Chapter 76: Shushan
As soon as Wang Yue stepped outside, she could no longer hold back her tears. Su Can tugged at her. "Stop crying. Anyone who doesn't know what happened will think I bullied you."
Wang Yue laughed through her tears. A little fellow who looked like her younger brother actually saying he had bullied her was rather ridiculous. But the rupture with her relatives had left a great gulf inside her, an empty feeling. She gave Su Can a wistful look and sighed. "Then you have to treat me well."
A man riding a bicycle beside them heard this, and his handlebars swerved with a squeak. He plowed diagonally into a blue metal rubbish bin at the roadside and went sprawling. Clambering up amid the crowd's laughter, he stared in astonishment at the pair who looked like brother and sister.
"Don't be upset. Only people you care about can upset you. People you don't care about aren't worth being upset over." Su Can squeezed her hand. Unlike Lin Luoran's and Tang Wu's, Wang Yue's slender hands were neither particularly smooth nor pale and translucent, because she often worked with them. But they were long-fingered and nimble, and still rather comfortable to hold.
"Once, we dreamed that we were strangers. We woke to find that we loved one another. Maybe this is like that dream. We argue, fail to understand each other, and feel confused, but my aunt still cares about me. She and my sister are just a little too strong-willed. They probably can't accept the path I've chosen. They always think following their wishes is the only good choice. I think it's probably also because I'm not a boy. If I were a boy, they'd surely let me go out and struggle for myself, instead of rushing