Love Letter

"Has your brother been coming to school more often lately? Is Sister Chen Qin's company not as busy anymore?"

On the way to school in the early morning, Tang Keke was walking side by side with Bai Yuyou, carrying her backpack.

"I don't know," Bai Yuyou replied. She wasn't entirely sure herself, but Ye Shuang had indeed been visiting the academy much more frequently lately. If he used to come once a week before, now he was at the academy for two or three days out of the week.

Bai Yuyou hadn't actually asked Ye Shuang about it. When she snuggled in his arms at night, she would get so comfortable that her mind would completely blank out, leaving her only wanting to bury her entire body in his embrace.

Inadvertently, Bai Yuyou seemed to notice something and pointed a finger toward a spot not too far away.

"Oh?" Seeing Bai Yuyou raise her hand, Tang Keke looked in the direction she was pointing.

A petite girl was buying steamed buns by the roadside, chatting with the auntie running the stall.

"Taozi?"

At that moment, Tao Xiaotao also noticed Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke. She smiled faintly, reaching out a hand to wave. "Good morning, Keke, Yuyou."

"Are you not driving to school today?" Tang Keke asked curiously.

"I don't drive to school very often. If I have enough time, I prefer walking," Taozi said. After moving out of the academy dorms, the place she lived with her younger sisters wasn't actually that far from the academy. Even if she didn't feel like walking, she could just take the academy's shuttle bus.

"Oh, I see! Why don't we go to school together from now on?" Tang Keke said with a grin.

She reached out and hugged Taozi's arm. "Hehe, how about it?"

"..." Taozi couldn't help but take another glance at the other girl's massive backpack. Even though it wasn't her first time seeing it, it still gave her quite a shock. Gathering her thoughts, Taozi replied, "If it's on the way, that works."

"Great, then let's go to school together from now on."

"Mhm."

"By the way, Taozi, do you want to reconsider the Light Music Club thing?" Keke continued asking.

"We can drink... no, wait, we can play music together!"

As Keke spoke, she didn't forget to nudge Bai Yuyou's arm with her elbow. "Yuyou, isn't that right?"

Bai Yuyou remained quiet and didn't say anything.

Keke turned her head curiously, only to find the girl staring intently at the steamed bun Taozi had just bought.

"Yuyou, didn't you just finish eating breakfast?" Keke said.

"..." Bai Yuyou withdrew her gaze and said expressionlessly, "I'm only half full."

"Uh, that's only half full?" Tang Keke couldn't help but scratch her head, recalling how Bai Yuyou had polished off a huge plate of steamed dumplings that very morning.

Seeing this, Taozi handed her steamed bun to Bai Yuyou. "Here, you can have it."

"It's Taozi's breakfast, I can't eat it," Bai Yuyou shook her head.

"It's okay, I don't eat that much anyway." Taozi then tore the bun in half. It was a large BBQ pork bun, so the portion was quite substantial.

The faint sweet and savory aroma made Bai Yuyou take another look, but she still shook her head.

"Eat it, it's better to eat together." Taozi pressed half of the bun into Bai Yuyou's hands.

The girl began to eat it in small bites, then said to Taozi, "Thank you. I might be a little gluttonous."

Keke, standing to the side: "..."

So you actually know that?

Taozi also took a bite and smiled.

"By the way, where is Brother Ye? Has he already arrived at school?"

"Brother isn't coming to the academy today. He has to go to work. He's the vice president of a major conglomerate, isn't that amazing?"

"Mhm, Brother Ye really is amazing."

The three girls chatted idly as they made their way to the academy. Their first class of the day was in a large lecture hall. After finding the room, they chose seats near the back.

Of course, this was just to accommodate Tang Keke. After all, Keke was the type of student who would rather die than sit in the front rows.

"It's so early," Tang Keke stretched. There weren't many people in the classroom yet, just a few scattered students from the neighboring class.

After a while, students began trickling into the large lecture hall, including some familiar faces—

As soon as Zheng He entered the classroom, his eyes locked onto Bai Yuyou and her friends.

He smiled and greeted them.

Just as Zheng He was wondering how Bai Yuyou would react in the next second, Bai Yuyou acted as if she hadn't seen him at all, quietly looking at a photo of Ye Shuang on her phone.

(●•̀ω•́)✧ She had secretly taken it this morning.

Seeing that Bai Yuyou was ignoring him, Zheng He cleared his throat lightly.

"Looks like she didn't see you, Brother Zheng."

"There's a lot of people, what's so weird about that? It's normal for her not to notice."

"What's with calling her your girl already? Did you guys change your tune that fast?"

"Damn, it's a guaranteed win today anyway, what's wrong with calling her that early?" The few boys laughed and joked, which made Zheng He's expression relax a bit.

He chose a seat in the row right in front of Bai Yuyou and her friends. As he walked past them, he even left a letter behind.

It was a pale greenish-blue envelope with "To Classmate Bai Yuyou" written on it.

Seeing the envelope suddenly appear on her desk, Bai Yuyou looked up slightly, noticing that Zheng He had already walked further inside. However, he turned his head back, winked at Bai Yuyou with one eye, and gave a suggestive smile.

Bai Yuyou: "..."

"What's this? A love letter?" Tang Keke had a look of being completely used to this. After all, there were simply too many people confessing to Bai Yuyou, so she asked,

"I think that guy is from the Student Council or something. I didn't expect him to like Yuyou too. Do you want to open it and take a look?"

"Ah, youth is so nice," Taozi remarked.

"Taozi, you're still young too." After exchanging a few words, the two girls looked eager to tear open the envelope.

As for Bai Yuyou, she looked at the envelope in her hand with obvious disinterest, but she still tore it open—

[Meet me behind the gymnasium after school this afternoon~] The handwriting was very clear and beautifully written.

Not only that, there was a fresh green leaf attached to the letter paper, with the words "From Zheng He" carved into it.

Bai Yuyou: "..."

"It really is a confession, right?" Tang Keke leaned in to look.

"What does this have to do with a confession?" Taozi, however, was a little confused.

"You just don't get it. Usually, before confessing, they ask the person to meet up at a certain place," Tang Keke said with the expression of a seasoned expert. "That's exactly what this letter is."

Taozi looked at it, appearing to ponder something. "Oh... I thought it was a challenge letter for a fight."

"Uh..." Tang Keke couldn't quite figure out what was going on in Taozi's head. Was sending letters to pick fights a popular trend in her village or something?

"What do you think, Yuyou?"

"Not interested." Bai Yuyou shook her head. She stuffed the letter back inside, then continued looking down at her phone while waiting for the teacher to arrive for class.

"Makes sense."