Chapter 50: Administering strong medicine slowly
Life kept offering little surprises, though of course that depended on how one looked at it. For Su Can, passing every exam and seeing his business plans bear fruit and make money were pleasant surprises. Coming home to find little changes around the house was just as much of a surprise.
Coming home for summer break, for instance, he found that his family had replaced the water heater and bought a small sofa. The sofa and chairs in the living room had also been rearranged, giving everything a fresh feel.
Zeng Ke mentioned that the large sofa had split at a seam not long after Su Can left following winter break. Things these days were getting worse and worse in quality compared with the past. She went on to talk about the things she had bought when she married Su Can's father: a sofa chair could last five or six years, and even their old electric fan had lasted ten.
Su Can remarked that she was a provincial distributor for Shushan, after all, yet she still went on about these little things every day. He had not expected to get a scolding in return. Yet it all felt familiar and comforting.
The aroma of the ribs Zeng Ke was cooking drifted out of the kitchen. Su Can sat on the little chair his family had just bought, texting people one after another to tell them he had arrived home safely. He could not help thinking of that intimate moment with Tang Wu on their journey. It suddenly brought home to him how time hurried on, never stopping, never waiting for anyone.
Thinking back, a year earlier, Tang Wu would never have done what she had on the plane. This brief year had flown by,