[Comprehensive British and American] Safe Neighborhood

After Christmas, Sally spent a few days at home.

The school’s final exam results came out a week later. Sally went to the university’s website to check and found that all subjects were passed, except for one subject that was not satisfactory and got a D+.

But it's not a big problem. Overall, she is quite satisfied with the results.

Recently, Sally became inexplicably obsessed with "Paddington Bear". She watched this animation every day except eating and sleeping. In less than three days, she finished watching the first season.

One day, she was lying on the sofa and binge watching, when Flynn called her out of the blue.

Putting the phone sideways to the ear, after answering the call, he asked, "Hi, how was your Christmas?"

"Excellent, how about you?"

"Me too~"

"...Ashley! I have some news for you!" Flynn on the other end of the phone seemed to be a little excited, and the voice was full of joy.

"what?"

"I'm with that Chinese boy."

"!" Sally sat cross-legged on the sofa holding the remote control board, "...you are so quick! When did it happen?"

"It was Christmas day! Not long after you left, he came to look for me at the school gate." Flynn said, "...he confessed to me again, and then I agreed, saying that we should try to date for a while ..."

"Wow! Congratulations!" Sally raised her hand and paused the phone call on the TV, "So how do you feel getting along during this time?"

"Hmm..." Flynn seemed to be thinking seriously, "...I feel very good, he is very careful and always takes care of my feelings."

"That's it!" Sally exclaimed excitedly.

Her assist is still very powerful!Is there any merit and fame hidden in it?

After chatting with Flynn for a few words, I hung up the phone.

Sally started to make a specific plan for returning to China.

She checked all kinds of information on the Internet, and then looked at the deposits in the account. When she was in college, the Nalai and his wife would give her a monthly living allowance that was sufficient for her expenses. Meals and basic phone bills will be deposited as soon as she has leftover money. Now that the semester is over, she has saved more than 1000 US dollars.

But the money is far from enough to go to China.

She didn't know whether the China in this world was the same as her original world. After all, even the language was reversed, and it was not surprising that some other changes occurred.

In fact, she used her mobile phone to call her phone number in the original world before, but it was either a busy signal or a busy line. In short, she never got through.

Thinking about it now, it was precisely because she didn't get through that she still left a trace of luck in her heart that she could go back.

Otherwise, if it was connected, how terrifying would it be?

...In short, everything she thinks now is just speculation, and she can only give up if she goes to see it with her own eyes.

She couldn't let go of her parents, friends, family, and those precious memories from her original world.

Subconsciously, she was resisting, resisting being put together by fate.

...she didn't want to live forever in a shell named Ashley.

The next day, Sally started to pack her luggage, greeted Nalai and his wife, and returned to the university.

Returning to university this time, she plans to find a winter job near Pittsburgh, so as to earn some pocket money and put her own homework on the agenda as soon as possible.

The Nalai couple also understand that after all, their daughter has grown up, and it is normal to have her own ideas. They even feel very happy that their daughter can become so independent and not dependent on them.

After returning to the dormitory, she found that Flynn had returned a few days ago.

After packing up all the things in the dormitory within a day, she began to read some job advertisements on the Internet or in newspapers.

But she couldn't find a suitable one all morning. Either the place was too far away, and she couldn't make any money by tossing around, or she had already recruited people.

In the evening, Sally sat on a chair with her legs crossed and ate potato chips absently, feeling the hardships of life.

Flynn came back just at this time, saw her slightly frustrated back, and asked a question.

"What's wrong with you? You seem to be preoccupied." Because of accepting the confession, Flynn, who was nourished by love, looked very good every day when the spring breeze was blowing on her face.

Sally turned her head sadly, with an aggrieved expression on her face, "I was looking for a simple holiday job, but I have been looking for it for nearly a whole day, but there is no suitable one..."

"Then come to our store. I'm also working on vacation recently." Flynn said with a smile, "I work in a fast food restaurant near the school. I work as a temporary worker and get paid by the hour, $22 an hour."

"But there is a downside, that is, there is no tip to take."

Listening to Flynn's words, Sally bowed her head and quickly calculated in her mind the amount of remuneration she could get as a temporary worker before school started.

...$22 an hour, working eight hours a day, can earn $176, and there are 20 days before school starts, if she works continuously without a break, she can earn nearly $3500 this holiday season!

This is awesome...and so close to schools without the travel money!

After making the decision, Sally's face turned cloudy and cleared instantly, "I'm going!"

Being able to be with the gentle and beautiful Flynn will save a lot of unnecessary trouble, right?

