Zhao Qingyun couldn't refute her words. He tightened the cap on the mineral water bottle and took out a tissue to wipe the water stains from the corner of his mouth.

Jiang Yingqiu arrived late. She glanced at the seats in the car and chose to sit in the back: "I'll sit with Xiao Lai, and we can chat on the way."

Zhao Qingyun had already started the car. Hearing this, she chuckled and said, "My car doesn't have soundproofing." The implication was that you could chat while sitting in the front.

They said they were just chatting, but they barely spoke a few words along the way. Xu Lai asked Zhao Qingyun to drop her off at the intersection because there was some traffic in the city center. It would take at least ten minutes of traffic to get her to the pet hospital and then drive out again.

Zhao Qingyun didn't insist; she dropped the person off at the bus stop and left.

Jiang Yingqiu said with exasperation, "You're such a straight man! It wouldn't have taken long to take Xiao Lai there, and you just dumped her on the side of the road."

Zhao Qingyun was speechless for a long time before finally saying, "Isn't this just what she said?"

Now it was Jiang Yingqiu's turn to be speechless. You could say he was clueless, yet he knew to listen to Xu Lai. But if you said he was enlightened, he actually left the person on the side of the road and walked away.

When Zhao Qingyun took Ms. Yingqiu to the airport, it was just past eleven o'clock. After taking off his luggage, he asked, "Would you like to have lunch with me?"

Ms. Yingqiu waved her hand: "No, no, you should leave now, you're driving me crazy."

Zhao Qingyun handed over the luggage and said, "Okay then, let me know when you get off the plane."

Ms. Yingqiu nodded and complained, "Did I raise a son or a father? He's so nosy."

Zhao Qingyun watched her go inside before opening the car door. He then sent Xu Lai a WeChat message: "Where are you? Send me your location, I'll come find you."

After Xu Lai got off the bus, she hailed a car and went directly to the pet hospital. She had made an appointment in advance for her vaccination, and all she had to do was tell the receptionist.

The vet asked about the two puppies, and Xu Lai told him everything she knew. When the vet heard that the puppies had only been with her for a few days, he was worried that they might not be used to it and suggested that she wait a few days before getting vaccinated.

Xu Lai nodded, not feeling like she had made a wasted trip; she could come back in a few days.

Having finally made the trip, Xu Lai wanted to go out for a stroll. Since she had found these two dogs but hadn't given them a bath, she asked the hospital to wash them and she would come back to pick them up in the afternoon.

When she received Zhao Qingyun's message, she was planning to go to a noodle shop. The pet hospital was only two blocks away. She had only eaten there the day she came back, and had never been there since. Since it was so close, and she hadn't thought about what to eat for lunch, she came here.

Xu Lai sent her location and typed: "Have you eaten?"

Zhao Qingyun replied: 【Not yet.】

Xu Lai: [Then I'll wait for you. I'll wander around the neighborhood first.]

Hengxian No. 1 Middle School is located here. Xu Lai even passed by the building downstairs in her own residential area. Because of the school, there is a large flow of people, and this street is particularly lively. She dares not say that everyone in the school has come to spend money, but 99% of them have.

It's still noon, and the stalls haven't started setting up yet. They'll be up and running around 5 p.m.

She went to a boutique. Back when they were in school, Xia Ning used to drag her shopping there. At that time, they had very little pocket money, so they could only look but not spend freely.

Xu Lai took a small basket and put in anything she liked. Now, she's not like before, always checking the price before buying anything. She tries her best to satisfy the desires she couldn't have when she was young.

She wanted to buy a pet carrier for her dog, as she always kept them in cages, which wasn't comfortable for them.