Shen Linlin noticed a small pink corner sticking out from Lin Dong's book.
Should she pull it out and take a look?
Or maybe not. After all, it belongs to Lin Dong, and she shouldn't go snooping through his things without his permission.
Yet, she was intensely curious about what this pink little corner could be.
Another voice inside Shen Linlin's head piped up:
"Don't you like him? How can you feel at ease if you don't check his things?"
Fine, it's not a big deal anyway, pulling it out wouldn't hurt, right?
Shen Linlin's small hand gently pulled at the pink little corner sticking out of Lin Dong's book.
As she pulled, the face of a pink envelope came into view.
An envelope? And in such a girlish pink shade, too?
Why was there a big red heart on it?
C-Could this be... a love letter written to Lin Dong?!
Yet without knowing what was inside, how could she jump to the conclusion that the love letter was written for Lin Dong?
Should she open it?
Shen Linlin placed the envelope on the desk beside her and covered it with a book.
She clasped her hands together, her restless fingers twisting up and down, reflecting her conflicted state of mind at that moment.
"If you don't know which little bitch is trying to seduce Lin Dong, how are you going to defend your romance?"
The other voice inside Shen Linlin's head interrupted her hesitation.
Right, I have to see it!
If it wasn't written for Lin Dong, she would just stuff it back in.
But if it was written for Lin Dong, and a love letter at that, whoever it was, she was going to teach them a harsh lesson.
"Hehehehe~~~" Shen Linlin let out an inadvertent chuckle, her voice carrying a dangerous vibe.
Luo Yingying saw that it was Shen Linlin who had pulled out the envelope, yet instead of waking Lin Dong up, she placed the envelope on her own desk and covered it with a book.
A flurry of thoughts ran through her mind.
Shen Linlin, taking someone else's belongings without permission, is that really okay?
What on earth are you playing at by hiding the letter? This, this isn't right.
Damn it, she isn't going to ruin everything, is she?
With her mind made up, Shen Linlin picked up the envelope that had been pinned down by the book.
She carefully unfolded the envelope and pulled out the piece of paper inside.
At that moment, Luo Yingying desperately wanted to flick Shen Linlin right on the forehead for secretly opening someone else's letter.
Shen Linlin unfolded the paper, which had been folded in half, and silently recited the contents in her mind:
Dear Senior Lin Dong,
Senior, ever since the first time I saw you on the playground, your figure has refused to leave my mind.
At school, during class and after class, I think of you. In my daily life, when I take a shower and brush my teeth, I think of you.
That magnificent posture of yours as you leap and run across the rubber track,
that radiant smile you wear when you talk to me are things I can never forget!
Your approachable nature, your body, including everything, absolutely everything about you—
I love it all.
(Eight hundred words of the letter's content in the middle have been omitted; it was all just boring stuff anyway, so I've skipped it for you.)
..............
Lastly, lastly, I simply cannot control my longing for you.
Senior Lin Dong, at six-thirty tonight, could you please come to the open space behind the school playground? I will be waiting for you there.
Your admiring junior,
After reading it, Shen Linlin let go of the hand holding the letter, strange lights dancing in her eyes.
Ahahaha~~~~
Just which little cutie wants to confess her feelings to my Lin Dong?
........
Heh, half past six, the open space behind the school playground, is it?
Little cutie, you had better hope I don't catch sight of you!
Otherwise...
Unconsciously, the fingers of her left hand clenched hard, nearly embedding themselves into the flesh of her palm, leaving five deep bloody marks on her hand.
Luo Yingying thought to herself that things were looking bad.
"We're in trouble now. Shen Linlin saw the letter; she wouldn't hide it and keep it from Lin Dong, would she?"
Luo Yingying pressed her hands together, praying with the appearance of a devout believer, hoping that Shen Linlin wouldn't wreck her plan.
God bless, heaven preserve.
In the classroom, the two girls harbored their own thoughts about the love letter, while Lin Dong remained busy with his 'grand enterprise' of sleeping.
Ding-dong, ding-dong, class is over~
Hearing that class had ended, the students had long since packed their bags and bolted out of the classroom like the wind.
Shen Linlin gently poked Lin Dong in the waist with her elbow.
Seeing that Lin Dong didn't react, she suddenly put some force behind her elbow.
"Ah—"
Lin Dong let out a miserable shriek and snapped awake from his sweet dream.
Closing his eyes in pain, he clutched his lower back with his hand, then bellowed angrily:
"Luo Yingying, has a wire in your brain snapped or something? Why did you poke my kidney with that much force?
Are you trying to make me bedridden and half-paralyzed for the rest of my life?!"
In response, he received a sharp flick to the forehead.
Luo Yingying snapped irritably, "Lin Dong, you idiot, how could I poke your kidney for no reason?
Taking care of you for the rest of my life is at stake here, I'm not that stupid."
Lin Dong clutched his kidney for a moment until the pain subsided, then asked,
"Then which bad egg pulled this stunt?"
Luo Yingying replied, "Open your eyes and see who it is yourself; the bad egg is right next to you."
Hearing this, Lin Dong opened his eyes and looked beside him.
"Why is it you, monitor? I don't think I've offended you."
Shen Linlin offered an explanation, "I'm sorry, Lin, I was just looking at my phone. One of my good girlfriends sent me a message saying her boyfriend was seduced away by some woman outside. I was so furious that my hand accidentally bumped into your waist."
Lin Dong looked at the usually gentle class monitor and brushed it off without a second thought.
"My dear monitor, if you need to vent next time, please don't aim for my kidney. If push comes to shove, you can aim for my thigh instead."
Shen Linlin lowered her head in embarrassment.
"Thank you for understanding, Student Lin, I won't do it again."
Lifting her head, Shen Linlin pointed to the small pink corner sticking out of Lin Dong's book.
"Student Lin, it looks like there's a little corner tucked into your book. Aren't you going to check what it is?"
At these words, Lin Dong reached out and picked up his Chinese textbook, looking at it closely, and spotted the out-of-place pink corner.
He pinched the corner and gave it a gentle tug, and an envelope appeared before the three of them.
Feigning casualness as if she had just noticed it, Luo Yingying said curiously,
"Hey, look, Lin Dong, there's a red heart on the letter. Lin Dong, what do you suppose a red heart represents?"
Shen Linlin chimed in from the side,
"Student Lin, a red heart generally represents adoration, liking, and romance. Could this be a love letter?"
Upon hearing the two girls' explanation, Lin Dong opened the letter inside the envelope, glanced at it, and then tore it—along with the envelope—into shreds.
Both girls were startled and spoke in unison:
"Lin Dong, what are you doing?"
Rubbing a nonexistent beard by the corner of his mouth, Lin Dong smiled and said,
"Confessing to me? Sorry, I already have someone I like, and I don't accept, so I tore it up."
(Talk about smooth behavior—he tore up the letter. Couldn't he have given it to me instead? Wuwuwu, nobody has ever written a love letter to me yet.)