The Love Letter He Hid Was in My Bag

When plane tree leaves blanketed the sports field at Xinghua High School, Lin Xiaoxing walked nervously into Class 3 of her second year, carrying her faded, freshly washed backpack. She was the school’s notorious bottom-of-the-class student, always scraping by with passing marks in math. Her new deskmate, Gu Yanze, was the top student in their grade year after year, and even made winning the long-distance race at the sports meet look easy.