Chapter 108: Laying the groundwork for the next step
After eating crossing-the-bridge rice noodles, the large group came out of the cramped shop looking rather overbearing. Passing students could barely get out of their way fast enough. It was hardly surprising: to ordinary students with no connection to their circle, privileged kids like Zhang Feifei, Zhuang Zhiyu, Wang Weiwei, and Lin Luoran, who usually marked out their own territories, seemed somewhat unfamiliar and best kept at a respectful distance.
But to Su Can, these people had already toned down their former arrogance considerably since he and Tang Wu had joined them. At least in their eyes, he and Tang Wu were perfectly ordinary students without any special family backgrounds. Even Zhang Feifei, who sometimes compared newly bought clothes or bracelets picked out the previous week with Lin Luoran, felt no urge to compete in front of Tang Wu.
The clothes Tang Wu wore and the little accessories she occasionally added were inexpensive, yet just right. Naturally, Zhang Feifei never showed anything off in front of her, unlike with the sometimes competitive Lin Luoran. That made spending time with Tang Wu feel all the more comfortable for Zhang Feifei. Unfortunately, she had only discovered Tang Wu's good qualities in these final days, when little time remained.
It was much the same for many students in their final year of high school.
Tang Wu knew Su Can had something to attend to, so she returned to the classroom to work on practice questions. To her, guaranteed university admission seemed to make little difference. She still dutifully worked through the test papers her teachers assigned every day, though sometimes there really were too many, and she could only select certain questions to do. She could not be bothered to write out the rest.