Chapter 78: The rallying call
December ushered in the frenzy over the college English CET-4 and CET-6 exams. For first-year students like Su Can, who were still working through general and major courses, the excitement naturally belonged elsewhere. Damp, chilly weather arrived, temperatures dropped, and winter descended. Students got up later, and fewer and fewer people ran on the athletic field each morning.
Girls could be seen practicing their voices and reciting lessons beneath the plane trees by the dormitories, forming a scene all their own.
Zhang Xiaoqiao began to feel that Su Can was rather odd. He often saw him opening English-language websites, searching for things and typing away. Although Nanjing University students generally had strong English skills, and browsing English websites or subscribing to newspapers was nothing unusual, spending time on foreign forums was still fairly rare. Zhang Xiaoqiao noticed that Su Can frequently visited a website called Facebook. He knew a little about it: supposedly, it had become a widely used way for American college students to keep in touch, much like QQ 2000, which was currently gaining popularity in China.
Su Can had friends abroad. Li Han was certain of that. Apparently, he had been an exchange student in high school and made some friends in the United States. Now, Facebook was their only means of staying in touch.
Xiao Xu had always thought Su Can was quite mysterious. Tang Wu was his girlfriend, and he had entered Nanjing University from Rongcheng, but there were so many secrets about him that he seemed like a riddle. He frequently received calls from all over the country and could connect with the world online. While others were still eager to try something, he could clearly say whether it had any value. He always seemed to be ahead of