Chapter 140: Those inside and those outside
Judging by Lin Luoran's tone on the phone that day, she would probably be leaving soon after completing the paperwork in Beijing. Her words had been decisive, leaving no room for doubt.
It left Su Can wondering whether he would even answer her next call, because by then Lin Luoran might already be in an airport departure lounge, waiting to fly abroad and calling to give him a so-called farewell. It always reminded Su Can of when he first met her, when he had found her eyes perpetually shrouded in mist, gazing toward some unknown distance.
Later, while watching Animal World, Su Can had rather poetically realized that the impression Lin Luoran gave him back then was like those migratory birds traveling between two continents across the ocean: they could come and go with the seasons, but would never stay.
Having lived two lives through rebirth, Su Can inevitably found himself drawing conclusions about life and unconsciously sorting people into categories. There were people you might fool around with without restraint, drink with, boast with, eat late-night snacks with, and exchange ideas with, but when the time came, they would ultimately become passing acquaintances, scattered to the ends of the earth to lead their own lives. Their meetings were points, not continuous lines. Most people fell into this category, including Su Can's classmates from middle and high school. Yet there were always some people who remained tightly bound together, no matter how far apart they were, like the Facebook team Zack was currently leading far away in the United States.
But Su Can did not know whether Lin Luoran belonged to that latter group. Even he found her difficult to read, so when she said she was leaving, he felt that she might