Chapter 25: Divorce
Overall, Link felt good at his new school, and before he knew it, he had completed the eleventh grade, and the time had begun to enter the summer vacation, and it had been more than sixteen years since Link came to this world.
On this day, Peggy took Link to the mall for a morning, and after returning to Link's house, Peggy casually asked while sorting out today's harvest: "Speaking of which, you have been at your new school for more than a month, how do you feel?" ”
"Not bad, the food in the restaurant is exquisite, there are beautiful girls, and it's easier to find the right topic when chatting with them than in the previous high school.
The only problem was that there was a lot of homework, so I had to take some of my homework home on the weekend, but that's not a bad thing. ”
"What kind of homework are they?" Peggy said, without waiting for Link to answer, and unceremoniously took Link's homework.
"Well, advanced chemistry, and math, it looks a lot like our school, but I can't believe you really like this kind of high school life."
"Maybe my last life made me adapt to such a high school life." Link replied casually, and continued, "Have you encountered anything interesting lately?" ”
"Well, I did come across some very interesting things, some time ago, I met the Sheldon you mentioned earlier in Dr. John Sturgie's class, and he is indeed a very interesting person."
"Dr. John Sturgie?"
"Yes, he's a professor at East Texas Tech University, and he listened to my lecture on quantum dynamics at high temperatures, and then he invited me to sit in on his class, and he was a very nice person."
"Well, it looks like you've got a good idea of physics."
"Yes, I actually wanted to go to college earlier, after all, even in high school, I didn't have much to communicate with my classmates, and they ignored me most of the time.
I had already been offered by the university, but my mom was still hesitant because I was only 10 years old.
By the way, when I met Sheldon, I heard that he didn't seem to be continuing his studies at Wilmot Gifted Academy, do you know why? ”
"Well, actually, his mom has some similar thoughts to your mom, and she's not worried about Sheldon boarding school so far from home."
"Well, parents always treat us like little kids."
"But you're only ten years old, aren't you? It is inevitable that parents will be worried. ”
"Maybe you're right, but I don't like that feeling."
"Trust me, when you get older, you'll start to miss your childhood."
"Oh, you know Link, many times, I felt like you were the same age as my parents, and always liked to say things that old men like to say."
“…… So let's change the subject, tomorrow afternoon, I have a classmate who will have a party at his house, and my friend at school invited me to join him, do you want to come? ”
"Didn't you say that your classmates don't usually throw parties, and even if they do, they're boring."
"That's right, because they usually have too much homework, so most of them don't have time, and the rules are very strict at school parties, so it's really not as fun here.
But now that it's summer vacation, everyone will always have time, and sometimes they are strictly controlled, and everyone will be a little presumptuous. ”
"So you're going to a party with your girlfriend?"
"No, I'm not my girlfriend yet, and I don't have any plans to have a girlfriend officially, but we get along well and are used to discussing things together.
She loves music and dreams of being a good conductor, and I've mentioned you to Elise, and she's curious how smart you really are, and maybe you'll get along......"
"Perhaps......" Peggy thought for a moment and said, "I'm interested in parties too, but I'm going to attend a lecture at the Museum of Natural Science tomorrow." ”
"Lecture on what?"
"It's mainly about carbon isotope ageing, and it's used to determine the age of prehistoric artifacts and fossils." Peggy says:
"I've read that doctor's paper on accelerator mass spectrometry before, so if you want to know more, would you like to come with me?"
"Uh...... It sounds a little interesting, but ......"
"Very well, I'll go back and tell my mom and ask her to drive us both together." With that, Peggy stood up straight from her seat and ran out.
Seeing this, Link also stood up and rushed in front of Peggy, saying, "Wait a minute, Peggy, you know, I'm going to participate tomorrow......"
"I know, but I'd love you to come to the lecture with me......"
As Link said this, he suddenly noticed that there was something wrong with Peggy's expression, and his heart moved, so he spoke, "Peggy, do you have anything on your mind?" ”
"Nothing." Peggy shook her head.
"You can tell me." Link said as he pulled Peggy back to the bed and sat down, "We're friends, aren't we?" ”
After a while, Peggy said, "My parents seem to be getting divorced." ”
"Why do you think that?"
"They always quarrel."
"Because of what?"
"Mainly because of me, during this time I feel like the whole world has changed, my dad and mom are often arguing, and you go to school in the distance......"
"Okay Peggy, I'll give Elise a call and tell her I have some things to attend to at home, and then we'll go to the Museum of Natural Science together tomorrow."
"Really."
"Yes, it's true."
"Great, that's it."
"It's a deal."
……
After Peggy left, Link couldn't help but sigh, he also remembered that among the young Sheldon, Peggy's parents did seem to be divorced in the end, and this incident hit Peggy very hard, and her personality changed greatly because of it.
When it comes to the divorce of parents, children between the ages of eight and fourteen are the most hurt.
Because if the child is younger, they don't have a clear concept of this, and if they are older, their thinking is more mature and they are more likely to accept it.
No matter how high Peggy's IQ is, she is indeed only a ten-year-old girl now, and I have the impression that Peggy began to become self-doubting after her parents' divorce, and began to become a girl who likes to mess around.
If it continues to develop, she may even be completely degraded, and of course the next plot about Peggy Link has not seen in the TV series in his previous life.
Link was reborn into this world and met Peggy at the beginning, indeed with utilitarian ideas, treating her as a tool.
But he is not a cold-blooded person after all, and after nearly two years of getting along, he has treated Peggy as his sister.
Link knew he couldn't possibly stop Peggy's parents from divorcing, but he thought he might be able to come up with a way to make it less of a problem for Peggy.