Chapter 18: Managing a household
Lovely notes soared from the rhythmic touch of the piano keys. The music seemed to hold a girl's delicate intelligence and grace toward the world. Perhaps it lacked the sharpness of an artist with a warrior's courage, but it held a softness that could only be understood by listening closely.
And so, through the music, it revealed itself without reservation beneath the aloof Tang Wu, the icy Tang Wu, the class monitor Tang Wu who had recently been cracking down on anyone who failed to hand in homework.
Even Su Can's heart, carrying the experiences of a later life, could not help pounding hard at that moment. She was a lofty peak to look up to, a beauty far beyond his reach.
That unreachable sight brought far more than an inexplicable tremor. For the first time, Su Can wondered whether a girl like this was someone he could hold on to. Even if he kept running with his backpack on, through all the romance life offered, even if he rode a fourth-generation fighter cruising at supersonic speed, could he catch up with Tang Wu's trajectory?
Unable to identify the strange feeling that had come over him, Su Can ducked his head slightly. He hardly dared look straight at Tang Wu, because she was dazzling at that moment, like a goddess. Remembering how he had walked beside her beneath the camphor trees or across the school grounds, sharing her smiles and frowns, he felt those moments were so close, yet so far away.
Who could guarantee they would not feel intimidated before a girl like Tang Wu? Even someone like Zhao Yi, who radiated light and heat like the sun, could only feel that he, too, was an ordinary person unable to draw close to her.