"Mr. Su, who exactly are you?"
Feng Yan's gaze lingered on Su Bai for a moment, wariness and scrutiny in his eyes. A faint smell of rust still hung in the air, mingling with the scent of rain-soaked earth.
At Feng Yan's question, Su Bai smiled faintly. His smile remained polite and perfectly measured, like a meticulously carved mask, appropriate yet deliberately distant. He stood straight beside Wu Heng, the hem of his clothes stirring in the night breeze, seemingly detached from everything around him, as though he were merely a passerby who had wandered over.
"My family owns a grocery store on the commercial street near Qingliu University Town." Su Bai's voice was steady and casual, as though he were answering the most Regular question imaginable.
"That's all?" Feng Yan couldn't help asking, obvious doubt in his voice.
As if he had only just remembered something, Su Bai smiled and added, "Oh, right. I'll be enrolling at Qingliu University next month. When we were chatting on the bus earlier, a few passengers seemed to mention that you were all students there... does that mean I'll have to call you my senior?"
His tone was light, rising slightly at the end, as though he were making an offhand joke. Yet those words left Feng Yan frozen.
A high school student?
Feng Yan's pupils contracted slightly as he stared at Su Bai's face in disbelief. He... had only just finished his college entrance exams? He was merely an incoming university freshman?
His gaze involuntarily swept over Su Bai again, from his hair to his clothes, from his eyes to his fingertips-there was no denying that Su Bai looked young, with fair skin, fine features, and the lean build of a young man. Yet for some reason, when Feng Yan met his