Chapter 5 The Boat of Friendship Capsized
Entrance to a public secondary school.
"Owen. β
"Mrs. Cooper, where's Sheldon?"
When Owen rode over, he was just about to go in, but he was stopped by Mary Cooper, who was waiting there, and looked left and right, but he couldn't help but feel a little strange when he didn't see Shelton.
"He went in. β
Mary had a worried face, and said thoughtfully: "Owen, you are Shelly's good friend, and you have always been mature and sensible, recently Shelly and a high school girl have been very close, and they call home at night, and they will call for more than an hour when they call......"
"You're talking about Libby. β
The corners of Owen's mouth twitched, and he secretly complained to the American drama system in his heart: "When did Sheldon and I improve our friendship from friends to good friends? Why didn't you remind me?"
β......β
American drama system: "There is no evidence that your friendship has been elevated to the level of good friends, and it is speculated that the good friend in the other party's mouth is a generic term and does not meet the qualifications recognized by the system." β
"I'll just say it. β
Just when Owen was laughing at himself in his heart, Mary said again and again: "Yes, yes, it's this Liby girl, you and Shelly are together every day, you should know something about this Libby, you know, although Shelly is in high school, he is only 9 years old......"
"I understand, Mrs. Cooper. β
Owen smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, Sheldon and Libby have nothing, the reason why he chatted happily with Libby is just because he has recently developed a strong interest in geology, and it just so happens that Libby's future ambition is to be a geologist, and she is very good at geology, and they are purely academic exchanges." β
"I know, I know. β
Mary muttered, "Shelly isn't Little George, so I don't need to worry about it." β
George Cooper Jr. is Sheldon's older brother and is now an adolescent, and the corner of the room is stuffed with all sorts of 'interesting' magazines.
"Okay, you go to class, I'll go back first. β
Mary, who came back to her senses, smiled reluctantly and said goodbye to Owen, looking at her forced smile, it was obvious that Owen's comfort did not make much difference.
This is also normal, in Mary's heart, her baby son Shelly, should go to school to learn knowledge, come home from school to be her own baby, and now a woman suddenly appeared, faintly showing signs of breaking their mother-son intimacy, and other mothers, most of them will have worries and all kinds of unhappiness.
"Goodbye, Mrs. Cooper. β
Lunchtime.
In the United States, high school schedules are different from those on the other side of the ocean, they do not study on their own in the morning and evening, they attend classes at 7 or 8 o'clock in the morning, have a short lunch break at noon, and then continue to attend classes, and leave school at 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Because of the short time, most of the students eat in the school cafeteria, and of course, many parents will prepare lunch boxes for their children in advance so that they can eat a loving lunch.
The students get together in twos and threes, eating lunch and chatting at the same time, at this time, the 'campus geeks' who have no friends will automatically stay away from the bustling crowd and hide in the no-man's corner to have lunch silently.
Sheldon used to be like this, but recently his market has been on the rise, and before he knew it, he had three more friends by his side.
Campus Library.
The four of them sat at the table, eating and chatting at the same time.
"You're saying that without geology there would be no theory of biological evolution?"
Charles Lyell told Charles Darwin that the Earth was much older than everyone thought, which is why Darwin had the courage to discover that all species have evolved over billions of years. β
Well said, I could use this example to humiliate the pastor of Sunday School. β
As usual, Sheldon asked, and Libby answered his geology questions, and the two of them almost forgot about Owen and Tan, and Owen was so happy that he ate silently, thinking about the math problems he had recently encountered.
Since spending Presence Points and increasing my intelligence from lv3 to lv4 is talented, although it is not as good as those LV5 geniuses, the progress of learning has also been greatly improved, and I have experienced an unprecedented sense of joy in learning.
Especially in mathematics, Owen was very interested in his previous life, but because of his talent, after going to college, like all knowledge, all degraded and disappeared, and now he has picked it up, because of the improvement of talent, mathematics is more handy, and he is a little obsessed.
"I don't know which is more beautiful, your mind or your eyes. β
Tan didn't have Owen's mentality, Baba looked at the black pearl Libby who was talking eloquently, and the restlessness of youth made him, who could only be reduced to being friends with Sheldon before, couldn't help it, and forcibly interjected, looking like a man of lust and soul.
"Please, Tan, we're eating. β
Sheldon and Libby looked at Tan with disgust, and Tan came back to his senses and smiled.
"Did you know that this week, there is a movie of the Space Shuttle in the National Museum of Science, or an IMAX one. β
Libby gave Tan a wide roll of her eyes, then turned her head and chatted with Sheldon again: "The screen is very large, and there is a very nice geology exhibition. β
Sheldon frowned, "It's in Houston, how are we going to get there?"
Libby shrugged and said, "I'll drive." β
Tan relapsed and blurted out: "Count me in, I really want to go to the movies with you." β
Sheldon was surprised and asked, "Don't you need to ask your parents?"
"No, you don't. β
Tan said affirmatively.
"Good thing you're not my son. β
Sheldon spit and looked sideways at Owen, "Owen, what about you?"
"I have something to do this week, and I can't go. β
Owen thought back to the plot for a while, shook his head and refused, he was not interested in it, but Tan secretly gave Owen an approving look.
After Sheldon went back, he told Mary, Mary's heart was full of vinegar, and she refused without hesitation, Sheldon was very angry about this, brandished a mop, and vented in a comprehensive cleaning way, which made Mary feel distressed to compromise, and promised to meet Libby first, if the other party was okay, she agreed to Sheldon to follow the other party.
When Libby calmly met Mary's conditions, Mary reluctantly agreed, but she didn't want Libby to smile and said, "Mrs. Cooper, in fact, you don't have to worry, I have many years of experience as a nanny." β
"Be a babysitter, be a babysitter, be a babysitter ......"
The smile on Sheldon's face disappeared, and these three words kept echoing in his mind, dropping a sentence, and turned back to the room: "I'm sorry, I don't feel well, you guys don't have to wait for me." β
He thought that he and Libby got along as equals, but he didn't want Libby to still treat him as a child, which was unbearable!
Monday lunchtime.
Libby was no longer in the library.
Ou Wen asked with a smile knowingly: "Sheldon, how do you feel about going to the movies with Libi on the weekend?"
"I didn't go. β
Sheldon said arrogantly: "It doesn't feel interesting, and I feel like geology is not really a science now, it's more like a hobby, collecting stones, it's really a bit naΓ―ve." β
"Tan, what about you?"
Owen looked at Tan again.
"Uh......"
Tan recalled the embarrassment of wanting to hug Libby in the movie theater, but was strongly rejected by Libby, and said with a concealed smile: "I agree with Sheldon, this time I went to the movie, I found Libby interesting to me, but I still think it's better for everyone to be friends." β
"Looks like we're back in the friend trio?"
"Yes. β
"That's right. β
Owen's words were echoed by the two.
"The boat of friendship will capsize. β
Owen thought amusedly, when suddenly his eyelids jumped, and an ominous premonition hit him, as if he had forgotten something......