Chapter 7: Cafe
At 9:30 in the morning, the sun shone outside the window, Lin Nian opened his eyes and sat up on the bed.
As if Lin Nian sat on the bed, his eyes were straight and he seemed to be dazed, but in fact it was not the case. He was recalling, and I vaguely remembered that I had a strange dream last night.
But after sitting in bed for several minutes, Lin Nian couldn't remember the details of the strange dream, which made him helpless. Although he had a great memory, things like Meng are often unreasonable. If you forget, you can forget it. You can't even say that you have truly remembered it.
I can't remember that Meng Linnian simply chose to give up, changed into pajamas, folded the quilt, walked out of the room and went into the bathroom to wash, and when he walked into the living room, he caught Lin Xian's room open, and there was no one inside. There was a bowl of soy milk and two buns on the dining table next to the living room, and a note was posted next to it.
[I went to work and didn't eat at home at noon and came back in the afternoon]
Lin Nian pulled off the note, walked to the rice cooker and opened the lid and saw that it was empty. Then he turned around and walked back to the dining table. He picked up the bowl of soy milk and put the twenty yuan lunch money underneath in his pocket. He took another bun and held it in his mouth and stretched.
The plan for the year lies in spring, and the plan for the day lies in morning. Whether it is 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 flower beds on the stand outside the window. The small pots of dahlias and February orchids grown by Lin Xian were blooming. The colors were particularly bright under the sunshine. Just a glance could make you feel much better.
Lin Nianshen took a breath and swallowed the buns in a few sips. He walked back to the dining table and drank the soy milk in one sip, cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks and prepared to go out.
If it was the usual, he should be doing morning exercises now, but today is different. He had an appointment outside today. The reason for his dream last night was that he got up late this morning. Naturally, the time for morning exercises was squeezed out. Now he can only break the plan that has not changed for several years and go out to go out to the appointment directly.
After going downstairs and turning from the alley to the main street, Lin Nian estimated that the time had come by the agreed time. If he took the bus, it would be too late. He had never liked late people, so he could only wave to a taxi on the street and get on the bus.
“Nanshan Cafe, hurry up.”
After signing up for the place name, the driver had sparks and lightning all the way, and almost ran a red light. After all, he sent him to his destination before ten o'clock. After looking at the price list, Lin Nian had no choice but to pay the last lunch money on himself.
He pushed open the glass door and entered the Nanshan Cafe. Lin Nian looked around. The Nanshan Cafe didn't look very good. At this time, the door was deserted. He just glanced at the person who had an appointment with him.
"Here!" A blonde girl wearing a white base shirt and a pink blazer waved at him.
The sunlight outside the window shines on the girl's blonde hair, dazzling like gold, reminding people of the precious soft silk. I think this girl cherishes her hair on weekdays. It is difficult for Lin Nian not to notice her at first sight. Even if the cafe is crowded, he will probably see this beautiful and excessive girl when he walks in.
Lin Nian strode over and sat at the opposite table of the blonde girl, and found that the other party had prepared a cup of hot coffee for him. The lace on it was a semi-decaying tree, which looked particularly familiar.
"Like my QQ avatar, this tree is called the World Tree. A huge ash tree that runs through the nine worlds in Nordic mythology is also the school emblem of our college." The blonde girl said, using fluent Chinese and unable to hear any unique accents of foreigners.
"You are really good at Chinese, what do you call me?" Lin Nian nodded and said.
"Introduce yourself, Manti Gonzalez, third year of Cassel Academy, you can call me Manti." The blonde girl who called herself Manti said with a smile.
"You said on the Internet yesterday that you are from Kassel Academy?" Lin Nian looked straight to the point and looked up and down at Mandy. When he first met, he did not talk about his style and habits, but the outfit on the other party was probably worth a lot of money, which was in line with what Zhao Menghua said that the students at Kassel Academy were all elite nobles.
"Yes, it's like a fake one." Mandy spread her hands.
"Why is the name "Jiandao Fan?" Lin Nian thought about it and asked.
"I thought you would ask me directly about Cassel College, but I can answer this question, because yesterday morning, I felt that there should be many girls in your school who added your QQ, and you would not agree with all of them, so if I don't need some small tricks, I will most likely be rejected by you for your friend's application." Mandy said.
"Do you know my personality? Where do you come from?" Lin Nian's question is very critical.
"Don't worry, it's all legitimate investigative methods. We have adjusted your academic status from your school Shilan High School, and learned about your life in the orphanage where you grew up. But just these points I dare not say I know you, so I asked Norma to hack you and observe you quietly in the computer computer in the Internet cafe." Mandy disturbed the coffee in front of him: "Your personality is not aloof, but you are definitely not extrovert."
"When will the units that check household registration also recruit foreigners?" Lin Nian said lightly.
"I'm not a household registration check, I'm an admissions office, although the two have similar methods of doing things." Mandy said leisurely.
"Director Li was you who called us to do our job yesterday morning?" Lin Nian suddenly asked.
