I got up early the next morning and was invited to wait at the school gate.

Zhang Xiaokai has a backpack on his back, and he is wearing a white cotton coat, and at the beginning of December, the weather is already very cold, which is also an aspect of San Francisco that is not as good as Los Angeles, which is further south and has higher temperatures.

A car drove by, Aston Martin DB9, convertible version.

I've never seen anyone drive this kind of car in school before, and I was slightly surprised, and after thanking the girl sitting in the driver's seat, I opened the door and sat in, and the rear space was a little narrow.

In the other three seats sat a girl, the one he had seen in the car, named Jennifer. The family seems to be quite good, and there is always a group of men and women around her on weekdays.

After all, it's a man, and the memory of a beautiful girl is always deeper.

Zhang Xiaokai and her have only crossed paths once, and when the school started in the second half of this year, Jennifer helped the teacher take him to the class to familiarize himself with the new environment. Since then, it's been just the occasional hello.

"Have you had breakfast, I still have a sandwich here.

Little guy, it's your first time taking the ACT, right, I advise you to eat some first, otherwise if you get nervous, you may vomit at that time. ”

Before she could set off, Miss Jennifer turned sideways, threw the sandwich to Zhang Xiaokai, who was sitting in the back row, and continued: "This is my second time, the last time I took the ACT was at the end of September, and there was a strong black student in our examination room, and he was so nervous that he vomited, and his psychology did not match his appearance at all. ”

Her friend then said, "But since you can skip a grade, you should be very smart, right, Asians are very advantageous in learning." ”

"I ...... It's okay, some of the knowledge I haven't learned has just been mastered recently, and whether you can get a high score depends mainly on luck, thank you for the sandwich. Zhang Xiaokai said with a smile that he really wasn't too sure about the entrance test that was coming today.

Fasten your seatbelts and set off with your roof open.

The wind poured into the clothes from the neckline, and it was so cold that I couldn't help shivering, at the beginning, I thought about why I wanted to open the convertible in this weather, others were kind enough to bring themselves, Zhang Xiaokai was embarrassed to say.

Listening to the chat of the three girls, I realized that the button was not working, and it was impossible to close it, and the old convertible that had been six years old was inevitably a little problematic.

Blown by the cold wind, I got on the road and headed for downtown San Francisco......

came to the test area in advance and agreed to gather near the car after the test, Zhang Xiaokai's age was obviously a lot younger than the other candidates.

Before entering the examination room, he listened to the teacher's arrangement, handed over his mobile phone, filled in personal information, and only brought pens, erasers and other tools into it.

Quickly completed the English test paper, without any vocabulary he didn't understand, and took the math test again and again, it was still smooth, easier than he imagined, and he kept scribbling the options on the answer sheet with a pencil, and left a lot of time to check it after it was over.

After finishing the math test, it was already 10:45, and I had a fifteen-minute break, just enough to drink some water and go to the toilet.

The number of people queuing in the men's toilet is significantly smaller than that in the women's toilet, and the physiological structure is different, which is more convenient.

At eleven o'clock, he sat down and continued to take the exam, reading and science were not difficult, which made Zhang Xiaokai gradually have the idea that one test was enough, and then the writing question was "the sustainability of the world's resources", and the grammar and vocabulary were rich enough to not stump him.

I handed in the papers and left the venue early, and I couldn't leave until the end of the time, and I roughly recalled the questions, and felt that if nothing else, I should be able to get a relatively high score, and my heart finally let go.

……

The other two girls looked depressed, complaining about how difficult the topic was, Zhang Xiaokai didn't speak, in fact, he didn't think the so-called problem was difficult, but the steps were more cumbersome, and he took a little time to solve it.

The reading questions are simpler, it only takes less than ten minutes to complete the four articles, the emotional intelligence is okay, and the real thoughts are not said, so there is no need to pull hatred.

Miss Jennifer probably did quite well in the exam, and when she got into the car and was about to go back, she asked Zhang Xiaokai and said, "Little Matt, how are you doing?" Don't worry, you still have many chances, and it will be very easy to take the exam after taking two or three times, I mean relaxed mentality.

Seeing that you came out so early, you shouldn't have given up the writing part, it's useless to just read books, and you should read more news at ordinary times, which will help improve your writing. ”

“…… It's okay, the questions I drew were relatively simple, and they were all made, but I don't know if there was anything wrong with it. ”

"It's already great, now you want to go straight back to school, or take the opportunity to go to the mall in the city, I can treat you to lunch. ”

As soon as Jennifer's words fell, her two friends were immediately excited, Zhang Xiaokai didn't care, his father had been busy stocking fish fry in the fishing farm recently, and he had to clean the biogas digester, so he didn't have time to drive over to find him.

They all regarded Zhang Xiaokai as a little brother, and when they went to the mall, someone invited them to eat and someone to drink coffee, which was quite ceremonial, and they started shopping after resting.

Probably really rich, Jennifer felt that she did well in the exam, and even wanted to reward herself with a Chanel coat, which cost more than 4,000 dollars, and her friends touted it next to her, asking her to lend it to the party when the time came.

It was embarrassing at the checkout, and the cashier told me that the credit card could not be swiped, and the card was changed, but it still could not be swiped.

Seeing Jennifer standing there, her face was red and white, and a waiter asked her if she wanted to call and ask the bank what was going on, Zhang Xiaokai could see her embarrassment from several meters away.

is also a gentleman, rummaged through his schoolbag, handed over his father's credit card supplementary card, helped to solve the siege and said: "Swipe me first, the limit should be enough." ”

Jennifer didn't think about how Zhang Xiaokai had a credit card, only full of emotion, and instantly came to life, telling him that she would return it to him when she went back.

After that, I watched another movie before going back to school.

Jennifer not only paid back the money that night, but also invited Zhang Xiaokai to a party, and there was a party the next day.

Because of a small touch of hers, she actually pulled Zhang Xiaokai into her circle of friends, and almost all the beautiful girls in the school were there, which made other boys envious.

is too young to suffer, and they all treat Zhang Xiaokai as a younger brother, and some girls even want to introduce their sisters, elementary school sisters or something to him.

happened to have no friends, and was taken by Jennifer for a few days, during which Zhang Xiaokai also took the time to change the article written by Mr. Stewart and sent it to the other party's mailbox.

There will be no SAT test until next year, whether it is the score of the ACT or the SAT, it can be used to apply for college, so Zhang Xiaokai has been very idle recently, and the final test results were published before the holiday, he is all A+, and the specific ranking has not been announced.

Just in time for the Christmas holidays, the scores for the ACT test without writing were also released.

Zhang Xiaokai didn't check, Jennifer helped him check the results, called at this moment, and asked in a complaining tone: "Thirty-six points, this kind of highest score is what you call it?" I only have thirty-one points, and when I told you that the next time I continue to work hard, you laughed at me in your heart, right?"

"No, I just took the test casually, and I really got thirty-six points?"

……