At half past nine in the morning, the sun was shining outside the window, Lin Nian opened his eyes and sat up on the bed.

Contrary to the usual spirit, Lin Nian sat on the bed with straight eyes and seemed to be in a daze, but in fact it was not, he was reminiscing, I vaguely remembered that I had a strange dream last night.

But after sitting on the bed for a few minutes, Lin Nian couldn't remember the details of the strange dream, which made him very helpless, although he had an excellent memory, but dreams are often unreasonable, and if you forget it, you can forget it, and you can't even say that you really remember.

I can't remember the strange dream Lin Nian simply chose to give up, changed out of his 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 a glimpse of Lin Xian's room was wide open, there was no one inside, and 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, I didn't eat at home at noon, and I came back in the afternoon]

Lin Nian tore off the note, walked to the rice cooker, opened the lid and saw that it was empty, then turned around and walked back to the dining table, picked up the bowl of soy milk, put the twenty yuan lunch money pressed under it in his pocket, and took a bun and stretched it on his mouth.

The plan of the year lies in the spring, the plan of the day lies in the morning, whether it is the season or the time period, this morning should be the best, Lin Nian walked to the window of the living room and opened the curtains, the dazzling sunlight shone on the flower bed outside the window, Lin Xian raised a few small pots of dahlias and February orchids opened, the color is particularly bright under the sun, just a glance can make the mood much better.

Lin Nian took a deep breath, swallowed the bun in two or two, walked back to the dining table, drank the soy milk in one gulp, cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and prepared to go out.

If it was usual, he should be exercising in the morning now, but today is different, today he has an appointment outside, the reason for dreaming last night is that he got up late this morning, and the time for morning exercise was naturally squeezed out, and now he can only break the plan that has not changed for several years and go out directly to the appointment.

Going downstairs from the alley to the main street, Lin Nian estimated the time and found that it was almost time before the appointment, if he took the bus, it would definitely be too late, and he had never liked people who were late, so he could only wave a taxi on the side of the street and get on the bus.

"Nanshan Cafe, in a hurry."

reported the name of the place, the driver sparked all the way with lightning, almost ran the red light, so he was sent to the destination before ten o'clock, and looked at the price list, twenty, Lin Nian only had to pay the last lunch money on his body.

Pushed open the glass door and entered the Nanshan Cafe, Lin Nian looked around, this Nanshan Cafe didn't seem to be doing very well, and it was actually full of people at this time period, he just glanced at it and saw the person who had an appointment with him.

"Here!" By the window, a blonde girl in a white base layer over a pink blazer waved at him.

The sunlight outside the window shines on the girl's blonde hair as if it were gold, reminiscent of the precious soft satin, thinking that this girl usually cherishes her hair, it is difficult for Lin Nian not to notice her at first sight, even if this café is overcrowded, probably he will still see this beautiful girl at first sight when he walks in,

Lin Nian strode over and sat down at the table opposite the blonde girl, and found that the other party had already prepared a cup of hot coffee for himself, and the latte flower on it was a half-rotten tree, which was particularly familiar.

"Like my QQ avatar, this tree is called the World Tree, a huge ash tree that connects nine worlds in Norse mythology, and it is also the emblem of our college." The blonde girl said, speaking fluent Chinese and completely unable to hear a foreigner's accent.

"You are really good in Chinese, how do you call it?" Lin Nian nodded and said.

"Introduce yourself, Mandy Gonzares, third year at Kassel Academy, you can call me Mandy." The blonde girl who calls herself Mandy says with a smile.

"You said on the Internet yesterday that you were from the Kassel Academy?" Lin Nian got straight to the point, and looked Mandy up and down again, the first time they met, they didn't talk about their style and habits, but the other party's outfit was probably worth a lot of money, but it was also in line with what Zhao Menghua said that the students of Kassel Academy were all elite aristocrats.

"Yes, if it's fake." Mandy spread her hands.

"Why is it called Kendo Enthusiast?" Lin Nian thought for a while and asked.

"I thought you would ask me directly about Kassel Academy, but I can answer this question, because after I met you yesterday morning, I thought there should be a lot of girls in your school who added your QQ, and with your character, I won't agree to all of them, so if I don't use some small means, there is a high probability that you will reject your friend application." Mandy said.

"You know my character? From where? "The entry point of the forest year issue is very important.

"Don't worry, it's all a legitimate investigative method, we transferred your student status from your school, Shilan High School, and learned about your life in the orphanage where you grew up, but I don't dare to say that I know you based on these points, so I asked Norma to hack your computer in the Internet café and quietly observe you." Mandy stirred the coffee in front of her: "Your personality is not withdrawn, but you are definitely not extroverted." ”

"When will the unit that checked the household registration also recruit foreigners?" Lin Nian said lightly.

"I'm not checking the hukou, I'm from the admissions office, although the two have similar means of doing things." Mandy said leisurely.

"Dean Li was called by you to do our work yesterday morning?" Lin Nian suddenly asked.

"Yes." Mandy nodded and admitted: "If we suddenly contact you and introduce yourself as a foreign college to recruit you, then most likely you will think that we are some kind of pheasant university, so be prepared to let you know us by yourself." ”

"But I don't know much about you now." Lin Nian shook his head.

