Chapter 6 Chapter 3 Candlelight Wish

Reluctantly boarding the plane, Shihua seemed to bid farewell to a piece of history, but also seemed to be carrying an unfinished story. As the plane flew, her heart ached. At the age of sixteen, she tasted life and separation for the first time. Seeing her dejected look, Fa Song thought it was the first time she had left her hometown and was reluctant to part with her parents, so he reached out and held her hand to ease her panic. But Shihua coldly pushed his hand away, tightly pinching the pearl hanging from the necklace with his thumb and forefinger. She was recalling the first sentence of the conversation from the first time she met Li Qi, the scenes on every page, and finally his leaving without saying goodbye.

"Without you, I have nothing." Li Qi said so. However, why did he hide to prevent her from finding him? He knew that Xiao Sheng would come again, and he always believed in her so much. Li Qi, where have you wandered? Sheng Shihua was intoxicated in the past like a dream, and didn't want to be disturbed by anything. Whether Fazon teased her or handed her a magazine, she felt intrusive. Now, Faxon has changed his job to detain her to the United States, and all her anger is directed at him. The pearl was pinched and pulled by her tortured, and finally fell off and rolled on the ground.

The necklace was broken, everything was broken, and Se-hwa's tears welled up in his eyes. I was so anxious that Fasong rummaged around in the crevice of the chair, the carpet under the chair, and in the walkway, feeling for the pearl that had rolled to nowhere. Shihua didn't move, didn't pay attention, Fasong and the male and female waiters in the air were busy making a mess, she was indifferent. There was a middle-aged foreign woman next to her who didn't like it, and said to Shihua with disapproval: "So many people are busy finding jewelry for you and you're sitting like a piece of cake!"

Shihua was so angry that he had nowhere to vent when he was escorted onto the plane, he stared at the foreign woman with big eyelashes curled up and said: "none of your business!" Fa Song was half crawling on the ground and heard a woman scolding Shi Hua, so he hurriedly got up again. "You spoiled my sister!" said the foreign woman. "It's not spoiling, she's not used to being away from her parents for the first time." Fazon said protectively, "Besides, it's our business to find things." "Tell that woman not to talk!" Shihua said coquettishly to Fasong.

"Stop harassing us!" Fazon said. "Every American has the right to speak." The foreign woman said. "I have studied in the United States for four years. You are not the only American I have ever met. Don't think you can speak for the Americans!" . In the end, an experienced male waiter found the bead between the footpost and the carpet on the left back of the chair. "How did you find it?" Shihua asked strangely. "Ladies dropped earrings and pendants in the cabin. We have found a lot, so we know where to find them." The male waiter smiled easily.

"Thank you," Fazon said. "I'm so sorry." "Never mind," said the waiter. Fazon inserted the beads left and right, trying to insert the platinum post protruding from the center of the necklace back into the small hole of the pearl. "Don't interrupt, I'm so annoying!" Shihua said. "Why don't you need to insert it again? You were crying when you lost the beads just now." "It's not about crying." Shihua snatched the beads and the broken necklace, and threw them into his carry-on bag. "Are you going to Harvard, too?" Fazon asked wistfully, because he was at Harvard.

"Several schools have accepted me, and I can go to any one." Shihua said. "Come to Harvard," Faxon almost begged. "I won't go in if you're here." "What crime have I committed again?" "It's all about sin." The more Shihua acted coquettishly and unreasonably, the more Fasong became fascinated, thinking about dragging this little sister whom he had loved since childhood in the campus. "Is it boring to sit in the plane?" Fazon continued to courteously. "It's boring when you sit next to me, don't come closer than five inches to me." Shihua took out a small short ruler from his bag and measured it mischievously.

"Here, this is five inches, no crossing is allowed!" Shihua said with a laugh. "What a child, you still carry a ruler on the plane!" Fa Song felt sorry for this delicate little sister from the bottom of his heart. However, Shihua became jealous again for a moment, Li Qi and her world are so suffering and vicissitudes. Little Nizi was crying and laughing, which confused Fasong, but, anyway, it was always a pleasure to sit beside her.During the long flight, Shihua was full of worries on the plane and didn't sleep much. When he got off the plane, the sun shone and his feet touched the ground.

Fazon's parents had a twelve-room luxury apartment south of Central Park, and Shihwa lived there before school started.Fasong was still full of energy. As soon as he put down his luggage, he took Shihua to attend a lecture at New York University. Shihua was so tired that he fell asleep halfway, and he didn't hear a few words. "Tomorrow, I've booked a ticket to watch My Fair Lady on Broadway. George Bernard Shaw's is not a play, but a musical." Fazon has actually watched it countless times, but this is the most popular Broadway musical. Hua would love to watch it.

Shihua has not yet gotten used to the change of time and space, and when he looks at it day and night, his mind is still confused, and it is hard to prop up the eyelids that automatically droop. On the third day, Shihua slept until four o'clock in the afternoon before getting out of bed. Opening the bedroom door, there was a large box of things at the door. Sitting in the spacious living room, Fazon looked out of the window to the lush trees of Central Park that stretched for miles. Fazon looked even more healthy and majestic in front of a green forest in the sun. "Open the box and have a look, do you like it?"

