Chapter 112 - The Jumping Incident

Because Angelina happened to use the same perfume as Lin Ming Yang's mother, they were spared from Catherine's "search". Hiding in a man's closet is a unique experience for Angelina Jolie.

After the accident, everyone stayed in peace for the rest of the night. There weren't many flights from Orlando to Greece, and Lin Mingyang had only booked an early morning ticket for Jolie online, so she could only go on the plane to get jet lagged.

Besides the fact that the two of them could have more time to stay together, the biggest advantage of this early morning flight was that Lin Ming Yang could wait for his parents to go to bed and send Julie to the airport bright and early, but there were always accidents.

Normally, Lin Mingyang's parents usually go back to bed before 11:00 p.m., but when Lin Mingyang came out to "explore", he found that the lights in the living room were still on, and his parents were still awake.

Lin Qinghai and Catherine heard the ringing in the stairwell, Lin Mingyang quickly waved his hand toward Julie standing in the doorway, signaling her to retreat first, he first went downstairs to deal with his parents.

Lin Ming Yang went to the living room to "make coffee", then his father casually asked, "Preparing to stay up late again?"

His mother deliberately added, "Staying up late is not a good habit!"

Lin Ming Yang smiled indifferently, then took his coffee and prepared to sit in the living room for a while, "There's a tennis match today?"

Lin Ming Yang's parents were both tennis fans, and there would only be one reason for them to stay up so late, and that was because there was a tennis match tonight for the player they were supporting.

"There's a Federer match in France tonight!" Talking about "Federer", his mother Catherine looked excited, "He can definitely surpass Sampras and become the greatest player in the history of tennis!"

"In fact, I'm also very optimistic about Andre Agassi, even though he's going to retire in a couple of years, he's still the best baseline player, and no one can make a better baseline draw than him!" Father Lin Qinghai was also excited when he talked about tennis.

"I like Federer too, but I hope he has a good form tonight." Lin Mingyang kissed his mother lightly on the cheek before going upstairs to "sleep" with his own coffee.

While his parents were preparing to stay up late to watch the game, Lin Mingyang was worried. The stairway in the house was right next to the living room, so whether you went through the front door or the back door, you had to pass through there. As they sat in the living room, this path was "mercilessly" blocked.

"Maybe we can go down here!" Angelina Jolie had to go tonight, and in the end she pointed to the window, her bold idea inspiring Lin Ming Yang. Jolie originally wanted to jump straight down, but Lin Ming Yang felt that it was too dangerous, he himself was fine with it, but Jolie definitely couldn't handle it.

"I'll go down and move the ladder first, then you can come down!"

Lin Ming Yang made an easy plan, when he practiced parkour, jumping down from high places was a common occurrence, so he easily jumped from the eaves of the window to the lawn of the garden, like a dexterous wildcat, he landed on the ground and rolled in a smooth motion, unloading most of the downward gravity.

The whole process didn't make much of a rattling noise, then he slipped quietly into the basement, moved a ladder, and after setting it up securely Julie climbed down the ladder without any danger.

The plan went smoothly at first, but in the middle of the process, there was a change in the middle, Lin Ming Yang just removed the ladder, the lights in the kitchen suddenly lit up, and this side of the window was facing the garden where Lin Ming Yang and Julie were.

Julie hurriedly short crouched under the window, Lin Mingyang reaction slow a beat, was into the kitchen mother found.

She was surprised to see her son standing "dumbfounded" on the garden lawn, almost pouring boiling coffee on his own hands.

"Felix, what are you doing on the lawn in the middle of the night?"

"Out for some fresh air!" To match this lie, the smile on Lin Mingyang's face was not natural at all.

"I'm sure you didn't take the stairs!" Catherine, who was standing at the window, immediately sank her face, "You jumped straight down from the room window."

"I just wanted to move around a bit!" Lin Mingyang said slyly.

"Oh my god!" Catherine covered her head in pain, "If you want to sneak out, you can take the stairs later and stop doing such dangerous things!"

