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"Uncle, are you really going to get a pet?"

Hearing the two people discussing buying a pet, Wang Xiaomi walked over without even bothering to whisper with Dai Anfen.

"It's just a pet, how can it be true or false?"

Mark has always kept pets whenever he wanted, and he didn't think it was a big deal.

"Uncle, can I choose what to raise?"

"Okay, then you pick one and I'll give it to you."

Pets, especially dogs, will normally only recognize one owner.

Since Wang Xiaomi likes it so much, Mark will definitely be satisfied.

"Uncle, I can't accept it even if you give it to me. Have you forgotten that my mother doesn't allow me to have a pet?"

"You mean I help you raise it? If I help you raise it, it won't belong to you anymore."

Mark is very confident that the dog he has raised would never recognize anyone else as its owner.

"Can we raise it together?"

"That's fine." After thinking for a while, Wang Xiaomi was quite happy to play with other people's dogs in the pet store. She didn't seem to mind who the dog recognized as its owner. "Old Han, we want another one. When you go to the cattery or kennel to buy stock, why don't you take Xiaomi with you and let her choose one herself."

"Teacher Ma, you only bought two pets, but you still asked for so many things. This is not an opportunity for you to make money for me, but obviously a favor from me."

"Old Han, why are you only looking at the present again? Xiaomi and I have pets. Won't you have to take care of their eating, drinking, and defecation in the future?"

"This is what happened. Why does it sound so bad?"

"What do you mean by good or bad? It's settled now. After I'm chosen, I will definitely be the VIP of your store. I don't know how much sales I will generate for you. I didn't even ask you to kowtow to me first, and you still care whether it sounds good or not."

"Okay, leave it to me. I will definitely get it done for you."

In terms of profit-seeking, he has always done well except when Han Jinlong suffered an emotional blow.

"Okay, we'll be leaving then. Let us know when you get back with the stock."

Mark took Wang Xiaomi out of the pet shop.

"Hey, Xiaomi hasn't gotten off work yet?" Han Jinlong only reacted when he saw Mark taking Wang Xiaomi out.

"I've already booked such a large order for you, can't I go out with your clerk to have some drinks and talk about business?"

Mark asked Old Han who had chased after him.

"go Go."

Old Han said helplessly that since Wang Xiaomi has been together with Mark, she has had less and less time to work.

For Mark, if there wasn't this freedom, there would be no point in letting Wang Xiaomi work in the pet shop.

After hanging out in the mall with Wang Xiaomi in the afternoon, Mark didn't have any plans for the evening and went home early.

During this period, Mark really cared about Mary's grades.

Mainly after counseling, Mark felt that Mary was not without hope of being saved.

As long as Mary is willing to learn, her grades will improve by leaps and bounds without any unexpected difficulties.

Considering the educational advantages of Beijing, with still a year and a half left, it is not impossible for Ma Li to go to a prestigious university.

When Mark got home, he had already prepared dinner, but Mary didn't come back, so he ate alone and watched a movie before he finally waited for Mary to come back.

It was almost nine o'clock in the evening, which was the time Mark had planned to go home.

"Dad, why are you back so early?" Mary was quite surprised to see Mark at home.

"Do you think it's still early?"

Mark asked calmly.

"I didn't see you at school this afternoon, and I thought you wouldn't come back so early."

"So you're waiting until this time to go home?"

Mark was thinking again whether he should restrain Mary. The child was still having fun at the end of the term and was a little too happy.

Although Mark used happiness to educate Mary, Mary was a little too happy.

Mark felt that Mary had been going out less recently.

But looking at today's situation, it is very likely that Mary did not play a lot of the time.

Before, maybe Mary went home earlier than Mark, so Mark thought Mary did not go out.

"It's a little late."

Ma Li looked at the time and said with a little embarrassment and guilt.

"Have you got a meal yet?"

"I have already eaten."

"Who did you hang out with?"

"Just classmates in the class?"

"Which classmate would go out with you even though it's the end of the semester?"

"It's just Lu Kuan and the others." Ma Li's eyes were vague and she replied with obvious guilt.

"It's almost the end of the semester, and you said Lu Kuan would go out with you and play until nine o'clock before going home. Do you think I should believe you?"

There is a big difference in learning initiative between a top student and a poor student like Ma Li.

Lu Kuan was a man who, for the sake of his academic performance, despised Lao Sun's poor oral English and directly made Lao Sun unemployed.

