The Fall of a Scholar

The school's Chinese Student Association is very considerate in service. Every freshman will have a special welcome service as long as he informs the alumni association here in advance.A brother was in charge of picking up Su Xiaoqian at the airport.Along the way, I told him about the life here, including everything about food, clothing, housing and transportation, and temporarily provided Su Xiaoqian with a place to stay, and he would go out after he set up a dormitory or rented a house by himself.It was already night when I arrived at my brother's house that day, Su Xiaoqian entered a two-story house, maybe the house was too old, and it creaked when I walked up it.I later heard that the house was indeed 200 years old.There was no bed in the room where he temporarily lived, and he put the mattress directly on the ground.The jet lag did not reverse at night, and he couldn't sleep, so he chatted with Yan Congzhi for a while, and found ants on the mattress.Su Xiaoqian immediately decided to start looking for a house immediately.In fact, there are quite a few dormitories in the school, but he naturally thought of renting a house when Yan Congzhi came, so he planned to rent a house directly when he came, since the price was about the same as the accommodation fee.

When he got up the next day, his brother took him to report to school first.Su Xiaoqian was in a low mood when he first applied for the school, and he had no intention of researching the school at all.Later, he reconciled with Yan Congzhi and helped him learn English to watch the school, but he didn't get to know the University of Chicago carefully.When he walked in the Gothic-style campus surrounded by jungles, he found that the paradise of knowledge in the movie was here.Now that I heard my brother tell him about the names in the textbooks that I used to teach here, I finally know that this place is really worth the hard work of those students day and night.

After two weeks of school, the Ph.D. is still in the class stage.Su Xiaoqian has been studying and living here for more than half a month, and there is only one thought in his mind, he must help Yan Congzhi come here.This kind of mood is not the kind that sees the beautiful scenery and wants to take photos and share them with others.Because the scenery is so beautiful, he also cares too much about the person who wants to share it.He didn't want to just use a few photos or words to say how beautiful the scenery is.If I talk too much, I am afraid that he will be annoyed, that he will not be able to understand, or that he will feel sad if he really can't come here.He cared too much about this person, and was worried that the difference in environment and life would create a barrier between him and him, even if it was just a little bit, he couldn't bear it.The only way is, Yan Congzhi must come here, must.

He only sent Yan Congzhi a photo he took in the old campus, with an ancient courtyard-like building in the background.Su Xiaoqian didn't know how to pose, he just stood stupidly on the stone road in the yard.Then tell him everything is fine.He wanted to ask him how he was learning English every day, but he was afraid of pushing him too hard.There is a twelve-hour time difference between the two of them, and they can only contact each other in the morning and evening.Distance is a strange thing. Nowadays, you can use your mobile phone to contact you at any time. Logically speaking, there is no essential difference between Beijing and Chicago and Beijing to Tianjin.But in fact the difference is as big as the distance difference between these two sections.

Su Xiaoqian had a hard time finding a house.He and another freshman named Ye Hang plan to rent together.Every time I call to ask the owner to rent a house, people ask him how many years he has been here, whether he has a Social Security Number, and how is his credit.Both he and Ye Hang have just arrived, so of course they don't have these things.Until more than half a month later, when the senior brother was about to kick him out, Su Xiaoqian luckily found a landlord in Hong Kong.The landlord is very warm to them, although she can't understand Su Xiaoqian's Mandarin, and Su Xiaoqian can't understand her Cantonese.Then Su Xiaoqian had to speak English, and the landlord didn't know much about it.In the mixed, guessing conversation of these three languages, Su Xiaoqian negotiated with her about renting a house.

The landlord runs a restaurant here, and there is a townhouse with three floors, which was originally bought as a wedding house for his son.The son never found a girlfriend, so he wanted to rent it out to make some money.The three-story house has two large bedrooms, two small bedrooms, and four bedrooms. When Su Xiaoqian entered, he set his sights on the master bedroom on the top floor.There is a huge French window facing south, looking out on a quiet street, and across the street is a small Catholic church.Open the shutters and the whole house is filled with sunlight.

Su Xiaoqian and Ye Hang decided to be the second landlord, rent the house, and find two foreign students to live in the small bedroom to share the rent.Calculated in this way, the conditions here are good, and the rent is not much for everyone.He paid a little more for the rent and asked to live in the master bedroom.After everything was settled, two more foreign students came, and the house suddenly became lively.

Every morning he gets up early, and if there is no class in the morning, he turns on the computer.Because Yan Congzhi usually returns to the dormitory at eight or nine in the evening, and also turns on the computer to check some review materials and see the real test analysis.The two of them hung on QQ, and Yan Congzhi would ask him questions from time to time, or chat with each other.When he went to bed, Su Xiaoqian went to make lunch.

This day Su Xiaoqian bought a new pair of speakers, and the two of them turned on the video, so Yan Congzhi's voice could be clearly heard in the room, and sometimes he played the TOEFL listening.

"If you're okay, go to the game and help me see the guild, isn't it disbanded?"

"Oh."

Su Xiaoqian logged into the Evernight Flurry Dancer, and found that the guild was running in an orderly manner, and there were many people online.

"It's not disbanded, and the animal is taking the wasteland BWL7."

"Oh, it's pretty fast."

"The beast said that I am very powerful, but I am submissive to you. I haven't played games for so long."

"Hehe, yes, I haven't been online for more than half a month."

"Is it itchy?"

Yan Congzhi glanced at his mouth: "No."

