Chapter 28

She applied over the weekend, and on Monday noon got a notice for her to go to the Animal Protection Association office for an interview at 5:30pm.

Zhen Bao was a little nervous, and went over half an hour early with Feng Yue who had also applied.

The publicity leaflet of the Animal Protection Association was very nice. There were two main responsibilities: first, free spaying/neutering and vaccination for stray animals; second, finding suitable owners for stray cats and dogs. From a practical perspective, the technical work such as spaying/neutering was instructed by clinical professors and conducted by senior students, so many freshmen were especially keen to join the association.

Zhen Bao truly liked little animals, but the prospect of early exposure to professional skills also greatly attracted her.

The association was divided into several departments. Zhen Bao and Feng Yue were interviewing for the Technical Department.

In groups of five, after waiting for over ten minutes, it was finally their turn.

The office wasn't big, it felt a little crowded with five people inside. Surprisingly, there was only one person conducting the interview. Zhen Bao walked behind Feng Yue, out of curiosity she looked at the male student typing on the computer at the desk. He kept his eyes on the screen, briefly glancing at them, then pointing to the cat perch on the east wall: "Take turns to try, whoever can get it to come down without touching it, wait outside, the rest may leave."

Zhen Bao looked towards the cat perch, and saw a particularly fat, big white cat lying there, neck curled in, looking like a big white furball, but its cat eyes were open, amber-colored, looking at them with an air of superiority.

The first new student went to try first, the girl's voice was especially gentle, but no matter how she coaxed, the big white cat didn't budge. The girl wanted to try again, but the man at the computer emotionlessly said, "Thirty seconds each, you may leave now."

The girl was extremely embarrassed and left with a red face.

The next boy and girl also failed.

Just as Zhen Bao was about to encourage Feng Yue, Feng Yue smiled and moved aside, letting her go first, while speaking to Zhen Bao but sneakily glancing at the man behind the computer. Zhen Bao didn't notice, she slowly walked to the cat perch she had to raise her hand to touch, looked up at the big white cat with a smile, and reached out, "Can I get a hug?"

The big white cat lowered its head to look at her, and meowed.

Meng Ji Ning stopped tapping the keyboard and looked over there, but only saw the girl's slender back.

"Ah, you're Meng Ji Ning?" As if only just recognizing him, Feng Yue excitedly shouted.

Meng Ji Ning glanced at her, looked for a few seconds, recognizing her, his face unchanged, "You're in University A too?"

Feng Yue excitedly nodded, gazing at Meng Ji Ning as if greedily, he was her high school classmate, the school hunk of the entire grade, and the one she had a secret crush on for a full three years. Actually with her scores last year, she could have gone to a top university in the province, but Feng Yue wanted to be with Meng Ji Ning, so she chose to repeat a year, and successfully achieved her wish this year.

"Leave me your number, you can look for me if you need anything in the future."

Meng Ji Ning didn't have a deep impression of Feng Yue, but since they were from the same high school, if Feng Yue needed help with anything, Meng Ji Ning was willing to provide what assistance he could.

Feng Yue happily went over to exchange numbers with him.

Over there, Zhen Bao had already successfully gotten the big white cat into her arms. Hearing Feng Yue call out "Meng Ji Ning", Zhen Bao was shocked, and listening to their conversation, she could no longer describe her feelings. She stood there stiffly, apprehensive and uneasy.

"Oh yes, Zhen Bao was also in our batch, but she stopped school after finishing first year of high school, you may not know her." Remembering Zhen Bao, Feng Yue familiarly introduced her to Meng Ji Ning. She had only been in the same class as Meng Ji Ning after the arts/science split in second year of high school, she'd forgotten which class Meng Ji Ning was in during first year.

Meng Ji Ning had not forgotten, he looked at the girl who was said to be called Zhen Bao in shock.

Zhen Bao took a deep breath, turned around holding the big white cat, and forced a natural smile at Meng Ji Ning.

She could no longer remember the names of many high school classmates, but she remembered Meng Ji Ning.

Zhen Bao had been a model student since young. When entering high school, her middle school grades were second in the new class, and her student ID number was also No.2, while the No.1 ranked before her was Meng Ji Ning. Meng Ji Ning was good-looking, his dad was the director of the C City Zoo, many girls in class liked him, but in Zhen Bao's eyes, Meng Ji Ning was only the person she wanted to surpass.

She studied hard, and after being second for over half a year, she finally got first place in the end-of-term exams. But before she could secretly celebrate, her dad suddenly fell ill and passed away, the family ran out of money, there was also a bad student in school who kept pestering her, Zhen Bao felt tired and dropped out.

Feng Yue didn't know she dropped out due to poverty at home. Would Meng Ji Ning know?

Zhen Bao looked at Meng Ji Ning worriedly.

Would he question where she got the well-off relative from, who helped her transfer schools to continue studying?