Chapter 16: An old acquaintance
It was early morning, yet the air felt a little suffocating.
"It would be best, of course, if you could put all your strengths to use," Tang Wu said, holding back the aching sting in her eyes. Entering society and remaining in this last ivory tower were two entirely different things, but Tang Wu knew the latter would only mean Su Can was deceiving himself. While everyone else was pursuing higher education at university, making their final preparations for adult life, he had long since prepared everything.
Su Can found the naturally stubborn Tang Wu both exasperating and amusing. He could only say, "So you think I'm just killing time at Nanjing University?"
Tang Wu pressed her lips together and said nothing more. Thanks to Nanjing University's damned course selection system, they often had to head toward different teaching buildings at this intersection. Now, everyone passing them gave the pair standing there questioning looks. They probably thought the man had something wrong with him. Who would argue with such a beautiful girl and make her eyes go red first thing in the morning?
A smart woman would rarely say anything as childish as, "Because I don't want to tie you down here." That would only make the person before her even more reluctant to leave and pursue his ambitions freely.
When an ordinary girl liked someone, perhaps she hoped to stay with him forever, keeping him within sight where she could look after him. She would give him lip balm and a scarf in winter, buy him swimming trunks and iced water in summer, and spend four peaceful years that way.
Even if Su Can were only the behind-the-scenes boss who had founded a magazine in high school, Tang Wu would have been willing to