Chapter 53: Seize the day
Su Can's lively conversation with the girls from Tang Wu's dorm made them a conspicuous group in the rosy afternoon light of the cafeteria. Afterward, the girls from Room 504 graciously left Tang Wu to Su Can, and the other three headed off together to the campus gym. Cheng Congcong had drawn wave after wave of male members there, and the corpulent owner from Sichuan had given her a standing offer: any "suitable" beauties she brought along would get half-price membership.
Cheng Congcong's greatest regret in her four years at university was that she never managed to talk Tang Wu into going.
Su Can and Tang Wu left the cafeteria hand in hand and walked through the campus, Tang Wu's face flushed. They followed the tree-lined campus road all the way to a spot beside the tennis courts where years of rain had left even the green fencing rusty. Few people came here. All sorts of vehicles were parked around, most of the streetlight was blocked by the trees, and grass covered the ground.
Su Can turned and gazed intently at Tang Wu. She did not look away. Vast banks of dark gold and black clouds overhead were reflected in her eyes, drifting across the curved surfaces.
From the moment Su Can took her hand and led her toward this densely wooded, little-traveled stretch of the Nanjing University Grove, she had known exactly what he had in mind.
A clever woman would calmly remain silent. When a man and a woman walked through a deserted place with just this blend of retro and pastoral charm, there were plenty of things they could do together. Admire the scenery, for instance.
In fact, this place could have inspired any horror film set on a university campus: a