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Chapter 18

The two chatted with Sheldon for a few words, and Peggy invited, "Would you like to come to my house for dinner tonight?"

It has been more than half a year since I met Peggy, and the relationship between him and Peggy's family has become better and better.

In the beginning, Linda occasionally invited Locke to his house for dinner in order to let Locke take care of Peggy at school.

In the process of contact, Barry and Linda's perception of Locke is getting better and better, relying on the various excellent qualities displayed by high emotional intelligence, and being able to make many useful suggestions and provide them with some small help.

Both of them have established a good friendship with Locke. Barry is a dentist. Although his income is not as high as those of surgeons who earn millions a year, he still earns a lot of money and has a lot of free time.

Occasionally, knowing that Locke also invests in stocks, the two gradually began to chat about some stock investment topics.

Barry even accepted Locke's investment advice. The stocks he bought had some losses and some profits, but overall he still made a lot of money and his income was stable.

Under the superposition of various factors, he basically goes to Peggy's house to have dinner together every week, which can be regarded as half of the family.

"No, I still have things to do." This time, Locke still rejected Peggy's invitation.

"Are you dating a girl?" Peggy quickly guessed what Locke was going to do.

"That's not what you should care about."

"Mandy, Karen, or Jennifer?" Peggy asked, still interested.

"I said it's not your concern."

"You know I don't care about these things, but my sister Erica is very interested in all kinds of news about you, and asks me from time to time." Peggy said with a bit of teasing: "Especially knowing that you are starting to have feelings for girls." After interest."

Peggy's older sister, Erica, is different from Peggy. She goes to a public high school. It's not that Barry doesn't have the money to send his daughter to a private high school, but Erica is a real scumbag.

Like most American girls of this age, Erica likes music, fashionable clothes, and all kinds of fun, but she is not interested in studying, and her academic performance has always been at the bottom.

Erica couldn't adapt to the strict rules of the private high school, and had no interest in her studies. In the end, she was expelled because of some problems. Barry and Linda had to send her to a public high school.

After overhearing Peggy say that Locke started having sex with girls at school, Erica, who was originally attracted by Locke's handsome appearance, once again had the idea of ​​riding a rocket with Locke.

Locke didn't continue talking. He didn't have any feelings for Erica. First, Erica didn't meet his aesthetic standards, and second, he didn't want to complicate his relationship with the Swansons.

In the end, he didn't want to discuss this with a ten-year-old girl.

After sending Peggy home, Locke turned in a different direction, but it was not the school, but Jennifer's home.

Every time I see Jennifer, those slender and straight long legs remind Locke of Transformers.

That is to say, the Chevrolet Camaro has not been released yet, otherwise Locke felt that he could get one to go out for a drive with Jennifer and experience the joy of the Transformers hero.

Of course, Locke felt it on the pickup truck, and left the shoe prints of high heels on the roof, which is mainly due to the unique culture of Texas.

The most popular car in Texas is not a stable sedan, but a variety of pickups, and the used car that Locke bought is also a pickup.

In the famous Lone Star State, not only people like muscle cars, but also cowboy culture is very popular. People can often see people riding horses on the roads in the city, so Locke also has a riding skill.

Jennifer's family background is average. Her mother died young, and her father was a car repairer. Because of her little fame, her income is barely considered middle class. This is why her appearance and figure faintly overwhelm Mandy, but she is still Mandy's best friend. one.

Influenced by her father, Jennifer likes cars very much, especially the muscle cars. Now she is more interested in Transformers, especially Optimus Prime and Megatron. She likes them very much. Every time she is with Locke, she will hang on mouth.

After the soul-shaking voice finally stopped, Jennifer quietly leaned against Locke's arms. After a while, Locke said first, "I heard you had a falling out with Mandy recently?"

Jennifer shuddered, pretending not to care, and said, "Anyway, we are graduating in less than two months."

"There must be other reasons. I heard that you have gotten very close to Abby, Mandy's least favorite girl recently."

Abby is Mandy's neighbor, and the grievances between the two began since childhood. The main reason is that Abby's family is richer than Mandy's, and Abby's parents dote on Abby very much.

Since she was a child, Abby often got better gifts than Mandy, which made Mandy always jealous of Abby and regarded Abby as the most hated person.

Although Abby's family is rich, she has an introverted and kind personality, and her appearance is relatively ordinary. After reaching middle school, Mandy established an advantage among the students, and began to embarrass Abby from time to time in school.

Jennifer has a pretty good personality. She was Mandy's best friend to avoid being hostile.

Her figure is even more perfect than Mandy, and Locke has a deep say in this.

When she was with Mandy, Jennifer would wear some ordinary clothes that didn't show off her figure so that she would not be so conspicuous. When she spoke, she was careful to flatter Mandy and always hide herself under Mandy's light.

There must be a reason why such a sophisticated girl who knows how to protect herself suddenly fell out with Mandy.

"There is a problem with the stocks my father invested in." After a while, Jennifer suddenly said something that seemed irrelevant.

With just such a sentence, Locke came up with a guess after thinking for a while: "Are you doing it for money? How much is Abby's father willing to give you?"

According to Locke, Jennifer had always wanted to go to the University of Los Angeles to study.

It's just that American universities are very expensive. For a long time, the tuition fees of private high schools made Jennifer's father almost unable to save money, and he could barely afford a part of the university tuition fees.

Jennifer's grades can only be regarded as excellent, not at the top level, and it is impossible to get a scholarship, so Jennifer often worries about the money for college.

In his previous life, Locke heard many people say that parents in the United States will no longer care about their children when they grow up, and let their children work alone. They rely on their own loans to go to college, and they earn their living expenses by working part-time.

In fact, this is not the case. Like Dongguo, in normal American families, parents will provide their children with help within their ability, including the tuition required for college.

Although the United States has student loans, it is not so pleasant to be burdened with heavy debts as soon as you graduate from college. Like Leonard in The Big Bang Theory, he has been repaying student loans for more than 20 years after graduation, and Dongguo The mortgage is almost the same.

Now that Jennifer's father failed to invest in stocks, there must be a big problem with the expected college fund. With Abby's father's doting on Abby, he spent a little money that was insignificant in his eyes to let a girl help her daughter who has been bullied at school. Not surprising either.

"He is willing to help me pay for my first year of tuition." Jennifer said: "Just need me to be Abby's friend until graduation and give her a good high school memory."

The University of Los Angeles is a public university, and its fees are not as high as those of private universities, but the annual tuition fee is generally between [-] and [-] US dollars.

This figure was still a lot of money in the eighties and 90s. It was nothing to Abby's father, but it was what Jennifer needed urgently. It was such a large amount of money that made Jennifer decide to take risks.

"Mandy has a lot of thoughts. If there is something that can't be handled, I may be able to provide a little help."

"I have been with Mandy for several years and know how to deal with her better than you do, and I spoke with Ms. Lisa from the admissions committee on the phone, and I was able to get an offer from the University of Los Angeles in no time.

Staying at school now is to fulfill Abby's father's request and give Abby's high school a happy ending. "

The two of them didn't continue to discuss in depth on this aspect. Since Jennifer can solve it by herself, Locke will not intervene. After all, the relationship between the two of them has not yet reached that level.

Jennifer and Mandy say they are best friends, but they are actually Mandy's followers. This is also a kind of self-protection that Jennifer chose in high school.

In Locke's view, it is also a good thing for Jennifer to leave a bad example. Dongguo's values ​​have long been formed in her previous life. girl.

(End of this chapter)