If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon

Chapter 7 Cafe

At 09:30 in the morning, the sun was shining outside the window, Lin Nian opened his eyes and sat up on the bed.

Contrary to his usual spirit, Lin Nian sat on the bed with his eyes straight as if he was in a daze, but it was not.

But after sitting on the bed for a few minutes, Lin Nian couldn't remember the details of the strange dream, which made him very helpless. Although his memory was excellent, things like dreams were often unreasonable. , you can't even say you actually remember it.

I can't remember Wei Meng, Lin Nian simply chose to give up, changed his pajamas, folded the quilt, walked out of the room and went to the bathroom to wash up. When he walked into the living room, he caught a glimpse of Lin Xian's room which was wide open and no one was in it. There is a bowl of soy milk and two steamed buns on the dining table, and there is a note next to it.

[I went to work, I didn't eat at home at noon, and I came back in the afternoon]

Lin Nian tore off the note, walked to the rice cooker and opened the lid, and saw that it was empty, then turned and walked back to the dining table, picked up the bowl of soy milk, put the 20 yuan lunch money pressed under it into his pocket, and took it out again. He took a steamed bun and stretched his waist in his mouth.

A year's plan lies in spring, and a day's plan lies in the morning. No matter the season or time period, this morning should be the best. Lin Nian walked to the living room window and opened the curtains. The dazzling sunlight shone on the brackets outside the window. On the flower bed of Lin Xianyang, a few small pots of dahlias and Er Yuelan bloomed, and the colors were extraordinarily bright under the sunlight. Just a glance can make you feel much better.

Lin Nian took a deep breath and swallowed the buns in three or two gulps. He walked back to the dining table and drank the soy milk in one gulp. After cleaning up the tableware and chopsticks, he was ready to go out.

If it was usual, he should be exercising in the morning now, but today is different. Today he has an appointment. The reason for the dream last night was that he got up late this morning and the time for morning exercise was naturally squeezed out. Now he can only break through several years without changing. If you have planned, go straight to the appointment.

Going downstairs and turning from the alley to the main street, Lin Nian estimated the time and found that the appointed time was almost here. Shang waved and called a taxi to get on.

"Nanshan Cafe, in a hurry."

After reporting the place name, the driver had sparks and lightning all the way, and almost ran a red light. At any rate, he delivered him to his destination before ten o'clock. Looking at the price list, at twenty, Lin Nian only had to put his last lunch money on him. handed over.

Pushing open the glass door and entering the Nanshan Cafe, Lin Nian looked around. The business of this Nanshan Cafe didn't seem to be very good. At this time, it was very busy. He just glanced and saw that he had a relationship with him. The person who dated.

"Here!" By the window, a blond girl in a white bottoming shirt and a pink suit jacket waved at him.

The sunlight outside the window shone on the girl's blond hair, which was dazzling like gold, reminiscent of precious silk and satin. Thinking that this girl cherishes her hair on weekdays, it's hard for Lin Nian not to notice her at first sight, even if This cafe is full of people, probably the first time he walked in, he would still see this beautiful over-the-top girl,

Lin Nian strode over and sat at the table opposite the blonde girl, and found that the other party had prepared a cup of hot coffee for him.

"Like my QQ avatar, this tree is called the World Tree. In Norse mythology, a huge ash tree that connects the nine worlds is also the school emblem of our college." The blonde girl said, in fluent Chinese, There is no foreign accent at all.

"Your Chinese is really good, what's your name?" Lin Nian nodded and said.

"Introduce yourself, Mandy Gonzalez, third-year Cassell College, you can call me Mandy." The blonde girl who called herself Mandy said with a smile.

"You said on the Internet yesterday that you are from Kassel College?" Lin Nian started straight to the point and looked up and down at Mandy. He didn't talk about his style and habits when we first met, but the outfit on the other side was probably worth a lot of money. It is also in line with what Zhao Menghua said that the students of Kassel College are all elites and nobles.

"Yes, it's like a fake replacement." Mandy spread her hands.

"Why are you named Kendo Lover?" Lin Nian asked after thinking for a while.

"I thought you would directly ask me about Kassel College, but I can answer this question, because after seeing you yesterday morning, I thought there should be a lot of girls in your school who added your QQ, and not all of them are based on your personality. Agree, so if I don't use any small tricks, I will most likely be rejected by you as a friend." Mandy said.

"Do you know my character? Where do you come from?" The starting point of Lin Nian's question is very crucial.

"Don't worry, it's a legitimate investigation method. We transferred your student status from your school, Shilan High School, and learned about your life in the orphanage where you grew up, but I don't dare to say that I I got to know you now, so I asked Norma to hack the computer you used in the Internet cafe to observe you quietly." Mandy stirred the coffee in front of him: "Your personality is not withdrawn, but definitely not It's just being extroverted."

"When did the hukou checking unit also recruit foreigners." Lin Nian said lightly.

"I didn't check the household registration, I was the admissions office, although the two methods of doing things are similar." Mandy said leisurely.

"President Li was called by you to do our work yesterday morning?" Lin Nian asked suddenly.

"Yes." Mandy nodded and admitted: "If we suddenly contact you and introduce yourself as a foreign college that wants to recruit you, most of you will think we are some kind of pheasant college, so you are ready to let yourself be. Come get to know us."