Shihua opened the box, and it was a pink lace evening dress, with wide pink satin shoulders, a pink satin three-fold belt, and a diamond buckle on the left side of the belt, and a large round table skirt just below the knee three inches. Shihua compared it with him: "Hey, how do you know my size?" "And shoes, and evening handbags." Fazon apparently spent the better part of the day going around the company, where everything was available. "I've never worn high-heeled shoes." Shihua turned the pair of pink satin shoes upside down, and looked at the small three-and-a-half-inch pointed heels. "Show me the clothes." Faxon was much more anxious than she was. "No, I'm going to wear it tonight anyway." Shihua was usually very interested in beautiful clothes, but this time, he wasn't interested in trying them, and just responded, "Where are you going tonight? I forgot." "There was a big ball at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, organized by students from New York University." The Waldorf Astoria was a first-class luxury hotel in New York at that time, a place full of clothes and shadows. "Why don't you do it at Harvard?" Shihua hasn't figured out the addresses of each school yet, so which one is the closest and which one is farther away. "There are a lot of activities after school starts, you can play." Fasong said. After dusk, Shihua changed into her dance clothes, put on a little pink lipstick, her hair was draped around her shoulders, and she stepped out like a princess. Fasong is overjoyed with joy, such a beautiful girlfriend can show off her might tonight. He and Shihua grew up together, playing around like brothers and sisters. When she was thirteen years old, Fa Song felt differently. This flower belonged to him. Sheng Shihua. Shihua has always regarded him as an elder brother. She knows that Fasong loves her and indulges her, but she has never thought about whether she loves her or not. Tonight, for the first time, she noticed that Faxon, who was wearing a black dress, white vest and white pointed collar, was not just a big brother who played with her in a T-shirt, he was actually a big man with dissatisfaction in his eyes. It's just the mischievousness of a big urchin, but a kind of masculine love. Shihua's long-gloved hands were wrapped around his arms, and he walked into the Waldorf Astoria's grand banquet hall. Under the bright lights, he looked like a pair of golden boys and girls, attracting many envious eyes. Shihua was as tender and fresh as a petal, and couldn't hide the brilliance of her first breath. The boys at New York University almost rolled their eyes, and all of them were eager to ask her to dance with her. Although Shihua has never worn high heels, but she is used to pointe dancing, and high heels are no problem for her. She dances gracefully and gracefully like fairy flowers, She felt the closeness of the boys to her, and she wanted to dance with different boys one by one, but Fazon had an air of "she is mine", coupled with a bit of natural dignity, no boys dared to move his girlfriend. Shihua was angry in his heart, Fasong seemed to regard him as her husband, and would not allow anyone to touch her. Back at Fasong's apartment, Se-hwa is not as elated as Fasong. "I'm so envious of my friends, my girlfriend is so beautiful." "What's yours, yours, who's yours?" Shihua was not very happy. "What did I say wrong again? The girl I asked to go to the dance, even my girlfriend, is just a normal name." "There are so many beautiful girls! Just pick one." "Shihua, don't laugh at me. I have a fantasy. In the future, after you graduate, we will get married." Fasong said confidently, "I firmly believe that our future will be happy." Shihua wanted to leave his mother's strict control, so he flew freely in the south, east and north to see the world. Unexpectedly, this one was worse than his mother, she hadn't seen enough life, so he wanted to lock her up. Overnight, Shihua was thinking of ways to get out. It's good to marry anyone in the future, take your time, but you can't step into the cage in such a step. She hated her parents again.Deliberately arranged, deliberately arranged! The more they arranged, the more disgusted she became. She locked the door, found the list of colleges that accepted her application, and turned to a map of the United States. In that application, in addition to the few famous schools designated by her parents, she also curiously picked schools to apply for, and she picked some applications from provinces and places that she had never heard of. Her eyes wandered over the map, she was looking for a place where there were no friends or relatives of her parents. She found a strange name: St. Louis Obispo, Caltech, on the coast between San Francisco and Los Angeles. She remained calm, and remitted the tuition and boarding fees the next day. She majored in one subject, and she chose biology. It is currently summer vacation, and there is no dormitory to live in, so she has to stay in New York until the end of time. I can't go to San Francisco first, where my parents have a lot of friends. Faxon only thought she would go to Harvard at his word.She said everything was