Love Letters

Being asked this question inexplicably, Lin Xiang's brain froze for a moment.

He himself had never imagined that one day, his secret love would be exposed by the object of his crush.

"Yes."

After a while, Lin Xiang finally confessed.

He knew he was not good at hiding or expressing himself.

But as long as she asked, he would definitely respond to her honestly, even if it meant peeling off layer after layer of his true feelings to show her.

He knew that Chen Fangfang always had her own goals and plans.

He never thought about breaking it, wanting to be special or different in her heart, or even needing her to respond to him or notice him.

Even now that she had asked him the question herself, his first reaction was to hope that his actions had not disturbed or affected her.

"When did you like me?"

Chen Fangfang sat down next to him and stopped teasing him.

She knew his sincerity and had never doubted it, so she had the courage to ask boldly just now.

Of course, this was not simply to play with the boy's sincerity, nor was it to prove his own worth.

She just tried to get closer to him, tried to understand him.

Hearing this, Lin Xiangzhen began to think seriously.

When did he start to like Chen Fangfang?

She recalled the first time she met her.

The first day of school was also the first day he moved to Tamagawa.

Before I could adapt to the unfamiliar city, I had to start getting familiar with the new school, new teachers, and new classmates.

That day, Lin wanted to bring someone to report to school.

Because he didn't know the way, he was delayed in school for a long time.

"newborn?"

I don’t know if it was because he acted too embarrassed, but suddenly a girl asked him about it.

"Yes."

He nodded candidly.

"I'll take you."

As she spoke, she thought about helping him get his things.

"I can just do it myself."

He suddenly rejected her, not sure whether it was out of politeness or caution.

Seeing this, Chen Fangfang was stunned for a moment, and then agreed: "It is indeed necessary to do your own things yourself."

On the way to the office building, the two met a few boys sitting by the lake eating snacks, with bags scattered all over the ground.

Chen Fangfang walked over and said righteously, "Classmate, pick up the trash."

Several boys were stunned and turned their heads around with puzzled looks.

"Who are you?"

Chen Fangfang remained calm and said, "Don't worry about who I am, just pick up the trash."

"If you ask us to pick it up, we will lose face."

The boy snorted and laughed, his face full of disdain.

Seeing that they had no intention of taking any action, Chen Fangfang changed the subject and said, "Okay, I'll ask Director Yan Yanming to come and ask you to pick it up. He has a lot of face."

Hearing this, one of the boys looked at his companion and whispered, "She's from the student union?"

"I don't know. I don't know anyone in the student union."

"But, you see, she's currently leading the new students to register, and the way she just asked us to pick up trash, she doesn't look like a freshman at all. She must be a senior."

"Forget it, one more thing is worse than one less thing."

As he spoke, one of the boys picked up the garbage on the ground and threw it into the trash can.

"We threw it in the trash can, please stop reporting it."

"It will be the same in the future."

Then, Chen Fangfang walked towards Lin Xiang again and said, "Let's go."

Looking at the girl's back in front of him, Lin Xiang suddenly felt at ease.

She took him to the school office building and left without him even having the chance to thank her.

At that time, he just thought she was a senior student or volunteer at school and didn't take it too seriously.

The next time we met was on the way to school.

He remembered that he hadn't thanked her yet, so he took the initiative to step forward and said, "Thank you for that day, Senior."

There were other people there at the time, and they all looked over when they saw what was happening.

Chen Fangfang uttered an "ah" in a daze, then she responded with a chuckle, "It's okay."

There were some high school sophomores and juniors around who looked at Chen Fangfang and Lin Xiang, then at each other, their eyes full of confusion.

"Is this a senior? Which grade is she in?"

"I don't know her, but she's a senior, so she's definitely not a freshman."

"But I don't know this person either."

"There are so many people in school, how could you possibly have seen them all?"

Lin Xiang didn't take these people's words seriously, and Chen Fangfang seemed very busy. After entering the school, she told him where the classroom was and then went back to work.

The first class was English class taught by our homeroom teacher Hu Datu.

He was not in a hurry to start the class. He let the students get along and communicate with each other while selecting class leaders.

"Hello everyone, I'm Chen Fangfang, Chen with the big ears, the big and generous Fangfang, I want to run for class monitor!"

Until a familiar figure stood up from the front row, until she stood on the podium and delivered her speech for the election of class leader.

Lin Xiang only then realized that he and she were in the same class and both of them were freshmen.

It was also at that time that he learned her name - Chen Fangfang.

There was a flash of surprise in his eyes, and as he looked towards the podium, their eyes met.

Her face came into his sight, and he could not hide the panic on his face.

The next second, he lowered his head slightly and avoided her gaze.

But at this moment his heart began to beat violently, as if to betray his true feelings.

Fortunately, she did not expose what happened that day, nor did she make him feel embarrassed or awkward.

But he seemed to be just a passerby in her experience, because his presence was too low and she didn't seem to notice him.

Lin wanted to focus his eyes on the new textbook, but his mind was distracted by the eye contact just now.

It was his first time here, so he felt a little unfamiliar, nervous, and uneasy.

Obviously she was like that too, but she was so calm and composed, like a stabilizing force, steadying his uneasy heart.

The autumn rain continues and the temperature gradually drops.

The boy sat upright in his seat, just like usual, yet a little different.

Even his heart suddenly tilted towards her, just like the autumn rain blown sideways by the autumn wind, like endless silk threads.

After listening to what Lin wanted to say, Chen Fangfang seemed to fall into a long period of memories.

"I remember you, you're the one who called me senior."

She looked at him somewhat seriously.

Lin Xiang thought she was calling him to task, so he subconsciously apologized, "I'm sorry."

"For now, I still want to focus on the college entrance examination."

After a while, Chen Fangfang suddenly looked into his eyes and said seriously.

"I know."

It was the expected answer, and Lin Xiang didn't feel surprised at all.

Or perhaps, this was the answer he had been guessing, so he didn't feel sad or upset about her answer.

He suppressed the subtle disappointment in his eyes, and recovered after a moment, with a gentle and calm expression on his face, "Squad Leader, you don't have to......"

"So, after the college entrance examination?"

Chen Fangfang suddenly interrupted him, with a frank look in her eyes.

She looked at him seriously, with a faint smile on her face, a smile that she rarely showed up at other times, the same smile she had on the first day she saw her...

She really liked him too.

She liked the fact that he responded to everything she said, liked his firm choice for her, and liked how he was different from others.

Suddenly I understood what was causing me the irritability I had been feeling recently.

Because I like him, I will be influenced by him.

Because she liked him, she felt happy from the bottom of her heart for knowing another side of Lin Xiang.

This is the awakening of youth and a beautiful encounter, and luckily, she met it.

Although she had never thought that she would have such feelings before, now that she had encountered it, she wanted to try to accept it and accept this beautiful moment in her youth.

It was the first time that Chen Fangfang was so bold, but it was her first time after all, and her face turned red after she finished speaking.

She took the initiative to reach out for his hand, and when their fingertips touched, she quickly turned her head away, facing him with her side profile.

Perhaps it was because of the autumn wind, the air indoors felt a little restless, and it seemed as if sparks could be created at any time.

Seeing Lin Xiang was stunned and didn't respond, Chen Fangfang hummed softly, with a different coquettishness than usual, "What? Don't you want to wait?"

"No! I do."

Hearing this, Lin Xiang's eyes lit up and he said, "Okay!"

The two smiled at each other, and the warmth of their palms went back and forth between them.

Ginkgo, fallen leaves, autumn...

Say goodbye to autumn and start preparing to embrace winter.