A Love Letter to Jiang

At a class reunion, the former classmates were stunned to learn that Lu Yu had won over Jiang Huaining, the heartthrob who had once been the most popular guy in school.

Later, they played Truth or Dare. Lu Yu lost and chose truth. One of her classmates asked, “You and Jiang, who confessed first?”

Lu Yu glanced at the handsome, clean-cut young man beside her. She lowered her eyes slightly and smiled shyly, her face turning red. “I did.”

The classmates exchanged glances, understanding at once. It must have been a girl-chases-boy story!

The other person involved looked stunned, then smiled and exposed her lie. “Lu, how can you lie during Truth or Dare? I was the one who confessed to you first!”

Everyone let out an “Ooh!” and watched the two with keen interest, thinking a good show was about to begin.

Lu Yu’s eyes widened in disbelief. “When?”

Jiang Huaining thought for a moment. “Do you remember April Fool’s Day that year? I said, ‘I like you,’ and you wished me a happy April Fool’s Day.”

Lu Yu: “?”

Had that really happened?

She didn’t remember it at all, but that didn’t stop her from firing back. “By your logic, I confessed to you before you confessed to me.”

Their classmates nearly died laughing. Were the two of them really going to argue about this?

Jiang Huaining asked too, “When?”

Lu Yu: “At the school sports day dinner, when we were playing a game!”

Jiang Huaining remembered. They’d been playing “Guess What I’m Saying,” and he’d been paired with Lu Yu. The card he drew said “I like you,” and he was supposed to get Lu Yu to say those words.

*

The love of youth is full of tentative probes and restraint. Fortunately, after weathering countless storms, I look back and find that you’re still by my side.

[Mutual pining, from school uniforms to wedding gowns. A top student and school heartthrob x an energetic girl]