Chapter 9: Homesickness and Father
The waiter asked, "What do you want to eat today?" ”
Bai Xinrui didn't look at the menu either, and blurted out: "Philip mignon, medium rare."
Chen Yiting could only understand the price marked with a dollar sign at the back of each dish, he touched Chenchen with his elbow, and whispered: "Fortunately, there is no AA, this price is simply terrible!" ”
When the waiter turned his inquiring gaze to the others in the room, Yu Yu said, "Sirloin steak, medium rare." ”
Chenchen said: "The eye meat, medium cooked." ”
Wen Jin said: "New York, medium."
It was Chen Yiting's turn, although he looked at the menu intently for a long time, but there was no picture on the menu, he didn't know what to order at all, but fortunately he understood what Wen Jin just said about New York (New York) and medium (medium medium, also meaning "medium"). As if grasping at two straws, he said cleverly, "New York, large...... (New York steak, big)"
Several people in the audience, including the waiter, were stunned for two seconds, and then the waiter said respectfully, "Sorry sir, we don't have that." ”
Bai Xinrui couldn't hold back her laughter first. Chenchen gently touched Yi Ting's arm and said to him, "Ask you how familiar you are." ”
Yi Ting suddenly realized, and hurriedly said, "Oh, ok, New York 80%."
The waiter tried to hold back a smile, scribbling something on the paper to hide his embarrassment, and said, "Yes, sir, Sure, sir, New York, medium well." ”
At this time, Bai Xinrui was already stumbling with laughter, and almost fell close to Wen Jin's arms, Wen Jin was also infected by her, and couldn't help laughing.
After the waiter turned to leave, Chen Chen lightly slapped Yi Ting's strong arm with his fist and said, "Dude, are you deliberately teasing us?" ”
Yi Ting looked at everyone in confusion, his face was a little embarrassed, but he complained in his mouth: "Brother has a large amount of rice, so what's so ridiculous?" Besides, when the rice is cooked, it will be served, and when is it ripe? Why is it so poor and exquisite to eat? ”
Everyone was waiting for the food to be served, and Bai Xinrui proposed: "I asked everyone to come to dinner today, just to get to know each other." Let's introduce ourselves. I'll come first, my name is Bai Xinrui, English name Stella (Stella), 13 years old, 8th grade freshman, good at flute and dance. ”
Everyone was surprised when they heard it, Bai Xinrui was a whole head taller than Wen Jin beside her, judging from the way she dressed, she also looked like a beautiful girl, no one thought that she was the youngest one here.
Bai Xinrui pouted mischievously, looking cute and cute, and said to everyone, "It's your turn." ”
Wen Jin lifted her black-rimmed glasses and said, "I'm 14 years old, a freshman in the 9th grade. Oh yes, my English name is Tina, Chinese name is Pan Wenjin, I'm good at ...... Well...... Let's read a book. ”
Yu You said: "My name is Cynthia, Luo Yu Yu, 14 years old, 9th grade, like piano, fencing, ballet, vocal music, tennis, chess has won some small awards. ”
After listening to Yu You's words, Yi Ting immediately said if he met a confidant: "This old girl, you will really have a lot!" Anyway, I play tennis too! I have also won some small awards. By the way, my name is Chen Yiting, Robert (Robert), 9th grade, and I will be 15 years old. ”
Chen Chen smiled: "You're not playing, it's called professional, okay?" ”
He then introduced it to everyone: "He is the ninth in the International Tennis Federation Junior Men's Singles, Federer has seen him play and said he is very talented. ”
The three girls looked the slightly rustic boy up and down in unison.
Chen Chen continued to introduce himself: "My name is Jiang Ruichen, you can call me Charlie (Charlie), 9 to 9 (that is, after graduating from the third year of junior high school in China, he was promoted to the ninth grade of high school in the United States), and he just celebrated his 15th birthday before coming to the United States. In other words, it seems that we are the biggest here. I have won a few small awards in the Olympiad in China, and I can't play anything except the Rubik's Cube. ”
Everyone nodded.
Bai Xinrui smiled and led the topic to the next link, she asked, "Hey, do you usually like to watch movies?" Have you watched "Miracle", "Secret", "A Generation of Imperial Concubines" and TV series "Xin Liao Zhai", "Feng Quan" or something? ”
Chenchen said: "I've seen it, although these movies and TV series you mentioned are a bit old, they have accompanied me throughout my childhood." ”
Bai Xinrui smiled: "Just watch it, in these film and television dramas, my mother is the female number one." ”
Chenchen's eyes widened, and he looked at Bai Xinrui in disbelief and said, "Huh? It's true? Is your mother Huang Yaqian? A few years ago, she should have been regarded as a domestic first-line star......"
