Chapter 1132 Join Us
The more Cao Yuan reacted, the more Jiang Chengfeng worried about him.
"What happened?"
Jiang Chengfeng saw that Cao Yuan's desk was lit with a lamp and a row of textbooks. It was obvious that he was reading before he came in. For a student who had decided to study in the United States a long time ago, there was no need to study so hard this summer. Just have fun. Cao Yuan was also a top student, ranked in the top 20 in his grade. His GPA was very high. As long as he prepared the materials carefully and submitted the application according to the requirements, it would be no problem for him to get into a famous American school.
Moreover, Cao Yuan's family background is the best among the four of them. I heard that his father runs a restaurant and his mother is a leader of a state-owned enterprise. He is an only child, so it is a piece of cake for his family to pay for his study in the United States.
"Whether I go abroad or not, what does it have to do with you?"
"I don't care whether you still consider me a friend or not. I have always regarded you as a friend. I admit that it was wrong for me to hide it from you before. I signed a confidentiality agreement at that time and I couldn't violate the rules. You know it's like this in the technology field. I didn't expect you to react so strongly. I should have apologized to you earlier," Jiang Chengfeng took the initiative to admit his mistake with a very sincere attitude.
This matter is his fault. He was eager to achieve success. He knew the conflict between him and his roommate, but he only cared about work and immediate interests. He did not put down his pride and seek peace with his roommate, which eventually led to the current situation. To put it bluntly, he was still young and hot-tempered, and he wanted to prove himself in front of his friends and classmates.
Cao Yuan's opinion of Jiang Chengfeng was not as strong as that of the other two. He was already very tired and didn't want to quarrel with Jiang Chengfeng anymore. The friendship between boys was actually not that complicated. They were more rational and calmer. When Jiang Chengfeng admitted his mistake, his anger subsided a lot.
"Alas," he sighed, "the economic situation is not good this year. My father's restaurant closed down and owed a lot of debt. My parents sold one of their houses and the debt has not been paid off. My family has no money to support me to study in the United States. I can only rely on myself to take the postgraduate entrance examination..."
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Jiang Chengfeng didn't know what to say for a moment. The so-called comfort seemed particularly hypocritical. He could only keep silent with Cao Yuan. Unexpectedly, in just half a year, Cao Yuan's family had undergone tremendous changes. With Cao Yuan's grades, he could definitely be admitted to graduate school, but he was determined to go abroad and gave up the opportunity. Once he gave up, there was no turning back. The school would not give him a second chance. He could only prepare for the entrance exam from scratch.
"Can't you apply for government-funded study abroad?" Jiang Chengfeng asked.
Hearing the word "public expense", Cao Yuan actually smiled. "Some of the things I encountered during this period made me see through human nature. Friendship is nothing compared to interests."
Jiang Chengfeng felt that Cao Yuan's curse was not an accusation against him.
"Feng Xiang (roommate A) and I have broken up," Cao Yuan continued, revealing a fact that Jiang Chengfeng could not accept - why did their harmonious and united small group of four fall apart in the blink of an eye?
"He and I applied for the university's public scholarship to study abroad quota at the same time. This year's quota was particularly small, with only two. The college clearly stated that gender equality was required, with one male and one female. There were many male students in the department, and dozens of people signed up. Fortunately, Feng Xiang and I went through two rounds of interviews and both made it to the final stage. My GPA and ranking were slightly better than Feng Xiang's. He was worried that he could not compete with me, so he wrote an anonymous letter to the school in the United States, reporting that I had cheated on an exam."
Jiang Chengfeng suddenly felt as if his throat was blocked by something, and asked in confusion, "When have you ever cheated?!"
As soon as Cao Yuan mentioned the name of the course, Jiang Chengfeng suddenly realized that it was a course in the first semester of their sophomore year. The final exam was not a written test but a practical operation. Cao Yuan's hands-on ability was a little poor, so he referred to the experimental results of Jiang Chengfeng and Feng Xiang and got a high score.
In principle, this behavior is indeed considered cheating, but the problem was that everyone was referring to each other at the time, and the teacher turned a blind eye. "Feng Xiang made a big fuss about this matter, and I couldn't provide any evidence to refute it. The school in the United States made a big fuss and disqualified me from the election. Fortunately, our school doesn't think I cheated, otherwise I would probably be expelled? I regard Feng Xiang as a brother, and you know that when I eat takeout, I always bring him the first portion of everything, and when we go out to eat, I take the initiative to pay the bill. In the end, he treated me like this..."
Cao Yuan had been holding back this anger for a long time, and now he let it out in front of Jiang Chengfeng. He was angry and frustrated, and his eyes were red at the end. "Isn't it because he is not happy that I suddenly don't have the money to go abroad at my own expense, so he turned to compete with him?! Otherwise, we can still live in peace and not affect each other, but when it comes to his own interests, he will do anything to get it?! I actually slept in the same bed with such a person for three years!"
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