Lin Ming Yang dropped his head like a child who had done something wrong, Catherine talked to him some more but didn't ask him where he was going, she just told him to be safe and then closed the window.

Lin Ming Yang let out a long breath of relief, and Julie, who was sitting on the floor, patted her chest, "I was scared to death just now!"

"Luckily it wasn't discovered." Lin Ming Yang nodded, "What an exciting day!"

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After sending Angelina Jolie away, Lin Ming Yang's eighteenth birthday celebration came to an end, the next thing he would face was the SAT exam, in order to review and prepare for the exam, he pushed off all of his film contracts and announcements during this time, and stayed in school for a month in peace.

The college entrance examination for American students starts from the first year of high school. Because the SAT test is not directly related to high school textbooks, it mainly tests students' ability in logic, analysis and reasoning. There are seven chances to take the SAT every year. However, the scores are only kept for two years. Students can take any of the tests according to their actual situation, and they can choose the one score they are most satisfied with to send to the university.

Ever since he became famous in Hollywood, Lin Mingyang was able to stay in school and attend classes for very little time, not to mention going to take the SAT test.All other students had experience in taking the test, but for Lin Mingyang, this was his first time.

The test is divided into three parts, analytical reading, writing and math, and lasts three hours and forty-five minutes, with a full score of 2400 points. Except for the writing, which took more time to think about, the reading and math sections were very easy for Lin Mingyang.

In anything, simplicity was always relative, and after the test, Lin Mingyang heard quite a few of his classmates sighing, obviously they didn't do well. However, Reed was full of excitement after the test, he didn't need to be asked to know that he should have done well.

"These questions must be very easy for you!" Reed complimented his partner as they walked downstairs together.

"It's alright, at least I didn't come across any I couldn't do!" Saying such words in a very plain tone, if it were anyone else, they would definitely be despised by the people around them, but Lin Ming Yang was different, the halo of first place still hung high above his head after he had missed many exams. As long as he participated in the exams in school, the first place became no suspense to speak of, because he scored the highest marks every time.

"I did well this time as well, I'll submit my application to MIT when the results come out, I got a perfect score in the computer AP course aspect!" Ruide rarely showed such confidence in front of Lin Mingyang, since the last time he broke up at the gas station, Lin Mingyang's words had ignited his dreams. Last semester he had made very significant progress in all of his grades, and all of this became the backbone for him to say these words.

"I don't even know if I can get a grade in my AP course." Lin Mingyang shrugged helplessly, he had taken an AP course in sociology, but apart from handing in two papers and taking a final exam, he had basically never come to class.

AP refers to the college preparatory courses offered by American high schools. American high school students can take these courses, take the AP exams after completing their coursework, and receive college credits after receiving certain grades. Because U.S. colleges have generally taken students' performance on AP exams as a measure of whether they are capable of college study, AP test scores have become one of the most important bases for admission considerations at many colleges.

"I think Mr. Matthew will agree for you to take the exam." Reed was not comforting Lin Ming Yang, not to mention the relationship Lin Ming Yang had always had with Matthew, based on Lin Ming Yang's outstanding grades in all subjects alone, Matthew as the principal would not make things difficult for him on this issue. Although high schools in the United States did not have such a thing as a promotion rate, graduating students who were able to be admitted to a good university was also a boost to the school's reputation.

"Maybe I should talk to him!" Lin Mingyang nodded thoughtfully.

"Everyone is busy dropping off their applications this time, and a while ago a funny thing happened in the school because of this." As the small group of people who were the most well-informed in the school, Lin Ming Yang was always able to get some anecdotes about the school from Reid's mouth.

"Remember Bartleby from the next class?"

"That guy with the oily mouth and a bit of a nervous streak?" Lin Mingyang had such a person in his memory.

"This guy's grades are usually a mess, so I don't think any university would admit a student like him. He knows this himself, but his family expects a lot from him, and if Bartleby can't apply to college, his father will sweep him off his feet!"

