She's the Cutest

On the day the senior class took their graduation photos, Cen Ning lied to a teacher for the first time and skipped class. Sitting on the infirmary bed, she gazed outside through the old glass window, lost in thought. The bright, blazing sun gilded the tall, handsome boy with a golden glow. He stood in the back row, one hand in his pocket, chatting casually with a friend beside him. Many girls wanted to stand next to him, giggling and jostling one another. He only gave a slight smile, his dazzling, flirtatious eyes hidden behind silver frames, seeming to look at everyone with affection. With a lazy air, the boy casually reached up to rub the back of his neck and teased them with lowered eyes. "Careful, everyone. Don't crowd me off the edge." Cen Ning watched his smile, pressed her lips together, and took out her phone. She secretly snapped a photo. The mottled scratches on the glass blurred the image, making his figure indistinct too. Cen Ning changed phones several times afterward, but she kept that photo. Cen Ning thought Zhou Zhihuai probably never recognized her, even by graduation, but she remembered his smiling eyes all the same. A young man beneath the morning sun and a gentle breeze. She also kept the text messages he had sent her on her old phone for a long time. So long that they could no longer be transferred, so she copied them down one character at a time. Cen Ning never expected they would meet again. In the dim light of a private room, the tall, elegant man lifted a hand to brace himself against the doorframe, seeming to enclose her in his arms. He lowered his eyes. They were still those dazzling, flirtatious eyes. He leaned toward her, then stopped without getting too close. "Did you lose a game of Truth or Dare and come over to ask for my number?" "Didn't I give it to you before?" "In my ordinary, forgettable youth, you were the only one who shone." An insecure ugly duckling who becomes a beautiful swan x a handsome, roguish young master A mutual secret crush, from school uniforms to wedding gowns~ Blurb captured on 2022.9.19 Theme: Keep striving to become a better version of yourself