Chapter 10 Good boy
Unexpectedly, the return on investment was just a paper number. Virginia's ambitious spending plan quickly went bankrupt and could only exist in her mind. She was short of money in her hands and had to return to rationality and lower her original budget plan several levels. Therefore, in late October, at the party celebration of Robert's birthday and his first theatrical performance, Virginia gave me a gift of just a beautiful bow tie.
The day after the birthday party, the relaxed and pleasant atmosphere of Warren's house suddenly turned cold.
The first time in Evan's life, the standard power of a playboy, was finally revealed.
"Evan, I think we need to have a good chat!"
At the breakfast party, after Earl Warren said this expressionlessly, the air pressure in the restaurant dropped rapidly.
The word "chat" cannot easily come out of the Governor's mouth. Once it is said, it means that someone has made a mistake and needs to be personally taught or even punished by Earl Warren.
In the past, only the eldest son of the Warren family, the elder brother of Evan and others, and Colin Warren.
The sensitive Robert didn't bother to watch his brother's jokes, and solved the bread in his hand in a few seconds. He said, "I'm full!" and then left the restaurant, a place of right and wrong as if he ran away.
Dora and Dorothy followed suit. Although they were worried about Evan, they did not have the courage to face it in front of their "terrifying" father. They could only let him bear the upcoming "storm" alone without any loyalty.
In the end, only Virginia was not moving, and she drank milk slowly, as usual, even more ladylike.
Evan glanced at his sister gratefully, and Virginia raised her eyebrows at her brother quietly, and stroked her fingers from left to right on her lips, like a zipper, which means she only looks at it and don't expect her to speak.
At this time, Virginia found that Evan was not nervous at all, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart that her younger brother has changed a lot recently, just like he suddenly grew up overnight. Will boys do this when they have someone they like?
At the same time, Virginia suddenly thought that Evan made a big mistake and needed his father to be so serious. Evan seemed to have done nothing except inventing and chasing Audrey?
Unlike Virginia's confusion, Evan knew it very well. After filling her stomach with the fastest speed, Evan lowered her head and said to her father Earl and his mother Nina, who was sitting in the main seat, "Please start."
Seeing Evan's attitude, Earl was very displeased. He asked with a stern face, "Evan, it seems, you know what I want to talk to you?"
Evan replied in a low voice: "It has something to do with Mr. Clarence?"
Earl threw the towel in his hand to the dining table and said, "You really know it."
Virginia thought the name sounded a little familiar, and couldn't remember it for a moment, so she looked at Evan with her exploratory eyes.
Evan ignored it. As long as she didn't leave, she could remember it after listening for a while. At the moment, it was the most important thing to deal with the Governor.
He moved his butt, straightened his back, and said with confidence: "Mr. Governor, please do not praise it too much. This is what I should do as your son."
"Hmm?" Earl suddenly looked at Evan.
"Uh..." Nina looked dark and wondered if her son's head was broken. We were in the process of interrogating, why did you invite me to be awarded?
"Ha..." Virginia, who laughed for a while, covered her mouth and aimed her eyes at the ceiling, looking at her that it was nothing to do with me. However, her slightly trembling body showed how hard she endured it.
Earl's rhythm was broken, and then he said angrily: "That's how you think?"
"Of course, Earl, Nina, listen to me." Evan thought to himself that Earl was stunned by being attacked by himself at this moment, and was the best opportunity, so he explained with shamelessness.
"Earl, as a member of the wealthy, powerful, just and free country of America, I am very proud."
"But I didn't expect that in this paradise on earth, there were people who did the evil things of oppressing good, blocking the road, and lending usury, and this happened in the capital of California, Sacramento, under our noses."
"As the governor of California, you have worked hard for California, the strong stability of the United States, the happiness and fulfillment of people's lives, and even sacrificed the time and opportunity to spend family with your children."
"As your son, I understand you very much and are willing to contribute my strength to it. Moreover, I will never allow such dark and uneven people and things to continue to exist under my nose."
"I want to report to you. I know that you will make arrangements and take action after you understand. But I know that recently you have become as busy as a perpetual motion machine to coordinate the arrangements of retired soldiers. So, in order to share your worries, I decided to solve them by myself."
"But you also know that I am just a weak high school student, how could I be a match for those people. Fortunately, I remember your teaching, that is, whenever you need to believe in the power of the United States."
"So, I decided to call the police, and I believe that the police force can solve all difficulties."