done. "Oh, yes, I think your parents sent you the tuition fees." Fasong said thoughtfully, "Shall I go around the campus first?" "No need, it's not too late to go on the day of registration. I'll be there every day from now on, what are you busy with?" Shihua worried that Fa Song was too eager to help, so he went to register for her and asked questions. "What did you choose to read?" Fazon asked. "Well, philosophy." "It doesn't matter what you choose to study in the first two years, and it's not too late to decide on a major in the third year." Fazon said. "I think so too, but now I don't know what I'm missing." "There's a party tomorrow at seven o'clock." "What does your party have to do with me?" "Of course you did!" Faxon could hardly accept that she wasn't part of his social life. "I'm not going." Shihua shook his head without explanation. "Why not?" Faxon was a little annoyed. "If you don't go, you don't go." "If you don't go, I will go by myself!" Fasong said angrily. Se-hwa ignores him and runs back to the room. Fa Song also has a bit of a young master's temper, and the next day he stopped being humble and started a cold war with Shi Hua. At night, Shihua heard him come back, but pretended not to hear. Faxon knocked on her door, slightly drunk. "There was a twist dance competition at the party, and I won the championship." Faxon protested to her. "Congratulations, good night!" Shihua cursed in his heart, such a tall and strong person, twisting his waist must not look good. Shihua looked at the day, it was the end of August, school was about to start, and the dormitory was available, so she was going to slip away. She left a letter for Faxon, packed two suitcases early in the morning, and took the plane to San Francisco without taking the ball gown, shoes and evening handbag that Faxon had given her. When I arrived in San Francisco, I asked left and right, and I found out that I could take the Gray Hunter bus for three hours, and then I could go to St. Louis Obispo. In her life, she has only seen cities like Hong Kong and New York, and she has never seen the small towns along the way, sparse bungalows, and simple and sparsely populated streets. When she got to the station of St. Louis Aubis, she got out of the car with two large suitcases in her arms, feeling overjoyed that she had escaped successfully.She didn't care what St. Louis Obispo was, as long as nobody cared. After waiting for a taxi for a long time, there was no shadow. After waiting for a long time, a young Chinese man in his twenties drove by, poked his head out and asked her: "what are you waiting for?" "Waiting for a taxi." The young man burst out laughing: "Are you new here? There are no taxis in this town!" "Then I..." "Caltech freshmen? Get in the car, I'll take you there, and I'll carry the boxes for you." When Shihua got into the car, the young man couldn't help laughing: "You get into a stranger's car without asking who I am?" "Everyone here is a stranger, even if there is a taxi, the driver is also a stranger." Shihua said, "maybe more dangerous than you." The young man laughed three times. It was only then that Shihua saw his appearance clearly. He was a thin boy with glasses and a pointed face. He was of medium build. He was wearing a CALPOLY (California Institute of Technology) airplane shirt, but he was still very scholarly, with a bit of a scholarly look. misty. "What's your name?" the boy asked her. "Sheng Shihua." "English name?" "No." "Why not, everyone in Hong Kong has an English name." "I never use it." "The teachers here can't read us Chen Zhengcheng and Zhu Zuchuang. In their mouths, they all become: support, support, out, out..." "Are you holding back, or going out?" "I am support, that is Chen Zhengcheng, that is Joseph. You can call me Joseph." "Where's Zhu Zuchuang? What's his name?" "His name is Azu." Joseph said, "He is a well-known boy on campus." "How to become famous?" Shihua was imagining what Azu would look like. "Fight," Joseph said, "fight for a girlfriend and fight with an American boy." Shihua pricked up his ears to listen, it would be wonderful if there were boys fighting for him. "Is that girl Chinese or American? Is she pretty?" Shihua already had a new face in his mind that he had never met before. Joseph looked at her and sighed inwardly.Wasn't Sylvia radiant when she first arrived?Four years of indiscriminate living have left her withered. In the circle of Chinese students studying abroad, Shi Weiya is still very famous. In the circle of American boys, she is still considered a great oriental beauty, not to mention that she will always come. "Is she still studying?" "It's between whether I want to think about it or not. She has no face to go back to Hong Kong, but she always coaxes men to pay for her tuition." Joseph said with regret. Back in the day, boys flocked to this Sylvia. "Do you have an English name?" Joseph asked again. "Let's just call it Shihua, and it's easy to pronounce in English pinyin, unlike your support and support." "Why a man's name?" "Everyone asks me that. Sheng Shihua is not a man's name, Huazhehua is also my name is Sheng, and I am a flower in Shengshi!" Joseph looked at a