Chapter 73: Restless hearts
This was the third floor of the Arts Building. Outside the windows lay the sports field, houses in the distance, high-rises under construction, and perhaps the faint outlines of elevated structures-a forest of a city.
The sunlight was gentle and rosy, falling across faces and bodies, warm and subdued.
Su Can was dazed, while Sun Man beside him was flushed scarlet. Even now, she pointed at the script on the desk. "Go on."
Go on? Her matter-of-fact manner left Su Can stunned. How can you act as though what just happened never happened?
Su Can knew something about this star of the school television station. There were certainly plenty of people at No. 27 Middle School who hoped to steal a kiss and win the favor of the girl before him. Among them were top competitors from various classes, outstanding athletes, basketball stars, and highly respected figures in their classes.
Yet word of what had just happened in this student affairs office would probably cause an uproar. Instead, he, Su Can, had been teased with a kiss.
Recovering from his brief daze, Su Can suddenly understood a little. Sun Man had always been mischievous. What seemed rather provocative to him might not necessarily have been serious on her part; perhaps she was simply trying to get a rise out of him. Besides, showing obvious discomfort under her teasing gaze would put him at a disadvantage, though it was not as if the incident had left him unaffected. So Su Can quickly composed himself and methodically explained the points the supervising teacher had asked him to convey about the script, without the slightest loss of composure in his voice.
But Sun Man saw things very differently. She was so irritated that her teeth itched, and she kept