Chapter 172: A clean sweep
As May Day 2002 approached, universities across the country were already getting into the holiday spirit, and the air of vacation swept over the Nanjing University campus.
On the way to the library, along the routes where students headed toward the classroom buildings carrying milk and peeling eggs, or on the paths leading in every direction to the Administrative Building, banners advertising all kinds of club activities and lectures were everywhere. There were even promotions for forums featuring guests the university had invited from education, cultural, and publishing departments. In the clearing beside the Administrative Building, ropes had been strung between the trees, with all sorts of photographs hanging from them for a campus photography exhibition. Clusters of people could often be seen standing there looking at them. Though simply put together, it drew quite a crowd. Occasionally, a few lively beauties would stop to admire the photographs before sauntering away, leaving lovely silhouettes for countless lustful young men to linger over in their imaginations.
After meeting Li Luo, Tao Zi, and the others that day, then leaving Lin Luoran's bustling university, Su Can's life at Nanjing University settled into a period of quiet.
Of course, this quiet was something Su Can had dreamed of. Each day, he followed his usual timetable, moving between lecturers' and professors' classrooms in the northern and southern sections of campus, with either four periods in the morning and three in the afternoon, or two in the morning and two in the afternoon. Sometimes he would suddenly offer a few ideas ahead of their time and spark a heated discussion. Otherwise, he would find a suitable time to pick Tang Wu up from her department after class and eat with her. Occasionally, they would take a walk along the campus