Give Me Another Smile

ll just take it back and wash it myself,” Yin Zhao-an said, pulling out a folded cloth bag from her uniform pocket and putting the lunch box inside.

Going by standard practice, Tang Yu should be returning to her classroom now to take a short nap.
It was nearing one o'clock in the afternoon now, and classes would resume at two o'clock.

Yin Zhao-an noticed Tang Yu's hesitation, so she patted her on the shoulder and said, “I'll be going back first, then.
See you to—”

’

Yin Zhao-an originally wanted to say that she would come to pick Tang Yu up after school, but she suddenly remembered that Tang Yu was staying in the school's dormitory.
So, she quickly changed her words, saying, “Sleep early tonight.
Don't pull an all-nighter.”

Tang Yu looked at Yin Zhao-an for a moment.
Then, she lowered her head and replied with a soft “okay.”

Seeing this, Yin Zhao-an scratched the back of her head, chuckled twice, and said, “Okay, I'm leaving.
Bye-bye.”

Tang Yu stood under the shadow of the tree as she watched Yin Zhao-an run toward the school gate, the bag she carried on her wrist swinging about and giving her a comical look.

…

When Tang Yu was revising her studies in the evening, Li Xiuli plopped down in the seat next to her like a fish that had sniffed out something fishy.
Then, Li Xiuli nudged her glasses and tentatively asked, “Tang Yu, what's your relationship with that pretty girl on the forum? Oh, don't misunderstand! I'm just asking out of curiosity after seeing the forum post!”

Li Xiuli was aware that Tang Yu didn't have a phone.
So, she showed her own phone to Tang Yu, and displayed on the screen was one of the photos Li Beiyu had uploaded at noon.

’

There were two girls in school uniforms in the photo.
The taller of the two girls had her hair tucked to the back of her ears and sat with her legs crossed, and she wore a doting expression as she leaned toward the shorter girl next to her.

Of course, it was impossible to see any doting expression in the photo.
It was merely the imagination of the forum post's uploader.

Regardless, the taller girl's looks received everyone's acknowledgment, and this could be seen by the responses to the post.

Many replies consisted of photos secretly taken by other people from various angles.
Some photos showed the taller girl by herself, while some showed her with the shorter girl.
Some images were blurry, and some were clear.
However, without exception, every person who had replied to the post was trying to find out which class this beautiful new face belonged to.

There were plenty of beauties in Chong High, some belonging to the cute category and some to the mature category.
There were also various other categories, such as the internet celebrity category, Instagram category, and pure category.

Tang Yu was admittedly a very beautiful girl.
She had fair skin, long eyelashes, and a small and tall nose.
Her lips were always moist and pink, and she had the kind of face that made people want to protect her at first glance.

However, girls like Yin Zhao-an were rare in Chong High.
While girls of her height weren't rare, none of these girls had her delicate features or her carefree and youthful vibe.
These were Yin Zhao-an's most attractive features, and it was also these features that fascinated Tang Yu.