flower in this flourishing world, and couldn't help being dazed for a while. Compared with Shi Weiya when she came from Hong Kong four years ago with the fame of the school belle, Sheng Shihua's beauty was even more beautiful than her. If an unattractive girl was standing on the street, he didn't care how many boxes she was holding, he would pretend not to see her. "I'll take you to the registry," Joseph said. Sheng Shihua entered an unfamiliar registration office, had to go through the procedures for a long time, and had to allocate a dormitory room. When she came out, she thought Joseph was gone, but she didn't know that he was still sitting on the grass in front of the registry office, waiting as if daydreaming. Joseph sent her to the dormitory and left reluctantly. "I'm going to pick up my girlfriend Pauline. I can't take care of you tonight. You don't know the way to the campus. I'll take you to class tomorrow." "Joseph, what do you study?" "Pre-med, I'm transferring to medical school in Los Angeles next semester." "And what about Pauline?" "She'll transfer schools with me." Shihua didn't know that Joseph and Baolian lived together. When she went to the dormitory, she was a little disappointed. It was an old two-story bungalow. The paint in the room had obviously been repaired many times before the old oil was removed. She looked like an old woman with heavy makeup. The smell of paint. The room is very simple, with a bed on the left and a bed on the right, and a desk for each person. She didn't know who the roommate was, but the other party's wardrobe was opened, and there was a row of pink, pink, blue, pink and yellow clothes that matched well. She thought that the roommate was a gentle, virtuous and good-looking girl, Shihua was a little happy. She also hung up her clothes.It was nearly dusk, and a short American girl ran in, who probably had sex with her. Sehwa smiled kindly. When the American girl saw that the roommate was not American but Oriental, she immediately turned her face down, turned around and went out. When has Shihua ever been neglected like this, he thought to himself, why is this so unreasonable, I would rather not go out, don't come in if you have the guts to see where you sleep. The other American girls who moved into each room one after another were very friendly, but her roommate stayed in the room until very late with a dark face and didn't say a word to Sheng Shihua. When he came here, he encountered racial discrimination. Shihua was annoyed and disappointed. The next day Joseph came early and took her to each classroom. Every time he stepped out of the classroom, Joseph would sit on the grass and wait for her. The dining hall opened early, at five o'clock in the afternoon, Hong Kong people were still having afternoon tea, the American school dining hall was already open, and there was no food after seven o'clock. Back in the dormitory, the roommate still hated Shihua, she only came in when she went out, and she went out immediately when she came in. Shihua felt very wronged, she came here with the heart of brothers everywhere, but she made up a racially discriminatory roommate with her, alone, weeping for a while. Fortunately, when Joseph came at night, his girlfriend Pauline was the first to speak: "We'll take you to the movies." Pauline's face was shaped like a pear, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, but sweet, kind, and lively, like a big sister who wanted to take care of her. Joseph looked at Shihua affectionately behind Baolian, Shihua just acted as if nothing had happened. Baolian asked her about the dormitory, and Shihua told her. Pauline says: "Go and tell the dormitory supervisor that most of the American girls are from the countryside, and foreigners have never seen a few of them, so why put on airs!" "I won't move anymore. If I want to leave, she will leave. If I don't leave, I won't tell the dormitory supervisor." Shihua said stubbornly. A look of admiration flitted across Joseph's face. Shihua persisted in this way, and other American girls also felt that her roommate had a bad attitude, and they were all dissatisfied with her. As a result, her roommate moved out of the dormitory in a boring way. Se-hwa wins her first fight. In the opposite room there was a tall, fat blonde girl named Yardley who ran over and said to Shihua: "I'm moving in with you." "The housekeeper called?" "No, I want to live with you myself," Yeardley said, "I had a fight with my roommate, she thought I was chewing gum all night and making her type, and I thought she was typing in the middle of the night and making me sleep. " "Do you want to tell the dormitory supervisor?" Shihua asked. "Yes, let's talk now." The dormitory supervisor was very relieved. Shihua asked. "Where did my former roommate go?" "I don't care, I absolutely deny her behavior, don't take it to heart, there are some people here who are very extreme." Yardley and Shihua hit it off right away, and they are very close. "How many Chinese students are there?" Shihua asked Yardley. "More than fifty, not too much, even fewer girls." "Tomorrow our Chinese Student Association will have a welcome party." Shihua said. "Then