Chapter 100: The most inspiring person
Su Can's account avatar blinked and bounced. He opened his visitor log, and several kinds of "poke" actions came flying at him.
At last, amid the flood of messages from his Exeter High School classmates that nearly overwhelmed him, Su Can spotted one from Zack. There was also a photograph of him at a hotel. "Hey, are you home? We went to White Mountains National Forest Park together on Thursday. The maple leaves on Mount Washington have turned red. The picture you're looking at is one of me hugging Pumpkin Man. Can you imagine how crazy Exeter High School is? More than thirty of us joined this trip. They said their only regret was that the king wasn't here. Every year, the prom king spends these wonderful times with us!"
The White Mountains lay in central New Hampshire and were an important tourist attraction. Summer retreats, autumn maple viewing, winter skiing, spring flowers-there were suitable activities all year round.
Mount Washington was part of the White Mountains, the highest peak in the northeastern United States. Su Can had heard students mention White Mountains National Forest Park during his exchange. With its beautiful scenery, it was definitely a good place for couples to vacation and nurture their feelings. He had once imagined standing with Tang Wu beneath the red maples covering the mountains, magnificent clouds overhead, red mingling with white-a romance stretching beyond the eye's reach.
But he had already returned home. Many of his American high school friends had left messages on Facebook, and Zack had even made a special video. In it were some familiar faces from the American high school: the organizer of the Asian Club, the bespectacled British boy from the investment club, and the handsome Jewish boy from the fencing