Chapter 51: A slim chance
The family dinner celebrating Su Can's excellent midterm results was held at his eldest uncle Zeng Qu anming's home. For once, Zeng Na's gaze was a little evasive when she looked at Su Can, but even by the time they sat down to eat, he had not exposed the business of a boy pestering her at school as she had expected.
At the table, Zeng Na kept studying this younger cousin of hers and suddenly found him unfamiliar. She could not explain that feeling. Thinking back to when it had first begun, it had been a few months ago. In those few months, everyone in the family had accepted the fact that Su Can, formerly at the bottom of his class, could suddenly place in the top ten. He had gotten Zeng Ke and Su Licheng to open a shop and kept Zeng Qu anming from getting trapped in the stock market, sparing him losses of several hundred thousand yuan. All these astonishing things had happened in that short span of time.
Zeng Qu anming abruptly asked, "How's Zeng Na doing at school? Is she dating anyone?"
Zeng Na pressed her lips together and looked at Su Can, her eyes distinctly nervous. She had not expected her father to ask Su Can about what she had been up to lately.
Su Can shook his head. "No. Her class is pretty strict. I hardly ever see her come out during breaks. She's usually in the classroom doing practice questions."
Zeng Qu anming nodded, looking quite satisfied. He held the highest position in the family, and now that he was director of the Construction Bureau, he commanded the most authority as well. Su Can's cousin was very afraid of her father.
Zeng Na glanced at Su Can,