"That serious?" Lin Ming Yang now sympathized with that Bartleby student, because on the issue of going to college, many people's parents are very "stubborn", based on the college on the origin, no matter right or wrong, this is the deep-rooted concept of the American middle class, but also the current mainstream tone of the entire American education.

Lin Mingyang has always questioned whether only experiencing a college career is a prerequisite for success in the future. It seems that "going to college" has lost its value for people, and has simply become a mechanical behavior, and people habitually think that those who come out from college campuses are more thoughtful and talented.

"Bartleby also knew for sure that he would not be admitted to any college, and in order to deal with his parents' side of the story, he forged an acceptance letter himself. In order to strive for authenticity, he enlisted the help of someone to make a subtle school website on the Internet, and made a fuss about leaving an e-mail address to receive other students' applications for admission."

"And then this went through the roof?" Lin Mingyang asked curiously.

"I can only blame Bartleby himself for making that website too real, and then there were other students who found the website and submitted applications, and in the end this matter was discovered by the education department's investigative agency, the website was shut down, and he was almost prosecuted for 'fraud', what an unlucky and pathetic guy."

"So is Bartleby still at school now?"

"He hasn't been back to school since this story broke, but he should be ... at today's exam."

Reed hadn't even finished speaking when the corridor packed with students suddenly stirred, and I don't know who shouted, "Look, Bartleby's going to jump off the building!"

Lin Ming Yang and Reed couldn't help but follow the crowd as they surged downstairs, by this time, a large group of people had already surrounded the plaza in front of the teaching building, tilting their heads and pointing towards the top of the building. Bartleby, whom Reed had just mentioned, was standing wobbly on the edge of the building's roof.

The fire trucks and the police had quickly arrived, but Bartleby was so agitated and in such a dangerous position that no one dared approach.

The people downstairs were gathering more and more, Lin Ming Yang patted Reid's shoulder at this time, "It's useless to stand here and watch, we have to go up!"

The entrance to that building was blocked by the police, then Reed took Lin Ming Yang and tumbled in through the window of the men's restroom on the first floor, when the two of them climbed up to the top floor, the principal, Matthew, and Bartleby's parent's were on the scene, but no one dared to get close.

Matthew found Lin Mingyang standing behind the crowd, "Felix, what are you doing running here?"

Lin Mingyang stepped forward and said furtively, "Maybe it'll be easier for me to communicate with him!"

"You?" A hint of doubt flashed in Matthew's eyes as he exchanged views with the negotiators present, and finally reluctantly agreed to let Lin Mingyang give it a try.

The people around him automatically made way for Lin Mingyang before he walked towards Bartleby, who was standing at the edge of the building.

"If you take one more step forward, I'll jump right off!" Bartleby realized that he was trying to get closer and immediately threatened with jumping.

"If you really want to kill yourself, I can recommend a nice place to go, the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado, it's a paradise for suicidal people, every year people who can't think of anything else like you jump off of it and 'thump' on the cliff face! " Lin Mingyang described the process of committing suicide on the Royal Gorge Bridge to the other party in vivid colors, and when he heard the sound of "bang" coming out of Lin Mingyang's mouth, his face turned white with fear.

Bartleby's reaction gave Lin Mingyang a bottom line in his heart, as long as the other party was not bent on death, then the possibility of convincing him would be very high.

"No need to introduce yourself, right?" Lin Ming Yang tried to take another half step forward, seeing that the other party's guard didn't relax, he had to find something to say to distract the other party, "Last time you asked me for ten signed posters, you won't have forgotten about this, right?"

"So you came to mock me, the top student in school?" Bartleby's mood suddenly became agitated.

This situation made the hearts of everyone present hang in the air, Lin Ming Yang also froze for a moment, then his expression was serious, "I'm not here to mock you, but to give you a very sincere suggestion, this building you chose isn't that high, jumping from here, there's an eighty percent chance you won't die in the fall. Please be professional about suicide, just like you did with that school's website. Find a taller building so that jumping off will be a painful death!"