Chapter 1: The Purple Bug (1/2)

Chapter 1: The Purple Bug

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Flagstaff was a small town in the southwestern United States It was located in Northern Arizona, near the edge of the Colorado Plateau The City of Las Vegas was not far to the west of Flagstaff, while the famous Grand Canyon was nearby to the east

Most Chinese people were probably quite familiar with many parts of the United States; Arizona, the Grand Canyon, and Las Vegas, but fe about Flagstaff, the city in between Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon

Half a year ago, Li Du was like ed when he staff was not well-known in either China nor Aood universities such as Northern Arizona University and CollegeAstaff

The school that Li Du castaff The nale word away frostaff,” but the quality of education was vastly different

CollegeAeAreat reputation as a privately funded University, and it offered undergraduates bachelor's and e at Flagstaff? It was really just a diplo for his ree

Barely half a year after he paid his tuition for the first seation By then, the board members of the school and the eone and left behind a bunch of international students ere summarily driven out of the campus by the police

Li Du was one of the lucky feho had his own place to stay The dorm was too crowded and chaotic, and in order to focus on studying, Li Du rented out a room in an apartment and lived off campus instead Therefore, Li Du at least still had a place to stay while many of his class on the streets

Other than the housing situation, however, Li Du was not much better off than his schoolmates It was already the end of January, and his rent was due If he could not pay it in time, he would have to accept his fate on the streets

The problem was that he had no money!

He could borrow some from his friends and fa abroad But now that the school was closed for the investigation, his plan to get a ree was ruined, and he was too ashamed to ask for money from his parents He also couldn't borrow money fro so

As he sat in front of the small house with a frown on his face, the pine doors behind hiirl ”Hey Li, you're here!”

This girl was his landlord, Hannah Fox The house belonged to both Hannah and her brother, Hans Fox They inherited it from their parents, who both passed away in a car crash

Hans always clai business,” and only came back once in a blue moon, so Hannah rented out the open roo, Li Du got up and replied, ”Oh, yes, Hannah What's up?”

The girl shrugged as she s a die earlier and found these bottles of beer They were definitely left behind by Hans I re it?”

In her hands were half a dozen beer bottles in their coo on the side

Li Du caught sight of the beer and responded to Hannah with a grin There was only a se in the apartment, which he used daily, and there had been no beer in it earlier

Also, knowing Hans's obsession with alcohol, nothing would be left over if there was beer in the fridge

A better guess was that Hannah got this beer for Li Du to cheer hiation Hannah had tried to comfort hi was, Hannah's consolation was quite siot hiirl had previously learned a bit of Chinese culture, orcan resolve a thousand worries” Fro, she cao of all their worries after a night of drinking This hy she bought Li Du beer when she felt he was upset

Li Du accepted the beer, as he knew that in Aifts that could not be refused; otherwise, it would be a sign of refusing friendshi+p Li Du really cherished his friendshi+p with Hannah, and he knew that one day he would have to repay Hannah for all her kindness