The next day, Sally followed Flynn to the fast food restaurant where she worked. After Flynn briefly talked to the manager, she started her day's work.

In a little spare time during the busy schedule, she met several colleagues who worked together, most of them were college students from different schools, and one of them impressed Sally deeply.

He is Rob Ivan, a student from another university, majoring in computer science. He is calm and doesn’t talk much. He has short straight dark red hair, a rigid facial contour, and a standard Germanic appearance. He is not from the United States. According to his introduction in a few words, he came from Switzerland and came to Pittsburgh for his studies.

What attracted Sally's attention was not his appearance or the major he studied, but his tall figure of nearly 2 meters.

When talking to him in front of him, Sally's height of 160 is very small, but Rob is so tall and mighty, coupled with that face that looks fierce at first glance, makes him very oppressive .

At first, Sally was a little afraid of him and didn't dare to talk to him too much, but after getting along for a long time, she gradually got to know him a little bit.

In fact, Rob himself is also very distressed, because strangers always make preconceived judgments on him because of his appearance, which makes every interpersonal relationship not smooth for him.

But he couldn't do anything about it, after all, he was born with this face, a standard bully's face.

Sally also finds it a little funny, seeing that Rob has a standard villain face but is so kind and simple, while Lucas looks harmless to humans and animals but is scheming in his heart. How much dark humanity is concealed.

After Sally and he got to know each other, they kept in touch with each other. Later, they became more familiar with his character, and joked with him when they had nothing to do. Rob was not angry, and his temper was so good that it was too good.

Working as a part-time job and making a good friend, this feeling is like opening a copy of the game and accidentally getting a reward from the system, which makes Sally feel very happy.

Before I knew it, time passed quickly, and school was about to start.

In the past 20 days, she really earned nearly 3520 US dollars. Excluding the money for food and clothes, she saved about 3000 in the account during this holiday. Seeing more and more numbers in the account, Sally felt extremely fulfilled.

Since she is a temporary worker, she can continue to work even after school starts, but the time has been adjusted from eight hours a day to five hours a day on Saturdays and Sundays.

During this time, as she became busy, she and Lucas were not in touch as often as before.

Since Lucas called her for a video call on Christmas Eve and she answered it, Lucas called her and made videos frequently, asking him why, and he said he was too lazy to type.

Sally really felt that she and Lucas had nothing in common to talk about, but she was afraid that if she didn't go along with Lucas, she would be twisted and perverted again, so she decided to deal with it casually.

Anyway, she is the best at dealing with people. When she was working in the original world, she dealt with all kinds of difficult clients and unruly bosses tactfully, and she couldn't get a handle on her, let alone Lucas, who was only in the bronze rank.

Sometimes she works at a fast-food restaurant on Saturdays, taking orders from customers at the front desk, and Lucas calls.

After finishing the meal for the customer, she answered Lucas' call, "Hello? Lucas, what's the matter?"

While talking, he peeked around, afraid of being discovered by the manager.

"...What are you doing, so noisy." Lucas' voice on the other end of the phone was a little dissatisfied.

"I'm at work..." Sally replied, and then glanced at Rob walking with a plate. There was a puddle of spilled juice under his feet in front of him. He might not have seen it because of his blind spot, and shouted loudly at Rob, " Hey Rob! Watch your step!!"

"..." Lucas who was suddenly yelled took the phone away silently.

But even so, he still felt a little damage to his eardrums, and his head was buzzing.

Because of Sally's reminder, Rob didn't trip over, stepped over the juice stand, handed the plate to another waiter, thanked Sally with a smile, "Thank you, Ashley."

Sally waved her hands twice, "You're welcome."

"Do you need me to order dinner for you? You have never had a break." Rob walked towards Sally, pointing to the empty seat at the corner, "Go and rest for 10 minutes, I will take care of it first."

Sally, who was standing with a sore back and aching back, her eyes lit up when she heard this sentence, she immediately accepted it happily, "Then I will leave it to you first, and I will be right back."

Rob nodded.

Sally walked towards that position, her stiff body felt extremely sour the moment she touched the chair, and she involuntarily let out an admiration.

It took her a while to remember that she and Lucas were on the phone.

"...Hello? Lucas, are you still there?" she asked.

Lucas asked in a dark voice, "...Who is Rob?"

While Lucas was talking, Sally turned her head and saw the manager who was on patrol, so she quickly whispered to Lucas, "...Listen, Lucas, I'm busy now, I'll come back when I have time chat."

Before Lucas could answer, she hung up the phone in a hurry.

"..." Hearing the beeping sound of hanging up, Lucas turned off the phone with a gloomy face.

