Chapter 17

Zhen Bao soon noticed the attention they were getting and hurriedly snatched the bag away.

Fu Ming Shi still wanted to buy her other things, but Zhen Bao was frightened by the prices here. She insisted they leave, riding the escalator down. Back in the car, Zhen Bao kept examining the handbag in her hands, repeatedly mumbling, "Why is it so expensive? It looks about the same as the one I bought last time..."

"But doesn't it seem like you like this one more?" Fu Ming Shi helped her with her seatbelt, smiling as he asked.

Zhen Bao couldn't deny it.

Fu Ming Shi gazed at her rosy lips, gently coaxing her, "You didn't test well, so getting a bag you like will help cheer you up, right? Let's not be unhappy anymore after this, okay?"

Zhen Bao's eyelashes fluttered. So his reason for giving her such an expensive bag was just to comfort her?

"I like seeing your smile." As she raised her head, Fu Ming Shi started the car, eyes fixed ahead, his profile serene.

Zhen Bao silently drew her gaze back.

She didn't know if it was because of the bag, or his words, but she truly didn't care anymore about messing up the listening section.

The end of the college entrance exam did not mean liberation, because there was still the huge wall of the college entrance exam results!

Many students will have mild depression after the exam. Fu Mingshi carefully observed Zhen Bao and found that Zhen Bao would occasionally space out. When asked what she was thinking about, she always shook her head and brushed it off. As the CEO of a listed business group, Fu Mingshi really didn't have the time to accompany Zhen Bao all day, so he sent Zhen Bao to the United States to accompany his grandfather.

Fu's grandfather had liver cancer...

Although it was in the early stages and the doctor said the cure rate was very high, and although Fu's grandfather was laughing as if nothing was wrong all day, Zhen Bao, who had her first encounter with cancer, suddenly became enlightened - compared to health, what was a college entrance exam score?

Zhen Bao settled down here and took the opportunity to improve her English in daily life. Across the Pacific Ocean, Fu Mingshi called every morning, he didn't say much, the average call time was basically kept at around two minutes, and then he would also send a message saying good night every evening.

"The results will be released the day after tomorrow, right?" Leaning on a cane and coming out of the villa, Fu's grandfather chatted casually with Zhen Bao as he walked slowly. The clean, tidy road was lined with lush sycamores, the air was fresh, circles of light shone through the gaps in the branches onto the road, and Hei Dan scampered lightly ahead with a white collar around his neck.

"Yes, Fu said he would check for me." With the results coming out soon, Zhen Bao was no longer so anxious. In the days right after the exam, she really couldn't sleep, thinking about the questions she wasn't confident about.

The grandson is helping check the results?

Fu's grandfather revealed a mysterious smile without exposing his grandson's lie, and advised Zhen Bao, "Call him Mingshi, 'Fu' is too formal."

Zhen Bao turned her head to look at the side of the road, unable to call out his name.

After walking slowly for a while, there was a park ahead. Many people were taking their pets out, and since Zhen Bao had moved in, she accompanied Fu's grandfather to the park for a walk every day, while walking the dog. Although Hei Dan was quite ordinary in China, on the first day he made his debut in the park, he attracted a lot of fans who praised Hei Dan for being cute and smart.

"Go get it!" After choosing a spot, Zhen Bao threw the frisbee out.

Hei Dan ran happily to chase it, his sleek black fur glistening as he jumped high to successfully grab the frisbee in his mouth. Zhen Bao smiled watching Hei Dan run back, Fu's grandfather was sitting on a bench in the distance, chatting with a silver-haired old lady who had come out to walk her dog, though she didn't know when.

The old man had his own circle of old friends, and Zhen Bao was fully focused on playing with the dog.

After throwing the frisbee out, a golden retriever suddenly ran over wearing a black collar. Zhen Bao's eyes lit up, and just as she squatted down, the golden retriever stuck his big head over enthusiastically and licked her. Zhen Bao narrowed her eyes with a smile, patted the golden retriever's head, and then looked in the direction he had run over from.

This golden retriever was called Bucky, and his owner was a beautiful Eurasian girl that Zhen Bao had just met a few days ago.

But after hugging Bucky, Zhen Bao looked around and didn't see the beautiful girl, only noticing a black-haired man standing about five meters away with his hands in his pockets, who seemed to have been watching her the whole time. The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and just as Zhen Bao was about to look away, the black-haired man walked over to her and asked, "Do you know Bucky?"

He spoke very standard Mandarin.

Zhen Bao stood up in puzzlement and asked, "Who are you?"

Cheng Yi reached out his hand to her, "I'm Xiao Ya's brother, she's busy today so she asked me to walk her dog."

So they were siblings. Zhen Bao lightly shook his hand in return and said, "Hello, we also came here to walk our dog, that's how I met Xiao Ya."

Cheng Yi nodded, looking at Hei Dan running over, he unexpectedly said, "You didn't neuter him?"

Zhen Bao didn't hear clearly, "What?"

Cheng Yi glanced between Hei Dan's hind legs and explained the benefits of pet neutering in a very calm tone. Unfortunately, as Zhen Bao realized this man was discussing Hei Dan's male features with her, her face turned redder and redder. Halfway through, Cheng Yi noticed her embarrassment and coughed, "I'm studying to be a veterinarian, got too used to lecturing, sorry about that."

Let alone abroad, girls in China were also becoming more open, able to discuss a man's size without blinking an eye, so Cheng Yi really didn't expect that he would run into a girl in America who would blush at the mere mention of pet neutering.

"No, I, I have to go." The more she tried to explain, the more awkward she felt. Zhen Bao bent down to grab the frisbee from Hei Dan's mouth, and walked away with a red face. The golden retriever Bucky hopped after her, and Cheng Yi whistled for him. Bucky looked back for a moment then turned around and came back.

Cheng Yi squatted down on one knee, stroking this golden retriever who was especially unwilling to get close to strangers, then looked in the direction the girl had left, suddenly feeling a little regret that she had walked away so quickly without even telling him her name.