A secret leak incident in childhood

Many years passed when I met an old friend and revived our little girl’s time. During the chat, she mentioned a secret leak incident in her childhood which she used to think could cause dire consequence.

It was in the primary school when many other girls liked a boy in her class because he had the best grades and was teachers’ favourite student. She admitted that she did not even know what love is at that time but just wanted to be part of the group. So, secretly, she wrote a love letter to that boy. Obviously, my friend did not have any experience in hiding an important secret thing because she put the letter in her school bag. What was worse was that she kept it for two weeks due to her timidity to give that boy the letter. Then, one night, her well-known strict mother gave her a little surprise to check her bag, and, unfortunately, she found that letter. To my surprise, my always well-behaved friend did a very brave thing that she grabbed the letter from her mother’s hand and tore it asunder in front of her. Then, as you can imagine, she suffered a harsh punishment and cried all night because she was afraid that her furious mother would tell the head teacher the whole thing, and then the school would kick her out the next day. Things were not that bad, of course, and I can tell she was not kicked out because she is in one of the best universities in China now. However, she said she was more scared of her mother ever since then.

Years later, at a warm winter afternoon in Starbucks, both of us laughed loudly at her aggressive and childish reactions and naive thoughts. But suddenly, she stopped laughing and staring at the mug in her hands quietly.

“Actually, I appreciate what my mom had done. Otherwise, I wouldn't be who I am.” Clamly she said.

“Yes, you should.” I sipped cappuccino and smiled.