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Chicago's South Side.

After chatting and laughing with Ding Xiu for a while and drinking some beer, Carl went home with his luggage.

The house was next door, and Carl walked straight in through the back door.

At this time of day, Liam was still the only one in the house... Liam had already become a left-behind child in the true sense of the word.

Fiona found another day shift job a few days ago, not in a restaurant, but in a burger shop.

Places like hamburger restaurants are basically always short of staff because they only offer a basic salary, and that basic salary is the minimum hourly wage.

Originally, Fiona wanted to find a job in a restaurant as a waitress...

the reason is simple.

Fiona has been working as a skilled waitress for many years and has become very proficient at it. Moreover, the income of restaurant waiters is generally higher than many people imagine.

The minimum hourly wage is not that great, the big chunk comes from tips from customers.

However, later on, Fiona changed her mind and chose a hamburger shop instead of a restaurant... because now, she is really half an alcoholic and can hardly live without alcohol. She is addicted.

Under this premise, if you work in a restaurant, you will be fired sooner or later.

If you work in a hamburger restaurant, you basically don't have to worry about this.

2120 North Wallace Street.

Liam, who was playing with his phone on the sofa, saw Karl and suddenly shouted excitedly, jumped off the sofa, and ran to Karl, “Karl, you’re back!”

Liam is not a fool. In fact, Liam is probably the smartest person in the Gallagher family. Therefore, as a left-behind child, he will of course feel lonely.

It's just that Liam never said it.

Karl smiled and hugged Liam, “Little body, I haven’t seen you for half a year, and you have grown a lot.”

“Yes,” Liam nodded with a smile.

"Grow faster, and then I'll take you out to play with guns," Carl said with a smile.

"Okay," Liam was excited to hear about playing.

"Okay, let me go and tell me how things are at home recently and whether anything big has happened," said Carl.

Soon, the two brothers sat on the sofa.

Liam began to talk.

*****************

University of Chicago.

Under the slightly scorching sun, Lip, who had just gone for a job interview, was walking on the campus path with a cigarette in his mouth.

In one week, the university will be completely closed for the summer vacation, and more importantly, the dormitory buildings will be completely closed.

Therefore, Lip has been very distressed these days and has been looking for a job.

He wanted to find a job nearby that didn't have to pay much but would provide accommodation.

Unfortunately, there are very few jobs that include accommodation in America. After searching for several days, he still couldn't find any results.

As for why you require accommodation.

There are two reasons.

First, he wanted to stay here, closer to Helena, and then he could play with Helena occasionally during the summer vacation.

Second, returning to the South District, to be honest, is possible, but it would be a bit too embarrassing...

You know, he even changed his mobile phone number before, and he hasn't contacted Fiona, Ian and others for a long time. It's clear that he has cut off his relationship with the Gallagher family...

If that's the case, why go back now? How many more months do we have to spend together?

How to get along?

Admittedly, there is no problem living in Karl's house, and Karl will definitely not care, but when I think about having to contact Fiona every day...

Lip really didn't want to go back, but after searching for a long time, he couldn't find a job that provided accommodation, which was really annoying.

Out of irritation, Lip finished his cigarette in a few puffs, then gritted his teeth, changed direction, and walked towards the bulletin board on campus.

He knew in his heart that he still had a way to go...but he didn't want to do it.

What way?

That is, to sell the watch Amanda gave him, get some money, and then find a student who also planned to stay here to work during the summer vacation to share a house.

The reason why he didn't want to do this was very simple.

First of all, he felt that if he did this, he would have to pay a lot for rent... He was a Gallagher, and he instinctively resisted the idea of ​​investing money and then working to earn money.

Moreover, after a little thought, he realized that in the end, he would not make much money after all this trouble.

Secondly, he actually hates the idea of ​​sharing a house with others. He hates all kinds of bad habits of those idiots.

Yes, after spending such a year at the University of Chicago, Lip's self-righteous spirit of thinking he was the smartest and the most awesome emerged again.

Soon.

Lip lit another cigarette, went to the bulletin board and started reading.

Although he didn't want to do this, Lip felt he could endure it when he thought about being closer to Helena.

Today is exactly one week until school is over.

Most of the students who are looking for a summer roommate start the process a month in advance.

To this day, although there are still some advertisements for roommates on the bulletin board, they are basically old.

After looking for a long time, Lip finally found a few new ones. Then, he took a deep puff of his cigarette, gritted his teeth, and started making a phone call.

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"I saw you were looking for a roommate..."

"Did you find a roommate?"

"..."

After making several phone calls, Lip finally found someone who currently didn't have a roommate.

The other person was a man, and Lip didn't mind. He asked, "How much is the rent?"

"Five hundred dollars a month per person," the other party replied, "If you are interested, let's talk in person, and then we can go look at houses together."

The words hit my ears.

Lip's cleverness started to work quickly again.

The jobs he has been looking for recently, or the jobs he is sure to get, all pay the minimum hourly wage, which is fifteen dollars an hour.

Working eight hours a day, that's $120.

Working five days a week, that's a little over two thousand dollars a month.

With this calculation, he spent so much on rent, and the landlord took away the money he earned from his hard work...

Fxxk!

There is one thing about Philip that has never changed from beginning to end, and that is his hatred for rich people.

The landlord was within his range of hatred.

Lip couldn't accept it, so he hung up the phone without saying a word and changed his mind.

Forget it, let’s go back to the South District.

No need to pay rent!

As for Fiona, just ignore her.

As for Helena, it wouldn't take much time to get here by light rail.

This is how many poor people think.

It's okay to ask him to work, but it's not okay to ask him to pay.

Putting away his phone, Lip threw away the cigarette butt, gritted his teeth, and said, "Fuck it, I don't want to think about it anymore," and walked towards the dormitory.

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Today it is today.

Amanda and Lip had naturally lost contact a long time ago.

Lip was quite relieved about this, and in fact, he basically forgot about Amanda.

But, men and women are different...

Amanda hated Lip more and more because of his ruthlessness.

In fact, Amanda now gnashed her teeth in hatred when she thought of Lip.

Unfortunately, to this day, Amanda still hasn't been able to get the evidence to take revenge on Lip and Helena.

The holiday is about to start...Amanda is helpless, but she can only wait until school starts in September to continue her revenge.

Young people, it’s really interesting, isn’t it?