Chapter 17: Turn left, turn right
From the moment Su Can rose to the moment he walked out the door, the classroom seemed rather quiet.
The people at the last two desks in the row beside the door watched Su Can with stiff smiles. They had just been startled by a shout from the chubby girl who ranked fifth in class and was a mainstay of its arts activities, and turning around to see Tang Wu had given them another fright, leaving them unsure how to move.
Some did not look directly at Su Can, but still glanced sideways at him as he passed, continuing their earlier conversations, though they now seemed thoroughly distracted.
When he came before her, Tang Wu fixed her clear, bright eyes on him, her face faintly flushed. Only now did she realize she had acted a little rashly, but seeing him so real before her, it probably did not matter how rash she had been.
Only then did a collective exhalation come from the classroom behind him.
"Are you angry with me?" Tang Wu asked, her voice trembling a little.
The people at the desks just behind Su Can widened their eyes. Faced with questioning looks and whispered inquiries from the whole class, they bared their teeth and shook their heads slightly, indicating that they had no idea what was going on.
This girl, whom countless top students at school asked about, whose presence at a school team game generally boosted the boys' fighting power by thirty percent, was actually speaking in that tone to a boy whose abilities were unknown?
"How could I be? I thought just showing up in front of you would go against my old promise. This is probably much better now. It should be more special. No great chests of