Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#712 - Encountering a beautiful female student

That day, with nothing much to do, Liang Yue was accompanying Betty on a visit to Stark Industries.

Unfortunately, Tony had recently brought back a large amount of basic technical data from Xandar, so he was currently busy in seclusion at his Malibu beach villa, and had no time to keep them company.

Liang Yue, on the other hand, didn't want to just sit there and watch Betty and Pepper chat, so he left Stark Industries not long after arriving.

He wandered aimlessly, eventually strolling near the high school he had recently graduated from.

Several months had passed, and the school was no longer the same; Peter, Gwen, Natty, Sam, and others had all gone their separate ways.

Fortunately, their universities weren't too far apart, and they could still gather in the base world for a short get-together in the evenings.

So, Liang Yue wasn't there to find them; he was simply bored and wanted to take a good look at the city.

Although he had been here for more than two years, Liang Yue was still quite unfamiliar with New York.

He had wandered around with others a few times before, but most of the time it was just a fleeting glance, with other purposes in mind, and he had never specifically explored it.

Familiar and yet unfamiliar~

That was probably his deepest impression of the place.

Soon, he strolled along leisurely, and it was sunset.

He called Betty, only to find that the woman seemed to be enjoying her chat with Pepper and planned to talk late into the night, not coming home for the time being.

Liang Yue rolled his eyes when he heard this, but didn't say much.

After hanging up the phone, he continued his wanderings.

New York City at night seemed to enter a different mode.

All sorts of demons and monsters, who had been hiding in the gutters under the sun's rays, now crawled out of their lairs.

Various noises, screams, and the roar of motorcycles began to echo from time to time.

Occasionally, he could even hear gunshots from the city's sky, not very frequently and far apart, but they never stopped intermittently.

One couldn't help but sigh that the prosperous surface hid depravity, that sunlight was just a disguise, and that this layer of filter would fade away after nightfall, revealing the true face of the place.

Heaven and hell were two sides of the same coin in this city, and the transition between them was so abrupt and complete.

Soon, Liang Yue walked into an unfamiliar neighborhood.

It wasn't far from the school, and it was a mid-range residential area and commercial hub in New York, so the security wasn't too bad, but he didn't seem to have been there before.

After nightfall, many nearby students came out, wandering around the noisy city.

They chased, played, laughed, and cursed~

Each of them seemed to have a face that had never been bullied...

But to be honest, American students are different from those in China.

Since coming to this country, Liang Yue had learned that the children here didn't have any concepts of propriety, justice, or shame, and their schools didn't teach them at all.

Especially for those from the common people, without the necessary family environment to cultivate them, they basically did things based on their instincts as human beings.

Therefore, the living environment here was more vigorous, closer to the law of the jungle, emphasizing the survival of the fittest.

Once they saw someone, or some people, behaving politely and generously, it was either because they had strict family education, or because they had been beaten and educated by society.

Some people who rashly broke in from the civilized world would inevitably need a long period of adaptation to survive in this environment.

Then, either strive to integrate, or be eliminated~

A moment of carelessness, and they might be swallowed by the entire environment and completely sink.

...

Hearing this, Liang Yue stopped subconsciously and tilted his head to look.

In a dimly lit alley, a woman was squatting on the ground, hugging her knees and silently shrugging her shoulders.

Black hair, ponytail, glasses on her forehead, wearing an apron, and a standard small hat from a convenience store.

This figure seemed very helpless at this time~

Seeing this, Liang Yue couldn't help but sigh and came to the woman's front.

The reason he wanted to care about such a girl was that he judged by her aura that she had been his classmate not long ago.

Well, things were so coincidental...

As an international exchange student from China, although from different provinces, she should have formed a natural group with Liang Yue to keep warm.

Unfortunately, perhaps because of the pride and reserve of a beautiful female student...

As the top student from a well-known key high school in a certain province in China, this woman showed an unusual arrogance after coming to a foreign country.

It couldn't be considered arrogance, but the kind of aloofness and pride in her bones made Liang, who was also a top student, feel a little uncomfortable.

So, after trying to contact her and talking a few words, he began to avoid her.

Later, probably because she had been whipped by the cruel reality.

This woman began to slowly put away her stiffness and tried to integrate into the students around her, but her inner nature still made her unwilling to go with the flow, so she naturally seemed a little out of place.

The entire two-year exchange student career still made her feel uncomfortable.

Even, secretly, she might have regretted it a little.

So much so that near the end of her graduation, this woman sent Liang Yue an email~

Well, it was the kind asking for sponsorship...

Judging from this, the girl's family conditions in China shouldn't be very well-off.

But thinking about it, it was also reasonable; her situation was somewhat similar to Liang Yue's.

Neither of them were the typical international students.

Just lucky people who were suddenly hit by a pie in the sky one day.

Without making sufficient preparations, they were hastily thrown into this international metropolis in a foreign country.

It was okay during the exchange student period, with the guidance of relevant policies and some subsidies, the living expenses weren't too much if they were frugal.

But after graduation, it was another matter.

Especially for those who wholeheartedly wanted to take this opportunity to stay in this country, it was indeed a bit difficult to survive here without a solid foundation to support them.

And as a beautiful woman who was only good at studying at this stage and hadn't really bloomed her own brilliance, she was undoubtedly like a little lamb who had just emerged from the water, thrown into the Amazon jungle.

A moment of carelessness, and she might be swallowed without leaving any residue.

Some time ago, I occasionally heard Natty say that the female student in front of her seemed to have successfully been admitted to New York University.

But unlike in China, universities are a big industry in the United States.

Once admitted, they have to face high tuition fees.

This is the case within the American people, and almost everyone has to bear a heavy student loan for this, let alone for those of them who come from foreign countries.

If it weren't for the fact that their grades were too good and they were exceptionally admitted for free, receiving scholarship treatment, or coming here by taking advantage of the convenient conditions of public funding for studying abroad.

If you want to go to university in the United States safely and graduate successfully, you will inevitably need a large investment.

Ordinary people can't really afford to play without a family with millions of assets in China.