改變

悠軟之有點興奮，因為是意外之喜，想去打工而已，

竟然可以跟森麥伊拉近距離，順便提高一下她英語的成績，真是一舉兩得。

坐在書桌前的悠軟之看著坐她一旁很認真講解的森麥伊，看著他滿臉認真的態度，她不忍出手打斷這和諧的氛圍，

“The   brazenly   lavish   culture   of   West   Egg   is   a   reflection   of   the   new   prosperity   that   was   possible   during   Prohibition，   when   illegal   schemes   involving   the   black-market   selling   of   liquor   abounded.”

「但......不是.....又被他牽著鼻子走了.....」

“   Such   criminal   enterprises   are   the   source   of   Gatsby’s   income   and   finance   his   incredible   parties,   which   are   probably   based   on   parties   Fitzgerald   himself   attended   when   he   lived   on   Long   Island   in   the   early   1920s.”

「唉.....明明是拉近距離的好機會，怎麼....我學得也太認真了吧？！！」

“Even   the   racial   anxieties   of   the   period   are   evident   in   the   novel;   Tom’s   diatribe   on   The   Rise   of   the   Colored   Empires—a   reference   to   a   real   book   published   in   1920   by   the   American   political   scientist   Lothrop   Stoddard—points   to   the   burgeoning   eugenics   movement   in   the   United   States   during   the   early   20th   century.”

「但.....他的聲音....好雄厚....那麼磁性的聲線念著一點口音都沒有的英語......」

“The   Great   Gatsby   has   been   read   as   a   pessimistic   examination   of   the   American   Dream.   At   its   centre   is   a   remarkable   rags-to-riches   story,   of   a   boy   from   a   poor   farming   background   who   has   built   himself   up   to   fabulous   wealth.   “

「我….不行了.....耳朵要懷孕了！！！！”」

“Jay   Gatsby   is   someone   who   once   had   nothing   but   who   now   entertains   rich   and   celebrated   people   in   his   enormous   house   on   Long   Island.”

森麥伊看著耳朵紅通通的悠軟之，心裡閃過一絲的異樣，他隻好把它給壓下，再次把專注力放在教學上.....

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悠軟之最近日子過得挺開心的，邊打工賺錢邊跟森麥伊拉近距離，

「追一個人要花的心思也太多了吧，如果再隨心一點，隨心所欲一點就好了.....像跟司傑那樣的....」

剛想到炎司傑，他就出現了，“之之～有什麼好吃的？我餓了～”

“…..嗱～都給你留著”

“還是之之最好，打工辛苦嗎？”

“還好吧，就學到很多跟平時都學不到的東西呢，懂了一些事情，感覺有些事情都想通了呢.....”

“嗯？之之，感覺妳最近都變了....”

“   蛤？”

“之前的妳感覺很難跟妳接近的，就感覺妳不想別人瞭解妳似的，但現在.....妳好像很好接近的感覺，妳人變圓滑了”

“什麼嘛～講到我很難相處似的.....”

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悠軟之用食物打發完炎司傑之後，就到了下班的時間了，

剛走出便利店的她，就看見坐在路邊的欄杆上的男人。

森麥伊有點不自然的對上悠軟之好奇的眼神，   “不....不是的，我....我就是剛好路過.....真的，剛好路過....”

她懂他的心意，心裡暖烘烘的，滿臉幸福的對著他笑，“嗯！剛好路過.....走吧，回家吧！”