866 Rise and Fall (1/2)
Nobody else could say anything, as the mini poodle belonged to Zhang Zian. Nobody could have said anything about whether he decided to sell it or not. Forcing the deal by imposing a moral standard was not an honorable thing to do.
Zhang Zian didn't hesitate at all, as the mini poodle was rescued from Love Lovely Pets Breeding Base by Old Time Tea and Famous and it didn't belong to him; it owed its life to Old Time Tea and Famous. Had it not been for their heroic and chivalrous act, then it would have died under Zhang Wanguo's needles.
After going through so much, the mini poodle might have finally found a suitable owner.
He took the mini Poodle on his arms, put it in front of the female customer, and pressed on it gently so it could not run away. He asked, ”How is it? Are you interested in getting a dog?” He sounded calm, as if the dog was no different from the other dogs.
The female customer could hardly believe it and asked, ”You can… Sell it to me?”
”Of course I can,” Zhang Zian replied. ”As long as you are confident enough to treat it well.”
”I…” She hesitated. She had lost confidence in her own life. How could she be confident in being a good dog owner?
Masanori Suzuhara encouraged her, ”Don't rush into owning a pet. You can take your time to think about it. This shop is right here; it won't fly away… But for you, do you need us to notify anyone? You parents? Or… Boyfriend?”
”Boyfriend…” She smiled sadly. ”How can a person like me have a boyfriend… As for my parents, I don't want them to know about it.”
Masanori Suzuhara frowned. The girl seemed to have gone through really tough times. She seemed so pessimistic and depressed. Could it be the diabetes?
Zhang Zian stood aside without saying anything. Maybe it was wiser to let a girl talk to another girl. He asked Wang Qian to go out and check if the ambulance had arrived.
Masanori Suzuhara asked again in her gentle voice, ”Are you sure we don't need to notify anyone?”
”I'm sure… really.” She shook her head slowly.
Her name was Chu Manhua. She came from another city to Binhai University to study. The four year university life had made her accustomed to the peace and quietness of Binhai. The salaries were not as high as other big cities, but the slow-paced lifestyle was nice. Therefore, she found a job after graduation, then bought a house under her family's financial assistance to settle there permanently.
A few years passed by quickly. As she grew older, important life events were right in front of her: finding a boyfriend, getting married, then having babies.
Society was not tolerant to single ladies. Her family grew anxious and pushed her constantly to find someone to marry. Her colleagues and friends also set her up on dates. Some of the boys were very nice.
Chu Manhua didn't want to be single all her life––he fancied about love––but she never met anyone she truly loved. She didn't want to settle with someone she didn't love, therefore, she stayed single.
On a random occasion, she felt that she might meet her Mr. Right.
The boy was also working in Binhai City, with medium to high level salary. He made more money than her, which was enough to support a family. She was satisfied with his height and looks. He was not as handsome as a celebrity, but was comfortable to look at. He didn't have any bad qualities, he liked traveling, and he knew a lot. He was funny, had a lot in common with her, and made her look good in front of her friends. Most importantly, he was very good to her, cared about her, and always helped her out whenever she encountered difficulties in life or at work without being asked. He made her heart warm.
He was also a man who listened to reasoning. She felt that she could not ask for more in a boyfriend. Sometimes, she even feared that she was not good enough for him, as she was a little chubby and ordinary-looking. Her family was not very rich, either.
To strengthen the precious love relationship that she had waited for a long time, she tried her best to improve herself in every way.
It was fine to be ordinary looking. She didn't want to get plastic surgery, but she was constantly reading fashion magazines and learning how to apply make up. After some careful makeovers, she might get six or seven points in most people's eyes.
Her family was not rich. She could not choose the family that she was born into, but she could make an effort to make things better. Therefore, she studied in her spare time, and submitted her resume to another local company that paid a higher salary.
It was fine to be chubby. She studied all kinds of weight loss tricks, and devoted 120 percent of herself into the cause of losing weight…
As the story developed to that point, Chu Manhua's life path was not much different from others. The only difference was the fact that she had met someone that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with––it made her work even harder.
Good news came one after another.
She had passed the written test and the interview with the better company. Weight loss seemed so easy––it was not as hard as the others described it to be on the internet. She became skinner and skinner very quickly.
As she lost weight too fast, the skin on her neck, tummy, and shoulders were not elastic enough and became wrinkled. Her old clothes became baggy; her face became skinny with a pointy chin. Her colleagues and friends envied her so much that they asked what her secret was. They even asked if she had been taking some secret prescription from an old, traditional, Chinese medicine doctor…
The greatest news was that her boyfriend finally proposed to her in a very romantic way!
The day he proposed, Chu Manhua thanked all the Gods and Buddhas she ever knew, thanking them for blessing her with such a happy life.
However, something unexpected happened.
Slowly, she started feeling tired and she was always thirsty. Even after drinking a few glasses of water, she still felt thirsty.