On May 14, 1988, in Madford, Texas, USA, the weather was hot and humid this evening, and there were students playing basketball on the school playground, as well as people learning baseball and American football.

The female cheerleaders were practicing, and the white crop top and red pleated skirt attracted the attention of many male students, who gathered not far away, pointing fingers and arguing about who looked the best.

These beautiful girls full of youthful vitality are always the most popular presence among boys in the school.

In the small white four-story building, by the window on the third floor, Link Bennett glanced at the cheerleaders who were busy rehearsing downstairs, and his eyes did not linger too much.

It's not for any particular reason, it's just that the girls on the playground are still a little young.

Even though girls in Europe and the United States generally develop early, he is now in a junior high school.

In the United States, junior high schools are only two years old, and most of the girls here are only 14 years old, compared to those who are still in high school.

Of course, he is now about to graduate from the eighth grade, and then enter the ninth grade, which also represents entering a truly colorful high school life in the United States.

There are two years of junior high school in the United States, and four years of high school, which is the time when the hormones of adolescence explode, especially in Europe and the United States.

This aspect of discipline is relatively less strict, especially after the tenth grade, driven by hormones, many things that Link envied in his previous life have happened in the past few years, which also makes him have some expectations for the next high school life.

There were more than forty students sitting in the same classroom as Link at the moment, and Link quickly turned his attention back to Ms. Susie, who taught physics.

With gray hair and black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, he looks a little mean, and is one of the most hated teachers in the school, but in terms of dedication, he also surpasses most of the teachers in the school.

When the bell rang, the students quickly dispersed and left the classroom, Link cleaned up, and when Link walked to the front of the classroom, Ms. Susie, who had not left, said, "Link, how is the SSAT preparation?" ”

"There should be no problem." Link nodded.

The SSAT is called the "Secondary School Admission Test", which is divided into low and high levels, and students can use its scores to go to better schools and increase their chances of getting scholarships.

"I know this shouldn't be difficult for you, after all, you've already learned the knowledge in the course now." Susie nodded and said:

"I've already talked to the principal about the recommendation letter, and he can write one for you, you know, the principal's recommendation letter is a little bit more convincing than ours teachers'.

I believe that as long as you achieve your SSAT score, it will not be difficult to get a scholarship. ”

Compared to most of his classmates, Link and Ms. Susie get along well, when he first came to school, he was Ms. Susie's student, because he is smart enough, studies well, is willing to participate in activities, and has a good personality, so naturally Susie likes it.

Because of this, Ms. Susie was willing to help more when Link asked her for a letter of recommendation.

These days, because of the letter of recommendation, Link has asked a few familiar teachers to help intercede, and even went to meet the principal in person.

Several teachers and baseball coaches had already agreed to help him write letters of recommendation, and now that he had received better news from Ms. Susie, he was a little happy and smiled:

"Thank you, Ms. Susie, I will never forget your help."

Nodding, Ms. Susie didn't say more, he knew Link's concerns, Link's father didn't have a small income, but he needed to support three children.

In particular, there is an older sister who needs to go to college in another year, and she needs to prepare the cost of college in advance, so the family is not very rich, and it is difficult for Link to go to an expensive private school in Houston, which is a little farther away, so it is understandable to choose Lola High School.

However, Lola High School is also very good, judging from Link's grades, it can be said that winning a scholarship is nine out of ten, and it is closer to home.

"Well, now that you've made your decision, the letter of recommendation is here, you can get it with me!"

"That's great." Link smiled and nodded, and got the letter of recommendation from Ms. Susie and the principal, and Link left the school building with his school bag and rushed to the school's parking lot, where he soon saw a sports car in a familiar position, and a woman who looked to be about thirty years old was sitting in the car.

The other party saw Link and greeted him directly: "Hey, Link, Rena hasn't come yet, you can wait a minute." ”

"No problem, Mrs. Dent." Link nodded, opened the door and sat in the back seat.

Mrs. Dent drove to pick up her daughter, and most of the settlements in the United States are relatively scattered, which is one of the important reasons why many young people in the United States receive a car as a gift when they become adults.