"But I don't know much about you now." Lin Nian shook his head.

Mandy smiled and said, "I'm not afraid that you don't understand, I'm afraid that you don't want to understand."

After that, she took out a stack of documents from under the desk and pushed it to Lin Nian. When Lin Nian took over the first document and opened it, she found that it was a copy of the official university license registered by the US Department of Education, and then there were photos. Various college facilities in luxurious style, libraries, sports halls and concert halls. From the perspective of shooting, this Kassel College seems to be located on the halfway of a mountain. The whole looks like a renovated old castle. Students in uniform school uniforms stood at the school gate with white-haired professors. At a glance, they were all handsome men and beautiful women regardless of nationality. The faces of the professors were even more experienced.

"First of all, let me introduce myself. Cassell College is a private university located in the outskirts of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is a fellowship school with the University of Chicago. Every year, we jointly hold equestrian and rowing on Lake Michigan." Looking down at something, he looked up again and continued with his face as usual: "Hot air balloons, swimming and other inter-school competitions, as well as more extensive academic exchanges. We are very honored to be included in the list of foreign exchange students of Shilan High School in the second half of the year. Having obtained your information, we believe that you have met the admission criteria of Kassel College, and we hereby extend an invitation to you as a matriculation student."

"Preparatory student?" Lin Nian said, looking at Mandy who finally finished reciting the book and said with a sigh of relief.

"This is specially prepared for students who have not yet reached the third year of high school but have the qualifications for admission. For example, you can enter the preparatory class in the second half of the second year of high school, and you can take the entrance examination after graduating from the third year of high school. If you pass, you can directly enter the state of Illinois. If you go to university in this department, if you fail to pass the exam, you can return to the country and go back to the college entrance examination, which can be said to be correct." Mandy explained.

"I have the qualifications for admission? Why do I have the qualifications." Lin Nian asked after chewing on the word qualification.

"Because you are excellent enough." Mandy gave Lin Nian a meaningful look and said, "Our Kassel College only admits students who are exceptionally or even exceptionally excellent. Your excellence is even enough for us to skip the exam. The official interview to recruit you."

Lin Nian pinched the handle of the spoon indiscernibly, and asked with the same expression on his face: "It seems that I have no reason to refuse an olive branch from a ready-made famous university?"

"If other people receive an admission letter from Kassel College, even if it is a preparatory class, they will wake up laughing from their dreams." Mandy said faintly.

"But I refuse." Lin Nian put down the coffee spoon and shook his head.

"The reason?" Mandy didn't seem surprised and just took a sip of coffee.

"I can't afford it." Lin Nian said succinctly, "University like yours sounds very expensive."

"Pfft." Mandy couldn't help but chuckle, Lin Nian on the opposite side was not angry, because the other party didn't mean to laugh at him: "If the students of Cassell College can't afford tuition fees or air tickets, they will If we choose to give up, our school will probably become a laughing stock."

"Do you pay the tuition fee?" Lin Nian finally showed surprise.

Mandy nodded and said: "Of course, we will cover not only all tuition fees for students from difficult families, but also all room and board expenses when studying in the preparatory class. The school board will set up a special fund to subsidize, if you successfully pass the preparatory class entrance exam. , then congratulations, you can get a scholarship of 36000 US dollars every year for your excellence. This scholarship can cover all your food, clothing, housing and transportation expenses for four years of college, and you can even mail it back to support your family.”

"It sounds a bit fake, like a pie falling from the sky." Lin Nian said bluntly.

36000 US dollars, at the current exchange rate, is enough to exchange for about 240000 RMB, and it will be issued for four years. If the exchange rate does not fluctuate too much in the future, this scholarship is enough to be called a huge sum of money.

"But now the pie is really falling in front of you, you can go to various places to find various people to inquire, find various official agencies to check whether we really exist, and you can even call the college headquarters to see if there are any My number, I can tell you in advance that my student number is Al082321B, you can find it in the college, if you don't believe it, you can ask them to send you a fax of my ID photo." Mandy said He shrugged and said, "I still have confidence in my ID photo."

Lin Nian took a serious look at Mandy again. Indeed, this girl has a face that can stand the test of the iPhone's front camera.

Speaking of which, Mandy has shown an attitude of not being afraid of not checking, but being too lazy to check.

"Why, afraid that we will sell you to the Middle East to dig coal?" Mandy said jokingly.

"It's too far." Lin Nian said.

"What did you say?" Mandy thought she didn't catch it.

"I said the outer suburbs of Chicago are too far." Lin Nian said, "I'm sorry, but I still refuse."

"No, the prep class is not in Chicago, this prep class is in San Antonio, Texas." Mandy said subconsciously.

"Farther." Lin Nian shook his head.

"I can understand if you say you can't afford to read it, but it's too far away?" Mandy's pretty face finally showed a tangled expression.

"It's too far, it's too far, I live with my sister, I don't feel relieved to leave him alone in the country." Lin Nian said: "The United States is too far from here, if something happens to her in the country, I'm afraid I can't get back in time."

"This" Mandy paused, she considered all the circumstances of Lin Nian's refusal to enroll, but only did not consider the current situation.

(End of this chapter)