go and make them dizzy," Yeardley said. "Have you ever heard of a Chinese girl named Shi Weiya?" Shihua has never met the famous Shi Weiya. "Her?" Yeardley shrugged. "I've been here for a few years, and my eyes are painted black every day, but my face is as white as the wall, but a lot of boys like her." "What does she read?" "Pure numbers." "It should be good!" "I'm majoring in home economics, so I'm very wrong?" Yeardley put her fat hands on her hips, "Actually, I really don't want to study anymore, I want to get married!" In the evening of the next day, Shihua changed into a light blue gauze dress and went to the welcome party with a plain face. Originally, Joseph and Pauline came to pick her up, but when they arrived at the living room of the dormitory, there stood a Chinese boy in a black leather airplane shirt, black pants, and white shirt. About five feet and ten inches tall, with fair skin, small and dignified facial features, there is a touching masculine taste in the powder carvings of the son and brother, a little unconsciously self-willed, but it can't hide a trace of anger on his face . That is Zhu Zuchuang, Azu. Although Shihua hasn't met him these days, she intuitively knows that the man in black is him. "I'm Azu." "I know." Shi Hua said. "How do you know?" Azu asked strangely. "Sometimes when two people meet, they will know who is who." Shihua said. Azu's sentimental face burst into a smile of meeting a confidante. The first time we met, this girl... Azu's heart was pounding. "Can I take you to the orientation party?" Azu asked. "Of course." Shihua wanted to see how Shi Weiya saw Azu hugging her into the arena. She had heard the story that Shi Weiya and Azu came to the United States to study together after dating from Hong Kong. But Sylvia's life is messy, and he often messes with boys from the United States, Brazil, and France. Once, he lived with a Brazilian boy for six months, and Azu couldn't take it any longer. The two boys asked out to fight, and Shivia even went to watch the fight in person. Azu lost the fight, frustrated and ashamed, got on the car and stepped on the accelerator, the car hit a big tree, broke his leg bone, he just recovered last year. As for Shivia, her Brazilian boyfriend doesn't want her anymore, so I don't know who to live with. Originally, Joseph and Pauline came to pick her up, but Azu was one step ahead, and Azu was already there when they arrived. Joseph was a little upset, but Pauline laughed loudly: "Azu, you are fast!" "Let's go in a car." Joseph suggested, he didn't want Shihua to leave his sight. Azu said: "I drove here too, why don't I drive Shihua." Baolian winked at Joseph to give them a chance to date, but she didn't know that her boyfriend's heart had already flown to this little sister on the first day. A twisted towel is so awkward. In the circle of Chinese students, it has long been rumored that there is a beauty. What kind of person is Shi Weiya? Although she has not been with Chinese students for a long time, she will not give up her crown of the most beautiful woman in the hearts of foreign students so easily. . When Shihua and Azu arrived, she was already wearing heavy make-up, wearing a tight black cheongsam, her hair was combed in a high bun, and she was sitting there in a stately manner, with electricity permeating every boy. When Azu saw Shi Weiya, there were tears and hatred in his eyes. Sylvia said "Hi" indifferently. Shihua asked Azu to introduce it to the guests, and every boy's envy for Azu was written on his face. Compared with the elegant and elegant Shihua, Shivia is like a flower whose golden age has passed. Although her beauty is still there, boys still want to kiss Xiangze. However, Shihua is like a little fairy floating out of some forest, her eyes are like water, and her texture is crystal clear like a layer of silver powder from the sky. She is gentle, young, and slender. Via is old, vulgar, and haggard. In order to express his hope for Azu, Shihua treated him tenderly and tenderly all night, just like his girlfriend. Other boys lined up to invite Shihua to dance and strike up a conversation, but Azu felt embarrassed to prevent her from being admired by everyone. The two had never known each other before, and he rashly went to the dormitory to pick up Shihua. Shihua not only agreed, but also seemed to have a tacit understanding with him without saying anything. Every thing he did, every gesture made him regain a lot of lost confidence. Heart. The wound abandoned by Shi Weiya has not yet healed, and the face of being ridiculed by others has not yet recovered. How come this Sheng Shihua is so understanding and interpreting, which makes him feel inexplicably moved in the pain. Joseph was depressed all night, but Pauline was happy as usual. While constantly changing partners, Shihua caught a glimpse of Zhang Yingting's extraordinary face next to Joseph, appearing and disappearing from time to time, watching coldly, she didn't know who he was, and he didn't come to say hello to Sheng Shihua, Shihua Too busy with the boys, she has to go back to Azu's side often, and use her inexperience to wrestle with the experienced Shivia. After