Chapter 191 Friends

But Qi Min is quite cute sometimes.

Just as she thought of herself, she was a serious yet lively Bolshevik. Although Anton felt that there was something wrong with her at the beginning when they lived together, he gradually realized that Qi Min just had weak empathy and did not realize that he had any objections to her.

This is actually a bit strange. As a facial control person, Qi Min especially likes to stare at Anton, making him think that she is reading his expression, but in fact Qi Min is just staring, and any emotional signals he expresses are filtered out by her.

Qi Min also knows that his ability to empathize is not good, and he relies on training to make up for it. He can also feel the same for ordinary people's emotional expressions. However, because of his good empathy ability, Anton was accustomed to restraining his emotional expression, so that in Qi Min's eyes, he seemed to be as calm as water all the time, and he could not see any changes in his emotions at all.

Therefore, Anton had to adapt. When he was with Qi Min, he had to express his emotions as clearly as possible so that she could feel it.

After that, getting along became very smooth. Since Anton's emotional expression can be controlled, he avoids bringing the negative energy at work home. Although as a Bolshevik, his daily discussions are critical, at least he maintains a neutral discussion environment without changing it. It became a pattern where the two left [Harmony] factions began to pour out their bitterness to each other after arriving home.

And Anton still doesn't like Qi Min's friend Yelena. But it's not a big deal. When Qi Min and Yelena go out to play between experiments, he is often still at work. In order not to cause trouble for him, Qi Min wisely did not tell him these things, otherwise Anton would definitely wonder how she could get together with a pedophile.

However, as they spend more time together, Qi Min will inevitably come into contact with Anton's friends.

It was only after they got together that she learned that Anton had not always attended a public high school with "happy teaching". Before the previous owner of the Chinese restaurant left, Anton was sponsored to attend a decent private high school in this area. Moreover, affected by the stereotypes of Asians, his grades were still good and he had also taken a few courses. AP courses.

But the culture in underdeveloped areas of the United States is quite terrible. Students who study hard and claim to be Chinese are often considered NERD by the "typical" Americans around them. When Qi Min knew about it, he couldn't understand that such a good-looking person as Anton Will he be regarded as NERD? But when she looked at Anton's old photos, she finally came to some understanding - no matter how good-looking he is, wearing original black-rimmed glasses and combing his hair with weird bangs, he will inevitably be considered a nerd.

In short, on the one hand, it was because of stereotypes, and on the other hand, Anton also had no intention of fitting in with the Americans. He only dated NERD friends from ethnic minorities, and the only one among them who continued after he transferred to another school was Nicholas. That is to say, this young Hispanic Bolshevik went to New York after graduating from high school, and now he suddenly told Anton that he was going to come back.

Of course Anton was happy to hear the news on the phone, but after getting over his excitement, he found that this matter was still a bit troublesome. In their second year of high school, Nick's family went to Cuba for "higher pursuits." Therefore, Nick rented a house with Anton for the last two years of high school, and the house they rented was obviously the one they have now. apartment. And if Nick wants to come back, his priority is to stay here. The problem is that he will have to meet and even get along with Qi Min for a while.

From Anton's perspective, Nick is an optimistic young man without any bad hobbies, at least much "cleaner" than Yelena. Therefore, he was still very confident and told Qi Min directly.

Qi Min was very happy when he heard that his friend was coming back: "Since there is an extra bedroom, let him live here."

"Well, that's what I think too." Anton was relieved immediately, "Nick is a super good person, you don't need to worry about him."

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Nicholas arrived on Saturday, and Anton went to a fast food restaurant to borrow a car in the morning to pick him up at the airport.

Finally meeting each other, Nick was almost the same as he was two years ago, but Nick was a little surprised to see Anton: "Hey, brother, you look like you are doing well?"

"It's not bad." Anton asked happily, "How are you in New York?"

"It's not good. The competition in New York is too fierce. I have to change my direction. I plan to go to Mexico for a visit." Nick shrugged and asked, "So... you had surgery?"

"What kind of surgery?" Anton was a little surprised.

"Laser myopia correction surgery." Nick said in surprise, "Haven't you always wanted to do this?"

"Ah...I didn't do it." Anton said hesitantly, "I think wearing contact lenses is fine."

On the way out of the airport, Nick couldn't help but ask: "Brother, why don't you have corrective surgery? Haven't you already planned to have surgery?"

"This surgery is too expensive." Anton replied.

"Too expensive? But didn't you save money?" Nick asked.

"Oh, that money is still not enough. And I used part of it to buy Min a MacBook. The Americans in her laboratory all use Apple products." Anton said, "It would be very troublesome if that kind of surgery failed. , it is still safer to wear contact lenses.”

Nick looked at him and couldn't help but said: "Are you crazy? Isn't your girlfriend a doctoral candidate, and she still wants you to buy her a notebook?"

"The salary of a doctoral student is incredibly low." Anton explained helplessly, "Not eating or drinking for two months is not enough to buy a laptop."

"Wow, this is too tragic." Nick shook his head, "Then you have to be busy. I heard that some people have to pay off their student loans for more than ten years."

The horror of student loans is also the reason why Anton passed the option of going to college directly after graduating from high school. Otherwise, even though he studied in a public high school for his final year, it would be no problem to apply to a local university based on his grades.

"Fortunately, Min has not applied for a student loan." Anton said happily, "And she studied for her undergraduate degree in China, so it shouldn't be very expensive."

"So are you going to China with her in the future?" Nick turned around and asked.

This question is actually a bit difficult to answer. Anton didn't know what Qi Min was thinking, and he had never thought about what the future would be like. He considers himself a pure Chinese, and deep down he has always wanted to return to China. But since Qi Min came to this shabby place to study for a Ph.D., will she return to China to find a job?

And if the wages for biology students are so low in the future, it will probably be very difficult.

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