After two major classes, Li Ao and Liam came to the parking lot together.

Theoretically, only faculty and staff can park in this parking lot, but there is always a difference between theory and actual operation.

Liam got into a sports car and asked, "Don't you want to play with me tonight? I'm treating you!"

Li Ao refused as always: "I'm not going, I have to go home and cook tonight."

Liam said disdainfully: "Tch, you are such a good boy. There are no international students in your country like you. They all play more perverted than me."

"Wow, you still know that you are a pervert!" Li Ao's eyes seemed to have discovered a new world.

"Haha, if you are so conservative, you won't just find a woman to marry and spend the rest of your life in the future, right?"

"What's wrong?"

"Not really, I appreciate it very much, but you have to find a girlfriend, right? You are 18 years old, and you don't even have a girlfriend. I started pornography when I was 10 years old."

"...You are really perverted."

"Hey, are you envious?"

"Yeah, I'm very envious."

Ignoring Li Ao's perfunctory response, Liam sent out another invitation: "Since you don't like open girls, I know a few innocent girls. Do you want to meet them?"

This time it was Li Ao's turn to be disdainful: "Is there an innocent girl who can have anything to do with you?"

"At least it looks innocent and innocent now."

"You've covered so much ground."

"No kidding, even if you don't have someone you like now, you still have to have a type you like, or a type you want to get married to. I can also help you pay attention to it. You can't ask for it, right? That's really the best

It’s hard to find a partner’s request.”

Liam's question this time was quite thoughtful. Li Ao thought about it, saw the person walking in front of him, and responded: "Yes, like Aunt Vivian."

Liam followed Li Ao's line of sight and saw the hospital assistant walking over. He stopped talking in a pornographic manner and said hello politely.

After Vivian responded, she asked Li Ao: "What is it like me?"

Li Ao responded: "He asked me what kind of girl I wanted to marry."

Vivian looked at Li Ao with admiration and said, "You have discernment!"

Liam didn't stay long, started the engine, said, "The teacher wants to send the good boy home," and then drove away.

Vivian shook her head, obviously she didn't have a good sense of Liam.

But she never advised Li Ao not to associate with Liam, a second-generation playboy. If nothing else, it had been just one year and Li Ao had not been led astray, so she felt relieved.

Moreover, the Peake family is the only son of this generation. If he tries his best in the future, it will not be difficult for Liam to win the inheritance of the family business in the competition with his sisters.

In terms of study attitude and grades, she is actually quite optimistic about Liam's future.

Li Ao got into Vivian's car and went back to the apartment together. They lived in the same building. When he first came to the United States last year, the dean asked Vivian to help him find an apartment. Most of the time, he took the bus back by himself.

home, occasionally Vivian would take him back with her.

After Li Ao fastened his seat belt, Vivian started the engine and said: "I have taken care of the matter. Please be careful in the future and don't fight casually..."

"Yeah, yeah," Li Ao nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "Auntie, I'm bothering you again this time. It's all my fault that you worked overtime and couldn't go to the beauty salon. I will definitely change my ways and start a new life."

Vivian was very satisfied with Li Ao's attitude, he was always so positive and sincere.

Women, all they need is an attitude.

Currently, Internet company stocks are booming. Computer science schools at prestigious universities like the University of Southern California receive large amounts of sponsorship fees every year. Their budgets are so high that they cannot be used up in normal use. In recent years, the schools have undergone a large number of upgrades.

Teaching equipment, if something is old and broken, it can be replaced directly without repair. The salary of teaching staff has also increased a lot...

For Li Ao, in this era, as long as the dean still protects him, any trouble that can be solved with money is not a trouble.

He is very grateful for the bubble in the U.S. stock market. His ability to "believe that fists are justice" largely depends on this bubble.

Vivian even complained that he didn't fight in the last two months of last semester, causing her to almost miss her consumption target.

As a hospital assistant, she has an important task - to find ways to spend money.

The school board has been keeping an eye on their sponsorship fees for a long time. If their budget is not spent, the budget for the coming year will definitely be cut.

The directors of the School of Computer Science don't want to hand over such a big piece of fat to the school board of directors.

Although the money cannot be kept in one's own pocket, at least it can be used within one's own college.

Halfway through the trip, Vivian stopped at a supermarket and bought a bunch of vegetables. Then she called the dean and invited him to have dinner with her.

Ten minutes later, the two returned to an apartment building in the middle-class neighborhood where they lived.

It's about a 30-minute drive from the main campus of the University of Southern California, which is quite far. It takes 50 minutes to an hour by bus.

But the advantage is that the price is cheap. Li Ao’s monthly rent is 300 US dollars. Vivian helped negotiate it. And just like living on campus, he only needs to pay 9 months of rent a year. Christmas, winter break, and summer vacation add up to 3

You don’t have to pay rent for the month-long vacation, but you can still live there.

