At this moment, Douglas came over, and he hugged Niu Xiaoqiang's shoulders with a familiar look: "Hey, buddy, I have raised the funds for the welcome banquet, and you must appreciate your face after school later, otherwise the money will be returned to those guys." ”

Hearing this, Chen Dongfang whispered a reminder in Chinese: "Niu Xiaoqiang, you must pay attention when you participate in the banquet, don't drink, otherwise once the police know about it, it will be a big trouble." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang often socializes in China, and drinking has long been accustomed to him. After listening to Chen Dongfang's reminder, he couldn't help but be stunned: "What? Can't you drink alcohol in the United States?"

Chen Dongfang explained: "There are laws in the United States that anyone under the age of 21 is not allowed to drink alcohol, and stores will not sell alcohol to people under the age of age, otherwise they will be severely fined. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang sighed, and said in his heart: Yesterday, I heard Zhang Xiaolan say that Americans can drive as long as they are at least 16 years old, but I didn't expect that the legal time for drinking alcohol is five years longer than driving.

Douglas couldn't understand Chinese, and when he saw Niu Xiaoqiang muttering to Chen Dongfang, he couldn't help but ask, "What are you talking about?"

Niu Xiaoqiang hid the past, Douglas didn't ask any more questions, and reminded with a smile: "The banquet will be held at eight o'clock in the evening, and the venue is at the Charles Hotel, you must be on time." ”

"Don't worry, I'll be on time, and my three compatriots will come too, and I'll pay for them. ”

Douglas smiled and nodded, got up and returned to his seat.

Chen Dongfang said embarrassedly: "The three of us don't want to participate in their gambling game, plus we don't know that you are Chinese, so I didn't go to the classroom with Douglas and them to visit you before, please don't mind." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled and waved his hand: "The culture of China and the United States is different, and the education methods are also different, I can understand your choice very well, and I will definitely not mind." ”

The four of them continued to talk until the next class began.

After Niu Xiaoqiang took two classes, he felt that it was not interesting. He had already taught himself what the teacher was talking about, and he was almost familiar with the familiar environment, so as soon as the second class ended, he got up and said goodbye to the three compatriots: "I'm going back to move, I won't come to class in the afternoon, and we'll see you at the Charles Hotel in the evening." ”

Chen Dongfang was surprised: "Don't you live in the dormitory?"

Niu Xiaoqiang snorted: "I like to be clean, and I'm not used to living with many people." ”

Fan Hongsheng hesitated: "You have just arrived in the United States, how can you have the money to rent a house?"

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled slightly: "I can get a full scholarship, Professor Watson lent me some money in advance, and I will pay it back to him after I get the scholarship, so I have the money to rent a house outside." ”

Fan Hongsheng smiled self-deprecatingly: "This is really more people than people have to die, goods have to be thrown away, Lao Xu and I have to go outside to work to earn living expenses, you are good, you can get a full scholarship just after enrolling, tsk, that's a huge amount of 60,000 US dollars a year!"

Xu Bin patted Fan Hongsheng on the shoulder: "Since you know that people can't compare with others, don't be verbose, lest the more you talk, the more you will be hit." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang encouraged: "Don't be frustrated, since you have been admitted to MIT, this has fully proved your strength, just because the teaching environment in the United States is different from that in China, you are still a little uncomfortable, and when you get used to it, you will definitely be able to get a scholarship through excellent performance." ”

What Niu Xiaoqiang said was not a lie, but the truth.

Xu Bin and Fan Hongsheng's own strength does not need to have any doubts, a large part of the reason why they failed to apply for the scholarship is that they are not very suitable for the teaching environment in the United States, and after they adapt, their grades will definitely surpass the vast majority of students, and it will be easy to apply for a scholarship at that time.

Both of them expressed their gratitude to Niu Xiaoqiang for his encouragement, and Chen Dongsheng pulled Niu Xiaoqiang to eat lunch in the cafeteria together, and then Niu Xiaoqiang said goodbye and left.

Before leaving, Niu Xiaoqiang went to the office to explain the situation to Watson, originally he just wanted to say hello, but Watson insisted on driving to help him move.

Anyway, there was a lunch break of one and a half hours at noon, and it would not delay Watson's affairs, so Niu Xiaoqiang readily agreed.

Half an hour later, Watson's car stopped in front of Professor Gilson's house, and Niu Xiaoqiang got out of the car with his salute and waved goodbye to Watson.

When the taillights were no longer visible, Niu Xiaoqiang reached out and knocked on the door. He only had a key in his hand, which he had given to Karina last night.

After a few knocks on the door, Karina's voice rang out in the room: "Who?"

"It's me. ”

Karina opened the door and said in surprise, "Don't you have to go to school today?"

Niu Xiaoqiang explained with a smile, and then moved the luggage to the living room.

Karina didn't bring a change of clothes, and she was still wearing the same professional outfit she had from yesterday. The torn stockings had been taken off by her, revealing two long smooth legs.

Niu Xiaoqiang looked at her wrists and bare feet, and asked, "Are your injuries better?"

Karina nodded slightly: "It's much better, but I don't have any clothes to change into, and I don't feel very comfortable." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang thought for a while and took out two hundred dollars from his pocket: "Why don't you go buy a few changes of clothes yourself?"

If it was something else, Niu Xiaoqiang wouldn't mind helping her buy it, but the clothes wouldn't work. This involves people's privacy, and Niu Xiaoqiang doesn't want the other party to misunderstand.

"No need, I'll go home and get it later, anyway, there is no one at home, so no one will find out. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang hesitated for a moment and asked, "If you don't go home today, aren't you afraid that your parents will worry?"

Karina shook her head and said, "I'll call home in the evening." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang didn't say anything, opened the duffel bag, cleaned out the clothes, and put them in the wardrobe of the master bedroom on the second floor, and then went downstairs to sort out the patent documents in the duffel bag.

may have received Niu Xiaoqiang's help last night, and Kailina is no longer so blunt with Niu Xiaoqiang. Seeing Niu Xiaoqiang sorting out the information, she couldn't help but walk up to her and asked curiously, "What are these things?"

Niu Xiaoqiang replied while busy: "These are all patented technologies that I have collected in China, and I am going to take them to the US patent department for application." ”

The documents were all in Chinese characters, and Karina couldn't read a single word. After listening to what Niu Xiaoqiang said, she couldn't help but be shocked: "This ...... Are these really patents?"