At this time of the semester, it is impossible for me to go out and play with Mary.

Even if Lu Kuan was more friendly and he would occasionally play around with Mary, it wouldn't be today.

"Dad, you don't believe me?"

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that your excuse makes it hard for me to believe you." Mark paused and continued, "Forget it, if you don't want to talk about it, I won't ask you. But you have to remember one thing, the end of the semester is coming soon. If your grades are not good after the exam, don't blame me for making your vacation unhappy."

Mary already understands enough and doesn't need Mark to keep explaining things to her.

If it is really necessary, it is also because of self-control, and some supervision and restraint from Mark is needed.

"Dad, what do you want to do?"

"What are you afraid of? I'm your father. How can I harm you? If your grades are not good, the most I can do is give up two months' salary and enroll you in more tutoring classes during the holidays."

Mark didn't really want to implement it. If he really enrolled Mary in a cram school, it would affect her travel plans and would put pressure on Mary.

"Ah... Dad, you know I'm not good at studying."

"No way, I think you're pretty good at it. You're such a smart person, you shouldn't study hard."

"I'll start doing my homework right away, okay?"

"That's fine, but it won't affect your grades. If they're not good enough, you can take tutoring classes then."

"Xiaomi, do you know what Qiu Feng is doing recently?"

Mark didn't really not care about Mary's affairs, it's just that Mary didn't want to talk about it and Mark didn't like to force her to answer.

At the end of the semester when the study is very busy, it is no longer possible to ask classmates at school to play with Mali.

There are not many parents who enjoy education as much as Mark.

If you really want to be happy, there is no need to send your children to private schools.

So Mark suspected that Mary had found a few unemployed people from Qiu Feng's band to play with.

Among the people Ma Li knows, only these few people are relatively free and have nothing to do all day.

"How can I possibly know what he's doing? You might as well ask my mom." "Does he still go to your house frequently?"

"Second Uncle, why are you suddenly asking about Qiu Feng again?"

"Lily seems to be playing outside more these days. I suspect..."

Mark explained it to Wang Xiaomi.

"He doesn't come to my house as often as before, but he still comes quite often. I'll ask Qiu Feng for you next time I see him."

"Forget it, I'll just ask it myself."

It was a little hard to say, so Mark had to ask in person. Mark felt that it was more likely that Ma Li was just playful and took the initiative to look for Qiu Feng and the others to play.

It would also be bad to let Wang Xiaomi directly criticize Qiu Feng without distinguishing right from wrong.

"Do you need me to call someone out for you?"

"I'll go find him myself, and you don't have to talk to him so much."

"Uncle Zhang."

"Teacher Ma, why are you here?"

"It's been a while since we last met, so I came to see you."

The best place for Mark to find Qiu Feng is Wang Xiaomi's house.

When they arrived nearby, since Wang Lanfang at Wang Xiaomi's house did not welcome Mark to visit, Mark went to Old Zhang's house to sit down.

"Teacher Ma, it's not that I won't help you, it's that I really can't help you. You know that I am insignificant and my words don't count."

Old Zhang said to Mark with a bitter face that this guilty feeling was not actually out of respect for Mark, but was mainly directed at Wang Xiaomi.

It’s hard to say whether Mark can ruin Old Zhang’s plans, but if Wang Xiaomi wants to do something bad, he will definitely succeed.

"No, Uncle Zhang, don't think too much. I'm not here to blame you."

Mark comforted Old Zhang and said that being a bootlicker is so humble.

He was originally a cheap father to someone, and he had to please Mark, the cheap son-in-law.

"So why are you here today?"

"Of course I'm here to help you."

While waiting for Qiu Feng to come, Mark had nothing to do, so he planned to trick Old Zhang again.

If the plastic alliance between the two is not consolidated, Old Zhang's position will easily shift back to Wang Lanfang's side.

"You're helping me when you can't even protect yourself. How can you help me?" Although Old Zhang was polite to Mark on the surface, there was obvious disdain in his tone.

This is actually the reason why Old Zhang has not helped Mark to inform Wang Lanfang of the news recently.

"Uncle Zhang, how can you tell that I can't save myself? Can my situation be any better than it is now?"

"Xiaomi's mother has made Qiu Feng her godson, and she has started calling him mom, but you don't even come to the door. What a huge gap there is." Old Zhang said with an understanding look, "Teacher Ma, you have no chance."

