Chapter 171: Even better
The departmental heartthrob holding the bouquet up ahead was visibly dumbstruck. Su Can thought, Lin Luoran, did you have to go this far just to use me as a shield? You've practically destroyed him without leaving a scrap.
Su Can began to feel a little sorry for the guy opposite him. There was no right or wrong in this sort of thing, and with a girl like Lin Luoran, it was even less of a question. Had he known this would happen, he should never have stepped through this university's gates.
The figure ahead stood frozen with his flowers raised, his expression now dimmed. This was probably the most miserable defeat of his university career. How many people would later marvel at this turn of events, how much conversation and delighted discussion it would add to their uneventful lives. They might forget what they had learned in their sophomore language classes or where they had first gotten drunk, but events like these often stood like landmarks in their university years, impossible to erase.
Shi Ruigang watched Lin Luoran. He saw the milk tea they held and their joined hands, and there was something sacred in her expression. The moment she took Su Can's hand, she had plainly been utterly at ease. It was precisely that ease that made the Spanish department heartthrob's flower-bearing hand drop limply. The lush bouquet pointed toward the ground, shedding quite a few petals and leaves.
Then his lips twisted. Even this dejected expression had a distinct charm on his handsome face. He turned and handed the bouquet to a friend beside him, his movements graceful and natural, displaying considerable poise. This gesture made many people see his graciousness in a new light, including quite a few girls who firmly supported him.