Chapter 53: Hi!
The night passed just like that. Last night, Su Can had quietly listened to Tang Wu's even breathing as she slept beside him, then fallen asleep himself without knowing when. When he woke the next morning, Tang Wu was no longer beside him. The sound of a hair dryer came from the washroom outside. Su Can stepped out, and the sight before him made the physiological response in a certain part of his body grow intense once more.
Tang Wu wore only a thin white shirt, without an undershirt or T-shirt beneath it. The black band of her bandeau was faintly visible through the fabric. She wore shorts below, her long legs white as jade and glimmering in the first rays of sunlight. After drying her hair, she came out of the washroom, saw Su Can, and set two plates of golden, crispy fried eggs on the table. She gave him a faint smile. "I've put out a new toothbrush for you. Hurry and wash up, then come back and eat. We have class."
For one moment, Su Can knew this scene would be the most unforgettable sight of the beginning of this year. When he thought of this girl's strength last night and what she had given, his heart ached.
But they were still sixteen, still in the spring of 1999, filled with limitless things yet to happen and things that had not happened.
They went out together afterward. The old gatekeeper stared at Su Can, who had emerged with Tang Wu, with extreme suspicion. Yet Tang Wu showed no worry or embarrassment. Ignoring his gaze, she pulled Su Can out of the courtyard, and they waited for the bus together on the sunlit street that morning. At this moment, she had resumed that masklike coldness.