Chapter 67: Got Your Head Caught in a Door
Lin Zouwen was not surprised to see Su Can and nodded to him. Wang Weiwei and Wang Bu were nowhere in sight. Before coming in, Su Can had seen lights on upstairs and figured Wang Bu was either in his room or in the study. Recent events had made him quiet and withdrawn at home. Neither Lin Luoran nor Lin Zouwen would disturb him.
After letting Su Can in, Lin Zouwen went back to his room to play in front of the television. Lin Luoran sat at the dining table in a T-shirt with Winnie the Pooh printed on the chest, her head lowered as though she were working on problems. She wrote for a while, then picked up a cup of Guilinggao from the edge of the table and took a couple of spoonfuls. Her hair was tied up behind her head. She glanced up at Su Can and said, "You're here." Then she patted the table beside her, signaling for him to sit.
Su Can sat down, and Lin Luoran pushed another cup of Guilinggao toward him. He casually tore open the packaging. The Guilinggao tasted cool and refreshing. After a couple of bites, Su Can watched Lin Luoran across from him. She was absorbed in her problems, sometimes frowning, sometimes pressing her lips together slightly. There was no trace of her usual carefree, headstrong manner.
As Lin Luoran worked, she looked up and found Su Can staring at her, then hurriedly lowered her head again. But the approach she had just worked out for the geometry problem had vanished. Frowning, she could only try hard to analyze it again, yet she could not ignore Su Can's movements and breathing beside her. That distraction made her lose the thread