

"The best thing is for parents to get along well."

"Yes, that's right." Mo Xueyao thought of Li Wanyan's situation and followed up by asking, "Where's the class monitor?"

"...My parents always argue, and my dad also likes to gamble...or rather, sometimes I really wish I didn't have a father like that, even if I were to live with my mother, it wouldn't be any worse than when he was here."

"Oh... um..." Mo Xueyao nodded slowly, unsure of what to say to comfort her.

“Actually, you can tell what a person’s family is like just by looking at the person themselves.” Li Wanyan brushed her bangs aside and sighed.

"Huh? Really? I can't see it."

"Of course there are. For example, Mo Xueyao, you seem very innocent and don't guard up against others."

"Really? Really?" Mo Xueyao felt a huge question mark hanging over her forehead. No matter how she thought about it, it didn't seem like this was talking about her.

"Yes, and only children who are well protected will show this feeling, um... it's probably a silly and innocent feeling." Li Wanyan smiled.

"Do I look silly..." Mo Xueyao rubbed her hair.

"No, it's just a way of describing you, you could say it's a compliment."

"Okay...can others tell too?"

"Most people can probably see some of it."

"For example?" Mo Xueyao asked curiously.

Everyone has a gossipy side, but most of the time we're not curious about everything.

"For example, your deskmate Wang Jiale is just like you. She is well protected by her parents, and her family must be happy and harmonious. Moreover... her family must be at least well-off enough to have enough to eat and wear."

"Oh, I can tell from that, your family seems to be quite well-off." Mo Xueyao nodded. When buying snacks, Wang Jiale always bought the tastier kind, and in this era, tastier snacks usually meant more expensive ones.

"What about Hua Yinyin?"

"I guess she comes from a single-parent family, but although it's a single-parent family, her living conditions are quite good. It's just that her parents are busy going out to earn money, so no one takes care of her, which has made her personality more free and open."

"Oh~" Mo Xueyao was starting to believe that Li Wanyan could tell the capabilities of each family. "It seems to make a lot of sense."

"Take Gao Yuan, for example. He comes from a wealthy family. His grandparents spoiled him, and his parents raised him well. So, although he is mischievous, his personality is not bad."

"Impressive." Mo Xueyao gave a thumbs up. "What about Mo Xiaoxiao and Mo Zhuyou? What are their family backgrounds like?"

"The two of them..." Li Wanyan hesitated for a moment, "I'm not entirely sure, but I have a feeling that their parents shouldn't be around."

"What do you mean?"

"That means the two of them... might be each other's only support."

"Huh? No way, they're only in high school, their parents can't possibly ignore them, can they?"

"That kind of thing can still happen, for example, if the parents divorce and no one is willing to take care of them, or if the parents die in an accident... Well, I'm not cursing the parents of the two sisters."

"It's alright, it's alright, please continue."

“If you observe carefully, you can definitely feel that although the two sisters, Mo Xiaoxiao and Mo Zhuyou, are not very close at school, whenever they are together, they are filled with a kind of mutual dependence.” Li Wanyan picked a foxtail grass from the roadside and gently scratched her palm with it. “Moreover, Mo Xiaoxiao’s hair is dry and yellow, which does not look natural, but rather like a sign of long-term malnutrition.”

Mo Xueyao looked at Li Wanyan with admiration: "I didn't even think that much about it."