After falling out with Peter, Gwen decided to accept the University of London's invitation to be a special exchange student for one year.
In many ways, the University of London was more famous in the global academic field than New York University.
And as one of the earliest universities in the world, the University of London also had a very high historical status.
Choosing to go to London was not simply because of Peter's matter.
Considering her academic major and future, the University of London was a good choice.
Brown University and Cambridge University also sent invitations to Gwen, which were the world's top universities.
But Gwen chose London in the end.
But it was not easy to travel thousands of miles to live in London alone. Although they were both English-speaking countries, there were still some differences between American English and British English.
It was mainly in the way of speaking, some sentence punctuation, and some slight differences in pronunciation.
Of course, it was not very troublesome for Gwen. Her learning ability was very good.
But there were still many inconveniences in living in London. The most important was the problem of housing.
Of course, the university provided student apartments, but it was currently summer vacation, and the student apartments were closed.
Gwen came to London a month earlier to adapt to life in London, so that she could adjust when she was not used to her academic life.
Now there were no student apartments, so she could only rent a house in London.
But like all the big cities in the world, the rent in London was frighteningly high, even more expensive than New York.
In London, you could only rent a sofa in the living room for 500 pounds a month. This was not an exaggeration, there was only one sofa for you to sleep on at night. You were not allowed to use anything else in the house.
The British were very rigid. If they said sofa was for rent, then there was only sofa.
If you wanted to live in a house, even the worst single room would easily cost more than 2,000 pounds.
And if you wanted a slightly better house, it was basically impossible to run away from 3,000 pounds.
Many people in London used half of their monthly income to pay rent.
For Gwen, she was not in New York now, so it was impossible to get the job offered by the Osborne Group to supplement her family expenses.
Although she had probably saved more than 20,000 dollars in the past few years. But more than 3,000 pounds a month was too expensive for her.
And although her father, George, was the deputy commissioner of the New York City Police Department, and his annual salary was more than 200,000 dollars.
However, she didn't really want to spend her father's money right now. She came out to seek independence.
Furthermore, it was a special period when her father was participating in the election. The British paparazzi were the ancestors of the world.
Gwen didn't want her father to be in the news.
Therefore, with the help of a teacher, she shared a room with a senior of hers.
This senior was a postgraduate student in astronomy and physics. He is currently doing research with a professor of astrophysics at the University of London.
Because the research institute wouldn't close during the summer, and the astronomy professor wouldn't stop his research.
So this senior sister was also working during the summer vacation. He would go to the research institute during the day and come back to sleep at night.
Although it wasn't good to talk about others behind their backs, Gavin had always wondered if this senior was really from a research institute.
Judging from her dressing and style, she sometimes looked like an underground rock singer.
Moreover, he was cold and his words were not very comfortable. Gwen had been here for a long time, but she hadn't said more than three sentences to her.
Gwen knew nothing about her except that her name was Daisy. Their relationship as roommates was a little too bad.
But Daisy didn't seem to mind at all. She left early and came back late every day. Gwen couldn't see her, and finally gave up the idea of building a good relationship with her.
It was actually good to live their own lives in the two-bedroom shared house without interfering with each other.
By the way, in order to save her little savings, at least until she found a suitable part-time job to supplement her living expenses.
Gwen decided to save money to live, and one of the most important things was to cook for herself.
Everything in London was expensive, and food was no exception. You couldn't eat anything for ten pounds.
Even the all-vegetarian buffet cost twelve pounds. Gwen heard that the school cafeteria might be more expensive.
It would be terrible if the food cost a month reached a thousand pounds.
Of course, it wasn't that there was no cheap food. Some country restaurants could provide a set meal of nineteen pounds. Bring a main course of meat, vegetables, soup, and other staples were not limited. (Of course, the vegetables were mainly broccoli, potatoes, and purple cabbage.)
But it was still too expensive for Gwen. Therefore, the young lady who didn't do housework before had begun to learn how to cook. And she did it decently.
When Gwen met Li Jie, she was holding a large brown paper bag. It contained five days' worth of food for her. It was so heavy that she almost couldn't hold it.
But after meeting Li Jie, this kind of rough work was naturally handed over to Li Jie to do.
"Come in!" Gwen smiled and greeted Li Jie to her new house in London.
