Chapter 38: A step further, the hand-holding incident
As they walked with Tang Wu at the intersection after school, Du Ting waved to Tang Wu, then gave Su Can a meaningful look and smiled. "You two are going the same way, but I'm not. I'm off. Bye! Tang Wu, I'll give your notes back tomorrow!"
Du Ting was a fairly bright girl in their class, kind to others and easygoing. She was probably overshadowed by Chen Lingshan and Tang Wu; otherwise, she would have stood out in any class.
Du Ting was also the first friend Tang Wu had made. Unlike the cliques of girls who banded together and even shared the same likes and dislikes, Du Ting got along well with others without being influenced by them. She was also clever enough to know which people could be lifelong friends and which could simply be met with a smile, maintaining superficial friendliness while keeping her distance.
So although the other girls might have regarded Tang Wu warily, Du Ting did not. She understood Tang Wu's potential and the sensitivity within her cold heart.
Du Ting was one of the more mature, rational girls. Su Can saw this and knew that perhaps only a girl like her could become one of Tang Wu's few true friends in the future.
While Du Ting was there, the three of them chatted and laughed, getting along quite comfortably.
Once Du Ting left, however, things immediately became much quieter.
Did people always follow different paths through life? Even here in high school, with the perspective he had brought back through rebirth, he still felt unable to fathom Tang Wu's thoughts. He could only imagine the gulf that would have separated them ten years later.
In his previous life, he would never have had a