Today Is Not Yesterday

Everyone had a secret crush, and everyone was too timid to act.

Spring began as winter ended. Love deepened in summer, then grew distant in autumn.

On graduation day, among the hundreds of people on the school field, Yan Xu spotted that familiar figure at a glance.

Even though there was a great distance between them, even though Yan Xu had not seen Zhang Qi'an in more than two years.

Yan Xu had collected all kinds of things related to Zhang Qi'an, carefully keeping them in a hidden corner of her memories.

Among all those with secret crushes, Yan Xu was one of the lucky ones. She had many happy memories of being alone with Zhang Qi'an: walking together under the moonlight, reading together in the mailroom, and sitting outside the supermarket sharing drinks.

Yan Xu had never been a brave person, but after meeting Zhang Qi'an, she found the courage to tell him how she felt.

Even if her feelings and confession came at the wrong time, at least she had tried, and she had been brave.

Yan Xu had never liked pink, but the straw he gave her that night was pink, and from then on, she thought pink was the most beautiful color in the world.

Yan Xu was once a little boat at the end of a misty mountain range. Zhang Qi'an parted the clouds and found her.

For most people with secret crushes, having the heroine stay where she is while the hero walks toward her with a smile is the greatest stroke of luck.

Yan Xu once said with a smile, "I've never thought 'to perish utterly, with no next life' was a curse."

To her, it was the very best of blessings.