New Gods of North America.

Chapter 276 Around me
After waiting for a while, Wayne and his companions, along with Inissa, Miss Olivia and her friends,
Finally we met in a restaurant in the college.

There were mainly a bunch of young girls eating and chatting, and Wayne was sitting next to them as a guest.

Many male students who saw this scene showed envious expressions.
But that's actually it.

Lina is the type who can make do with anything when she is not picky, but she is quite particular when she is picky.
At this time, she felt that the college restaurant was not connected at both ends, and it was not as good as the "Western Pizza" that Wayne and Parker had come up with. At least it was delicious and convenient.

Miss Russell and Miss Mary expressed their curiosity about the food that Lina mentioned.
Lina was generous enough and said that when Parker was done, she would bring it over during class one day.

Then the girls took Inissa and Lina to visit the campus, while Wayne took the little girl back to the dormitory to do homework.
Emma was quite quick at finishing the questions, and the solution process she provided was relatively short. Wayne was quite happy copying them, and he also encouraged Emma to come often when she was free.

When it was getting dark, Inissa and Lina finally came to pick up the children, and then they took a carriage back to the detective agency together.

This cycle continued for several days.

Not only did Inesa come here to visit, but even Miss Olivia and her friends, who were already somewhat famous or well-known in the academy, also stopped by the dormitory to visit.

When it comes to Wayne, his popularity and popularity have inexplicably increased.
Strangers would greet me on the street, and I started receiving all kinds of strange invitations to gatherings, parties and clubs.

Wayne was not interested in most of the invitations.

The only time I actually got around to watching was because of an invitation from the rowing club.

What is rowing?
According to Wayne, it is the Windsor Kingdom and American version of "Dragon Boat Rowing", with single and multi-person competitions, which is commonly known as "kayaking". Many universities with the conditions will organize similar competitions or leagues.

Thanks to the rowing tradition spread to America by various old schools in the Kingdom of Windsor, rowing is now considered one of the effective stepping stones for college students to approach the upper class.

For example, if a person graduated from a prestigious university and was a member of a rowing club, then people's default expectations of him would be that he has a certain family background and social connections, or has personal abilities above average.

In fact, this is not difficult to understand in a sense.

With the intensity of the course work Wayne is experiencing now, any student who can graduate successfully and find time to participate in rowing activities in his spare time will definitely not be lacking in learning ability or graduation "ability", and it also represents good health and energy.
At the same time, the fact that they can spend extra money to buy a personal racing boat and extra time to participate in extracurricular sports, instead of living frugally or working part-time, also implies the student's family background or economic situation.

The same is true for equestrian clubs - riding horses may not be expensive, but competitive horses are often not cheap, and daily training and care also require time, energy and money.
Ball sports are not as good as these two types of clubs in this respect.

There is a fairly large lake at George and Anna College, and there is also a rowing club organized by students themselves.

Wayne visited the rowing club for a while, but few of them came again after buying kayaks.
The rest are those tough guys who get up early in the morning every day or choose one or two days or two or three days a week, row until they sweat profusely, then take a shower and go to class.

Every time I carry my kayak from the warehouse to the lake, and then take it out of the water and put it away,

This amount of exercise doesn't seem too small...

Wayne found that he really didn't have the taste for high society. He thought that if he had this free time, he might as well sleep in the dormitory or go find out if there are any new wanted criminals nearby...

But the president of the rowing club was quite nice and said that if Wayne was interested, he was welcome to come and try it out anytime.
The club has spare individual racing boats that can be borrowed temporarily, and many people begin to love this sport after trying it.

By the way, he also wanted to get to know Miss Olivia and Miss Russell, and hoped to invite her to the party through Wayne.

Wayne neither agreed nor refused.
Then he quickly ran away.

……

Soon a week passed and the students had another day off.

When Wayne went to church for worship this time, he specifically observed Pastor Pycelle who was preaching at the altar.

Reverend Pycelle does look like a kind and honest "old man", but he also looks a little old and frail, with limited mobility.

Although he tried his best to maintain a solemn and standard appearance when preaching, it was inevitable that he seemed a little powerless.

This made Wayne a little confused.
According to preliminary investigations, Reverend Pacelle was an orphan who grew up in a monastery and never married, nor did he have any children.

He is already so old. Although it is said that "an old horse in the stable still has a thousand miles to go", at this age, there is no chance for him to compete for the position of bishop.

——If he wants to move up, he must at least strive for a pastor position at the level of Georgeberg Parish, and then he will have enough support and voice.

It seems that it may be a little late for him to fight for power or accumulate wealth.
Logically speaking, there is no need to take the initiative to cause trouble.

But Wayne didn't dwell on this for too long. After all, he grew up watching Journey to the West.
When Monkey King went up to the old mother of the Golden Horn and Silver Horn, and went down to the Red Boy at the Flaming Mountain, he always beat the elderly and the children when they deserved to be beaten, without paying attention to such false courtesy.

Wayne even went to the donation box this time and put in a ten-dollar bill, and also made his presence known in front of Pastor Pycelle.

Reverend Pycelle actually knew Wayne. He looked kind and honest, and even mentioned Wayne's name.

Wayne was at a disadvantage in this regard. He felt that if Wayne spoke a little louder to him, he would be suspected of bullying the "old man"...

Leave the church,

Wayne also ran into several detectives from the detective agency on the road. They were probably doing some kind of mission, and when they saw Wayne, they just glanced at him secretly or nodded quietly.
Seth Grayson gradually followed Wayne from the crowd on the way back. After turning a few corners and reaching a relatively less crowded section of the road, he finally came over:

"Mr. Wayne, I am working backwards based on the actions that the other party may take. So the focus of the current investigation is on the suspicious persons who have actively had additional communication with you since you enrolled, Mr. Wayne.

"After my secret investigation and everyone's follow-up this week, I have preliminarily confirmed that there are two fallen people who need to report to the academy church regularly.

"One is Mackenree, the part-time administrator of your dormitory, and the other is Luke Matthew, a member of the Pointed Hat Society. But I'm not sure whether they approached you because of the college church."

So close?!

(End of this chapter)