Chapter 55: Houtang 3,000 City
Li Lan had been mysterious over the phone, so Su Can could hardly press her further. Two days later, Su Can's phone rang. Li Lan had arrived at the gate.
Li Lan seemed a little distracted. She had not smoked in the car, perhaps because she sometimes handled reception duties, and smoking in the car was not particularly refined. At first, she had only been friendly toward Su Can out of affection for someone connected to him, which was also part of her basic duties as an assistant. She had not expected this Nanjing University student to give her such a sense of familiarity.
Chatting with him, even venting her frustrations, never felt like talking to a first-year student. He already thought like an adult, and at times was even more perceptive.
Li Lan therefore hardly treated Su Can as someone a generation younger. Their friendship had something of an ageless quality, and they even addressed each other as brothers.
Seeing Li Lan staring absently at Nanjing University, Su Can tapped on the window, then opened the door and got in. "What were you thinking about so intently?"
Only then did Li Lan give a wry smile. She glanced behind the car a few times, reversed, turned, and drove to the other side of the road. Looking at Nanjing University's rather plain gate, she said, "I just remembered something. Back when I was at Nanjing University, I remember a girl a year above me walking out through here."
"There's a story there. You went to Nanjing University too?" Su Can had not expected that. No wonder Li Lan knew her way around so well when she drove onto campus. And the way she checked out the pretty girls passing through campus was far too brazen