Chapter 52: I'll jump too
Su Can woke in abundant sunshine. Opening his eyes, he saw a red sun rising above the plain. The little clock beside him kept ringing, its metallic chimes short and sharp. He pressed the alarm button and could already smell milk boiling and steamed buns warming in the living room.
In the bathroom mirror, Su Can saw a tousled mop of short hair and, beneath it, a young face that still retained traces of childishness, yet had eyes as black as obsidian.
So many times, Su Can felt estranged from this face, sometimes even a little frightened. If he viewed himself as an outsider, seeing the profound soul beneath his childlike exterior, would he shudder and think such a person a monster?
At last, he could understand something of Dracula's loneliness.
At the breakfast table, his mother, Zeng He, excitedly discussed the storefront she had secured on the Rongcheng University campus, which was now being renovated. In the few months since Su Can's family had moved to Rongcheng, her shops had expanded rapidly. She had also signed a contract with the Shushan Stationery Factory, which supplied stationery directly and would pay for custom signs for her shops. Naturally, the signs would advertise Shushan stationery. Thus, the shops Zeng He had now established were gradually getting on track.
The Shushan Chain stationery brand had already released its second batch of products. Thanks to the drawings Su Can had provided, the first batch had elicited a strong market response. No stationery brand before it had ever featured such designs ahead of their time. Some pencil cases and the packaging for pens used patterns Su Can had drawn. After quickly gaining market recognition, the Shushan Stationery Factory had not sat idle. It had simply registered all these product