It was an apartment in a community near the university, about twenty-five minutes by bike.
This was a very simple apartment. Except for the necessary living facilities, there was basically nothing else.
There wasn't even a TV or air conditioning. Although London didn't need air conditioning in the summer.
But Li Jie thought it was best to have air conditioning because the room was a bit humid. At least the air conditioning could drain the moisture.
"You live here?" Li Jie asked Gwen with some surprise. Because this kind of accommodation was really not good.
Li Jie noticed that the wallpaper at the corner of the apartment was a bit moldy, and the wall skin was a bit curled up, which proved how humid the house was.
It's not a comfortable thing to live here. Clothes were easy to mold, and the smell of the room was not very good.
Although Gwen opened the windows as soon as she got home.
But Gwen didn't care and waved her hand. "You have to learn to live alone when you're outside. This is the cheapest house I can find near the university. And actually, compared to other houses, this is already good. "
"I heard that some student apartments are too old, and the conditions may not be as good as this." Gwen opened all the windows and invited Li Jie to sit down. She also poured him a glass of water.
"There's only water. I didn't buy any other drinks except milk," Gwen said apologetically. "But if I give you milk, it feels strange."
"No, water is good." Li Jie smiled and looked at Gwen.
He noticed that there were a few scars on Gwen's fingers that had not faded. He frowned. "What happened to your hand? Did you get into trouble in England? "
Li Jie pulled Gwen's hand over and looked at it carefully. Hmm? It didn't look like intentional injury.
The thin wound looked more like it had been cut by a knife.
Gwen shook her head with a smile. "Don't worry, Nightcrawler. I haven't met anyone who bullied me in London. "
As she spoke, Gwen pulled her hand out and walked to the open kitchen. While chatting with Li Jie, she put the ingredients she had just bought into the refrigerator. At the same time, she took out a large piece of chicken breast and some vegetables.
She said, "It's just some tuition for practicing cooking. If you're not in a hurry, how about having a meal here today before going back? Let the chef try my cooking skills. "
Gwen winked at Li Jie as she spoke. Li Jie was really surprised this time. Gwen never knew how to cook before. Well, if salad was counted, she did know how to make a salad with mayonnaise.
As for the other dishes, they were completely random.
Li Jie looked at Gwen's rusty knife skills and instructed her to use the cat's paw style to cut vegetables safely. At the same time, he was also chatting with her.
"How do you know I'm Nightcrawler?" Li Jie leaned on the sofa and asked as he watched Gwen cut vegetables.
"It's not hard to guess, is it? Peter already told me he's Spider-man. It's hard to calculate from zero to one, but it's not hard to calculate from one to two. "Gwen used a half-cooked knife to cut the chicken.
"If Peter is Spider-man, then it's not hard to guess who Nightcrawler is from his various words and deeds. Blame Peter for confessing to me. "Gwen said with a smug smile.
Well, Gwen's cleverness was undeniable. Especially since she was very familiar with Li Jie.
"What about you, Jason. Why did you come to London from New York? Don't tell me you're here to travel or to see me. "Gwen was a little curious.
"Oh, I told you, I was exiled." Li Jie shook his head. Since Gwen had guessed who he was, there was no point in covering up some things.
He recounted what had happened to him. As a result, Gwen laughed so hard that she almost got cut by the knife again.
"You lost your first kiss to a man? Hahahahaha! "Gwen almost laughed out loud because of this. Li Jie almost suspected that he was going to send her to the hospital.
"Yes, it's not suitable for Spider-man. Is it not in line with the plot you wrote? "Li Jie thought of the script written by Gwen and the book drawn by Ivy. He couldn't help but complain.
Gwen took a French bread out of the bag and stuffed it directly into Li Jie's mouth.
She said angrily, "Enough! Don't say anymore! "
When the characters and things in the plot he wrote became the people around him and were used to complain about him, then the things he had done would become his dark history.
Li Jie shrugged and took a big bite of the French bread. Well, it was a little too hard. Li Jie didn't like the taste.
In the end, Gwen made a salt-fried chicken breast, a grilled tomato with Parmesan cheese, and a fried mushroom with cream to serve Li Jie.
Although the chicken was fried over the heat, it was a little dry. The tomato and mushroom were not very tasty, but Li Jie felt that Gwen had really changed.
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