1338: The American Dream (4 More)

The wheel accidentally sunk into a pothole in the road, and the body jolted a bit.

Xia Xiaolan's right hand slammed onto the car window, and her watch clicked.

"Student Xia, are you alright?"

Xia Xiaolan felt a little pain in her wrist, but she should not have hurt her bones when she moved her hands.

"It's okay, it was just an accident."

She looked down and saw that the case of the watch was cracked.

Xia Xiaolan was really surprised, of course she had to keep a low profile when she was studying in Huaqing, wearing an ordinary domestic watch. In the 1980s, the quality of domestic watches was very high, and it was rare to crack the case after a knock like this.

"Student Xia, are you not feeling well? Your face is not very good."

After being reminded by others, Xia Xiaolan glanced in the rearview mirror. She was indeed pale, and there were fine beads of sweat on her forehead. As soon as she got in the car just now, thinking about various people and things in the country, she fell asleep unknowingly.

A burst of heart palpitations, the suffocating discomfort caused Xia Xiaolan to wake up suddenly.

Just for a moment, she seemed to have a nightmare, and the mental pressure was very high, which naturally manifested on her face.

Caring about Xia Xiaolan is none other than the girl who seems to be close to Chen Qing.

The girl is in the same school as Chen Qing, not only Chen Qing's classmate, but also his girlfriend in a relationship.

Xia Xiaolan was surprised that Chen Qing could go abroad.

However, individuals have their own luck. Chen Qing did not participate in the English competition, which does not mean that he did not perform well in school. I didn't even go back to my hometown for vacation before, and I was doing projects with the school's professors.

Perhaps taking into account the presence of his girlfriend, Chen Qing was not very enthusiastic about Xia Xiaolan when he entered the customs.

After entering Hong Kong, his girlfriend was very enthusiastic about Xia Xiaolan.

Pulling Chen Qing to share the car with Xia Xiaolan, she likes to ask questions as soon as she gets in the car. Xia Xiaolan doesn't want to talk so much with an unfamiliar person, and many of them involve her privacy, so she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Unexpectedly, he fell asleep.

When she woke up again, the taxi bumped and broke her watch.

Xia Xiaolan also felt very unlucky.

However, Chen Qing's girlfriend Han Jin cares about her very much, and it's not that Xia Xiaolan continues to sleep, it's more annoying when she's awake.

"Okay, you didn't see Xiaolan feeling uncomfortable, can't you just stay quiet for a while and let Xiaolan rest?"

Chen Qing probably couldn't stand the weird atmosphere, and finally stopped.

Han Jinjiao said angrily, "Aren't you and Xia good friends? I think everyone will be studying in the United States in the future, but I just want to care more about her!"

Xia Xiaolan coughed:

"Chen Qing and I were tested in the same village. I lived in other places when I was a child, and I moved back to the village a year before the college entrance examination, and I don't know Chen Qing very well."

Xia Xiaolan was thinking about Chen Qing.

It's not good for the vinegar jar to be overturned, it's not a big deal for her to suffer.

What's more, there should be boundaries between friends. She and Chen Qing are fellow villagers and friends, but they became a lot rusty after they were admitted to university.

Even if there is no strangeness, a qualified friend should be able to distinguish the importance of the importance. The relationship between Chen Qing and his girlfriend must be closer than that of her. Friends may only occupy a small amount of time in life. Chen Qing and his girlfriend go abroad together, and it is easy to achieve a positive result. That is Chen Qing's life partner, can Xia Xiaolan compare?

A trace of embarrassment flashed in Chen Qing's eyes.

He didn't want to be so cold, but if he showed enthusiasm, I'm afraid the situation would be more difficult to end.

He can only convince himself that it will take a long time in the future, and he has no ability now, why should he deliberately behave in front of Xia Xiaolan?

Including Han Jin, she is not usually such a person, and she was a little bit awkward today.

Are you insecure?

Chen Qing can understand.

With Xia Xiaolan on one side and Han Jin on the other, Chen Qing was in a dilemma.

Xia Xiaolan's sense of interest probably made Han Jin happy and comfortable, and she finally stopped trying to find Xia Xiaolan for family.

After arriving at Hong Kong Airport, boarding the plane, and landing in Tokyo, Han Jin did not speak to Xia Xiaolan again, but talked with other exchange students enthusiastically.

Everyone went to different schools, but Han Jin let everyone get in touch with each other after they settled down.

Her proposal was approved by the leader of the Ministry of Education:

"It is inconvenient to go out. The environment in the United States is different from that in China. When you arrive in the United States, you can feel that you are all outstanding students who go out together. You must take care of each other when you go abroad."

China in 1986 could not calmly call itself "the rise of a great power" like later generations.

The strength of the country is not strong, and the natural status of Chinese overseas is not high.

In the late 1960s, after an uphill battle, racial discrimination was legally abolished in the United States, but the exclusion of people of color was still very high.

The team leader told everyone that private gun ownership is allowed in the United States. Even in a big city like New York, some neighborhoods are very dangerous. I hope you will try your best to accompany local students when you leave the school while studying abroad. Don't be late.

Xia Xiaolan felt that the other party was right.

These students have never left the country. They only imagine how good the United States is from the film and television literature. They are unprepared and vigilant, and they may encounter trouble in the United States.

Even after another 30 years, there are still many reports in the news that some criminals specifically target Chinese students during robbery.

Chinese international students are rich and physically inferior to whites and blacks, and are considered to be very easy to bully.

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Xiaolan alone can't change the status quo of the environment. She also listened silently. At this time, pouring some cold water on everyone's "American Dream" is better than these students who are unprepared and inexplicably fall into a dangerous situation. !

Seeing that the surrounding passengers didn't pay attention, the leader coughed a few times, and then told everyone about the dangers of drugs, which made him stunned.

Except for Xia Xiaolan, it is hard for others to believe that in that extremely developed United States, drug dealers would blatantly solicit customers on the streets.

In fact, when night falls, it is not only about selling drugs, but there will also be many prostitutes standing in the streets to attract customers.

Even the team leader was embarrassed to talk about it.

"There are many good things in the United States, which is why the country sends you to study, but there are also many bad things in capitalist countries. I hope that students can have their own ability to discriminate, learn the essence, and discard the dross..."

Xia Xiaolan took the flight from Tokyo to Chicago.

Go through the immigration formalities in Chicago, and then transfer from Chicago to their respective planes. When they arrive in Chicago, the team leader sent by the Ministry of Education cannot send the students to the university one by one. The challenge has just begun. College students who are going abroad for the first time must be separated from each other. .

Unfortunately, she couldn't be separated from Chen Qing and Han Jin. She went to Cornell University, while Chen Qing and Han Jin went to New York University.

New York State is very big, and there are two other students in the exchange students. Xia Xiaolan doesn't know any of them. Han Jin is outgoing.

"Student Xia, we made an appointment to meet in the city at 2 pm on the first Sunday, do you want to come?"