Chapter 115: The gathering
Su Can and Tang Wu took one last walk around the campus of No. 27 Middle School, just as they had wandered around their school in Xiahai for the last time after graduating from junior high. Back then, Tang Wu had never known that over the next three years, so many stories would unfold between her and Su Can, that their lives would overlap so deeply, binding them together in such a unique way.
They left the graduation photo session and walked along the familiar paths of No. 27 Middle School, past the woods, the sports field, the running track, and the classroom buildings, and through the deep, echoing Arts Building, the place most likely to bring horror movies to mind.
Many people who knew them offered a simple greeting when they saw them. Even those who would normally run over and buttonhole Su Can for a long chat voluntarily went elsewhere at this moment, knowing the two probably did not want to be disturbed.
In Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball, once all seven Dragon Balls were gathered and a wish was granted, they scattered across the world again. But at least a wish had been fulfilled. Now everyone was leaving, yet they could not take even a single wish with them.
Many couples stubbornly lingered beneath the trees, discussing how they would spend the summer together, how they would stay in touch at their respective schools, and how many phone calls they would make each week. Their reluctance to part and their fierce embraces made Tang Wu's cheeks burn as she walked past. Yet she wondered whether, if Su Can wanted to do the same, she would have to let him embrace her however he pleased in public.
"Will Lin Luoran be going tonight too? I