[British and American Entertainment] Sonnets to Olivia

~~~~~ Life is too short to bear grudges.Everyone makes mistakes in life, but we will die soon.Our sins will disappear with our bodies, leaving only the spark of the spirit.That's why I never wanted revenge, never thought life was unfair. ~~~~~ After Tom fished Duke out of the river, he was going to find Olivia, but Duke insisted on going to the hospital with him for a checkup, "My lungs are so uncomfortable, yes Aren't you going to get pneumonia?"

"You asked for that!" Tom yelled at Duke for the first time. "Why do you say that?"

"I thought you acquiesced!" Duke retorted, wanting to drag Tom into the water together.

"I rejected you clearly at that time, and you never forgot what I said!" Tom didn't want to talk nonsense with him anymore, he had to explain to Olivia immediately.

But before reaching Tang En's racecourse, Tom stopped in his tracks.He looked down at the hem of his clothes that were still dripping, and felt that his current image was really inappropriate.

"You came to see Ollie?" Karen had been waiting at the door, and now finally Tom came.But the boy was sensible, after all, he didn't come to the door to apologize until a few days later.

"Yes, Mrs. Tang En." Tom stood at the door, without pushing the door to go in, "Is Olivia okay, I want to see her."

"You're a bit late, young man, she's gone to London." Karen came over and opened the door, handing Tom a towel.

"Thank you, Mrs. Tang En." Tom wiped his face with it, "What is she going to do in London?"

"Fly back to America," Karen replied.

"Oh..." Tom immediately returned the towel to Karen, and then started to run.

"You can't catch up, her plane will take off in an hour." Karen called to stop Tom, she didn't want the child to catch a cold.

"Is it because of me?" Tom paused, then turned his head blankly.

"It's because of you." Karen nodded, she naturally wouldn't hide the fact, "Olly told me the whole thing, but I believe you are not lying as much as she does. But she needs a little time to digest Now, if you want to contact her, just write."

Karen told Tom Olivia's address in the United States. She thought that the two young people needed to calm down, sort out their emotions, and then face each other properly.

When Tom got the address, he went back. He took out a pen and paper, and quickly began to write.But no matter how he wrote it, he felt dissatisfied.Overnight, the ground was covered with balls of paper.

After a night of flying, Olivia finally returned to California.Her home is in the outskirts of Los Angeles, a small town by the sea, away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

Although it is close to Highway [-], it is not a resort, so the land price is not high.Her father, Christine, built a huge greenhouse to grow his favorite orchids.This greenhouse is equipped with a fully automatic temperature control and humidity control system, which costs him almost half a year's salary to maintain.

Mom Pandora planted all kinds of plants around the house, most of which are succulents suitable for the climate in California, and some are randomly scattered, chaotic and beautiful.

Walking to the door, Olivia picked up a pot of blue snowflakes and took out the key pressed under the pot.But when she opened the door and walked in, she found someone in the room, "Anderson?"

"Ollie, why are you back?" Anderson had just finished taking a shower, but he still smelled wild.

"Did you go to the zoo to play with the gorillas again?" Olivia pinched her nose and looked at her brother with a frown. "Britain is too boring, so I came back early."

"I'm not here to play, I'm here to see my dear Okla." Okla is a female orangutan rescued by Anderson from the orangutan dealer. She is now placed in the zoo. Although she has no freedom, But at least they won't be starved to death and trafficked. "Mom and the others will come back in a few days, and then you will have to decide whether to go to university or work in the field with them."

"Didn't Mom say that we will discuss this issue after I turn 17?" Olivia didn't want to face this issue. She felt that she was too young to enter university or preparatory courses so soon.

"My mother said that I still have money in the past two years. Maybe one day my father wants to expand his greenhouse on a whim. You really have to wash the dishes yourself to earn tuition fees." Anderson shrugged. All the tuition fees need to be earned by themselves, and of course this younger sister is the same.

After listening to her brother's words, Olivia stayed at home obediently. She was not waiting for news from her parents, but Tom.After telling Karen everything, she still hoped to give Tom a chance to explain.But she didn't want to face him for the time being, because as soon as she saw his eyes, she would probably forgive him immediately.

A few days later, Tom's letter arrived.Olivia took a look at his handwriting, and really couldn't imagine that such a handsome person could have such ugly handwriting.But she took it apart to take a look, and hid in her room, locking the door behind her.

Different from Tom's handwriting, the content of this letter is sincere and warm, full of love and apology between the lines.Moreover, his words and sentences are very superb, and Olivia felt as if she was reading Shakespeare's love letter. Although he didn't praise herself very much at all, it still made her blush a little.

The day after receiving this letter, Olivia received another letter from Tom.It was the same for three consecutive days, but the content of each letter was different.The two of them spent just a few days together, and he wrote it as if they had experienced a gorgeous adventure.

