Winnie didn't say anything but smiled faintly.
"It's time for me to go to the hospital."
Winnie took the lunch box from Raya's hand and turned to Brian.
"You go and have dinner, I'll be fine on my own."
Winnie avoided that topic just now. She did not believe what Brian said and she did not expect to be
Rufus’ daughter-in-law. If she couldn't find her beloved again in this life, it would be good to be his
daughter the rest of her life.
"I'm done eating and coming with you."
Brian took the lunchbox in Winnie's hand, and then walked out together with Winnie.
He knew Winnie was avoiding it, knew she still couldn't accept it right now. It didn't matter, he could
wait until she nodded her head.
On the way to the hospital, Winnie had been in a good mood. It seemed that the conversation she had
just had with Raya had not affected her mood.
Seeing Winnie in a good mood, Brian was naturally relieved. So, he couldn't help but ask.
"You've been pretty happy since you got home today until now, did something good happen to you?"
"Yes, Do I show it that obviously?"
Winnie asked Brian, she was indeed in a good mood, but she didn't realize that her good mood had
been given away.
"Yeah, it's obvious. You are smiling all the time."
"Miss Chambers, can you tell me why you are happy?"
Brian asked jokingly, not wanting to spoil Winnie's good mood.
"Oh ...... helped Finn solve a case today and used my expertise to catch the suspect, so I'm feeling
pretty happy."
Winnie didn't tell the truth, not because she wanted to deliberately hide it, but because she felt that her
family's affairs had never been cared for by Brian, and she was afraid that it would be a joke to him.
"Catching a bad guy makes you so happy, so would you be happier if you develop the software?"
Brian just felt Winnie was happy because she helped solve a case. Although he didn't think much about
it, the name Finn still made him uncomfortable.
"No, I don't feel particularly happy with all the software I've developed. The two jobs are not the same.
The police industry is very similar to the law department I took in college so I feel a sense of
accomplishment. Software is just a necessary for my survival, a tool for me to earn money."
Winnie managed to avoid the real reason for her happiness.
After thinking twice, she still felt it was better not to say anything. Small talk was fine, but it was better
not to bother Brian with her family's affairs.
"Like the law that much?"
The statement Winnie gave was a bit surprising to Brian, if she truly liked this industry, would she
change her career one day?
"Yes, secretly I took law classes without my parents' knowledge."
"My favorite thing was the profession of lawyering, eloquent and righteous, a noble profession that
exists to protect the various interests of citizens."
"But when I was admitted by a college, my mom changed my major and I was forced to do software
engineering."
It surprisingly reminded Winnie of what happened years ago.
Maybe it was because she was in a good mood today.
"I didn't give up on lawyers when I went to college, so I snuck in a law elective and also took the bar
exam. When I graduated, I also took the law to study abroad."
"I still have a teaching certificate. When the school organized students to go to remote mountainous
areas to teach students there, I wanted to join. Then I worked hard to get my teaching certificate, but I
didn't have a chance to use it, because I was going to study abroad."
Winnie was pleased with the results she had obtained, and she really didn't know what she had used to
get various licenses.
Brian had been listening quietly, this was the first time Winnie had talked about her past. Originally, he
didn't want to interrupt her so that she could talk a bit more. But there was one thing that Brian was
curious about.
"You loved law so much and fought for the opportunity to go abroad. Once you left the country, your
parents couldn't control what you studied, so why did you stick with software engineering?"
Brian's remark did make Winnie collect her good mood, but she didn't refuse to answer.
"I gave it up for Penny. At the time I was first in the law department and she was the second. Only if I
waived could she go out to study abroad with the school's grant."
"I wasn't doing too well on my software engineering exams, but I did have the opportunity to go abroad,
only it was self-funded."
"My family was rich at that time and my parents were supportive of me continuing my studies in
software engineering, so I gave up on law."
She gave up her favorite career for her best friend, but she never thought it would end up like this.
When Winnie said that, Brian remembered that Penny was influencing Winnie's life.
"The place I most wanted to intern at that time was XX Law Firm, which, by the way, I just found out is
owned by the Finn’s family."
