Chapter 87: Deliberate intent
Nanjing University's Rolling Stone bar lay amid the mottled lights of Shanghai's night. The last group left the bar together, all of them tipsy.
Sun Lei looked like a refined, scholarly doctoral student, but by the end, his restrained exterior had given way to a wild streak. He even hauled over two cases of beer and declared that he would take Li Han on in a drinking contest. Zhang Xiaoqiao could not drink, and Su Can's tolerance was not particularly high, both because he rarely drank and because of his constitution after his rebirth. But Sun Lei had whipped up the atmosphere and insisted that Su Can drain his glass. In the end, everyone egged Tang Wu on to drink for him. Only after she downed three glasses did Sun Lei stop pestering them. As he looked at her exquisite, peach-flushed face, there was a man's instinctive desire in his gaze. When he turned to Su Can, a trace of envy appeared on his face, quite at odds with his easygoing philosophy of enjoying life while he could.
On the way back to the dorm, Li Han said nothing, but he understood perfectly well why someone like Sun Lei would sling an arm around his shoulders, or think nothing of getting beer stains on his neatly maintained, obviously expensive clothes. Ultimately, it was all because of Su Can, whose standing matched Sun Lei's and was even slightly above it.
The only way to become strong in this world was to keep arming yourself as Su Can did. Otherwise, the fragile dignity of an insignificant person would soon be swallowed by the surging deluge.
The uneventful start of sophomore year had brought a few surprises. Su Can had run into Song Zhen, who had returned from the