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”Zian, what you said earlier to Fina. I think I've heard similar expressions before on the TV news?” said Old Time Tea perplexedly.

Zhang Zian hushed Old Time Tea and looked at Fina nervously. Seeing that Fina had no response, he whispered, ”Grandpa Tea, you're right. You've been teaching me to apply what I've learned creatively, and I was just being creative! From my perspective, the kittens in America have rare opportunities to meet prestigious figures from China, so I bet they have been waiting for Fina to liberate them!”

Old Time Tea forced a bitter smile. That's not what it meant by saying ”be creative”.

”Grandpa Tea, you are coming with me, aren't you?” he confirmed with Old Time Tea.

Old Time Tea nodded, ”It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books. While I'm still able to walk, I might as well emulate Lord Moshen and Lord Yuanfu who 'opened their eyes to look at the world' and travel abroad.”

Zhang Zian said with his thumbs up, ”Grandpa Tea, you are so knowledgeable that you even steal thunder from the scholars of the past...but who are Lord Moshen and Lord Yuanfu? I have forgotten the history learned in school...”

”Oh, Lord Moshen is Wei Yuan, the author of Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms; and Lord Yuanfu is Lin Zexu, who led the campaign to destruct opium at Humen,” explained Old Time Tea.

Zhang Zian secretly marveled at Old Time Tea's wisdom.

He came to the second floor and saw that the American Shorthair was chasing Galaxy around the living room.

”Galaxy, come here,” he greeted it.

Galaxy raised a paw towards the American Shorthair, pausing their game of hide-and-seek. It ran to Zhang Zian and raised its head.

”Meow, do you want to play hide-and-seek, Zian?” it asked with anticipation.

”Not now, I need to go out in a while. I will play with you when I'm back. Galaxy, are you interested in playing hide and seek in America?” Zhang Zian squatted down and said.

”America?” Galaxy repeated blankly.

Perhaps it didn't matter to it whether it played hide-and-seek in China or in America.

”It would be fun! America is not as crowded as China, and it would be nice to play hide-and-seek in a different environment,” he smiled. It suddenly occurred to him, ”Right, the night sky there is much purer than it is here, and you can see more stars!”

Galaxy was instantly intrigued and nodded heavily, ”Okay, Galaxy wants to go there! Galaxy wants to see the stars and play hide-and-seek!”

”Great, we will be off in a couple of days.”

Zhang Zian stood up. Galaxy continued playing hide-and-seek with the American Shorthair.

Sometimes he would joke around with the elves, but he would never force them to go anywhere or do anything against their wills, because he respected them and treated them as intelligent pets.

Since all the elves had agreed to take the trip, his priority right now was to apply for the visa to America. Without the visa, all efforts would be in vain.

Zhang Zian thought about the people close to him and sent a message to Snowy. He told her that he needed to go abroad for a few days, and that during the period, if Deng Jie contacted her about visiting the dog market, she might have to postpone it until he came back to discuss more details.

Snowy replied with an ”ok” gesture.

Wang Qian and Li Kun rushed back to the pet shop and handed a document to Zhang Zian.

”Master, the two foreigners received a document via the fax machine in the hotel, and asked us to bring it to you.”

Zhang Zian skimmed through the paper written in English, where the title had two key words, ”Invitation” and ”CFA” written on the top. At the end was inscribed ”Blue Climax” and a scrawling signature.

This probably was the letter of invitation to participate in the tournament of CFA, which was also the key to his visa to America.

Wang Qian and Li Kun started to clean his pet shop. Zhang Zian accessed the official website of CFA, filled out the application and paid the fee in USD...he felt like the CFA didn't do anything yet and had taken his money.

”I need to go out. When you finish cleaning, lock the shutter door and go back to school,” he instructed them.