The sky is blue and the sun is shining brightly. After the spring warms up, new green shoots gradually appear on the bare branches.

Shipley High School had just finished its morning classes, and the bell had just rang for the end of class. All the students left their seats one after another, and began to rush out of the classroom in small groups.

The brown-haired boy leaning against the window didn't move, resting his head on his arms, looking out the window, as if he was thinking about something.

"Hi! Dude!" A blond-haired teenager patted him on the shoulder.

"..."

Lucas turned his head and glanced at him, said nothing, then turned his head and continued to look out the window.

Seeing him thinking about something, Garrett changed the direction of the seat in front of him, sat down facing him, and asked, "...what are you thinking about?"

He also followed Lucas' line of sight, and found that there was nothing special except for the students in twos and threes outside.

"I was wondering..." Lucas replied in an indescribably languid voice, "...how can I go to Ashley more often?"

Garrett frowned upon hearing this, "...do you still want to find her?"

"Ah."

"Come on, buddy, how obsessed are you with her?" Garrett murmured with a confused expression, "The last time you went to find her, you almost got stuck with your mother..."

Hearing his complaints, Lucas gave him a sideways glance, and said angrily, "If you hadn't leaked your words, you would have been almost ruined?"

"Okay...it's my fault." Garrett replied disheartened.

Fearing that Lucas would scold him again when he remembered what happened that day, he took out the small box containing the hamster that he carried with him, and started to play with the hamster.

The two have been sitting like this, and there are very few people in the classroom at this moment.

After a while, Lucas suddenly said, "...how can I get out of my mother's control?"

"...What's the meaning?"

"Just get out of here."

"...Where are you going?" Looking at Lucas's unpredictable gaze, Garrett asked puzzled.

"...to the city where she went to college."

Garrett looked at Lucas with a "you're crazy" expression, "...that's impossible, your mother Diandra will never allow you to live there alone."

"..."

Talking to Garrett made Lucas feel very tired suddenly. He glanced indifferently at the unresponsive blond boy, looked at the hamster with its belly exposed in his hand, and frowned.

...Since he gave Garrett the hamster, he feels Garrett is even more stupid than before.

He wouldn't have done it if he hadn't gained Ashley's trust for taking that photo.

Lucas felt extremely irritable inside. Ashley seemed to be busy with something recently. Except for sleeping, she was not in the dormitory most of the time. Except for the mobile phone, he had no way of knowing what she was doing and who she was with.

...This feeling that he can't control is like ants crawling on his body, it is itchy and unbearable.

He looked towards the door of the classroom, got up and was about to wash his hands, at this moment, a boy with a short cut and wearing baseball uniform and jeans broke into his sight.

He quietly watched the boy walk back to his seat, sitting alone in the corner, took out his lunch box and started eating.

Lucas, who was about to get up, sat back on the chair.

Garrett also noticed the boy, leaned closer to Lucas, and whispered in his ear, "...how did he have the courage to come to school?"

Lucas stared at him with green eyes and mouthed, "...what?"

"...Don't you know, he's a gay guy. Last Friday, a video went viral on the Internet. A man was pressed on the bed and fucked. It was so intense...Someone rumored that that person was him." Garrett winked and whispered in Lucas's ear almost silently.

"..."

Lucas glanced at Garrett expressionlessly, then at the boy sitting in the corner eating, and suddenly a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

In mid-April, Sally, who was busy with various small papers and exams, had to suspend her weekend work to concentrate on the new round of midterm exams.

...Even though she had done this course countless times and gradually became more comfortable, Sally still felt extremely painful.

The strict requirements of the teacher and the format of the writing were the things that caused her the most headaches. In addition, after the incident where Lucas and Toby almost got into a fight last time, she never apologized or approached Toby, so the default was a breakdown of the relationship. Yes, since then, Toby has never said a word to her, and of course it is impossible to communicate academically.

She no longer has the possibility of opportunism, so she can only solve it by herself honestly, but fortunately, she also thought of another way to deal with the written paper, which is to write it in advance, use translation software to translate the whole piece and then submit it.

However, this method also has shortcomings, that is, there are so many mistakes, and she was left alone by the instructor several times to reflect her problems.

On this day, she was looking for information on the Internet as usual, and suddenly she received a message on her mobile phone.

To her surprise, the text message was neither from Lucas nor the Naleys and other classmates, but Garrett.

I saw a sentence written on the text message:

[Ashley, do me a favor, Lucas was bullied by others, his mother Diandra wants to help him transfer to another city (crying) (crying)]

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感谢在2020-07-0201:11:21~2020-07-0500:49:38期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!