"So, I went to the police station."
“Because I went to the police station, I met the police station chief, Clarence Wells.”
"Clarence was a competent director and a servant of the Federation. After listening to my continuation, he extended a helping hand to me in his heart, and promised me that he would do his best to clear the darkness that existed under the light of Sacramento."
"After that, he personally sent me back to the official residence."
"I was convinced by the righteous and kind Director Clarence and believed his promise."
"We haven't met again since then, until yesterday he appeared at Robert's Party..."
Evan danced and explained the intersection between himself and Clarence with a roar. Just as he was about to continue his shameless bragging, Nina stopped and said, "Enough, Evan."
Her face was so dark that she could rub the ink. It turned out that she just felt that Evan was sweet, but she didn't expect that he could speak eloquently, with a bit of a congressional spokesperson.
This is not my Evan. Who taught him badly? I returned my evan, who was so slick but full of sunshine!!!
Unlike Nina, who was full of gloomy face, Evan said non-changingly and talking nonsense, which made Earl turn from astonishment to calmness, and finally smiled, and the thought of the original lesson disappeared without a trace.
At this moment, Evan's performance had already made Earl understand that he had grown up and that he knew what his actions meant, and that the so-called lesson was no longer necessary.
What is not allowed to exist on the dark side, what is for the sake of my father, is all false, it is a sign and an excuse.
Believe in Clarence? Believe in his promise? It is not just that he borrowed the governor's skin and made possible resource exchanges to let Clarence do his job for him.
I had an idea, dared to act, had a thick-skinned face, well, my mouth was OK... Thinking of this, Earl squinted his eyes and suddenly said, "Evan, let it go."
Evan said in surprise: "Really?"
"Of course..." Earl nodded, grabbed Nina who wanted to interrupt, and said seriously: "Evan, from today on, I will no longer treat you as a child."
"You have grown up and have your own ideas, which is understandable. But I hope you can think carefully when you act and not violate national laws."
"Also, you are already in the tenth grade, and it's time to decide where to go in the future. Your sister Virginia is preparing for college and is preparing for the exam, and I'm very supportive."
"What about you, Evan, have you thought about what university to take and what major to study? If you haven't thought about it, I have a suggestion here."
"What do you think of UC Berkeley Law School? That's my alma mater, your little girlfriend Linda Sproul, her father Gordon Sproul is now the principal, if you want to..."
Earl was interrupted by Evan before he finished speaking. Evan shook his head and raised three fingers.
"Mr. Governor, IMHO."
"I, I understand what you mean, but I am not interested. I neither plan to go to law school nor to take your class in politics."
"Two, if I want to go to college, I will only choose one of the two universities, Stanford and MIT."
"Three, Linda Sproul is not my girlfriend, there is no super friendly relationship between us, and she is older than me."
When Earl heard this, he was disappointed and still refused to give up, "Evan, think about it again?"
Evan shook his head firmly.
Nina touched her chest and said in a sad tone: "Oh, poor Linda, she will be very sad. I thought she would become a member of the Warren family, but now, alas... I don't know who will stand by Evan's side in the future..."
Virginia comforted her at the right time and said, "Nina, don't be sad. Evan already has someone he likes. Her name is Audrey."
"If I guess correctly, Evan approached Clarence to stand up for Audrey..."
Virginia is not stupid, and after a little thought, she associates Audrey with the police station and the words darkness.
"Virginia!" Seeing that the momentum was not good, Evan quickly interrupted and forced his sister out of the restaurant to end the "chat" with no end.
The Warrens had no intention of stopping them. After the Evan siblings left, Nina asked her husband softly: "That's it, okay?"
Earl rubbed his temples and said, "It's okay, haven't you said before, you know the children well."
"Of the six children, Colin is independent and responsible, and is most likely to take over my class."
"Virginia is peaceful and gentle. If you can find a matching husband, you will have no worries for the rest of your life."
"Evan is good at hand skills, has a lot of ideas, and is more than enough to be an engineer."
"Robert focuses on details, is meticulous and has a wide range of interests, whether it is a scientist or an accountant qualification."
"The Dora Doroth sisters love music and have good talent. We can support them to develop further."
"The most important thing is that they all love each other and have close relationships. Even if we are gone one day, they will support each other and walk to the end."
"I agree with all these things, except for Evan, the kid, who seems to be underestimated."
Chapter completed!