Like Robert, Chicago's Jerry Slocum also made a name for himself in school because he knew how to restore the Rubik's Cube. However, unlike Robert, who found it troublesome, Jerry enjoyed everything that the Rubik's Cube brings.

Because of the Rubik's Cube, Jerry became the center of attention, because of the Rubik's Cube, he made like-minded friends, and because of the Rubik's Cube, he also made a small profit.

Jerry organized a Rubik's Cube club, membership-based, you have to pay money to join, and after becoming a member, you can learn how to restore the Rubik's Cube with Jerry.

As soon as the club was founded, it grew rapidly, and Jerry became a small millionaire with membership fees alone.

But Jerry wasn't satisfied. How many people can he teach on his own?

He decided to write out the method of restoring the Rubik's Cube, so that anyone who wanted to learn the Rubik's Cube could do it by reading a book.

He had the title of the book in mind, and it was called "You Can Restore the Rubik's Cube (YouCanDoTheCube)".

Jerry believes that this is the best way to go.

Soon, Jerry's book was somehow known to the publisher. The publisher also thought that a book that taught people to restore the Rubik's Cube should sell, so they approached Jerry. So, before the book was finished, Jerry sold it.

Jerry was not the only one who thought of publishing the book, and a mathematician at the University of California also had the same idea, he was originally just asked by a friend in the newspaper to make a review of the "Rubik's Cube" toy, but he did not expect this test to be fascinated and became a loyal player of the Rubik's Cube.

……

On September 5th, after Nina's car was repaired, Evan took Audrey and Virginia to Los Angeles together.

Evan thought about paying Nina for a new car, as Virginia said, but Nina didn't agree. Evan had no choice but to let her go.

After arriving in Los Angeles, the three of them first rested in the hotel for a night, and the next day, under the leadership of Carl, the three of them went to pick a house together.

Virginia didn't want to be a light bulb, but Audrey insisted on letting her go, saying, "Virginia, your school only opened on the 16th, will you stay in a hotel next?"

Evan's California Institute of Technology is located in Pasadena, northeast of Los Angeles, and Audrey's High School for the Arts and Crafts is about 14 miles (about 22 kilometers) southwest of downtown Los Angeles. For Audrey's convenience, Evan wanted to rent the house close to the art high school. After a long day of selection and looking at nearly a dozen houses, the two (at this point Virginia was unexpectedly ignored) finally settled on a villa in the University Park area. This place is near a park, very close to Audrey School, and not far from the commercial district, so it is not only a good environment, but also convenient for shopping and living.

The villa is not very large, it is a very ordinary two-storey building, plus a basement and a small garage with four bedrooms, two large and two small.

The villa should have all the living utensils, clean inside and out, and you can move in with your bag. Personal items such as bed sheets and quilt covers were prepared by each of them when they came. So, that night, the trio moved in.

Audrey and Virginia cooked the dinner together, and the ingredients were bought when everyone got acquainted with the neighborhood together.

To thank Carl for his hard work, Audrey invites him to eat his first meal in the new house.

Because of the limited ingredients, the pasta is made. Audrey's cooking skills are still good, and Virginia can only do it.

After eating, Carl took his leave early.

After tidying up the dining table and kitchen, the three of them went back to the house, and the sheets and quilts still had to be changed. Of the four bedrooms, two large are downstairs and two smaller are on the second floor. Virginia consciously went up to the second floor, leaving the two large rooms downstairs to Evan and Audrey.

After seeing Virginia go upstairs, Audrey thought about it and went next door to help Evan make the bed before returning to her room.

"Knock knock!"

As soon as Audrey returned to the house, Evan followed him, stood at the door, knocked on the open door, and asked, "May I ask Your Highness, princess, is this castle a gentleman's stop?"

Audrey looked up at him, threw the old order in her hand at him, and said, "I said yes, won't you come in?"

Evan nodded, picking up the sheets on the floor and saying, "Of course!"

"I will be a competent guard at the gate of the castle. ”

With that, Evan turned to leave.

Audrey stopped him: "Huh...... What are you doing with the sheets?"

Evan turned around and said as a matter of course, "What can you do...... Of course you threw it?"

Audrey hurriedly said, "Don't, it looks like it's still new, keep it." It's a waste to just throw it away. ”

Naturally, Evan would not disagree with such a trivial matter, so he folded the sheets and put them in the clothes basket in the bathroom. Then, he went back to the door of Audrey's room and watched as she made the bed alone.

"Audrey?"

"Huh?"

"Take the long night slowly, or what can we do to pass the time?"

"Yes, what do you want to do?"

