Chapter 59: The daddy showdown
Women happened to be the most dangerous animals in the world. Su Can understood that truth deeply, especially in front of a girl like Lin Luoran, whose thoughts seemed so hard to fathom. At this moment, he could no longer see in her eyes the distance she had shown back in Xiahai, but that did not mean her thoughts could be freely touched or deciphered.
From his first meeting with Lin Luoran to their later encounters and time together, there was no denying that any man would inevitably feel some fondness for such an outstanding woman. Some of the things that occasionally happened when they were together also allowed Su Can to confirm that Lin Luoran harbored a certain special feeling toward him.
Yet now, what did her faintly hostile exchange of looks with Tang Wu, and their subtly barbed verbal sparring, indirectly suggest?
Perhaps their excellence lent their encounter a certain drama and gave rise to an instinctive wariness, rather than an outwardly affectionate greeting like sisters reunited after years apart while secretly disparaging each other.
Any veil of hypocrisy or affectation seemed utterly pointless before two girls who were equally clever and possessed equally penetrating eyes.
Perhaps they had no need to conceal the awkwardness of their meeting, or their instinctive defenses against someone no less outstanding than themselves, behind laughably deliberate, insincere behavior that could be seen through at a glance.
It was like how Lin Luoran could be utterly carefree around others, male or female, even showing no ladylike manners at all, while Tang Wu presented everyone with the same cold, indifferent expression. Both stemmed from their detachment. But when the two met, they both grew serious and attentive without prior agreement. Each sensed that the other was the same kind