Lu Mingfei's parents are archaeologists, and he has been fostered by his uncle and aunt since he was in elementary school.
Lu Mingfei has not seen his parents for more than six years, but they still write him a letter every six months, telling him how much they miss him and encouraging him to live a good life.
And the accompanying large amount of child support. This was my aunt's favorite moment. Every time before dawn, she would urge Lu Mingfei to go to the uncle downstairs to get the mail.
But every time he wrote a letter, his mother regretfully told him that her plan to return to China to visit him would have to be postponed again because of new developments...
When he was a child, he was very sad because he envied those parents who picked up and dropped off their children every day. But now he is used to it.
When he was alone after school, he would take the pocket money given by his aunt today and go to the Internet cafe to play games and listen to music.
After all the money was spent, he just sat there in a daze.
When you get tired of sitting in the Internet cafe, it's time to go home.
But he entered the building but did not enter the house. He slipped through the iron fence leading to the roof and sat next to the humming air conditioner again, looking at the city until the sun went down.
When he first entered junior high school, Lu Mingfei felt that his parents were very great. Every time he appeared in front of his classmates, he would always rely on the unique middle school students of that age.
Standing on the podium, Chu booed that they were working on a very large archaeological project, and once the results were announced, they would shock the world like Sven Hedin discovered the ancient city of Loulan.
That's what he said and thought at that time...
But six years have passed. Repeating one thing over and over will eventually make everyone lose patience.
Including himself.
Lu Mingfei could hardly remember what his parents looked like. Only by occasionally looking at family photos from his childhood, could he barely recall the boy and girl, as well as his old building with the ivy-covered exterior.
They were like old notebooks that were dusty and yellowed in the corner. Occasionally, he could still think of their first laughter.
But he just remembered it. He was like an outsider looking at the yellowed notebook in a daze, feeling neither joy nor sadness.
He lived to the age of eighteen in a state of confusion, neither good nor bad. Apart from being stuck in an Internet cafe and playing StarCraft every day, he didn't know where his future would be.
As graduation approached, there was a strong trend of studying abroad in their class. Lu Mingfei told his aunt about this, but unexpectedly received her strong support.
It has also been unusually generous in paying each school’s application fees of dozens of dollars.
The aunt actually had her own plan. Among Lu Mingfei's scores in various subjects, only English was pretty good. Following the trend of English in his class, he had some bad luck when he took the TOEFL test and scored well.
With Lu Mingfei's grades, it is difficult to get into a first-class undergraduate degree, but it is very popular to study abroad now. Apply for it, and get the admission notice from an American university through some bad luck.
The money has been accounted for.
In addition, aunt also has the most important "little" abacus.
Although Lu Mingze's grades are better than Lu Mingfei's, they are not top-notch. If we go by his grades, he won't be able to get into prestigious schools like Tsinghua and Peking University.
But if she can study abroad and find a very good school abroad, this will not only give Lu Mingze a good future, but it will also be a great face for her.
But going to college is a lifelong matter, and her aunt couldn't bear to watch Lu Mingze take risks. After thinking about it, she decided to let Lu Mingfei try the waters first.
She was going to let him try to see if he could use the hard soles of his feet to pave a way for Lu Mingze. If he failed, it didn't matter, it meant that the road was unavailable, and Lu Mingze wouldn't have to waste another year. If he succeeded, then she
I felt that Lu Mingfei’s life was complete.
But this road is obviously not that easy. Lu Mingfei has received more than a dozen replies in a row, but their results are all the same.
My aunt spent hundreds of dollars in exchange for nothing but repeated thanks from Americans.
but,
Maybe it’s really destiny, maybe it’s just Lu Mingfei’s bad luck.
Just when Lu Mingfei was discouraged and ready to give up, an acceptance letter from Chicago broke the calm stasis in his heart.
This is an admission notice from a college claiming to be Kassel.
It was transferred to Cassel College by the University of Chicago, where he applied.
He didn't know about this college, but that didn't stop him from collecting information online.
According to the results of Lao Tang and himself searching for information in Internet cafes these days.
Cassel College is a private university located in the outer suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is a joint school with the University of Chicago and has extensive academic exchanges.
Can such a good college take the initiative to admit him?
Lu Mingfei didn't believe it at first, and neither did her aunt.
Even Lu Mingze, who had always ignored him, rarely showed concern for his future.
"What Cassel College? It must be a scam! What about the Fellowship College of the University of Chicago? Chu Zihang, who ranked first in our school last year, went abroad to study. He also went to the Fellowship College of the University of Chicago. Chu Zihang is a cousin.
He is a professor at a university and has obtained a green card. The fraternity colleges in such prestigious universities are similar to the Ivy League, and even Americans cannot get in!"
At this moment, when it came to Lu Mingfei's matter, the uncle's family, which had always been unanimous, rarely showed different opinions.
They were fighting with each other until their mouths were dry and the air was boiling.
But in this family meeting, he was like an outsider, huddled in the corner of the sofa with his hands on his knees, and the living room echoed with the endless chatter of his uncle, aunt, and Lu Mingze.
He stood up and walked out of the living room. The three of them were still arguing about the authenticity of the interview notice, and no one noticed the departure of the protagonist...
Auntie and Lu Mingze were a little bit shocked. If this letter was true, it would be a huge piece of shit luck. It had not happened to one person in ten years, but it happened to Lu Mingfei.
Auntie is not used to this wilted child suddenly cheering up. How can their Lu Mingze beat him in the future?
That's a prestigious school.
But as the root of the old Lu family, the uncle obviously wanted Lu Mingfei to give Lu Mingfei a try. However, the aunt had been in charge of the family's financial power for many years and was very majestic. That's true.
If you don’t pay, you can’t go!
Until finally they found the phone number of the contact person at Kassel College in the iPhone that was sent with the courier.
That's when their argument stopped.
Through the phone.
"Hello, hello. This is the Admissions Office of Kassel College."
"Hello, hello. We are Lu Mingfei's parents, may I ask?"
"Lu Ming is not a parent?! Yes, that's right! Please let your children participate in our interview the day after tomorrow. The location is the Regent Hotel."
The morning after tomorrow, Lijing Hotel.
Before my aunt could finish her words, the staff on the other side had already informed her of all the information.
At this moment, their family was really sure that Lu Mingfei was really lucky again!