"We ......" Evan looked at Audrey sitting on the edge of the bed, and didn't know where to pull out a box...... The unopened playing cards say, "Let's play cards!"

Audrey blinked and said, "Okay!"

……

The next day was Saturday, and Audrey wanted to go to the school in advance, and the last time she came for an interview, she went back to Sacramento without having to rush into anything because of the tight schedule.

This time, Virginia said she wouldn't go with them.

So, at nearly nine o'clock in the morning, Evan drove Audrey out the door. Virginia took a solo ride to her school, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Located next to Los Angeles Memorial Stadium, the Arts and Crafts High School is one of the oldest high schools in Los Angeles, and its current campus was newly built after the 1933 earthquake, so it has a variety of facilities. It covers an area of more than 70,000 square meters, half of which is a variety of sports facilities. But after walking around, Evan felt that it was no different from a normal school.

Probably because the school hasn't started yet, I haven't been able to see the activities of various art clubs.

As an art high school, it naturally has many artist alumni, such as baritone Lawrence Tibbett, composer Nacio Herb Brown, actress and soprano Kathleen Grayson, etc. Of course, these people don't know each other.

But one of Evan acquaintances is a graduate: Governor Earle's admirer Goodwin Knight, a prosecutor who is competing with Speaker Charles for the post of lieutenant governor.

This fact surprised him by the fact that Evan had stumbled upon it on the school's well-known alumni bulletin board.

After leaving the high school campus, Evan offered to visit the University of Southern California next door.

The University of Southern California is the oldest private research university on the West Coast of the United States, founded in 1880, and Caltech eleven years later. It is adjacent to Los Angeles Memorial Stadium and is less than a kilometer away from the High School of the Arts.

The University of Southern California is the university with the closest relationship with Hollywood because of its proximity to Hollywood, and its School of Cinematic Arts is the oldest, largest and most prestigious college in the United States.

After parking in the parking lot next to the stadium, Evan and Audrey entered the USC campus through the gates of Expo Boulevard.

Many of USC's buildings have a strong Roman feel, reminiscent of Audrey's classic movie.

At this time, USC has also not yet opened, but there are many students on campus. As the two passed by an intramural sports field, they saw two rugby teams playing in the field, attracting a large number of students. I don't know if it's an official competition or just training.

Seeing football, Evan remembered an interesting incident that happened between the two sworn enemies, USC and UCLA. So, Evan dragged Audrey to a bronze statue on the Trousdale Parkway (a street) and introduced, "Audrey, this statue's name is Tommy Trojan. ”

Then they walked up to a bronze bell, and Evan pointed to it and said, "It's called the Victory Bell, and it turned out to be UCLA's." Now it's the prize for the winner of the UCLA and USC football matchup. ”

Audrey looked confused and asked, "Why did the UCLA stuff become a contest prize?" ”

Evan was waiting for Audrey to ask this question, and immediately laughed when he heard this: "This is related to a prank five years ago. ”

"UCLA and USC football teams share the same stadium at Los Angeles Memorial Stadium because of their proximity. The teams of the two schools are similar in strength and have a strong competitive atmosphere with each other. ”

In 1939, the bell appeared at UCLA games, and cheerleaders would ring it every time their team had a touchdown. By the way, this bell was given to the school by alumni. ”

"Five years ago, in 1941, six members of the USC Trojan Order (a student organization with a bit of a brotherhood character) stole and hid the bell before a game began. The UCLA people knew that the people from USC had done it, and they tried hard to find the clock, but they couldn't find it. The clock used to be hidden in the basement of the SigEp fraternity, in the Hollywood Hills, and even in a haystack. ”

The clock was hidden for more than a year, and the following year, its photo was published, causing outrage among UCLA students and escalating the prank. As a result, the bronze statue we just looked at was sprayed red by UCLA students, and USC burned 'USC' on the turf of their campus. ”

When it was time for this to happen, the USC president intervened, threatening to cancel the game permanently if it continued to make trouble. In this case, the two sides signed an agreement to stop this 'mischievous war' between the two schools. ”

And this bronze bell, after paying half of the cost at USC, has since become a trophy for victory in the competition. ”

In the United States, many colleges have a culture of pranks, but not many do it like USC and last for as long as a year.

After listening to Evan's explanation, Audrey just smiled, and then said, "It's good that you didn't take the USC exam, otherwise you and Virginia would have become 'mortal enemies', and I wouldn't know who to support." ”

After watching the USC service, in the evening, the two returned to the "cabin in the woods"—the nickname given to the house they had rented by Audrey, the winner of last night's three-man battle with the landlord.