At the mention of this matter, Winnie's emotions rose high again.
"Their family's law firm was the most desired place for all the law students, but I think I was the most
advantaged. At that time, I could have gone straight to the law firm for an internship without going
abroad, but I ended up going abroad because of Penny."
"She had low self-esteem because of her family and didn't want to engage with people. Plus Daenerys
also paid her own to study abroad and we three went to the same university, so I chose software
engineering but give up law."
Hearing that, Brian snickered, and even wanted to thank Penny for the influence she brought to Winnie.
If Winnie had not studied abroad in the first place, if she had chosen law, the person she would have
met would have been Finn, who was like-minded with her.
Once Winnie met Finn, no matter what had happened to their family back then, no matter how much
money she needed, Finn would definitely help her out.
If so, Winnie would not have been able to be her surrogate, and their bond would have gone up, much
less the existence of these two children.
"I think you made the right choice in software engineering, you're a genius at it."
Brian didn't continue to ask about her past because her dream was close to Finn, because Finn could
help her achieve her dream.
Brian was now really afraid that Winnie would change her career to become a police officer on a whim,
or go to work at the Finn family's law firm. What gave him a little comfort was that Winnie was still short
of money right now, and software engineering would allow her to earn money quickly.
"I am not genius, it comes with hard work."
"...... It's all in the past. Although Penny affects my destiny, she taught me a lot."
"I haven't been to see her for days. I'll go see her after I deliver dinner to your father."
Winnie no longer hated Penny, to be precise she, couldn't hate her seeing her that way.
Penny probably felt that she ended up like this because of Winnie.
"You can't go see her, she is dangerous, you didn't your lessen last time?"
Brian objected almost immediately, no matter what kind of feelings Winnie had for Penny, from his point
of view, he just couldn't let Winnie get hurt, couldn't let Winnie go near such a dangerous person.
"Oscar is there and it will be fine."
Winnie knew to be careful, but not as cautious as Brian. As long as she was defensive, Penny couldn't
do anything to her at all. Besides, she got training at the police station during this period of time.
"That won't work either, Oscar was there last time, what could he do?"
"You can go if you want, but I'll go with you."
Brian still stuck to his idea, and just as his words fell, he suddenly slammed on the brakes.
Before Winnie was ready, the car had already pulled up to the side of the road.
"Just give me a second and I'll be back in a minute."
Brian got out of the car after that. Winnie looked puzzled, but obediently waited in the car.
Not much later, Brian walked out of the flower shop, holding a bouquet of flowers in his hand.
"It's for your father?"
Winnie said, thinking that Brian cared his father mow. It was a good tendency.
"I called you a genius just know, why are you being silly now?"
"Dad had lung surgery and is very sensitive to the smells he breathes in. Flowers of this scent are not
appropriate in his hospital room."
Brian smiled, he didn't buy this bouquet of flowers for his father.
"Who do you want to give to then?"
Feeling that what Brian said made sense, Winnie still didn't know who Brian's flowers were bought for.
"Is it Penny? I'm going to see Penny later, so you bought it for her?"
That was all Winnie could think about.
"Stop your nonsense, why should I buy her flowers?"
Brian did not expect that she would guess he bought flowers for Penny.
"It is for you."
Brian did not let Winnie in continue to guess, or she would say Wendy, Klara, Gloria, in any case not
her own.
Brian handed Winnie the flowers, causing Winnie to be surprised.
"For me? Why would you send me flowers?"
"Take it so I can keep driving, there are two men waiting for dinner at the hospital."
Brian forced Winnie to take the flowers first, or Winnie would ask endlessly.
Winnie was sort of forced to accept this bouquet of flowers. She did not know why, but held it in her
arms, smelling the faint scent of daisies was really refreshing.
"Why?"
The car continued to drive, and Winnie continued to ask questions.
"Because you're in a good mood, and because you helped punish the bad guys, it's congratulatory to
reward you. It is a good reason?"
"Daisy means happy, and I hope you are happy every day."
Brian not only explained the reason for giving her flowers, but also expressed his own wishes. He was
glad to see Winnie happy, so he wanted to give her a gift to commemorate it.
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