"Uncle Zhang, you've lived to this age, how come you can't understand such a small thing?" Mark said to Old Zhang with a look of pity.

"I just don't understand. The person Lan Fang likes is Qiu Feng." Old Zhang said confidently.

"Yes, Xiaomi's mother may really like Qiu Feng. Even if he can't be her son-in-law, she still wants to take Qiu Feng as her godson and insists that Qiu Feng call her mom."

Qiu Feng's background as a second-generation rich man from a scholarly family is indeed very useful.

Since ancient times, there have been very few mothers-in-law who dislike sons-in-law of this background.

"But, Uncle Zhang, don't you understand? If Xiaomi's mother really thought Qiu Feng could become her son-in-law, why would she accept Qiu Feng as her godson?

In all your years of experience, have you ever seen someone who wants to be their son-in-law take him in as their godson first? Is it always when they feel emotionally indebted that they take someone in as their godson?"

The key to the problem is always the "but" at the end.

Ever since Mark heard that Wang Lanfang had adopted Qiu Feng as her godson, he was certain that Wang Lanfang had compromised.

"You're right. This kind of thing happened a lot in the early years."

"Uncle Zhang, don't you think that Xiaomi's mom has already acquiesced to Xiaomi and me? It's just that she couldn't accept it at the moment, so she brought Qiu Feng back to comfort herself. She also felt bad for using Qiu Feng for nothing, so she gave him the title of godson to compensate Qiu Feng."

"Teacher Ma, please don't forget me when you become rich and powerful." After a few seconds of silence, Old Zhang suddenly became excited.

"Uncle Zhang, what are you talking about? If you want to be rich, you have your American nephew. What does that have to do with me?"

Even if Old Zhang wanted to be Mark's cheap father-in-law, Mark was not prepared to let the old man take advantage of him.

The old man has no shortage of people to support him. Since Dai Anfen has blocked Dr. Zhang, it is obvious that Dr. Zhang is reluctant to give up the temptation of an American green card.

"Teacher Ma, what I mean is, after Lan Fang recognizes you, you and Xiaomi must help me?"

Old Zhang stood up excitedly.

Wang Lanfang's personality was indeed good in all aspects, but Mark still couldn't figure out what charm she had that could make the old man so fascinated.

"It's okay to help you, but you still have to do what I asked you to do before. If there is any news from Xiaomi's mother, you still have to communicate with me in time."

"No problem, communicate, definitely communicate."

"Now I have to trouble you."

"What trouble are you talking about? We are family, so don't talk about trouble. Helping you is helping myself, isn't it? Your business is my business, and it is definitely not a trouble."

Old Zhang's attitude changes very quickly, and although he is easy to fool, it doesn't last long.

"You have to let me meet Qiu Feng later."

In fact, there is no need for Old Zhang to do anything. Just let Old Zhang go to Wang Xiaomi's house and ask Qiu Feng to come out.

If Old Zhang wasn't there, Mark would just have to wait a little while for Qiu Feng to go out by himself.

“Mark, why are you here? Are you jealous that I can go to Xiaomi’s house?”

After seeing Mark, Qiu Feng said proudly.

It may be because Mark likes to show off, or it is more likely that this person is just like that.

"What's there to envy? Xiaomi isn't at home, so what's the point of you going there?"

Mark said with contempt towards Qiu Feng.

There is no progress again. I don’t know why this kid feels superior every time he sees Mark.

"Since you know Xiaomi is not at home, why did you come here?"

"I was just passing by and wanted to go up and take a look. I saw you."

"Why, do you need me to take you up?"

Qiu Feng meant it as a provocation. In front of Wang Lanfang, Qiu Feng was definitely more popular than Mark.

Wang Lanfang's attitude in front of Qiu Feng was affirmative and resolute.

Otherwise, Qiu Feng would not have been able to regain his confidence in such a short time.

"Okay, this is Xiaomi's home. I'm one of the family now. Don't make this place look like your home."

"You may not know this, but this is also my home now, my godmother's home."

Qiu Feng pointed upstairs and said proudly that this was a demonstration to Mark.

"I know. This is our family's business. How could I not know? The ones who don't know are your parents. They definitely don't know that their son is now shared with someone else as a son."

Thinking about how Qiu Feng was short of money before, Mark felt that the child might have been kicked out of the house.

Although Mark wanted to talk to Qiu Feng about Ma Li, Qiu Feng was showing off again, so Mark had to put a damper on his arrogance first. (End of this chapter)