the party, Azu drove to a bar and stared at Shihua: "You are a strange girl, why do you seem to know how I feel?" "In the human world, if you pay a little attention, you will know." Shihua wrote two words of Nalan Rongruo on the napkin: "Yu Lang is not old yet, why should he be sad so early?" Azu drank a glass of martini: "You can even feel that my Chinese level is not bad?" "Azu, do you plan to remember her forever?" Shihua gently squeezed his palm, which made him feel warm. "Is there someone you plan to remember for the rest of your life?" Azuxi smiled. Shihua thought of Li Qi, that was her first love, it brought her a lot of torture, but not much happiness. Now that the news is gone, she is a little afraid of the endless distress, but in her heart, she has already determined that Li Qi is her first lover, and he can't satisfy her. He is a woman wearing heavy shackles Feelings, but she knew that she could not forget him in this life. Shihua is not a girl who likes to say goodbye to a man in front of another man, she thinks it is her private matter. So, she just bowed her head and smiled, noncommittal. "Azu, what department do you study in?" "architecture." "How many years until graduation?" "One year. The architecture department takes five years." "You haven't thought about changing schools in the past four years?" "Caltech's Department of Architecture is very famous. Students who graduate can do things right away, not talking on paper." Azu said. Shihua thought, this is only one of the reasons. Another reason was that he was reluctant to leave the place where Shi Weiya was, and Shi Weiya didn't pay much attention to him. However, he would rather stay here and suffer his childhood sweetheart girlfriend to betray him and treat him as a school slut like nothing. Azu forcefully said lightly: "Don't think that I plan to remember who for the rest of my life, what is there to remember?" He drank another martini. At that time, a group of Chinese boys came to the bar, all of whom had invited Sheng Shihua to dance at the party just now. They were not convinced how Azu could ask Sheng Shihua to have a heart-to-heart talk with Sheng Shihua one-on-one. The boys deliberately sat at the next table, Azu got impatient and called for the check, and threw a hundred dollar bill on the waiter's silver tray as a reward.Of course the boys sitting next to him noticed it, but Sheng Shihua didn't see it at all. Her tutoring is: when the man checks out, she should not look at the bill, let alone how he pays. In a student bar in a small town, how long have you seen such a big tip? You only ordered a few drinks, but only a few dozen dollars. Shihua was in a daze, she didn't even notice that Azu raised a hundred yuan bill, she was only busy recognizing the face of the boy at the next table. It's all available, she thought. Among them was the tallest and most beautiful one, who seemed to be called Lonnie. Joseph did not come, and the handsome and extraordinary face that appeared and disappeared next to Joseph at the party just now was not there. After class the next day, Shihua went to the dining hall with his roommate, American girl Yardley. It was only five o'clock and Doyardley complained that she was hungry. The two girls each took their trays and went to eat like a buffet. She saw Lonnie frying chicken, and students could earn money by working in the canteen. "Lonnie, it's you who fried it, no wonder it's so unpalatable!" Shihua said to Lonnie, who was frying and frying, through the plates of self-service food. Lonnie smiled with a row of neat white teeth, and the sun was shining brightly. Azu came over, still wearing his black leather airplane shirt. "Sit down, you two girls, I'll get you anything you want." The two girls sat down, and Azu proudly held two trays full of food, sat opposite Shihua and Yardley, and ate with them. Lonnie just stared, he had no money, he was just a poor student in part-time study, he had no time to court girls, he only fried chicken in the canteen until he got smoked. In the evening, the receptionist of the dormitory called Shihua's room, saying that someone was looking for her. "Who?" Shihua asked. "Lonny." Shihua happily ran to the living room. "What's the matter, Lonny?" "Looking for a chat with you." Lonnie was tall, about six feet two inches, taller than tall guys like Li Qi and Fazon. "Why are you so tall?" Shihua laughed. "My younger brother is also this tall," Lonnie said. "He's at UC Berkeley. I'll introduce you sometime." "Your brother also fried chicken in Berkeley?" Shihua asked. "No, it's not easy to find a job in Berkeley. My brother just concentrates on his studies. If you want to do it, my brother will do it well." Lonny clearly loves his brother. "Why don't you go to Berkeley?" Shihua was originally admitted by that prestigious school. "Firstly, the tuition is expensive, and secondly, I am studying electrical engineering. Caltech is more suitable. There are more experiments here than theory, and once I leave, I will not worry about not having a job." "Azu said that too." "What is he worried about? He has plenty of money. Didn't you see him throw out a hundred-dollar bill last night?" "I