Chapter 43: Tangled feelings
Under the diffuse winter sunlight, Su Can arrived at school with Xue Yiyang for their afternoon classes and ran into Li Lumei, Chen Lingshan, and their group at the gate. They headed upstairs, chatting and laughing, and happened to run into Du Ting and Tang Wu as well. Although Tang Wu and Chen Lingshan shared a desk, their actual relationship amounted to little more than a few casual words; they were not close. With the relatively outgoing Li Lumei and Du Ting bringing everyone together, however, the group managed to find things to talk about, so having Chen Lingshan, Tang Wu, and Su Can all present did not make things too awkward.
When they reached the floor where their classroom was, the atmosphere felt strange. Chen Lingshan looked at the girls before her. She knew most of them; they belonged to the circles from Class One, Three, or Four on the floor below. Never had so many of them appeared together on a floor that was not theirs. What was going on? Not only was everyone on her side slightly surprised, but quite a few other students coming upstairs were looking over too.
Su Can felt a headache coming on. To him, that morning's incident had merely been an inconsequential little fuss among some schoolgirls, and he had not taken it to heart. Only now, seeing this turnout, did he realize that these girls really dared to make a scene.
Su Can had considered that girls' circles were far less demure than they appeared on the surface. Sometimes, when they went wild, even boys could not match them.
"Hey, Ran Yu, what's going on? Who are you waiting for with this whole lineup?" Li Lumei asked the tall girl who had spoken with Su Can that