Lu Mingfei was a little mischievous. For example, he didn't like Lu Mingze, but he always visited Lu Mingze's secret QQ space.
Lu Mingze read " The Most Short Story " and gave himself a pen name," Lonely Gluttonous Snake." He copied many sad sentences and put them in the QQ space, along with a headshot he took with his phone. Occasionally, he would upload a few photos of himself smearing red ink on his wrist as if he had cut his wrist. The poem he wrote probably said that if there was no love, he would die.
Lu Mingfei knew that his younger cousin was lustful and hadn't found a girl he liked in school yet, so he wanted to meet some heavenly lightning on QQ.
So he applied for a new QQ account called " Mark of the Sunset ". He put up a picture of a short-haired loli, filled in her age as 16 years old, filled in her gender as female, and signed her name as " Let your smile and sadness be the mark of my life."
While Lu Mingze was surfing the internet at home, he sneaked into the internet cafe to strike up a conversation with " Lonely Gluttonous Snake."
After a few rounds, Lu Mingze probably felt that he, the greedy snake, had finally found food. He was also willing to let his smile and sadness become the mark of a girl's life. Therefore, he happily hummed the Xin Band's " Song of Separation " every day and invited them to meet again and again, wanting to start a big time.
Lu Mingfei would always make appointments when his aunt took Lu Mingze to piano lessons. Lu Mingze would never see the " marks of the setting sun," so when he sang " Song of Separation," he would sound a little sad. This was the happiest thing that had happened to Lu Mingfei recently.
Lu Mingfei was such a person. He wasn't a good person, and he didn't have the ability to do bad things. He had lived to eighteen years old, but he still didn't know what his future held.
"Mingfei, I heard that you're going to study abroad.”The old man at the newsstand suddenly thought of this when he was browsing through the free home games.
"No, I applied for it. Who wants me?”Lu Mingfei said casually.
"It's good to study abroad. After studying abroad, you'll be a turtle and earn a lot of money.”
"I don't want to make a lot of money. If I can't get into university, I'll come to your shop to help you look after the stall.”
"Useless. I can't earn money from the newsstand. I'm old.”
Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes and looked at the sunlight shining down from the shade above his head." It's good. You can bask in the sun. When no one comes, you'll be in a daze. There are also beautiful women passing by."”
This topic made Lu Mingfei rather depressed. He did apply to an American university, but it was not because his grades were too good.
Everyone had different ways of evaluating his results. The homeroom teacher looked at Lu Mingfei's report card from last semester and sighed." Lu Mingfei, do you know how much you've lowered our class 'average score?"
Auntie was telling Uncle that Mingze's good results were due to his family's genes. It was just not good to look at your family's genes! Only Lu Mingze comforted him, but it was on QQ. Lu Mingze said to him considerately," Xiyang, what's there to be afraid of if your results aren't good? I walk my own path. This is what people like us should do! Anyway, you are a good girl in my eyes!”
However, his aunt Lingji was the one who made the decision to go abroad. She made Lu Mingfei fill out the application form and generously paid the application fee of dozens of dollars for each school.
His aunt had her own set of logic. Among Lu Mingfei's subjects, only English was good. When he took the TOEFL with his classmate, the English maniac, he got lucky and scored well. With Lu Mingfei's grades, it was very difficult for him to get into a first-class university. It was very popular to give up on the exams and go abroad. If he applied and got lucky enough to get accepted into an American university, he would be able to answer to Lu Mingfei's parents and the money they sent him every month.
This way, his aunt would be at ease. She had already laid the foundation beforehand. Studying abroad was a matter of " enduring hardships to become a better person." If Lu Mingfei really succeeded in studying abroad, he could not be too delicate. He had to come back to China during the winter and summer vacations, work part-time, and study English there.
In any case, whatever he did was fine. He just had to stay on the other side of the ocean and not let his aunt see him. As for the tuition fees, it was a small matter. The wool came from the sheep. The money could be written to Lu Mingfei's parents to ask for it. Her aunt guessed that Lu Mingfei's parents must have been very rich after living abroad for so many years because she had checked the account that had sent them the money. It was a custody account in a bank.
