Just after four in the afternoon, the sky turned from clear to overcast, with haze gradually spreading.
The setting sun, having lost its luster, hung half in the western sky.
Shang Jianghan walked out of the teaching building, deliberately slowing his steps, while Shen Chaoxi followed half a step behind him.
One tall and one short, their shadows overlapped on the cement ground under the refraction of light, a larger and a smaller one, one high and one low, one in front and one behind.
Since leaving the classroom, neither of them had spoken.
As they reached the edge of the sports field, they could see a noisy group tussling on the tree-lined avenue from afar.
Though the voices carried over from a distance, it was hard to make out what was said, but the posture of the people involved made it clear that students were arguing.
An argument?
Were there students daring to stir up trouble during Shang Jianghan's gym class?