After the first day of band practice, the overall coordination is not bad, but the cooperation between Mike and Wheat is still a little rusty....

Everyone will meet again the day after tomorrow, after all, on the weekend, everyone finally has time to play....

The curriculum in American schools is still easier than in China, at least in the town's public high schools, so there is a lot of free time after school......

The two were in the car, Mike drove silently, and he wanted to say something to comfort Mike, but in the end he didn't say anything....

Soon, the car arrived at Mai Li's grandmother's house, and Mai Li was the first to say goodbye:

"Mike, I hope it's okay between us, I don't want to lose your good friend. Let's practice together the day after tomorrow...."

"It's all right, Wheat. See you the day after tomorrow," Mike said politely, and then drove away.

Wheat looked at the tail of the car and disappeared from his sight, and sighed.....

After John sent the two away, he and Sheldon put the messy garage in order..... John said goodbye to Mary and was ready to ride home..... John was recently accredited with buying a bike...

It occurred to Mary that last week, Peggy's mother had asked her to invite Peggy to Cooper's house this weekend. Because Peggy's parents are divorced, Peggy is not having a good time at school. Thinking of the last time John, Sheldon and Peggy played together, so I wanted to invite John to enlighten Peggy together, Mary is a warm-hearted person who often helps others in church and does what she can to help others....

"John, are you free tomorrow? Peggy was recently a little emotionally depressed because of her parents' divorce. You are her friend, tomorrow she will come to our house to play, I hope you enlighten her"

Mary called out to John, who wanted to ride home.....

"Free, okay. Peggy is my friend and of course I will help her and do my best"

John replied at Mary's request...........

The next day.

Before John could leave, he received a call from Missy saying that they had gone shopping at the mall together. Meet at the mall, Johnly Mall is farther away than Cooper's house. When John felt the mall, he saw Mary waiting for Peggy and his party outside the mall. John went up to say hello, and Mary let John into the mall to meet Sheldon......... John saw them in a trendy store preparing to leave, only to see Peggy quietly put a small item into Sheldon's backpack.... It seems that it is quite difficult for American malls to do business...... John stepped forward to greet him and chuckled:

"Peggy, long time no see! You have a nice hairstyle."

"John, long time no see. I think it is, too."

The two greeted each other..... A few people met, and before leaving, John quietly fell behind, returned to the previous store, looked at the product sign that Peggy had put in Shelton's backpack before, and told the clerk that his friend had forgotten to check out just now, and he would settle it.

The three of them wandered around, and Peggy looked back to see John coming out of the store. Peggy couldn't help but smile lightly at the corners of her mouth......

Back at Cooper's house, John unloaded the bike from Mary's station wagon so he finally returned to the house.

Entering the room, Sheldon took out a bottle of glitter powder and said angrily to the two people sitting on Missy's bed:

"I can't believe it, you put stolen goods in my backpack"

"You brought it out, so you stole it, you and the police will explain it."

Peggy looked at Sheldon indifferently and said, Originally, John wanted to explain that he had already settled the account, but Peggy made a look, and John tacitly stopped and was silent....

"Or your cellmate," said her sister Missy.

"You were so smart before, why did you do this"

A puzzled Sheldon looked at Peggy, wondering how Peggy, who was as smart as himself, could be as sentimental as ordinary people...........

"I didn't want to be smart because I was smart and we moved here and my parents got divorced. Life is a mess... I want to be a normal person."

Peggy said in a depressed mood.....

"I think so, too." Missy on the side didn't want to interject without a sense of existence.....

John's face was calm and silent when he heard this, after all, this is a private matter in someone's family. Just like the cross talk master Mr. Guo said in his previous life: "Don't persuade others to be kind without others suffering"

I can only listen to Peggy as a friend and give my kindness....

Sheldon turned to leave the room, looking at Sheldon with a tangled face, John wanted to tell him the truth but he had just cooperated with Peggy's little calculations, in fact, John also wanted to play tricks on Sheldon, and sometimes he was a little crazy......

John said hello to Peggy's mother, Linda, and they had met last time at the museum. John asked Mary if there was any hot cocoa in the kitchen, and he wanted to make some hot drinks for his friends and make a pot of tea for the two adults......

John walked into the room with the hot cocoa, and saw Peggy plucking Missy's eyebrows, and Missy exclaimed:

"It hurts, is there a way to become beautiful without pain?"

Peggy pretended to be serious and said, "If you want to be beautiful, you have to endure pain"...

John couldn't help but laugh when he saw this:

"Missy, I made a hot drink and was on the dining room table. Can Peggy and I have a private conversation?"

Missy walked out of the room in tacit understanding...

John handed Hot Coco to Peggy and sat across from her and squeezed his shoulder, indicating that he was ready to listen to her.......

Peggy took the hot cocoa and stirred gently with a spoon. Neither side spoke, and Peggy was the first to speak.....

"You're weird, John. Not as weird as Sheldon. He lives in his own world. He is strange because he doesn't care what other people think. He's a smart guy. What about you, it's contradictory. Thank you for the things you just did in the store."

John didn't refute, smiling into Peggy's eyes and saying that you are my friend, you can say anything to me.......

"Everybody's living is weird, my mom goes out on dates, and my dad has a temper like a child. My sister cries every day, I just think that everything will come to the past, but the past is the past."

John took out a pack of tissues and held it to Peggy, who was dripping with tears from the corners of his eyes, and didn't do anything. Sometimes silence is better than sound.......

"I had to live in two houses, and my grandmother said a lot of bad things about my father. I know everybody is sad. So I don't study hard, it's just that it's hard for me to care. What used to be important to me doesn't matter anymore. So I guess I'm just lonely."

John looked at Peggy, who looked sad and sad, and said softly:

"It sounds bad, but it's probably better to say it now. As I said last time I was at the museum, sometimes people have to think on the bright side. Now that your parents are divorced, they are still young. After the divorce, they can also find their other half and find their own happiness. You say that you are the one who broke up your family life, but is it possible to tell Sheldon that he is the bond of the family, and that your birth is the opportunity for your family to come back together. It's just that over time, the seven-year itch that TV emotional programs often talk about is like this. You're having a good time, so you should feel relieved and don't give up on yourself. You're so smart, you should understand. You look at me, I'm in a worse situation. But I am convinced that everything will be fine."

John reassured himself with a high spirit, patting his chest and saying that no matter what happens in the future, he will be Peggy's reliance.....

Peggy looked at John who was frowning in front of him, and smiled, handed the hot cocoa in his hand to John and commanded:

"This glass is already cold, I'm going to change it. And you can't tell Sheldon about your checkout, I've wanted to teach him a lesson and make him speak ill of me..."

John took the hot cocoa in his hand and poured it into his mouth without thinking, thinking not to waste it.

Peggy wanted to speak and stopped, she had drunk it....

"Whew, it's hot. Isn't it cool?"

John jumped to his feet and asked Peggy in shock...... In front of her, Peggy smiled skillfully and looked forward to it.....

I can't help but think of the verses of my previous life: "There are beautiful women in the north, peerless and independent"