Lingling:

Hello.

Your birthday is coming soon, Brother Shiyi wishes you a happy birthday!

Time flies...... Good sister, do you remember the scene when we met......

"The day of the event was a Saturday, and I had asked the coach of the school volleyball team Mr. Hong for leave the day before, and I brought my members Liangyu, Yuanyuan, Zhiwen, Wanrou, Xiaoying, Xiaoyan and others, and arrived at Information No. 1 Middle School at about 14:50...... Shanshan really didn't go with her because of something at home...... The introverted teacher Su Su also stayed at the school......

The number of students from different schools standing at the gate of Information No. 1 Middle School to greet them exceeded the total number of people participating in the activities of our company...... Not only that, but their warmth and friendliness far exceeded my expectations...... Among them, a very beautiful woman caught my attention...... She introduced herself to us - Lili, a student of the first year of high school and a member of the student union of the first high school......

Fang Fang and Lili led us to the event location, the multi-functional hall of Information 1...... There, I met many students from my junior high school classmates who were not admitted to our high school due to their abnormal performance in the high school entrance examination, some went to the third middle school, some went to the fourth middle school, and some are now in the fifth and sixth middle schools, commercial schools, information 1 middle schools, and information 2 middle schools...... After a long absence, we hugged each other one by one and reminisced, with surprises and emotions......

In the first part of the event, representatives of the student groups of each school took turns to give presentations on themselves and their representatives' organizational structure, people, culture and recent events...... I was the last ...... to speak on stage Since it was my first time participating in a networking event, and Fangfang seemed to have forgotten to tell me the general process of the event in advance, I could only play on the spot without preparation......

On behalf of our school's literature club, I have presented a certain number of our school magazines and our school magazines to each brother group - not to boast, our school magazines and magazines are far superior to the literature clubs of our sister schools in terms of packaging and quality...... In addition, the fact that the school magazine is edited by the school literature club shows that our school has an unusual status in the school and that our school attaches great importance to the school literature club......

The second part is the ball...... Soon after the dance began, Lili, dressed in a long black dress, invited me to ballroom dance...... I hurriedly said, "Lili, I don't know how to dance, I still ......" "Senior brother, you are too modest...... 'Lili interrupted me: "I haven't found any shortcomings in you...... You are a top student in a prestigious school, how can dancing stump you? I smiled and said, "Do you have a specialization in the art industry...... I haven't seen my sister dance yet, but she must be outstanding...... I'm just afraid that my skills will not be perfect, and I will sweep away my sister's ......' Lili stretched out her hand and said, "Don't be like this, my good brother, as a woman, I rarely take the initiative to invite men to dance...... Are you still going to reject me......' Lili was a little upset...... I felt that there was some truth in what she said, so I had to take her hand hard......

After dancing for a while, Lili seemed to believe that I was not hypocritical...... She said: "I can't imagine that a person as good as Senior Brother Shiyi also has shortcomings...... I listened and took the opportunity to say: "Shiyi is ashamed...... Why don't we go down and sit down first...... I believe that a boy will invite you to dance soon...... "Don't ......" Lili said: "I will teach you to dance well today...... May I? Brother. I had no choice but to rely on her......

It wasn't until Lili thought I was learning well that we sat down to rest...... But, as I said, soon other boys invited Lili to dance...... After Lili left, I wiped the sweat from my forehead and quickly found a remote place to sit down......

It wasn't long before a woman's voice came behind me and asked, 'Hello, can I sit here......?' I turned to look and saw that the person who spoke was a girl...... She is dressed in a long black dress, tall and tall, with fair skin and beautiful appearance...... Also, her appearance seems to be somewhat similar to Lili, and her figure and accent are even closer...... I hurriedly got up and said, 'Hello, I'm also a guest, please sit down casually...... and she sat down beside me......

She took the initiative to introduce herself to me - her name is Lingling, and she is a student of the first year of high school and a member of the student union of Information No. 1 Middle School...... I also introduced myself to her...... After we chatted for a while, she invited me to ballroom dancing...... I said, 'Okay...... But I didn't dance very well...... 'she smiled, 'It's okay......

When she was dancing, she said to me, 'Brother Shiyi, you are very good at ballroom dancing, when did you learn it?' I said, "I think I've just learned it." She couldn't help but laugh – the smile was so sweet, so true...... I still can't forget it......

'Who taught you ......' she asked again. I said, 'Her name is Lili...... ...... same school as you,' she nodded, and said, "She's also my cousin......" I laughed, "No wonder you look alike...... "Are you like...... she asked with a smile. I nodded...... 'Then brother, do you think she's pretty, or am I pretty......,' she asked again. I said, "It's all good-looking...... But Shiyi prefers Lingling's sister a little ......" She listened, and there was some gratitude in her eyes - this reaction surprised me a little...... I'm telling the truth, not trying to please her – I feel very good dancing with her, much better than when I dance with Lili...... I don't think it's my own ballroom dancing that decides because of how good I do......

Lingling has a younger brother...... I can sense that her parents are also patriarchal...... I'm an only child, and it can be hard to really appreciate how their parents' partiality can make them feel......

Lingling didn't stay too long at the event before leaving...... When she was leaving, she left me her address and home phone number...... She asked me to call or write to her when I was available......

I'm back in the middle of nowhere—but maybe not to hide from anyone this time......"

- "Qiu Fangyuan" "Qiu Fanghuan Part 2 Ling Ling Shanshan Second Festival Friendship Ball" excerpt

Lingling, let's see, is it similar to the scene at that time...... After all, my novel "Qiu Fangyuan, Qiu Fanghuan" series is not a memoir, however, you, and Lili, should be able to see which plots are fictional...... Perhaps, you can also understand my intention in making up these plots.

Lingling, you finally overcame the difficulties - extraordinary difficulties, your strength and perseverance are very admired by Brother Shiyi! Brother Shiyi also hopes that you will cherish the present and don't repeat the mistakes of the past!

Best wishes

Happy birthday!

May you

All the best!

Your first brother

October 21, 2020