Of course, the level of cars mostly depends on the family's financial situation, and some rich second generations, even at the age of sixteen, are able to drive high-end sports cars to school by themselves.

But now the students are under the age, and even the rich second generation still need to be picked up or taken on the school bus, for example, Mrs. Dent is here to pick up her daughter Rena home.

He also knew each other because he had found a small part-time job a few months earlier, which was to help Mrs. Dent's daughter, Rena, with her homework after school.

It only takes two hours a day to get out of school, and you can get $15, or $75 for a five-day workweek, which is an extremely well-paid job with the purchasing power of dollars in 1988.

After all, the other kids help mow the lawn and do odd jobs or something, and they can only get two or three dollars, deliver newspapers and the like, get up early at five o'clock every day, work hard for hours, and earn less than he earns in a week.

Looking at the car, Link said, "Is this a newly bought car, Mrs. Dent?" ”

"That's right, this is a limited edition Porsche I ordered two months ago, and it just arrived today, it's cute."

"It's beautiful, indeed." Link nodded, "It's a good match for you." ”

"Thank you!" Mrs. Dent smiled and said, "Speaking of blue, Rena chose it, I prefer red, but who made her my baby......

After a few chats about sports cars, Mrs. Dent shifted the subject to the other aspect: "By the way, Link, I heard that you are also preparing to take the SSAT next month, are you ready to go to which school?" ”

"If nothing else, it should be Lola High School." Link said.

"That's nice." Mrs. Dent also said: "Rena is also going to go to school there, so that you can also help her tutor in high school, we have also hired a teacher for her before, but she doesn't like it at all, but she says that she likes it very much when you tutor her." ”

"Thank you, maybe it's because I have more in common with her." Link coped with it in his mouth, but in his heart he didn't think so.

She doesn't have to study, there are people to help with homework, and even before the exam, there are people to help prepare cheat sheets, of course she likes it.

In fact, this is also the condition for Link to convince Rena to ask him to tutor in his homework.

On the other hand, Mrs. Dent is also very indulgent to Rena, according to her, she is a very 'cool' mother and does not hold her daughter too restrictive.

Rena's bedroom is even the master bedroom of her parents, which shows how much she is pampered by her daughter, which is also an important reason why Link's so-called part-time job can last so long.

Of course, this is a good thing for Link, which means that Link doesn't have to do work like most children in the United States to help mow the lawn or work as a community newsboy in order to earn a pitiful pocket money.

After chatting casually with Mrs. Dent for a while, you can see a well-dressed girl coming over, hugging Mrs. Dent who got out of the car, saying hello to Link, and then taking the co-pilot's seat.

The other party's hair is blonde, slightly with natural curls, blue eyes, long eyelashes, fair skin, and thin body, which is very in line with Western aesthetics, and is considered a well-known beauty in the school.

In a school like the United States, even in junior high school, there are not a few students who openly pursue her, and there are even students who fight for her, and Link can still see that she herself enjoys this feeling, and it can be said that her young age is a disaster.

If you want to talk about looks, Link also thinks it's good, but it's a pity that it's synonymous with trouble, plus there is some youth, Link doesn't deliberately get close, even if he helps her tutor every day, the relationship between the two can only be said to be not far away.

According to Rena's face-to-face evaluation, although Link is not a nerd, he is even a star pitcher on the baseball team, and he is also very handsome, but he doesn't know why, he just doesn't open his mind, he doesn't speak well, he is completely a straight man, and he is not as interesting as others to be with.

Link could only shrug his shoulders in this regard, as a traverser, in the last thirty years, his three views and habits had already been formed.

Even if you experience a new life, it will never be the same as those middle two teenagers.

Thinking is completely different, the things he is interested in are different, those secondary two teenagers who are interesting or cool things, he will feel very ordinary and even naïve, and it is helpless to be considered boring.

What's more, he is not interested in Rena, who is still young now, and all kinds of behaviors naturally become straight male cancer in Rena's eyes.