The two chatted a few words Sheldon, and Peggy invited, "Do you want to come to my house for dinner in the evening?" ”

I've known Peggy for more than half a year, and his relationship with Peggy's family is getting better and better.

At first, it was Linda who would occasionally invite Rock to his house after dinner in order for Locke to take care of Peggy at school.

In the process of contact, relying on the various excellent qualities shown by high emotional intelligence, plus being able to put forward many useful suggestions and provide them with some small help, Barry and Linda's perception of Locke is getting better and better.

Both of them have established a good friendship with Locke, and Barry is a dentist, although his income is not as good as that of those surgeons who make millions a year, but he also earns a lot of money, and he usually has a lot of free time.

By chance, I knew that Locke also invested in stocks, and the two of them gradually began to talk about some stock investment topics.

Barry even accepted Locke's investment advice, and the stocks he bought were both losing and earning, but overall he still made a lot of money and had a stable income.

Due to the combination of various factors, he basically goes to Peggy's house for dinner once a week, which can be said to be half a family.

"No, I still have something." This time, Rock still declined Peggy's invitation.

"Do you have a date with any girl?" Peggy quickly guessed what Locke was going to do.

"That's not something you should be concerned about."

"Mandy, Karen, or Jennifer?" Peggy, still extremely interested, asked.

"Having said that, it's not something you should be concerned about."

"You know I don't care about these things, but my sister Erica is very interested in all kinds of news about you, and asks me every now and then." Peggy teased, "Especially after knowing that you're starting to be interested in girls." ”

Peggy's sister Erica is not the same as Peggy, she attends a public high school, it's not that Barry can't afford to send her daughter to a private high school, but Erica is a real scumbag.

Like most American girls of this age, Erica likes music, fashionable clothes, and all kinds of fun fun, but she is not interested in studying, and her academic performance has always been at the bottom.

Erica couldn't adapt to the strict rules of private high schools, and she didn't have the slightest interest in her studies, and was finally dropped out of school because of some problems, and Barry and Linda had to send her to a public high school.

Once overheard Peggy say that after Locke started having sex with the girls at school, Erica, who was originally attracted by Locke's handsome appearance, had the idea of riding a rocket with Locke again.

Locke didn't continue to speak, he didn't have any feelings for Erica, because Erica didn't meet his aesthetic passing mark, and because he didn't want to complicate his relationship with the Swansons too much.

Finally, he didn't want to discuss this with a ten-year-old girl.

Sending Peggy home, Locke turns in a different direction, but it's not the school, it's Jennifer's home.

Every time he saw Jennifer, those long slender and straight legs would make Locke think of Transformers.

That is, the Chevrolet Camaro has not yet been released, otherwise Locke thinks he can get one to go out for a ride with Jennifer and experience the joy of the Transformers male protagonist.

Of course, Locke felt it on the pickup, and he also left a shoe print on the roof of the car, mainly thanks to the unique culture of Texas.

The most popular car in Texas is not a flat sedan, but a variety of pickups, and the used car that Locke bought is also a pickup.

In the famous Lone Star State, not only do people like muscle cars, but cowboy culture is also very popular, and people can often be seen riding horses on the roads in the city, so that Locke also has a riding skill.

Jennifer's family background is average, her mother died early, and her father was tinkering with modified cars, because she is famous, her income is barely middle-class, which is also one of the reasons why her appearance and figure faintly overwhelm Mandy, but she is still Mandy's best friend's follower.

Influenced by her father, Jennifer was very fond of cars, especially those muscle cars, and now she has a lot of interest in Transformers, especially Optimus Prime and Megatron, she loves them all, and every time she is with Locke, she will talk about it.

After the soul-shaking voice finally stopped, Jennifer leaned quietly into Locke's arms, and after a while, Locke spoke first, "I heard you had a falling out with Mandy recently?" ”

Jennifer's body trembled, and she pretended not to care: "Anyway, there are less than two months left before we are going to graduate." ”

"There must be other reasons, I heard that you've been getting close to Abby, Mandy's least favorite girl, lately."

