1470 Aquarium (1/2)

”Hello? Is this Zhou Jing? Hello, I'm Zhang Zian. When you were running two days ago...”

On the third day, early that morning, Zhang Zian stood at the balcony of the homestay. It was around this time when Zhou Jing ran here the day before yesterday. However, he didn't see her. It was likely that she changed her running route or time. He waited for a little while before deciding to give her a call.

As Zhou Jing didn't bring a mobile phone when she was running, he thought that it would've been unlikely that the call could be reached. He was mentally prepared to call again after half an hour later anyway. However, after a few beeps, the phone was connected.

Zhou Jing's voice came from the other side of the phone, ”Ah... oh, hello.”

He didn't know if the phone caused her tone to change. Zhang Zian heard Zhou Jing's voice and found it to be a bit hoarse and unclear compared to when he met her two days ago.

”That... I want to go to the aquarium with you today, but I don't know if this is a good time for you...” Zhang Zian said, slightly embarrassed.

If it was only for himself, he definitely wouldn't have asked for this kind of favor, but visiting the aquarium was just an opening. He mainly wanted to help Jiang Feifei build up the relationship. He intended to find an internship or job opportunity through Zhou Jing, but it wasn't convenient to simply ask after he just met her. Besides, he barely even knew her, and vice versa.

”Okay, call me when you arrived,” Zhou Jing answered.

”Yes, but I haven't asked which aquarium you're at...” Zhang Zian asked patiently.

Zhou Jing said, ”Oh, sorry. I forgot to say, it's the Monterey Aquarium.”

”Okay, see you later.”

Zhang Zian hung up the phone awkwardly, feeling that he was simply going there to ask her for 'money'.

Monterey Aquarium was one of the most prestigious aquariums in the United States and possibly even the world. In 1978, one of the founders of Hewlett-Packard donated $55 million to support his daughter who studied marine life at Stanford and build this aquarium...

55 million US dollars in 1978!

I've never heard of such a supportive father before!

However, he never heard of a mermaid show in the Monterey Aquarium. Was this something new?

In any case, the Monterey Oceanarium was the best choice compared to the other two aquariums. The one in San Francisco was small and old, and San Diego Sea World was more like a children's amusement park.

Old Time Tea asked suspiciously, ”Zhang Zian, about Peter Lee... Do you not have a problem with him at all?”

The elves have heard that during the foundation celebration last night, Zhang Zian once again met up with Peter Lee, who seemed to be making friends with the celebrities of San Francisco to expand the network. It appeared that his donation of money to the Foundation had a bigger ulterior motive. Charity work always won the favor of others, so those who were keen on charity were further favored by others.

Besides, participating in charity work also proved their financial resources; how would've someone with very little money been able to donate?

For Old Tea Time, Peter Lee's deceptive tactics were the same as those of the ancient 5-meter rice teaching in ancient China. For them to achieve unspeakable goals, they all deceived people by using people's superstitions to solicit believers. Something like this was heartbreaking to see or hear about.

The only question was what exactly was Peter Lee trying to do?

Zhang Zian shook his head. ”We have no control over them, so we shouldn't bother dealing with them. What they're doing isn't illegal in U.S. territories, and ordinary people may be grateful to them for what they are preaching.”

He was only a tourist, not even a U.S. citizen. Why should Peter Lee care about them? If Zhang Zian forcibly stopped him, Peter Lee might've instead called the police to arrest and deport him from the country. For now, it was better to be patient for a while and to observe them in secret.