The coincidence with Liu Yu was just a small episode. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but Liu Yu's words reminded Lydia that she should really arrange admission to Zongheng.

After Liu Yu left, Lydia patted her chest and said with palpitations: "Fortunately, I met Liu Yu today, otherwise I really wouldn't have thought of it." If it drags on any longer, I'm afraid the child welfare department will come to the door. “

Whether it is Lydia or Hannah, they all subconsciously regard Zongheng as an adult, and no one reminds them, and they can't think of arranging a school for him at all.

She asked, "Nemo, do you think it would be more appropriate for you to go to school now, what grade you should start studying?" “

Zongheng doesn't have enough concept of modern school, but he really doesn't want to hang out with a bunch of twelve-year-olds. He asked, "Can I go straight to college?" ”

Lydia shook her head and said, "It's very difficult, because you don't have a high school degree, basically no university will admit you." Neither can community colleges. “

At least I know that the students who go to community colleges are the worst students. I can't even get into this kind of university, so Zongheng will die of this heart, and I will no longer be entangled in whether I have to go directly to college. He asked again, "What about high school?" Is it OK to go straight to high school? ”

"As long as you can pass the school's test, it's fine."

"Testing?"

"Yes. The school will give you a test to determine what grade you will be able to go to based on your grades. If they think you're great, it's not impossible to go straight to 12th grade and apply to college next year. If they think you're not good, it's possible to send you to the first grade to read poetry with a six- or seven-year-old kid. ”

Zongheng frowned, he wasn't worried that the test might fail, he was just unhappy with Lydia's "no". He cut off a piece of meat and said, "Man, how can you say no?!" “

With that, he shoved the piece of meat into his mouth and chewed it.

……

Lydia was very efficient, and two days later, she contacted the high school affiliated to the University of Chicago and took Zongheng there for an admission interview.

In charge of the reception was a vice principal of the attached high school, named Severus Snape. That's right, this guy tragically shares the same name as the Potions professor in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter. Ever since Harry Potter was published and adapted into a movie, this guy has become famous. Of course, it's certainly not a good reputation.

What is even more tragic is that the vice-chancellor is not a gloomy, mean "old bat" like the Potions professor in the novel, but indeed a handsome middle-aged man with good looks and good manners.

Guided by the secretary, Zongheng and Lydia enter his office. Seeing the two of them enter, the handsome version of Mr. Snape immediately greeted him from behind his desk.

"Welcome! Welcome! Miss Li, and Mr. Li. Have a seat! Even for Zongheng, he used honorifics.

As soon as the two of them were seated, Mr. Snape ordered the secretary, "Lady Lily, please pour twice as much coffee." By the way, take a copy of the entrance test paper. ”

"Okay. Mr. Snape. The white-haired old lady named Lily said yes and went out the door.

Lydia subconsciously wanted to laugh at Mr. Snape's address to the secretary, but she immediately covered her mouth so that she would not make a sound.

Mr. Snape noticed Lydia's reaction and laughed at himself, "I've had this almost every day since Harry Potter became popular. The students even built a website for me to stream my trivia every day. If you want to laugh, just laugh! God gave us the right to laugh so that we could laugh out loud. Forced repression is not only a waste of God's good intentions, but also harms our health. ”

"Right...... I'm sorry. Lydia quickly apologized. But the smile on her face couldn't be suppressed.

Zongheng hadn't watched "Harry Potter" and didn't know why, so he had to forcibly suppress his curiosity and sit there expressionless. It was the first time in his life that he had gone to school, and it was impossible to say that he was not nervous.

Mr. Snape could see that Zongheng's mood was a little nervous, and he smiled and comforted, "It seems that our Mr. Lee is a little nervous. Actually, you don't have to, the test is very simple, just to see what grade you should start learning from. At our University of Chicago High School, we have all grades from kindergarten all the way through 12th grade, so you don't have to worry about not getting into school because of poor grades. “

As he spoke, the secretary, Lady Lily, walked in with a tray containing two cups of coffee and a book.

Mr. Snape motioned for Zongheng and Lydia to enjoy their coffee. After a short pause, he picked up the book, pointed to a small empty table on the side, and said, "This is the entrance test for our high school affiliated to the University of Chicago, which covers the learning points of each subject from the first grade to the twelfth grade. Mr. Li, after drinking this cup of coffee, you can finish this test paper over there. Don't worry, we have plenty of time. ”

That being said, Mr. Snape's words were more or less noticeably urging. He hurriedly reached out and took the test book, walked to the small table with a coffee cup in his other hand, picked up the pen and began to answer the questions.

