Time flies, time flies.

1991 year.

High school graduation season is just around the corner.

"Bianca, look here. ”

Lisa holds a camera and walks next to Bianca, who is dressed in a bachelor's uniform and a bachelor's hat, and photographs her good daughter from all angles.

In the United States, bachelor's gowns and bachelor's hats are not only worn by college graduates, but by graduates at all stages, but the styles are slightly different.

Bianca was also very happy, smiling, standing on the lawn, following Lisa's guidance, posing in various poses, and being included in the camera, these will become the best memories of youth.

"Owen, come on, stand with Bianca, I'll take some pictures of you. ”

After Lisa filled a roll of film, she took out the spare film that had been prepared long ago from her handbag, caught a glimpse of Owen standing next to her, and hurriedly commanded.

“ok！”

Owen glanced at Bianca, who had always been arrogant, and saw that she swept away her previous indifferent sense of distance, smiled and beckoned to him, and simply walked over.

"Be intimate, Owen, you're too stiff. ”

Bianca saw Owen standing straight beside him, heard Lisa's complaint, reached out and put his hand on Owen's shoulder, with a slight force, and hugged Owen over, tilting his head and Owen who was pulled up, with his head on top of his head, in Lisa's satisfied laughter, the picture was frozen.

"Very good, very good. ”

Because it is an adoptive relationship, coupled with a more introverted temperament, Owen and Bianca, who is a good girl on the outside but a little arrogant on the inside, have been in a state of indifference, far less close to Elizabeth, a happy scumbag, similar to this kind of intimate scene has never been, and now when they suddenly see it on such a happy occasion, it is no wonder that Lisa applauds repeatedly.

Owen's body was tense, Bianca moved too much, and when he hugged him, his grown body hit Owen's shoulder, which made Owen, who was about to enter high school, a little unbearable.

European and American girls develop early, it's really no joke.

"Ha! Sure enough, he's still an innocent little beast boy. ”

Bianca, who is officially an adult and is about to enter college, swept away her previous well-behaved and indifferent, felt Owen's state, rolled her eyes, pressed Owen's ear, and teased playfully: "Do you need my sister to help you?"

Owen pressed the stimulation in his heart, looked at Bianca, whose style had changed greatly, speechlessly, and complained: "Do you think that when you are admitted to college, you will be away from your parents soon, and you can do whatever you want in the future?"

Seeing that Owen was not as embarrassed as she expected, Bianca turned sideways, wrapped her arms tightly around Owen's arms with both hands, and twisted to find the right pose to take pictures, giving Lisa a sweet smile while quietly 'torturing' Owen: "Isn't it?"

"Hiss~"

Owen secretly gasped, Lisa was taking pictures next to him, he didn't dare to show anything abnormal, and while forcibly suppressing the ripples in his heart, he diverted his attention: "I'm afraid your hope is in vain, I overheard Uncle Jack and Aunt Lisa discussing that they might move to Chicago."

For one thing, Chicago is the third largest metropolis in the United States after New York and Los Angeles, and it is far more prosperous than here, and Uncle Jack's business will go to the next level.

Second, you are their precious daughter, and you were admitted to the University of Chicago Medical School so competitively, how can they be willing to stay so far away from you. ”

"You're kidding, aren't you?"

Bianca's body froze.

Before she could continue to ask, the two were hugged from behind, Elizabeth's head squeezed out of the middle, and laughed: "My good sister, congratulations on your admission to the Chiba University School of Medicine, then tell my sister, are you ready?"

"Prepare what?"

Bianca asked subconsciously.

"Four years of undergraduate, four years of medical school M.D., three to eight years of residency, and decades of career as a professional doctor for the rest of my life. ”

Elizabeth quipped, "Isn't it exciting to think that your whole life is going to be spent here?"

The smile on Bianca's face suddenly became less natural.

"I have a friend over there, so I went first. ”

Seeing this, Owen greeted him, and the clever one flashed first.

"Hi Sheldon, Tan. ”

"Hi, Owen. ”

Sheldon and Tan also wore bachelor's gowns and hats.

That's right, just like when Penny later lamented that her longest live-in relationship was as long as her high school career, Sheldon sneered, "You went to high school for four years?"

In fact, the high school career of a normal American student is indeed four years, from ninth grade to twelfth grade, but for Sheldon, who frequently skips grades and enters high school at the age of nine, two years is enough.

Even as early as a year ago, Sheldon began to ask his grandmother to drive him to college to attend classes, and this year he finally officially ended his high school career with Tan.

Owen said happily: "Congratulations, you have been admitted to the University of Texas at Austin, which is the top public university. ”

"Thank you. ”

Tan's smile was very sincere, but Sheldon didn't smile much, so he muttered: "I was going to go to California Polytechnic University, where the level of physics is the best in the world, but unfortunately it is a private research university, even if there is a full scholarship, my family's finances do not allow me to go." ”

"Shelton, the University of Texas at Austin isn't bad either. ”

Owen comforted: "On the one hand, it is close enough to home, and on the other hand, this university not only provides full scholarships, but also generous grants, with your strength, you will definitely be able to get it, and you can also use it to reduce the financial burden on your family at that time." ”

"yes. ”

Tan smiled sincerely and agreed, his family situation is in Sheldon's words, that is, it will be depressing to say it, and the real hearers are sad and the listeners are in tears, and now it is absolutely satisfying to be able to attend a top public university with such a generous prize.

"That's what my mom said. ”

Sheldon said helplessly.

In the United States, private schools are indeed much better than public schools, but the expenses are far beyond imagination, and the Sheldon family simply cannot afford to reach the middle class, even private high schools, let alone expensive private universities.

"That's right, Owen. ”

Tan asked, "With your grades, although you can't go to college all at once like Sheldon, it's normal to skip a grade to the eleventh grade, or even the twelfth grade." ”

"Yes, indeed. ”

Owen raised his eyebrows at Tan and smiled meaningfully: "But I want to experience a normal student life, you know, high school life is very exciting." ”

"What's so exciting?"

Sheldon looked puzzled.

Tan knew it in his heart, recalling that the closest thing to a girl in this life was the 'rejection' of Libby incident, and sighed: "You think too much, and you are not a rugby player, like us, high school life is the same, not as exciting as you imagined." ”