As a private university, Stanford's dormitory fairly divided the quality of the environment according to the price. Unfortunately, due to the lack of strict work and rest management in the graduate dormitory, according to Lili's request, Zhang Lisheng could not ask about it. On the other hand, the good rooms vacated by the undergraduate students had long been reserved by the rich freshmen.
For this reason, the only room he could stay in was the ordinary double room without a living room, which was the largest number.
When he thought about how it was impossible for him to drop out of Stanford with the ridiculous reason of not wanting to live on campus, and how Stanford University would soon be able to obtain a permit to build a biological laboratory in the Shrimp World No. 2, by then, he would be able to leave openly, in the end, the young man chose to compromise.
However, after completing the entire set of admission procedures and allocating the dormitory, when he left the office of the Student Management Office, his expression had naturally become very unhappy.
Walking in the shady corridor, Stephen did not know how to persuade the student cum 'sugar daddy' beside him. The two of them left the office building and got into the car. They turned left and right in the campus without a word and came to an ordinary Stanford University apartment building.
This was an old six-and-a-half-story building surrounded by green trees and lawns. The outer wall was painted milky white and beige. Looking at the distribution of the windows on the tree-lined path outside the building, the environment inside, at least in terms of spatial environment, should be first-class for a university dormitory.
"Lisheng, actually, Stanford's excellent accommodation is ranked among the best among all the universities in the US …" After getting off the car, Stephen pointed to the apartment building not far away and made a pertinent comment. However, when he saw that Zhang Lisheng's expression did not ease at all, he shook his head again. "Of course, you have your own opinion.
It's impossible for this building to prepare indoor and outdoor swimming pools for you anyway. Alright, I'm going back to the lab now. You can take a break these two days and adapt to college life.
Remember to buy a bicycle first. If you drive, it'll take you longer to find a parking space than if you walk.
Finally, I'll give you a piece of advice, kid. Wealth and influence may help you get most of the things in this world, but it will never include becoming a good biologist.
You still have a lot to learn in order to do that.
Goodbye. "
"I understand, Professor. Goodbye." Zhang Lisheng put on a solemn expression and nodded seriously. Waving at Stephen, he walked to the front hall of the apartment building and showed his new badge to the dormitory administrator before walking into the dormitory.
The corridor inside the building was very spacious. At a glance, he could see countless freshmen who had just enrolled in Stanford walking back and forth in the corridor. They were busy making new friends, but it was only slightly crowded.
With his empty hands, Zhang Lisheng looked left and right at the house numbers expressionlessly. He shuttled through the group of excited young people and finally stopped in front of a door with 'A011' written on it.
"Bam, bam, bam …" He knocked on the door lightly a few times and realized that the door was open. He pushed the door directly and saw a short Caucasian boy who was making the bed. When the boy saw him coming in, he immediately reached out his hand and imitated an adult's manner a little nervously. "Oh, hello buddy! I'm Jerry Cotfin from San Francisco."
"Zhang Lisheng, from New York." Zhang Lisheng looked around his dormitory.
The area of the room was about 30 square meters. On the north and south sides, there were two wooden beds with bedside cabinets. A computer desk was placed against the wall of the wooden bed. Next to the computer desk was a large closet, and next to the closet was a bathroom.
The environment was not too bad, so his expression finally eased a little. Shaking hands with his new roommate, he said, "We'll be roommates for the next few years."
"Oh! Oh my God! You're staying in this room! You're my roommate!
B-But why didn't you bring anything? I thought you're here to say hello … "Upon hearing the young man's words, Jerry's reaction was unexpectedly strong. He breathed a sigh of relief and shouted in surprise," Thank God! I've always been afraid that my new roommate would be a big guy! You know, the kind of … the kind … "
When Zhang Lisheng saw the boy's incoherent manner, he suddenly recalled the first time he met George and smiled kindly. "You don't have to worry now, Jerry. I'm a very easy person to get along with."
"I can tell, buddy! I can tell that you're a very …" While Jerry was cheering, the door was suddenly opened. Three to four young men wearing T-shirts and sneakers ran into the room. One of them, who was quite handsome but had freckles all over his face, hugged Zhang Lisheng's new roommate and said impatiently, "Jerry, are you done packing? The girls in the get-together are already waiting anxiously."
"I-I haven't finished packing yet …"
"You can pack when you come back, buddy. You don't want to give up the first chance to get rid of being single in university just because you have to put a few pairs of stinky socks in the closet, right?" The tall and strong young man said and looked at Zhang Lisheng by the side. "Come along, buddy! This is a get-together for almost half of the floor."
"Thank you, but I still have to buy a bike and go to the library. I'll pass," Zhang Lisheng smiled and refused politely.
"Oh sh * t! 'Buy a bike and go to the library'? Today is your first day in university! Even though Stanford's library is full of nerds all day long, there's no …"
"There's always an exception." Zhang Lisheng stopped the tall and strong young man with just a sentence and turned to walk into the bathroom.