That account didn't need to be manually operated. As long as the bank agreed, the checks would be sent out automatically every month. This way, Lu Mingfei's parents would have to deposit a large sum of money into that account and spend it regularly every month.
Actually, Lu Mingfei knew that his aunt had another plan. Although Lu Mingze's results were slightly better than Lu Mingfei's, they were not top-notch either. He could not get into Tsinghua University or Peking University, the famous schools that his aunt had been talking about. It was not a bad idea to give up the exams and go abroad. It would seem like he was very trendy.
However, going to university was a lifelong matter. Her aunt could not bear to see Lu Mingze take the risk. After thinking about it, the aunt probably remembered a famous saying," All difficult roads should be paved by the brave with firm soles of the feet." She also felt that Lu Mingfei was very brave, so she asked him to try using his firm soles to pave a path for Lu Mingze.
It didn't matter if he failed. It meant that the path was blocked, and Lu Mingfei could take the college entrance examination with his cousin a year later.
However, the difficult road was obviously not something that could be paved with courage alone. One had to have some ability. Lu Mingfei's abilities were probably limited to playing StarCraft. Unfortunately, there was no competitive gaming specialization in the United States. Lu Mingfei had already received more than a dozen replies. The opening was similar.
"Dear applicants:
Thank you for your interest in the academy, but unfortunately…"
Her aunt felt sorry for the application fees. She had spent hundreds of dollars in application fees, but in exchange, these Americans had thanked her again and again. This kind person made her very unhappy. However, Lu Mingfei was neither anxious nor impatient. He was unusually calm. It was just that he did not want his aunt to be too depressed, so he squeezed out a bitter expression every time he received a rejection letter.
He counted the schools that had filled in the application form. Only one school had not replied to him, and this was the University of Chicago, which was ranked at the top of the list.
"Is there a letter for me?" Lu Mingfei stuck his head in from the entrance of the reception room and said in English," Mingfei Lu.”
"Yes, it's from America." The guard threw out a letter.
Lu Mingfei touched the envelope. There was only a thin piece of paper inside. It was basically a rejection letter. It was said that if it was an admission letter, there would be a lot of forms and introductory materials, a thick stack.
Last year, a boy from their school had successfully applied. He threw the pile of documents on the table with a disdainful look and said impatiently under the admiring gazes of the girls,"There are so many documents. How can I fill them all up?" Let my dad get me a typing machine!
Lu Mingfei tore open the envelope. The letter was written in Chinese.
"Dear Mr. Lu Mingfei:
Thank you for your interest in the University of Chicago, but unfortunately, you did not meet the admission requirements of the University of California.
However, we always say that there is always another choice.
Cassel College is a private university located in Chicago suburbs of the United States, and it is a bond school with the University of California. Every year, we jointly organize equestrian, rowing, hot air balloon, swimming, and other inter-school competitions at Lake Michelle. In addition, there are more extensive academic exchanges.
We are very honored to have received your application materials from the University of Chicago. After a detailed evaluation of your resume and academic records, we believe that you have met the admission requirements of Kassel College and are hereby inviting you. In addition, your excellent biology results have attracted the attention of Professor Guderian of our college. He hopes to allocate $36,000.00 from his research fund to you every year as a scholarship for your admission to our school. This scholarship is enough to cover all your tuition fees and living expenses for four years of university.
Please contact Professor Guderian as soon as you receive this letter. He is currently on an academic visit to China and is very interested in meeting you.
If you decide to accept our invitation, please contact me via email regarding the itinerary and accommodation. We will arrange it for you. I'm Norma Lawns, the secretary of Kassel Academy. It's my honor to serve you.
By the way, please bring a person named Ye Ye who is temporarily staying at your house back to Kassel Academy.
Sincerely,
Norma!"
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