From the video screen, Su Xiaoqian watched him with one hand on his face and one hand turning the pen, reluctantly looking at the collection of real questions on the table, feeling a little funny, a little distressed, and just wanted to say that he would take a break when he was tired, when the doorbell rang up.

"I'll go out later."

Su Xiaoqian went downstairs and opened the door, and saw that it was a handsome guy named Jeremiah who came last time to preach.Last time I came to teach him the Bible for an hour, and then I made an appointment for the next time.Su Xiaoqian was soft-hearted at the time and did not refuse, but it turned out that he really came again today.

He spent more than an hour studying Chapter 2 of a booklet, so he told Jeremiah that he was too busy recently not to come.It was past one o'clock when he sent him upstairs.

Su Xiaoqian returned to the computer, thinking that Yan Congzhi must have turned off the computer.As a result, in the video, he was lying on one arm, holding the pen he gave him in his hand, and fell asleep with his arm pillowed like that.The hair hasn't been cut for a long time, and it has blocked the eyes, and one side of the fair and smooth neck and shoulders is exposed.On the exercise book on the table, there are Su Xiaoqian's own notes at the beginning, and now there are a lot of Yan Congzhi's elegant handwriting beside it.Su Xiaoqian had a sore nose, wishing he could go up and hug him!

He gently called to Mike: "A bone?"

Seeing that he didn't respond, he raised his voice again: "A bone?"

Yan Congzhi raised his head slightly, half-opened his eyes, and smiled at Su Xiaoqian in a daze.

"Go to bed and sleep."

Yan Congzhi rubbed his eyes and said, "Well, I just fell asleep after listening to the hearing, it's so hypnotic haha."

Su Xiaoqian looked at his watch, it was already two o'clock in the night over there, seeing that he was sleepy and out of shape, but he still forced himself to smile to himself.

"Go to bed early, you are too tired."

"Okay, I'm going to bed."

"Good night."

"88, miss you."

Su Xiaoqian was still staring at the computer screen in a daze, when Ye Hang's voice sounded from behind: "Xiaoqian, it's already two o'clock, don't you want to cook?"

"Are you so hungry that you don't cook until two o'clock and wait for me to cook?"

Since moving in, the other three people in the house don't know how to cook, and after eating Su Xiaoqian's two meals, they blackmailed him.The result of the discussion is that Su Xiaoqian does not need to pay for the food when he cooks.After a few days, Su Xiaoqian felt that he had lost a lot of money. The labor here is expensive, how much is the food worth?

A few days later, Su Xiaoqian contacted Pu Liang and Liu Xing.Pu Liang went to Los Angeles to study, and Liu Xing also went to Boston as planned.

Su Xiaoqian counted the days every day, and finally made it to October, when Yan Congzhi was going to take the TOEFL test.

On the day after the exam, Su Xiaoqian got up at six o'clock and turned on the computer.

"How was the test?"

"It's fine."

"That's good."

"Quick, go online and play for a while."

"..."

When Su Xiaoqian boarded the game, the guild had already exploded.

[Guild] Ashkadi: Boss, if you don't come to the guild, you will be ruined!

[Guild] Shou Yangu: No way.

[Guild] Ashkadi: Yes!Recently, I have been fighting with the power of the elements at the entrance of the copy every now and then!We don't have the backing of the boss.Leng Ruoshuang took a new helmet, which is very cool.

[Guild] Wow wow wow: If you don't come to equip, you will be at the bottom.

[Guild] Shou Yangu: My equipment is already at the bottom of the guild...

[Guild] Which excavator is better: As the guild leader, you are so irresponsible!

[Guild] Shou Yangu: How about I give the president to the beast.

[Guild] Dressed beast: No need, anyway, you are only the honorary president now.

[Guild] Collect Yangu: Haha, good.

[Guild] Cute girl: You don't even miss us!

[Guild] Shou Yangu: I think about it, I want to die, so I will come up soon when I have time?

Su Xiaoqian couldn't get in his mouth anymore in front of the screen, so he could only communicate with Pu Liang about the current situation while watching their lively chat.

[Guild] Bunny Girl: Gu, where have you been recently? !

[Guild] Shou Yangu: I didn't go anywhere, I was at school.

[Guild] Bunny Girl: Then why not go online?

[Guild] Shou Yangu: My wife won't let me go!

[Guild] Xiao Liangliang: ...

[Guild] Ashkadi: ...

[Guild] Clothed Beast: ...

[Guild] Wow wow wow: ... This sentence seems to be ambiguous, don't you think?

[Guild] Which excavator is better: Which wife is yours?

【Guild】Shou Yangu: Which wife?I only have one wife, don't talk nonsense.

[Guild] Ashkadi: Let's continue discussing the issue of his wife not letting him go!

[Guild] Collecting beautiful bones: ...

Su Xiaoqian blushed, and just wanted to tell him not to talk nonsense, and saw a message from him.

[Private] Shou Yangu: Where to play?

[Private] Yongye Luandancer: Whatever you want.

[Guild] Which excavator is better: Ah Gu, please explain this question.

[Guild] Shou Yangu: Because my wife is too thin-skinned, she cries every now and then.

[Guild] Ashkadi: Oh oh oh oh! ! !

[Guild] Which excavator is stronger: Oh! ! ! !

[Guild] Wow wow wow: Oh!oh!oh!

[Guild] Clothed Beast: ...

[Guild] Xiao Liangliang: ...cough cough

[Private] Eternal Night Flurry Dancer: You are going to die! ! !