FSC [QT] Chapter 171.3

Secretary Lin raised his eyes to observe Xiang Yancheng’s expression and then continued.

“But my wife’s job is easier than mine. She works from nine to five, never works overtime, and occasionally leaves early. During the day on weekdays, my daughter is left to her grandparents. At night and on weekends, my daughter is taken care of by my wife.”

“Therefore, although I have missed many moments of my daughter’s growth, I am not worried that my daughter will feel lonely with my wife’s company.”

As Xiang Yancheng’s secretary, Secretary Lin naturally knew about the conflict between his chairman and his daughter. Especially this time, the chairman turned down the young lady again. He was afraid that the young lady would have trouble with the chairman again.

But if you ask him, the chairman does have an unshirkable responsibility in this matter because his situation is different from his own.

In his family, his wife sacrificed her career and focused on the family and children.

But the chairman’s wife died many years ago. Even though the chairman hired many professional nannies for his daughter, the role of parents was irreplaceable.

Especially in a situation like today. If the chairman could take the initiative to call the young lady as soon as the incident happened, first tell her the reason why he could not keep the appointment, and then wish the young lady a happy birthday on the phone, instead of asking the secretary to pass on the news, he was afraid that the relationship between the father and daughter would be much eased.

Sometimes, when a child is making a fuss, it is not because he/she has nothing to do and is deliberately making a fuss, nor is it because he/she is really unreasonable. When he/she knows that you have important things to do, he/she still forces you to do something that may not be so necessary. Instead, he/she needs you to show an attitude and let him know that you value him and love him.

Perhaps the reason why the young lady and the chairman had been at odds for so many years was because the young lady felt that in the chairman’s heart, career was the first priority and she was the second.

“The older the child is, the harder it is to manage. Last year, when she celebrated her birthday, I accompanied the chairman in Melbourne. The girl cried on the phone for more than half an hour, shouting that her father was bad and she didn’t want me anymore. My heart was broken by her crying.”

“Fortunately, children of this age are also reasonable. I told her that the reason why her father couldn’t come home to celebrate her birthday was because I had to make money to buy her favorite teddy bear.”

“That day, my daughter asked me on the phone while crying that she didn’t want the teddy bear anymore and asked if I could go home to accompany her as soon as possible. That feeling may only be understood after you become a parent…”

Secretary Lin chatted about his daily interactions with his daughter and then looked at the man who often glanced at his watch.

He suddenly said, “By the way, Chairman, you haven’t called Miss yet. It’s almost twelve o’clock. Say happy birthday to Miss before the end of the day.”

The chairman was just too timid. He was afraid that he would miss his daughter’s birthday again and again. If he called his daughter at this time, he would probably have another quarrel. Making his daughter lose her temper on her birthday was not what Xiang Yancheng wanted to see.

“Miss has really become more sensible recently. The child has made progress and deserves praise.”

Secretary Lin stopped talking and told Xiang Yancheng to go to bed early. Then he left Xiang Yancheng’s suite and returned to his room.

Call?

Xiang Yancheng looked at his watch. The minute hand only had two minutes left to twelve o’clock, while the second hand was still ticking.

Seeing that the second hand was about to turn another circle, Xiang Yancheng finally took out his mobile phone and dialed the first number in his contacts.

On the other side, Ah Wu was also looking at the clock opposite the bed. It was almost twelve o’clock.

Notifications would beep from time to time on WeChat, QQ, and other apps. When she clicked on them, she found that almost all of them were congratulatory messages from classmates, relatives, and friends who had contact with the Xiang family.

Among them, Tang Ruru was the most mischievous. She sent dozens of red envelopes via WeChat, almost all of which were small red envelopes with denominations of 1.314, 5.20, etc.

Ah Wu replied with a thank you to every blessing message, except for the one sent by Sheng Chenglin asking where she was going, which Ah Wu did not open for a long time.

But these were not what she was really waiting for.

Half a minute before the hour hand was about to coincide with twelve, the phone rang suddenly, and almost at the moment it rang, Ah Wu pressed the answer button.

“Happy birthday, my daughter.”

On the other end of the phone, it was her father’s belated birthday blessing.

No more explanation was needed.

Ah Wu felt that her seventeenth birthday was perfect.

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