Chapter 35 Su Family
The car drove past the street from whence it came, and along the way, she could still see the bustling people, some strangers, some whom she had seen during the school evacuation. Among them were the university student Ah Wei and his girlfriend. At that moment, they were helping carry furniture. Perhaps sensing someone watching, the girl turned her head and gave her a bright smile, waving goodbye to her, her cheeks glistening with sweat, her tanned skin shining in the sunlight.
She waved back too. The car accelerated.
Goodbye, to these lovely people and also the detestable ones. Perhaps we will never meet again...
Suddenly, she mused, "Xiao Xu, sometimes I feel quite fortunate to have chosen this field. It allows me to witness things others cannot, to encounter different people, though it’s a pity that each person is but a single story. We only get to see a small segment of their tale, just a fleeting connection. Our acquaintance with them turns into a story in our memories, while their stories continue in places unknown to us..."
She looked at him, eyes suffused with a gentle light, lips slightly curving, "I thought it was the same for us. I thought our story ended the year you transferred schools. I thought I would never see you again. I never expected... truly never expected... Xiao Xu, the moment I saw you again, I was really overjoyed."
He was driving, the speed gradually slowing down. From the corner of his eye, he saw her slightly upturned face, the sunlight streaming through the glass onto her face. Her entire face was aglow.
Instinctively, he pressed the brake.
She saw him lift his hand, saw it rest on the top of her head, clearly as if he intended to pat her hair, like how she would pat Bangbangtang at home. Her smile widened, she even closed her eyes slightly, but then she heard a cold voice, "What’s the point of opening the sunroof now? It’s already dark enough! Afraid of getting tanned like charcoal?"
"..." She opened her eyes and indeed saw him closing the sunroof before continuing to drive. Her lips, curved into an arc, pouted. She peered into the rearview mirror to look at herself. Where was she dark? Even though the sun had been harsh these days, and she hadn’t applied sunscreen, it was a healthy complexion, wasn’t it?
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