Chapter 191: Meeting again, no longer as we were (Part one)
On May Day, Xue Yiyang boarded an afternoon flight from Changsha to Shanghai. He asked a flight attendant when they would arrive, then texted Su Can to say he would be there in just under two hours, meet up with a friend in Shanghai, and call him afterward.
The cabin display actually showed the flight time from Changsha to Shanghai. Xue Yiyang had only asked the attendant-a pimple did nothing to diminish her sweet smile-as an excuse to strike up a conversation. But apparently he fell short of the standard that would make her notice him and discuss him privately, so she treated him exactly like everyone else throughout the flight. Nothing as melodramatic as exchanging phone numbers happened.
This did not discourage Xue Yiyang. If anything, he was in an excellent mood. Shanghai, with all your beautiful women, here I come.
After he landed, his friend in Shanghai duly arrived as promised. His surname was Du, his given name Shun. He had attended Xiahai No. 1 High School during junior high, then transferred in Senior Year Two when his family settled in Shanghai. He continued his schooling there and took his university entrance exam there. With his household registration transferred to Shanghai, getting into a local university had become much easier. Du Shun was now at Shanghai University, though he barely attended classes. His family had given him some money to start a business, and he apparently now headed a company worth several million.
This story had spread widely among Xue Yiyang's year in Xiahai. Du Shun also kept in frequent contact with old friends, so many knew how he was doing. In fact, he had made few friends after moving to Shanghai.
Su Can was different in