"Oh, what an unsociable weirdo!" The tall and strong young man looked at Zhang Lisheng's disappearing back and muttered in a low voice. Pulling Jerry and a few of his partners, he pushed the door open and left the room.
Zhang Lisheng washed off the dust and walked out of the bathroom in a relaxed manner. When he saw that the dormitory was already empty, he smiled wordlessly and walked out of the room as well.
After walking out of the apartment building, he took out his mobile phone and searched for the map of Stanford University. However, he could not see the shadow of a shop no matter how hard he looked, so he had no choice but to stop a bike by the roadside and asked, "Sir, may I know how to buy a bike?"
"Sir? Do I look like a 'sir' to you?
Junior Brother, your way of chatting up someone is not so clever! " The bike rider, who was wearing loose sportswear, supported herself with one foot on the ground and took off her sunglasses to comb her neat short black hair before replying in a pleasant female voice.
In the US, it was a very rude offense to mistake the gender of a strange lady, whether it was intentional or unintentional. When the young man saw the beautiful facial features of the short-haired rider in front of him, he immediately apologized. "Oh, I'm sorry, Miss! I'm really sorry!
I-I couldn't find anything when I searched the map on my phone just now, so I directly stopped you and mistook your … "" Gender? "
"Gender?" The girl said the word that Zhang Lisheng was embarrassed to say. "I've never seen a freshman calling someone 'Sir' or 'Miss' in Stanford. Don't tell me that you're an international student? A Chinese?"
"I'm indeed a Chinese." Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a moment before nodding. "But I'm not an exchange student …"
"Where in China are you from? Beijing or Shenzhen?" In surprise, the girl used Mandarin to block his chance to continue speaking.
"I'm from Western Sichuan."
"Oh, you're probably the first person from Western Sichuan to come to Stanford for undergraduate studies. I'm from Beijing," The girl said with a smile. "Even though we're far away from each other in China, we're from the same hometown in the US. Come on, I'll bring you to find a bike."
"T-Erm, there's no need for that, Big Sister. You just need to tell me the place, and I'll go there myself."
"Come on, fellow countryman. You've already called me Big Sister, so how can I not care about you? Come on, quick!" The girl pulled Zhang Lisheng's arm forcefully and pressed him onto the back seat of the bike.
The young man felt that his clothes might be torn if he exerted any more force, so he could only say, "Then, thank you, Big Sister." Then, he sat on the back seat of the bike.
The girl chuckled and joked, "You're welcome, because I'm called Lei Feng." Then, she pedaled the bike hard and rushed forward.
It was already close to the afternoon, and the hot period of early autumn had already passed. Sitting on the back seat of the beautiful girl's bike and enjoying the cool breeze and the pleasant scenery on both sides of the road, Zhang Lisheng would have already started chatting happily if it was another person. However, Zhang Lisheng remained silent until the girl took the initiative to ask, "What's your name, fellow countryman?"
Only then did he ask, "Zhang Lisheng, what's your name, Big Sister?"
"My name is Guo Caiying. Which dormitory do you live in?" Upon seeing the young man's dull look, the girl chuckled and asked again. Just like that, the two of them chatted for a while with one asking and the other answering. The girl brought Zhang Lisheng to a four-story English building surrounded by lawns and flowerbeds before stopping the bike.
"Big Sister, is there a shop that sells bikes here?" Zhang Lisheng saw that the people entering and exiting the building were all young girls holding heavy books or tablets, so he asked in puzzlement.
"Of course not. Didn't I say that I'm going to bring you here to 'find' a bike?" Guo Caiying replied and took out her phone to make a call. "Chuhe, I met a fellow countryman from Western Sichuan. He's very funny when he talks. He thought that I was a boy and stopped me just now, asking me where I can buy a bike.
I thought that Old Wang has graduated and left, but didn't he leave his white bike behind? So, I brought him here to look for you. You didn't deal with it, did you? "
"No, wait a minute. I'll go out now." A calm female voice resonated from the phone before being hung up.
"It's done, Lisheng. You'll have a bike to ride in a while."
"No, Big Sister, I came out to buy a bike. How can I just take it from someone else …"
"What's there to be embarrassed about? Haven't you heard of the phrase, 'When a fellow countryman sees a fellow countryman, his eyes will be filled with tears'?
It's just a bike, and it's left behind by our senior who has graduated and returned to China. Even though the bike is well maintained, it'll only cost several tens of dollars at most if we sell it as a second-hand car, but it'll be more expensive if you want to buy a new one … "Guo Caiying smiled sweetly and blocked Zhang Lisheng's excuse.
"Caiying, the bike is here!" Right at this moment, a tall young girl with long hair and red and swollen eyes pushed a milky white medieval highway bike out of the apartment building and went straight to the girl.
When Guo Caiying saw her friend's dispirited expression and her eyes that were swollen like peaches, the expression on her smiling face changed right away. She asked nervously, "Chuhe, what's wrong with you?"
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