Yi Ting patted his thigh and said, "I'm still wondering, I had a photo with your mother yesterday, and there was a lot of noise behind her, what should I call a bodyguard?" No wonder you look so beautiful, how can I say that I captured a second-generation star alive today? ”
Bai Xinrui's smug expression couldn't hide it no matter what, she said: "Of course, it's like a fake!" Then, he asked, "Have you heard of Shanghai's Splendid Home, Weijia International, and Peninsula Yujing?" ”
Chen Yiting nodded and said, "Who doesn't know this?" Don't look at my brother, I've been to a big city like Shanghai once, and I know that you are rich in Shanghai, Miss Bai, do you live in such a mansion? ”
Bai Xinrui smiled disdainfully: "Live? Look down on me! Those real estate projects are my dad's. ”
Chenchen asked tentatively, "You...... The surname is Bai, your father...... Could it be Bai Jiawei? ”
Bai Xinrui said disapprehantly: "Yes, otherwise? Could it be that he has a second daughter? ”
Chen Chen gasped and said, "The legendary rich second generation ......" Yi Ting added: "...... Jiaxing 2nd generation. ”
Yi Ting shook Bai Xinrui's hand and said, "Tuhao, let's be friends." ”
Bai Xinrui smiled like a flower branch, pretended to be reserved and shook off Yiting's hand, and said half-jokingly: "Who wants to be friends with you." ”
Wen Jin drew a cross on his chest and said, "Being rich is not a bad thing, and poverty should not feel inferior." Both rich and poor are equal in God's eyes and are God's children. The amount of money is not the criterion for judging us, and everyone will be blessed by God. ”
When everyone heard Wen Jin say this, they couldn't help but be stunned, and Yi Ting hurriedly nodded and agreed: "Well, yes, that's right." ”
Chen Chen asked, "Wen Jin, you believe in Christianity, don't you?" ”
Wen Jin nodded.
I have long heard that there are not many top students in school A, and Chen Chen decided to lead the topic from background and wealth to study, so he asked: "When you first applied to our school, how many points did you score?" ”
Everyone looked at each other and didn't speak, and Chenchen said very confidently: "I'll throw bricks and lead the way, TOEFL 113, SSAT 95%." ”
He was surprised to find that after he said this, no one present showed a surprised look, you know, this is an absolute high score, in the words of the admissions officer during the campus interview, it is enough to be admitted to Harvard.
Wen Jin pinned her short hair behind her ears and said calmly, "We are about the same, I have a TOEFL of 118 and an SSAT of 99%. ”
Chenchen suddenly felt as if his eyes were about to be blinded by something intangible, and exclaimed: "Such a cow! Xueba! What school did you come from? ”
Wen Jin pushed her glasses a little embarrassed and said, "I didn't go to school...... I've always been home schooling. ”
Several students present once again felt incredulous, and invariably let out a "wow", and couldn't help but be in awe of this thin, thin, plainly dressed girl.
Yu You still said lightly, "I haven't taken the TOEFL and SSAT, SAT2230." ”
(Note: The SSAT is a high school admission test, and the SAT is a college entrance exam.) )
Wen Jin and Chen Chen turned their heads at the same time, as if they had seen a prehistoric creature, I am afraid that this is really not afraid of Harvard's achievements.
Yi Ting scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "I can't compare with you, I only scored 59 points in TOEFL." ”
As he spoke, he turned around and asked Bai Xinrui beside him, "Old girl, what about you?" ”
This was a careless poke at Bai Xinrui's weakness, she pretended not to hear, turned her head quietly, and asked Yu You beside her: "Take the liberty of asking, are you mixed-race?" ”
Luo Yuyu said lightly: "Well, my father is American and my mother is Chinese, but I grew up in France. ”
Chen Chen exclaimed: "So, English, French, and Chinese are your native languages?" ”
Yu Yu nodded.
"I was so lucky to have experienced the cultures of three different countries since I was a child!" Chenchen sighed.
Yu Yu lowered his eyes and drank the lemonade in his cup elegantly, as if he didn't hear Chenchen's sigh.
After a while, the steak came up, everyone was still chatting while eating, but Bai Xinrui was no longer as arrogant as when she first came, she finally believed in Amanda's words, those who can be admitted to school A are all gods with unique skills, it seems that she really has to think about it, how can she stand out from this group of gods and become a legend in the history of school A?