didn't see it at all," Shihua said. Lonnie laughed out loud: "He just wanted to show it to you. I can't think of a waste of effort." "What catches your eyes?" "He's after you, anyone can tell," Lonnie said. "There's nothing wrong with that, right?" Shihua said. "Seeing him serve you and Yeardley with two trays, so complacent, I can't stand him!" "The food at school is terrible. It's fried chicken and hamburgers every day. It's dry and hard. I usually can only eat the pile of mashed potatoes." Shihua really ate mashed potatoes for many days. "If you can't eat in the dining hall, Azu can afford to treat you to a big restaurant every day." Lonnie said sourly, "And I can only chat with you here." "That's good too!" Shihua said. "Are you used to being away from home?" Lonnie asked like a big brother. "It's a habit, every day is very lively." Shihua said. "Of course, I was in the cafeteria and I saw the boys hanging around you," Lonnie said. "If you want to come tonight, there will be many people looking for you, right?" Shihua smiled shyly. She wasn't that open, but the atmosphere here is free, and it doesn't seem like a big deal for boys to find girls. Every day, male classmates look for her, and she is so busy that she doesn't even have time to show her original shyness. "Oh!" Lonnie sighed, "I'm too busy. I have to fry chicken in the cafeteria from Monday to Friday, and I go to bartending in San Francisco on weekends. I have a lot of homework, so I don't have time to chase after you." "Then what are you doing here tonight?" "Come to register." Lonnie smiled cheerfully, "One day I will not be poor, so I will have time to show my hospitality." "And you want to introduce your brother to me?" "That's an excuse, it's an opening line, and it's a fact." Lonnie leaned back on the sofa. "I think we two brothers have you all to ourselves." "It doesn't make sense at all!" Said Shihua. "Why doesn't it work? If I can't catch it, my brother will catch it; if my brother can't catch it, I will catch it!" "You are quite confident." Shihua said. "I have self-confidence, it's just that I don't have money. Let you play for a few years first, and I'll graduate in the future, you can see." Lonnie said. "Are you doing well?" Shihua asked. "It can't be bad. My parents are both teachers. They saved a little money and sent our two brothers to study in the United States. They have endured it all their lives. I also hope that they will enjoy happiness in the future." "Lonnie, that's very kind of you." "Shihua, you must be a rich lady, right?" "What does that matter?" "I don't like chasing Miss Qianjin, but I also like you, so I said, register first." "Come to the dormitory to chat when you have time." "I'm rarely free. You, don't take too much time, study hard." Lonnie laughed again with his straight white teeth. Such a hearty man, Shihua thought of Li Qi. Li Qi didn't care about anything, but without him being cheerful, he always felt a bit resigned to fate and sad without words. However, Li Qi's environment is much worse than that of Lonnie, Li Qi doesn't even have parents. "I'm leaving, don't stop you from doing your homework." Lonnie strode away with his hands in his jeans pockets. Shi Hua suddenly remembered something: "Lonnie, wait a minute." "what?" "On the night of the orientation meeting, the one who used to stand next to Joseph..." "Which one? The No. 1 outstanding student here." Lonnie said. "he……" "He what? Not telling you. I'm here for myself!" Lonny swaggered away. Days seem to go by very slowly, maybe because Sehwa is concentrating on his homework and dating endlessly.In fact, she has only been at Caltech for one month, and her life has become more colorful than her previous seventeen years. The beautiful campus, the rows of Spanish-style buildings, the names of places in Southern California, St., etc., all come from Spanish. Joseph and Pauline took care of her like family. Pauline often asked her to go swimming, watch movies, and go shopping, and Joseph would always be the coachman. If Baolian hadn't been so unsuspecting and scheming, she should have seen her boyfriend's repressed affection for Shihua. His eyes were looking at Shihua all the time. Shihua was aware of it, but she had no choice but to pretend not to know. She liked Baolian so much, and Baolian loved her so much. She hoped that the relationship between the three of them would last forever.At the same time, she also knows that she is the only one who can maintain the balance of this fine line. Bao Lian often mentions Cheng Anxiong and Cheng Anxiong, this name, obviously she knows him very well, but she has never seen them ask him to come together. "Who is Cheng Anxiong? I only listen to you, but I don't see anyone." Shihua finally couldn't help asking. "He's a good friend of mine and Pauline," Joseph said. Shihua's brain jingled!That handsome and extraordinary face, the No. 1 outstanding student in Tianzi in the mouth of Lonnie. "Joseph, at the orientation party when I first came, there was a man standing next to you all night, neither dancing nor making a sound." "That's Cheng Anxiong." Joseph said, "He doesn't make much noise." "I don't know how many words I have to talk to!" Pauline said. "You are a silly big sister, anyone would be happy to chat with you!" Joseph said. "Who says I'm stupid, I'm not stupid at all! Cheng Anxiong has the corners of his eyes the most, he doesn't talk to anyone if he's stupid!" Baolian protested loudly. "Isn't Shivia in his eyes too?" Shihua asked. "Sylvia?" Pauline became angry when she heard the name, "Since the first day, Cheng Anxiong hasn't looked at Sylvia much, he doesn't like women who are not serious!" "Then you are exaggerating too much. When Sylvia first came here, it was not like what it is now." Joseph still felt a little sympathetic to Sylvia. "是你才会这么护着她！"