Abby is Mandy's neighbor, and the grievances between the two can be regarded as starting since childhood, mainly because Abby's family is richer than Mandy, and Abby's parents are also extremely doting on Abby.

Since childhood, Abby has often received better gifts than Mandy, which has led to Mandy always being jealous of Abby and treating Abby as the most hated person.

Although Abby's family is rich, she is introverted and kind, and her appearance is relatively ordinary, and after reaching middle school, Mandy has established an advantage among the students, and begins to embarrass Abby from time to time in school.

Jennifer has a pretty good personality, and she became Mandy's best friend's sidekick to avoid being hostile to herself.

Her figure is even more perfect than Mandy's, and Locke has a deep say in this.

When she is with Mandy, Jennifer will wear some ordinary, not very prominent clothes to make herself less conspicuous, and when she speaks, she is also careful to please Mandy, and always hide herself in Mandy's light.

Such a sophisticated girl who knows how to protect herself suddenly fell out with Mandy, and there must be a reason for this.

"My dad invested in a stock that went wrong." After a moment, Jennifer suddenly said something that seemed unrelated.

Just such a sentence, Locke thought for a while, and came up with a conjecture: "Are you in it for money?" How much is Abby's father willing to give you? ”

According to Locke, Jennifer had always wanted to go to the University of Los Angeles.

It's just that college fees in the United States are very expensive, and for a long time, Jennifer's father has barely been able to save money from private high school tuition, and he can barely afford part of the college tuition.

Jennifer's grades can only be regarded as excellent, not at the top level, and it is impossible to get a scholarship, so Jennifer is worried about the money to go to college.

In his previous life, Locke had heard a lot of people say that parents in the United States will not care anymore when their children are adults, let their children work alone, go to college by their own loans, and earn their own living expenses.

In fact, this is not the case, just like Dongguo, normal families in the United States, parents will do their best to help their children, including the tuition required for college.

Although there are student loans in the United States, they are burdened with heavy debts as soon as they graduate from college, which is not so pleasant, such as Leonard in the Big Bang Theory, who has been repaying the student loans for more than 20 years after graduation, and the mortgage in Dongguo is almost the same.

Now that Jennifer's father has failed to invest in stocks, there must be a big problem with the expected college fund, and with Abby's father's doting on Abby, it is not surprising to spend a little money in his eyes that it is insignificant for a girl to help his daughter who has been bullied at school.

"He was willing to help me pay for my first year." Jennifer said, "All I need is to be Abby's friend until I graduate and give her a good high school memory." ”

The University of Los Angeles is a public university, and the fees are not as high as those of private universities, but the tuition fee is generally $10,000 or 20,000 a year.

This amount was still a lot of money in the eighties and nineties, it was nothing to Abby's father, but it was what Jennifer desperately needed, and it was this large sum of money that made Jennifer decide to take the risk.

"Mandy has a lot on her mind, and if there's something I can't handle, I might be able to help."

"I've been with Mandy for several years and know how to deal with her better than you do, and I was on the phone with Ms. Lisa from the admissions committee and was able to get an offer from LLA very quickly.

Now staying in school is to fulfill Abby's father's request and give Abby's high school a happy ending. ”

The two did not continue to talk in depth in this regard, since Jennifer could solve it herself, Locke would not interfere, after all, the relationship between the two people had not yet reached that depth.

Jennifer and Mandy say they are best friends, but they are actually Mandy's followers, which is also a kind of self-protection that Jennifer chose in high school.

In Locke's view, leaving a bad example is also a good thing for Jennifer, who has long formed the values of Dongguo in her previous life, even if she has ridden the rocket together from time to time, it does not mean that Locke thinks Mandy is a good girl worth being friends with.