Love Letter

The day Si Ning met Ji Mingchen, autumn rain had just stopped in Beicheng, and the temperature had plunged.

She was hiding in the courtyard, eating a popsicle, when she heard a noise and looked toward the greenhouse.

The sunset glowed on the greenhouse glass. A man stood among deep red roses, the light warming the white of his shirt.

He smiled gently, walked over, and bent down to offer her a handkerchief to wipe the cream dripping onto her hand. His bright, captivating peach-blossom eyes were mesmerizing.

"Hello, I'm Ji Mingchen. I'm here to tutor you in programming."

From then on, sixteen-year-old Si Ning kept a secret in her heart.

Ji Mingchen was the youngest associate professor at the University of Science and Technology, refined, gentle, and exceptionally handsome.

His students admired him and treated him with great respect.

Only Si Ning was willful.

She dared to call him by his first name, hint that he was like a pig, and talk back to him at every turn... Ji Mingchen never got angry, merely smiling as he indulged her.

Everyone said Ji Mingchen treated her so well, but Si Ning knew he only saw her as a disobedient student, nothing more.

So Si Ning carefully hid her feelings, secretly writing his name over and over on the backs of the calculation sheets he left behind, hoping she would grow up soon.

Not long afterward, however, Ji Mingchen went to the United States.

Si Ning's secret crush was buried in that rainy season, unknown to anyone.

Years later, they met again.

The girl from before had become the top student and campus beauty of the medical school, with many admirers.

When she faced Ji Mingchen, she put away her willful ways and became respectful and courteous, introducing him to her boyfriend as the person who had once taught her programming.

She smiled brightly, with the same innocent look she'd had as a girl, yet she was even more dazzling now.

Seeing Si Ning like this, Ji Mingchen clenched the calculation sheet in his pocket, almost losing his composure.

After another autumn rain,

Ji Mingchen waited outside Si Ning's dormitory, the damp dew wetting his tousled hair.

He took her hand and asked, "Could you give me one more chance?"

Si Ning lowered her head without answering. Ji Mingchen wrote her name in her palm. "I'm sorry I kept you waiting."

"This time, let me be the one to love you."

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Your name is the love letter I've written countless times.

A few notes:

1. Willful girl x gentle professor;

2. A secret crush comes true, warm and healing, an 11-year age gap, both are virgins, happy ending;

3. The heroine's boyfriend is a misunderstanding. Neither has any exes; they only have each other;

4. This is not a teacher-student romance. There are no intimate scenes before the heroine reaches adulthood.

Theme: Dreams will come true.