"Yes." Mandy nodded and admitted: "If we suddenly come into contact with you, it is a foreign college that wants to recruit you, then most of you will think we are a pheasant university, so you are ready to hit you to understand us by yourself."
"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 saying that, she took out a stack of documents from under the table and pushed them to Lin Nian. Lin Nian took the first document and opened it and found that it was a copy of the regular university license registered by the US Department of Education, followed by photos. The photos included various classical and luxurious style college facilities, libraries, sports halls and concert halls. From the long-range shooting, this Kassel Academy seems to be located on the hillside of a mountain. It is like a renovated ancient castle. Some students wearing uniforms and white-haired professors stood at the school gate together, scanning the handsome men and beautiful women regardless of nationality. The professors' faces were full of battles.
"First of all, let me introduce myself. Cassel College is a private university located in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is a friendship school with the University of Chicago. Every year, we jointly organize equestrians and rowing in Lake Michigan." Mandy was reading it and suddenly looked down at something, then looked up and continued with a normal expression: "Hot air balloons, swimming and other inter-school competitions, and more extensive academic exchanges. We are very honored to get your information from the list of foreign exchange students in the second half of the year of Shilan High School. We believe that you have met the admission standards of Cassel College, and hereby send you a preparatory invitation."
"Preparator?" Lin Nian said as she looked at Mandy, who had finally finished memorizing the book.
"This is specially designed for students who have not yet reached the third year of high school but have the qualifications to enroll. For example, you can enter the preparatory class in the second half of your senior year, and you can take the entrance exam after graduating from the third year of high school. If you pass, you can go directly to the Illinois headquarters to study in college. If you fail, you will return to the country and go back to the college entrance examination. It can be said that it is both right." Mandy explained.
"I am qualified to enter school? Why do I have the qualification?" Lin Nian asked carefully and chewed the two words "qualification".
"Because you are excellent enough." Mandy glanced at Lin Nian meaningfully and said, "Our Kassel College only recruits those students who are particularly outstanding and even excellent. Your excellence is even enough for us to directly skip the examiner interview to recruit you."
Lin Nian pinched the handle of the spoon in a slight way, and asked with a constant expression on his face: "It seems that I have no reason to refuse the olive branch delivered by a ready-made prestigious university?"
"If other people receive the admission letter from Kassel College, they will have to wake up even in their preparatory class." Mandy said quietly.
"But I refuse." Lin Nian put down the coffee spoon and shook his head.
"What's the reason?" Mandy didn't seem surprised and just took a sip of coffee.
"I can't afford to study." Lin Nian said concisely: "Your colleges sound very expensive."
"Puff." Mandy couldn't help but chuckled. Lin Nian opposite was not angry because the other party had no intention of ridicule: "If the students Kassel College chose to give up because they could not afford the tuition and could not afford the air ticket, our school would probably become a laughing stock."
"You guys have the tuition fee?" Lin Nian finally showed surprise.
Mandy nodded and said, "Of course we provide the following: "We will provide you with all the tuition fees for students from difficult families, as well as all the food, accommodation and expenses when studying for the preparatory class. If you successfully pass the preparatory class entrance exam, then congratulations, you can receive a scholarship of $36,000 per year with your excellence. This scholarship is enough to cover all the expenses of food, clothing, housing and transportation in your four years of college, and you can even mail it back to subsidize your household expenses."
"It sounds a bit fake, like a pie falling from the sky." Lin Nian said bluntly.
36,000 US dollars is enough to exchange for around 240,000 RMB at the current exchange rate, and it will be issued for four years. If the exchange rate does not fluctuate much in the future, this scholarship is enough to be called a huge sum.
"But now the pie has really fallen in front of you. You can go to various places to inquire about people, find out various official institutions to verify whether we really exist. You can even call the college headquarters to see if there are people like me. I can tell you in advance that my student number is Al082321B, you can check it in the college. If you don't believe it yet, you can ask them to send you a fax of my ID photo." Mandy shrugged and said, "I am still very confident in my ID photo."
Lin Nian looked at Mandy again seriously. Indeed, the girl had a face that could withstand the test of the iPhone's front camera.
Speaking of this, Mandy has shown an attitude of not being afraid that you will not investigate, but that you will not be too lazy to investigate.
"Why, I'm afraid we'll sell you to the Middle East to dig coal?" Mandy said quipped.
"It's too far." Lin Nian said.
"What did you say?" Mandy thought she didn't hear it clearly.
"I said Chicago is too far away," Lin Nian said: "Sorry, I still refuse."
"No, the preparatory class is not in Chicago, this preparatory class is in San Antonio, Texas." Mandy said subconsciously.
"It's even further." Lin Nian shook his head.
"I can understand if you say you can't read it, but what's the point of rejection?" Mandy's beautiful face finally showed a tangled expression.
"It's too far, it's too far. I live with my sister and I'm not at ease. I'm leaving him alone in China." Lin Nian said: "The United States is too far away from here. If something happens to her in China, I'm afraid I won't have time to come back."
"This" Mandy paused for a moment. She considered all the situations of Lin Nian's refusal to enroll, but she did not consider the current situation.
Chapter completed!