宝莲一指戳在约瑟的太阳穴上，"她初来便四处放骚，你还背着我去约过她呢，你以为我不记得？" "那时个个都去约她，我也趁趁热闹嘛。"约瑟说，"何况，当时又未追到你。" "当然，你以为我是施维亚那么容易追的吗？饶了你吧！"宝莲是最容易哄的。 事实上，是当年约瑟追施维亚不到手。 "你说所有人都追施维亚，那么他们当阿祖是什么？"世华问。 "阿祖管得住她吗？她需要人追的吗？她一见到男人便嗲上去了。"宝莲说。 "阿祖也脾气大啊，动不动便给她几个耳光的。"约瑟说。 "阿祖是脾气大了点，但这两年驯下来了，给女朋友弄得这么没脸，怪可怜的。"宝莲说。 "程安雄一次也没有约过施维亚？"世华再问。 "没有。"约瑟说，"美国女生倒有约会一些。" "他不约会中国女生的吗？"世华问。 "不是不约，没有合他心意的而已。"约瑟说。 "有我呢！"宝莲的梨子脸悄悄地笑。 "有你，有你，不过你是我的女朋友嘛。"约瑟怕她再算施维亚的旧账，急忙讨好两句。 "他在美国女生中很吃得开的。"宝莲很为她的老朋友而自豪，"他是本校剑击队的主将，是加州校际西洋剑比赛冠军，剑击队里也有美国女生的。" "他念书每科都拿A，NASA每年的暑假奖学金他都拿到。"约瑟说，"NASA是在全美国的大学挑精英学生去作暑期训练的。" "NASA是什么？"世华问。 "美国太空研究署的简称。"约瑟解释给世华听。 "程安雄是美男子，你见过便知道。那夜他老站在灯光暗的地方，你大概看不清楚。" 约瑟补充着形容。 谈起这位好友，约瑟和宝莲那种引以为荣的心情，溢于言表。 世华只纳闷着：为什么他从不约我呢？看我不上眼吗？ 回到宿舍，世华还是闷着。 电话响了，世华随手拿起听筒"喂"了一声。 "盛世华？"有礼而陌生的声音。 "yes." "我是程安雄。" 世华心里怦然一跳，听筒几乎没掉下来。 "你好！"程安雄的声音，恰好像他的俊脸。 "你好！"在校园里对男生应付自如了几个月的盛世华突然腼腆了起来。 "我想星期五晚上请你去看电影。"程安雄说。 "好。"盛世华紧张得只说得出一个字。 "七点钟来宿舍接你。"程安雄说。 "好。"盛世华的舌头像打了结。 放下听筒，盛世华疑幻疑真。 只是那么简单的几句话，素昧平生，就这么约好了？ 开学三个月了，不晓得多少个男生约会过她了，程安雄要等到现在才约她？ 这时她才想起，方才是她第一次跟他说话。 这个人，半句闲话也没有，怎么搞的？ 而她，只在三个月前，人头涌涌的迎新会中，在朦胧的灯光下，遥遥看过他的轮廓。 这几个月来，天天和不同的、相同的男孩子周旋，她以为自己已经十分熟练，怎么却一下子生疏起来，手足无措，像从头来过？ 然而她亦有种欣喜无限的感觉，她一直在等待，他终于来了。 星期五晚上，宿舍的女生们照例忙着梳头、装扮。美国女孩子，要是星期五晚没有约会，便是可怜的人物。 没有人肯待在宿舍里，牛头马脸也得捡个上街去。 浴室是公用的，每层楼左翼一个，右翼一个。 一格格的莲蓬浴室，几个没遮没拦的大浴缸。 一列列的洗手盆，一列列的大镜子。 美国女生上身脱得光秃秃的，开心起来一面哼着流行曲，一面摇着大胸脯，肩头左摆右摆的，直跳到浴室去。 洗头的洗头，洗澡的洗澡，很多连浴室帘子也不拉上，光着身子一边淋莲蓬浴一边谈话。 世华仍然是要用浴巾包着身子才去浴室的，也是永远拉上浴室帘子的。 她这么大个人都从来没有在任何人面前赤身露体过。 宿舍的同学裸体她倒不介意，看多了便习惯了。 星期五也是剃毛的时候。 西方女子体毛多，大半都有个电须刨似的东西，撑起小腿上下刨来刨去，剃她们金色的、棕色的腿毛、腋毛、手毛、阴毛。 她们的眼睫毛长得像扇子，但其他地方的毛亦很茂盛。 盛世华手脚没一根毛。她们倒觉得奇怪。 雅德丽在穿腰封，她老是瘦不起来。 "世华，借你的白兔毛外套给我穿一晚行不行？"雅德丽问。 世华看看比她大上三个码的雅德丽说： "你怎么穿得下啊？" "是毛衣嘛，有弹性的，怎么穿不下？"雅德丽说。 "你穿得下便尽管穿。"世华和她一向不计较的。"你约了谁？"雅德丽问。 "新的，叫程安雄，你没有见过的。"世华说。 "安雄！我认得他！"另一个蓄着短短金发的美国女生荣莉说，"我也是剑击队的。" "是吗？"世华期待多些有关程安雄的资料。 茱莉是念数学的，安雄亦是念数学的，又同在剑击队，当然相熟。 "他的西洋剑一流，快、狠、准。"茱莉赞不绝口。 茱莉是女子剑击队的一把好手，这女生不大用功念书的，天生聪颖，活动多多，考试却永远高分。 "安雄和我，在数学考试也有得争的，他有一副好头脑。" 茱莉是四年级生，平日也自视颇高的，一脸的飞扬跋扈，谈起程安雄，她倒是服的。 世华芳心大慰，程安雄名不虚传。 雅德丽跟茱莉倒没什么好说的，茱莉认为只有最笨的女生才念家政科。 雅德丽憨厚良善，不过也的确笨点，背营养菜单背到天亮也记不牢，考试常考个马马虎虎，所以整天嚷着想嫁。 "你今晚约的又是谁？"世华问她。 "是个空军，其实我也不大喜欢他，不过，有约会好过没有。"雅德丽说，"你这幸运儿！" "雅德丽，我穿什么才好啊？"世华在房间把衣服丢满了一床。 "都没见过你这么紧张，随便穿一件好了，你的衣服件件都漂亮。" 世华心乱乱的，结果还是穿了条橘子色裙子算了。 "你看上去像个加州橘子！"雅德丽说。 "别笑我了，你看上去像头大胖兔！" "祝你好运！"雅德丽说。 七时整，宿舍接待室传呼，有位程安雄找盛世华。 世华对着镜子左照照右照照，终于还是不满意，但是已经迟到十分钟了，只好下去。 程安雄穿得很整洁简单，一条深蓝色西裤，一件深蓝色织白边的V字领纽锁毛衣套着件白衬衫。 到底是剑击冠军，站在那儿就英姿飒爽，五英尺九英寸左右，但是英挺的气概令他看上去好像相当高。 他的眉也像剑，斜飞入鬓，双眼深深，鼻子高挺，嘴唇薄薄，发脚有些儿卷曲，有点像混血儿。 剑眉星目，就是那样子的了，世华心里想。 两人相见，都有点不知如何是好，程安雄只是客气地送她上车子。 他那部是旧车，后面的椅子裂了一大条缝，露出了奶白色的乳胶。 "是教授卖给我的四手车子，才五百块钱。"程安雄说。 "也不错啊！"世华说。 "你吃过饭没有？"程安雄问。 "没有。"世华这时才记起忘了吃饭。 "那么我们不要看电影了，去吃饭吧。" 程安雄把车子开到离校园约四十五分钟的地方，建筑像欧洲古堡一般。 "这是著名的麦当娜酒店，牛排很好。"程安雄说。 "有点像童话古堡呢。"世华往四周望了望。 "这也是间旅店，每个房间都不同的。"程安雄说。 "你住过吗？"世华奇怪地问。 "有时跟同学们上山去赫斯特堡垒，晚上累了便在这儿歇宿一宵。" "赫斯特堡垒？" "那是已故报业大王老赫斯特在山上建的一座堡垒，室内是仿罗马式的，很美丽，改天我带你上去。" "老赫斯特显赫一时，他在生时，名人贵胄都是他的客人，开过很多盛极一时的大宴。" "现在呢？"世华问。 "现在堡垒送给政府了，维修费太厉害。"程安雄说，"你知道吗，他在山上除了建筑那豪华堡垒，还要养斑马、长颈鹿之类非洲野兽。" "山上不适合斑马、长颈鹿这些平原动物啊。"世华说。 "他偏要养。还要在山顶种热带椰树，土壤不合，他便叫人把热带泥土铺到山上。" "相当任性呢！"世华说。 "现在先去麦当娜酒店吃餐，那儿也很有趣的。"程安雄强壮的手臂携着世华下车。 饭厅古色古香，两人在烛光中坐下。 有一双中年美国男女在拉手风琴，遥遥的，和气地跟程安雄点头打招呼。 程安雄含着微笑。 "那是店东夫妇，他们喜爱拉手风琴。" "你很熟悉这儿呢，其他同学带我去的都不是这些地方。"世华说。 "我喜欢四处去。"程安雄说。 点了菜后，店东夫妇过来，友善地跟程安雄聊天，又盛赞世华漂亮。 "你的英语说得很好，只有约瑟的还更地道加州音一点。"世华说。 "约瑟的家就在洛杉矶，他是在这儿长大的。" "你们是很要好的朋友吧？" "我的朋友不多，约瑟和宝莲是我最亲密的朋友。" "为什么很少在校园见到你？"世华问。 "我不是在课室、实验室，便是在体育馆，你当然见不到我。" "你不大参加中国学生的派对的？" "我不喜欢去派对。"程安雄脸红红地笑道，"那次去是因为看你。" "看我？你整晚都不过来跟我打招呼。" "是约瑟叫我去看你的，他笑我太害羞了。"程安雄的脸又红了。 "说实话，想约你想了很久了，那天晚上鼓起很大勇气才……才打电话给你。"程安雄突然有点口吃起来。 世华想，原来他真是害羞的。 条件这么好的剑士、优异生，居然是个害羞的人，其实，有什么女孩子他会约不到？ "我宿舍的茱莉说你打剑快、狠、准，怎会没有勇气呢？" "打剑是另外一回事，对我来说，打剑比约女孩子舒服得多，可以痛快地斗一场。" 说完，程安雄觉得说错了话，忙更正说： "我不是说跟你一起不舒服。我……我都是不会说话的，对不起。" "我喜欢听你说话，刚才你说的都很有趣，好像赫斯特堡垒，令我悠然神往。" "改……改天我们找了周未去。" "好啊。" 世华倒觉得自己只会说好，不晓得逗他说什么才好。 "你念书的成绩也不错。"再度开口的反而是程安雄。 "你怎么知道？" "我有个同房替教授改微积分和物理学课卷的，所以，你的功课我都看过了。"程安雄说，"你很聪明。" "噢，调查过我来的！"世华嘟起小嘴。 宝莲说的没有错，程安雄瞧不上笨女人，眼角高的人也可以害羞的。 "也可以这么说，我并不随便约会女孩子。除非……除非……" "除非什么？" "除非她特别美丽，特别聪明。" 世华都没听过那么动听的话。 "微积分我是强来的，实在不那么行，物理也是半猜半砌的。" "我知道，所以我说你聪明。" "你教教找窍门儿，现在我只是混过关而已。" "窍门一点便通，通了便什么都容易。"程安雄问，"你真的爱念书？" "real." "好，以后你做功课可以找我。" "也教我打剑好吗？"世华兴致勃勃起来。 "那我想比教你做功课难。" "茱莉也可以打啦！" "茱莉是个很强壮的女孩，你似乎纤弱一点了。" "我学过芭蕾舞。" "我学过打剑，但是我一步舞也不会跳。" "你看死我学不来！" "找个下午到体育馆来试试，也许你觉得打剑并不那么好玩。" "他们告诉我你去年拿了加州剑击比赛冠军，今年还参加吗？" "参加。不过史丹福大学有个左手的，我有点担心。" "左右手有什么不同？" "我是右手持剑的，一般人也是右手持剑的，练习对手也是右手的，跟个左手持剑的人比赛，我吃亏的。" "why?" "左手持剑的人常跟右手持剑的人练剑，摸惯了我们的门路。"程安雄解释给她听，"而我们右手持剑的大多数，难得找个左手的练习，一下子上阵比赛，方向不惯，虽然对方的技术未必好过我，但是怪怪的，令我看不准。" "那么你找个左手的人多练习好了。"世华提议。 "我正是这么想，校队里左手的人不是没有，但技术不够好，听说史丹福那个蛮厉害的。" "不怕，你一定会赢的。"世华似乎已在观看着比赛。 "要是你想我为你而赢，我想我便会赢。"程安雄说。 "为我而赢吧！" 在古堡的烛光下，世华更像个英雄要为她而凯旋的美人。 安雄的两道剑眉，在世华的鼓励之下，似乎更飞扬了点，双眼的神采，更有自信。 很快乐舒适的一晚。