Olivia's last bit of defense and suspicion was defeated. She picked up a pen and wanted to write back to Tom, but she couldn't write anything.

Literary talent is innate, if you can't write it, you just can't write it.

While Olivia was struggling with her composition, her parents came back.As soon as Pandora entered the door, she asked Olivia, "How is it? Have you thought about it during this time? Which university do you want to go to?"

"Is Cambridge okay?" Olivia asked happily.

"Don't think about tuition and miscellaneous fees exceeding [-] U.S. dollars per year." Pandora immediately pronounced the death sentence.

"How much is Cambridge?" Olivia turned her head and asked Christine. In her heart, her father was Google, and she knew everything.

"If you convert it into US dollars, it may cost more than 1. But you certainly don't just want to get a bachelor's degree. If you go all the way to a master's or doctoral degree, it may cost 10,000+ dollars." Christine said lightly up a few numbers.

"Oh..." Olivia and Anderson sighed together. This amount is really terrible, and it is definitely not something their family can bear.

Although both Christine and Pandora are excellent scholars, they are the ones who want to pay more.Every year they have to donate to wild animal rescue associations around the world, plus the various expenses of running around, it is a miracle that they can have savings.

The land and the house were also inherited by Christine from his father, so he didn't have to pay the mortgage.

"I can work part-time." Before giving up, Olivia stood up and said that she could support herself, "And you can apply for student loans."

"Oh, Ophelia, you speak nicely now, when you wash 100 dishes, you will go home crying." Pandora smiled, she didn't think women could persist, "And a Cambridge degree isn't that easy to get, you know?"

Olivia pouted when she heard her mother say that, and stomped all the way back to her room.

After closing the door, she took out Tom's letter again and read it again.But she still couldn't write anything. There were thousands of words in her heart, but she couldn't draw beautiful words.

On the bed, she fantasized that she was Ophelia who was drowning in the water. Olivia complained for a long time, and she was hungry.She opened the door cautiously, ready to go to the refrigerator to steal some food.

Of course, when she reached the stairs, she heard her parents talking.

"Cambridge is a very good school, and the transportation is convenient enough. I also have some friends there who can take care of her."

"But Chris, don't forget that Cambridge's tuition fee is about 3 pounds. Olivia is so smart, she must take a master's degree. Don’t think about continuing to do scientific research.”

"But dear Pandora, don't forget that there are so many rare and expensive orchids in my greenhouse."

"Oh, Chris, I thought you would never sell flowers to those local tyrants who don't appreciate them!"

"Oh, Pandora, Ollie is our daughter. Compared with those beautiful flowers, I think it is more important to keep the smile on her face blooming."

Hearing this, Olivia silently returned to her room.She picked up her pen and began to write.

By the time Tom received Olivia's reply, it had been more than a month after he sent the first letter.He went to Karen several times and asked for Strong's phone number, but Karen refused him.She said young people have to be patient or nothing will happen.

After receiving Olivia's letter, Tom's heart cracked a little.He touched the thin envelope, and he could guess that there must be only one page of letter paper inside, or half a page.

But he opened the letter paper with great anticipation. When Tom saw the beautiful font, he wondered if it was time for him to practice calligraphy.

Olivia's reply was very simple. She believed that Tom hadn't lied to her. She also said that she would still beat Duke the next time she saw him.

When Tom finished reading the note, he immediately took up his pen again.But soon he put it down again, put on his coat, and drove to Cambridge.

Of course he wanted Olivia to study at Cambridge with him, so that they could stay together for at least three years.And he hadn't lived and studied in Cambridge yet, so he had to enter that place to beautify Cambridge into words and infect Olivia.

He rented a bicycle and rode along the Jianhe in this small town.He rode over the river lawns, the college chapels, the countless beautiful little bridges, and crossed the Greenwich meridian.

The cool wind of early autumn swept across his face, and his heart jumped with joy.When he thought of leaving Eaton to study in this university, and even walking side by side with Olivia in such a beautiful scenery, he was so happy that he was about to giggle.

Although everyone thinks that Eton is the best public school in the UK and even in the world, in Tom's heart, it is a miniature miserable world.Countless descendants of aristocratic families, a repressive society where only men exist.Bullying is as much present as abuse, if not more so than the average high school.If he is not good enough, then this prestigious school will only bring him darkness, without the slightest glory and pride.

Just like his predecessor Jeremy.Brett (Jeremy Brett) suffered the same, but Tom only thinks he is far from his handsome appearance, so he suffered almost no same-sex harassment.And he, like Jeremy, came to Cambridge, a place where he could finally breathe freely.

The author has something to say:

Read something about Jeremy.Brett's interviews and memoirs really do not favor these noble schools.The previously recommended "Noble Nobility" is actually about the darkness of aristocratic schools. It is not easy to think about Dou Sen. It is so dangerous for such a sweet person to study in such a boys' school!