This workbook is written according to different subjects, and each subject is prepared from easy to difficult. As he answered, Mr. Snape stood behind him and watched.

Sometimes he rejoices, sometimes he frowns. Whenever Zongheng answered well, he happily said, "Awesome! Very good. ”

And when the speed of answering questions slows down, he will frown and muttered from time to time: "How can this be?" ”

The questions in this question book are all multiple-choice questions. But Rao is like this, it still took two and a half hours to basically complete. Many of the questions were not in the scope of his daily reading, so he answered them poorly.

Mr. Snape flipped through the questionnaire and said, "According to the rules, students who apply to take the qualification test have to wait two days for the results to be known. After all, with such a thick test paper, it also takes a lot of time to mark the paper. However, as one of the examiners of this paper, I have just watched Mr. Li's answering process, and I think we can simplify the process. ”

When Lydia and Zongheng heard this, their hearts suddenly rejoiced, and they hurriedly said, "Thank you!" Thank you! ”

But Snape wasn't done yet. He continued: "But before announcing the results, I would like to ask Mr. Lee a question. ”

Both Zongheng and Lydia knew that what was going to happen was crucial, and they sat upright, staring at Mr. Snape.

Snape asked, "Mr. Lee, what are your plans for your life?" ”

"Planning?" Zongheng didn't expect Snape to ask this question, and he was a little confused for a moment.

"Yes, what do you want to be in the future? Or rather, what do you want to do? Snape thought he didn't understand, and repeated his question in a different way.

Zongheng was asked. Ever since he came into this world, he has actually been getting by, never really thinking about what he wants to do in the future. From New Bedford to New York, to Midwood, and finally to Chicago, it was not on his own initiative. He always followed the footsteps of others, and occasionally did things such as saving little Jennifer in 911, killing the gunman at the Peace Hotel, and killing two policemen on the road outside of Midwood, all of which were the result of passive stress.

What exactly do I want to do? The question grew bigger and bigger in Zongheng's mind, and soon it took over his entire mind, so that he could no longer notice anything else.

Seeing that Zongheng was stupid to be asked a question, Lydia was suddenly a little anxious. She was about to give a reminder, but was stopped by a gesture from Snape.

"Shhhh Don't speak, let him think for himself. Only by thinking about it yourself, can you go more solid in the future. Snape whispered.

The two of them waited for a few minutes before their eyes became clear again.

"I want to invent a time machine," he said. ”

"Time machine?" Lydia was stunned. The question came as a surprise to her.

"Yes." "I like history very much, but I have doubts about whether the truth of history is as it says in books." If I had a time machine, I would be able to go back in time and see for myself how history happened. So, I wanted to invent a time machine. ”

"Is this possible?" Lydia couldn't help but blurt out. She was anxious for Zongheng. On the one hand, he felt that Zongheng was whimsical, and on the other hand, he felt that such an answer was not serious enough, which might reduce Zongheng's impression in Snape's mind. What if Snape felt that Zongheng's answer was unsatisfactory and refused to let him enroll? You know, as a vice principal, he has this right.

But Snape didn't mind at all. He smiled very well and said, "I can see from your answer sheet that you have a lot of knowledge about language, history and even law. I thought your ambitions would be on the liberal arts side. But I never expected that your real interest would be in physics, and in the hardest part of physical theory - time. It seems that you don't want to be a lawyer or a historian, but like a theoretical physicist. Is that right? ”

Zongheng nodded.

The people present, except for themselves, did not know that what he had said earlier was just some pretext. What he really wanted to do was to go back to the Tang Dynasty where he had lived through a time machine. There was his wife, his unborn child, and the thousands of Black Tiger Villagers who had sheltered under his wing. Although Liang Yuan here is good, it is not his hometown after all. And if he can travel back from more than a thousand years ago to modern times, why can't he travel back from modern times? Zongheng never thinks that his ideas are fantastical.

Snape laughed, "In that case, then I would like to welcome you on behalf of the University of Chicago High School." Mr. Li, you will enter the 10th grade of our school. Please choose a course within one week and inform the school department of the result of your course selection. I wish you a great time at school. ”