Braised Eggplant with Minced Pork
Chapter 10 Testing You with a Math Problem
Olsen was also a little surprised, stunned when she saw him, and then smiled and said, "Thank you for not fighting me for that book."
As she spoke, she shook her hand. She had the book in her hand; it turned out she had borrowed it.
"I was just browsing," Tang Tian said with a smile.
A simple greeting, and it ended there.
After they finished speaking, they each turned their heads again to wait for the bus.
The bus was a bit slow, not coming for a long time.
"Oh no." Just then, Olsen's exclamation suddenly came from his ear.
Tang Tian turned his head in confusion, and then saw Olsen fumbling all over herself.
It was winter, and Olsen was wearing a thick coat, but this fumbling completely revealed her shapely figure.
The Scarlet Witch was fascinating because of her figure.
But obviously, Olsen wasn't showing off her figure at this moment; it looked like she had lost something.
Just as he was watching, Olsen hesitated for a moment, then suddenly looked at Tang Tian and said, "I don't know where I lost my wallet. I have to go back to school to check. Can you help me look after Lucy?"
A request, perhaps a series of coincidences, or perhaps Tang Tian giving way to her on the book, gave Olsen a basic level of trust in him.
"No problem," Tang Tian replied crisply. He wasn't in a hurry to go back anyway.
"Thank you." Olsen looked a little anxious, and left in a hurry after saying that.
"Are you that person on TV?" Lucy asked in a childish voice.
"Do you think so?" Tang Tian had a daughter in his previous life, and he felt a sense of closeness looking at Lucy at this moment.
"Yes!"
"Smart!"
"Hehe, Elizabeth also says I'm smart," Lucy said with a smile.
"Is Elizabeth your sister's name?" Tang Tian then asked.
"Yes, Elizabeth is Elizabeth, oh, she's also my sister, she's my aunt's daughter, my aunt has three daughters, she's the youngest one," Lucy said with a smile.
This little girl was really interesting.
Tang Tian couldn't help but want to tease her a little.
"Are you in elementary school?"
"Yes."
"Then can I give you an arithmetic problem?" Tang Tian said, squatting down.
"Okay!" Lucy looked very excited.
"Well, it's like this, given that your sister Elizabeth is 11 years older than you, and in 3 years, your sister's age will be exactly twice yours, please tell me… what is your sister's phone number?" Tang Tian asked.
Lucy counted on her fingers, her brows furrowed as she calculated, and finally she looked at Tang Tian a little embarrassed and said, "I can't figure it out, but Elizabeth's phone number is 433… um~~ Elizabeth said I can't just give her phone number to other people."
The little girl said a few numbers, then shook her head vigorously.
Tang Tian was stunned after hearing this, and then couldn't help laughing.
This little girl was really too interesting.
After a while, Olsen came back, frowning, obviously she hadn't found her wallet.
"Elizabeth, this person is so interesting, he gave me an arithmetic problem and asked for your phone number," Lucy said as she walked back to Olsen and took her hand.
"…"
Tang Tian felt a headache coming on. This little girl was quite cute before, but now she was a total pit!
Olsen was originally quite worried, but she couldn't help but laugh when she glanced at Tang Tian.
"Didn't you find your wallet?" Tang Tian hurriedly changed the subject.
"It should have been left in the library, but I couldn't find it. I left my contact information there," Olsen said with a slightly helpless expression.
"Then don't you have money to go back? Do you need me to lend you some first?"
Olsen was stunned for a moment, then shook her head.
"Elizabeth, we don't have money to take a taxi," Lucy said at this time, shaking Olsen's hand.
"…" Olsen also glanced at her cousin speechlessly.
"Just borrow it first, pay it back when you get the chance, if not, just consider it your own," Tang Tian said, taking out his wallet and taking out 10 dollars.
"Is that enough?" He said, handing the money to Olsen.
"Enough!" Olsen hesitated whether to take it, but Lucy grabbed the money directly.
Tang Tian smiled, this Lucy didn't look easy to deal with.
"Do you have a cell phone?" Olsen suddenly asked at this time.
Tang Tian nodded, then took out his broken phone.
Olsen was stunned when she saw it, but her eyes seemed to become firmer. She took the phone and dialed a number.
When the ringtone rang in her own clothes pocket, she returned the phone to Tang Tian.
"When I have time, I will return the money to you," Olsen said when handing over the phone.
Tang Tian nodded.
Being polite at this time would only make Olsen feel uncomfortable. A straightforward nod was the best choice.
Speaking of which, he wanted to get Olsen's phone number from Lucy before, but he didn't succeed. This time, Olsen gave it to him herself.
At this time, a long whistle sounded, and the slow subway finally arrived.
The two quickly got on the train, and got off at their respective stations one after another.
When he got on the bus back to UConn, Tang Tian couldn't help but laugh as he recalled what had happened before.
UConn's win over Marquette finally gave the team a breather, but it was just one game in the long regular season.
As time entered December, the schedule became more intensive compared to November.
UConn's first game in December was against their rival, Providence College, which had Marshon Brooks.
The game started very anxiously. Tang Tian continued to come off the bench in the first half and completed Calhoun's task very well, shutting down Brooks.
At the end of the half, UConn led their opponent 37 to 31.
But the situation suddenly changed in the second half. Brooks scored 8 points in a row at the start, and Calhoun couldn't hold him down even when he sent Tang Tian on. He had completely gone berserk.
In the end, Brooks scored 39 points, breaking the Big East Conference's single-game scoring record for the new season, and helping his team beat UConn 73 to 67.
Although they lost the game, UConn's morale was still high. If Brooks hadn't gone berserk, they would have definitely won the game.
After that, they also played games against the Cincinnati Bearcats, Villanova Wildcats, and Pittsburgh Panthers.
They won all three games.
After a 2-4 record, they welcomed a 3-game winning streak, and their record improved to 5-4.
Although it wasn't too good, it was at least presentable.
Tang Tian got about 25 minutes of playing time in each of these three games.
He could clearly feel that Calhoun's trust in him was constantly increasing.