Chapter 36: The cover-up incident
What Su Can had not expected was that his own progress and actions were slowly changing his father's character too. Hearing how his father had openly stood up with such resolve at the company committee meeting, he knew this was already a major step beyond the gentle weakness his father had shown in his previous life. At last, bit by bit, he was changing his parents' deeply rooted thinking and the fate of their entire family.
After the midterm exams, two more days of classes brought them to the weekend. Su Can went to the family shop for dinner that evening and found a constant stream of customers inside. Wang Yue, who worked the early shift, had left that afternoon. Li Yulian, who worked the late shift, was still helping his mother, Zeng Ke, cook. Seeing Su Can come in, she quickly smiled. "Su Can's here! Hungry? Dinner will be ready in a minute!"
Su Can smiled at her. This middle-aged woman had the same uncertainty and lack of confidence his mother had shown just after being laid off. Even though she got along very well with his mother, she was rather nervous when she saw him. After all, she had heard from Zeng Ke about the things this little grown-up had done, and she could not help feeling a trace of apprehension toward this high school student only a few years older than her own son.
Su Can knew this was the sort of impression he would now make on other people. He was still keeping a fairly low profile. If he were any more conspicuous, wouldn't he become a monster in the eyes of those around him?
Most of the people in the shop were students from nearby, though there were also people