The corners of Mandy's mouth curled and smiled: "I'm not afraid that you don't understand, I'm afraid that you don't want to understand." ”

After that, she took out a stack of documents from under the table and pushed it to Lin Nian, Lin Nian took the first document and opened it to find that it was a copy of a regular university license registered with the U.S. Department of Education, and then a photo, in which various college facilities in classical and luxurious style, library, gymnasium and concert hall, from the perspective of the shot, this Kassel Academy seems to be located in the middle of a mountain, the whole looks like an ancient castle renovated, some students wearing uniform and white-haired professors stand at the school gate, At a glance, regardless of nationality, they are all handsome men and beautiful women, and the faces of the professors are full of experience.

"First of all, let me introduce myself, Kassel College is a private university located in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, USA, and the University of Chicago is a sister school, and we jointly hold equestrian and rowing races in Lake Michigan every year..." We are very honored to receive your information from the list of foreign exchange students in the second half of Shilan High School, and we believe that you meet the admission criteria of Kassel Academy, and we would like to extend an invitation to you as a preparatory student. ”

"Preppy?" Lin Nian looked at Mandy, who was relieved to finally finish memorizing the book, and said.

"This is specifically for students who have not yet reached the third year of high school but have admission qualifications, such as you, you can enter the preparatory class in the second half of the second half of high school, and you can accept the entrance exam after graduating from the third year of high school, and if you pass, you will directly enter the main university in Illinois, and if you don't pass, you will leave the country and go back to the college entrance examination, which can be said to be true." Mandy explained.

"Am I eligible for admission? Why would I be eligible. Lin Nian chewed on the two words of qualification carefully and asked.

"Because you're good enough." Mandy glanced at Lin Nian meaningfully and said, "Our Kassel Academy only admits students who are exceptionally excellent, or even excessively excellent. Your excellence is even good enough for us to skip the examiner interview and recruit you. ”

Lin Nian pinched the handle of the spoon imperceptibly, and asked with an expression unchanged on his face: "It seems that I have no reason to refuse an olive branch from a ready-made famous university?" ”

"If someone else receives an offer from the Kassel Academy, they will wake up laughing even if it's a preparatory course." Mandy said quietly.

"But I refuse." Lin Nian put down the coffee spoon and shook his head and said.

"Why?" Mandy didn't seem surprised, just took a sip of her coffee.

"I can't afford to read it." Lin Nian said succinctly: "A university like yours sounds very expensive. ”

"Poof." Mandy couldn't help but chuckle, Lin Nian on the other side was not annoyed, because the other party didn't mean to laugh: "If the students of Kassel Academy choose to give up because they can't afford to pay tuition fees and can't afford air tickets, probably our school will be completely laughed at." ”

"Do you pay for the tuition?" Lin Nian finally showed surprise at this time.

"Of course, we will set up a special fund to fund all the tuition fees for students from poor families, as well as all the room and board expenses when they are enrolled in the preparatory class, and if you successfully pass the entrance exam for the preparatory class, then congratulations, you can get a scholarship of 36,000 US dollars a year for your excellence," said Mandy. This scholarship is enough to cover all the food, clothing, housing and transportation expenses for four years of college, and you can even mail it back to support your family. ”

"Sounds a little fake, like pie in the sky." Lin Nian said bluntly.

36,000 US dollars, at the current exchange rate, is enough to exchange for about 240,000 yuan, and a single issue is four years, if the future exchange rate does not fluctuate too much, this scholarship is enough to call it a huge amount.

"But now the pie is really falling in front of you, you can go to various places to find all kinds of people to inquire, find various official agencies to check whether we really exist, and even you can call the college headquarters to see if there is a person like me, I can tell you in advance that my student number is Al082321B, you can find it in the college, if you still don't believe it, you can ask them to send you a fax of my ID photo." Mandy shrugged her shoulders and said, "I'm still very confident in my ID photo. ”

Lin Nian looked at Mandy seriously again, indeed, this girl has a face that can stand the test of the iPhone's front camera.

Speaking of which, Mandy has shown an attitude that she is not afraid that you will not check, but that you will not be too lazy to check.

"What, you're afraid we'll sell you to the Middle East to dig for coal?" Mandy quipped.

"It's too far." Lin Nian said.

"What did you say?" Mandy didn't think she heard clearly.

"I said the suburbs of Chicago are too far away." Lin Nian said: "I'm sorry, I still refuse. ”

"No, the prep class is not in Chicago, this prep class is in San Antonio, Texas." Mandy said subconsciously.

"Farther away." Lin Nian shook his head.

"You said you couldn't afford to refuse, I can still understand, but what is the saying that this is too far?" Mandy's pretty face finally showed a tangled expression.

"Too far is too far, I live with my sister, and I don't feel at ease if he is left alone in the country." Lin Nian said: "The United States is too far away from here, and if something happens to her in China, I'm afraid I won't have time to come back." ”

"This—" Mandy paused, she had considered all the circumstances of Lin Nian's refusal to enroll, but she had not considered the current situation.