300 U.S. dollars a month is already very expensive for Chinese students from ordinary families. The average monthly income per capita in the Imperial City is only over 1,000 U.S. dollars, which is still a soft dollar.

But with such a price, anyone who is not a rich international student is willing to spend two hours round trip.

Because if you live on campus, the living fee for international students at the University of Southern California for the current academic year is US$12,600, which is also calculated based on 9 months, with an average of US$1,400 per month.

Accommodation costs for local students and international students vary greatly.

Most students who come to the United States to study abroad choose to board or rent off-campus accommodation. Unless they are rich and have their brains kicked, no one will live in the school's shabby dormitories, which are several times more expensive than renting.

People recruit international students to make money, not to provide luxury suites for international students to live in for free, or to arrange for female students to "mutually assist" male international students...

Li Ao's room is in Suite No. 08 on the 12th floor. It is not very big, but although it is small, it is well-equipped. The 30-square-meter small suite is divided into three spaces: a kitchen, a bathroom, and a guest bedroom.

When he got home, he took a shower and changed his clothes. This was a habit he developed after experiencing the epidemic, and he has retained it throughout his life.

Regardless of whether there is an epidemic or not, he thinks this is a good habit.

Li Ao came to the largest suite on the same floor. The door was not closed, so he walked in directly.

Seeing him come in, Vivian complained: "Your mysophobia really hasn't changed at all."

"Didn't you change your clothes too? And you're still talking about me."

"I just wash up and change clothes. Unlike you, you take a shower first when you get home and make me wait for so long..."

The two started to prepare dishes while complaining to each other.

Li Ao likes cooking very much and doesn't find it tiring. After cooking, seeing others enjoying their meals gives him a sense of accomplishment.

But preparing food is really tiring!

Fortunately, there was a helper, who was also a beautiful woman. Working together, Li Ao felt less tired.

At around 7 o'clock in the evening, Li Ao had prepared the dishes, and Dean Teng, who lived in a nearby villa area, also rushed to the table.

Looking at the large table of dishes, Dean Teng felt much more balanced. He did not forget to call him when preparing the big meal, and his care was not in vain.

The dishes are very varied, including Chinese food, but there are only two dishes with light tastes. Most of them are European and American dishes that Vivian is used to eating. He does not insist on 'promoting' Chinese food.

There are so many types of Chinese food that he may not be able to get used to the local cuisine if he changes provinces or even cities in China.

Moreover, Dean Teng has been in the United States for more than 20 years and has long been accustomed to local tastes.

Li Ao's cooking skills are pretty good. Although he doesn't specialize in dishes, the dishes he cooks all taste pretty good. He is often praised for not opening a restaurant because he has lost his talent. Vivian and Dean Teng ate very happily.

The person holding the spoon looked happy too.

That's right, Vivian ate more alone than he and Dean Teng combined, but her body was only plump but not bloated, and her flesh had grown to where it should be. He could only lament that some people really

It's just that he is gifted...

There were three people at the table eating, and two of them entered the school through the back door through connections. Vivian also became an assistant in the School of Computer Science directly through her father after graduating from the School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California with a master's degree in social management.

Dean Teng's classmate when he was a master's student, and sitting with these two people for dinner, Li Ao felt like he was doing some py transaction.

After the meal was full, Dean Teng left first. Vivian went to cut some fruits after dinner and sat down with Li Ao to chat.

Talking about Li Ao's trial training with the basketball club on Saturday, Vivian joked: "I didn't expect you to join the basketball team because of Henry's threat. I always thought you didn't care whether you could stay in school."

Li Ao was surprised: "How could it be? With such a good-looking assistant like you, of course I hope to continue studying here, and I study very hard. It's not easy to study abroad. I don't want to waste the opportunity to learn knowledge."

Vivian rolled her eyes at Li Ao with a smile: "You are really good at talking... You are really active in class. You were the only student in the department who attended all classes last semester. There are other Chinese students in our college, and they are also absent from class to some extent.

situation arises.

You also work hard, and the teachers are very satisfied with your performance in class and your attitude. You often interact with the teachers in class.

Since you are so hard-working and smart, your grades are naturally very good. Last semester, your grades in each subject were among the top five in the department, and your overall grade ranked first in the entire grade.

That's why the dean attaches so much importance to you, otherwise if you cause so many troubles, even if you are recommended by his teacher, he will choose to send you to other schools... Yes, you study so hard and your grades are so good

He is good and knows how not to waste opportunities, but he doesn’t seem to care at all whether he will be expelled or not. He always resorts to fighting to solve problems when encountering them. It’s really strange.”

Vivian sorted out her thoughts and became even more confused.

Li Ao spread his hands: "If you are bullied, you can't bear to fight back, right?"

"This..." Vivian really didn't know how to answer this.
To be continued...