Chapter 141 Keep a Distance from Him from Now on
Daniel picked up some Australian fried beefsteaks onto an empty clean te and then asked one of
the housemaids to ce it in front of J.
John learned from Daniel, and he picked up a dumpling to a te with his spoon and then passed it to
J.
J looked at her brother with a smiling face. She praised John, and said, "Good boy!"
Hearing her praising to John, Daniel raised his eyelids, and looked at J with a meaningful look in
his eyes.
''Why is she treating us differently? I''ll have to askter, '' he thought.
After their dinner, Daniel took J and John for a walk nearby.
But when they went out the door, J''s phone rang, and she saw that the call wasing from Ferris
Xiao.
"Hello, Mr. Xiao, " answered J. The name she called caught Daniel''s attention, who was holding
John''s little hand.
Ferris said something to her over the phone and J grinned an embarrassed smile. She replied, "I''m
sorry, but I''m not at home right now. Maybe on some other day!"
"No, I''ve got a boyfriend, " said J. The man on the other side of the line was asking whether J
was willing to be his girlfriend, but J refused him straightforward.
And Daniel was very satisfied with her reply.
"Yes. Mr. Xiao. At the moment I''m kind of busy, but let''s talk again some timeter, " she said. She then
hastily hung up the phone.
When she ced her phone back in her pocket, Daniel reminded her, "Ferris Xiao is well known as
being a very mean guy in the business circles. He''s not reliable, keep a distance from him from now
on."
"What? He''s not that bad. He treated me with a mealst time!" replied J. ''But I was a bit
disappointed that he didn''t let me order a bottle of red wine.''
Daniel then threw a nce at her, and spoke in a discontented voice, "That was my treat!"
''What?'' J was perplexed, and while looking at Daniel, she thought, ''Was the dinner I had with
Ferris also paid by Daniel?''
Daniel nodded to her and confirmed her thoughts exactly.
''Well! I''ve never met such a mean man ever before, '' thought J.
In the small garden, only a few people were present there. Daniel and J were each holding one of
John''s hands as they strolled around in the garden.
"I''m kind of busy for the next couple of days, and I can''te with you. What are you going to do
tomorrow?" asked Daniel. He had a lot of business affairs to handle, as hispany was in a tough
period of job transferring as well as in the economical boom season.
The free time he had with J had been squeezed in his agenda by his efforts.
"It doesn''t matter. Just leave me alone and go ahead with your work. I''ll take John to y around
tomorrow, " answered J. She didn''t want to dy his work in any sort of way.
When John saw a little girl with ck long hair, he got free of their hands and ran towards the girl.
Daniel continued his conversation with J, and said, "Then I''ll ask Park to arrange for more
bodyguards, and for two more housemaids to take care of John. You just have a good time." Holding
her shoulder, Daniel and J were looking at John, who was trying to talk and get close with the girl.
"OK, " answered J. She then rested her head on his shoulder. John only could speak a little
Chinese, and after he greeted the little girl, he wasn''t able to understand more of what she said.
He turned to them for help, wearing a helpless look in his eyes.
J tittered, and while she was dragging Daniel by his hand, she walked up to John, and asked,
"What do you want to tell her?" She acted as his interpreter now.
John gave a shy nce at the little girl. He then said, "I wanted to tell her that she''s very beautiful, and
if she can be my girlfriend."
...
"No way!" J herself straightly refused her brother.
Then she told the little girl in Chinese, "He wants to make friends with you. Can he?"
The little girl nodded her head, and said, "Yes. I''m four years old, how old is he?"
John could understand this question, so he instantly answered, "I''m almost three years old!"
His anxious look made the adults burst intoughter.
The little girl seemed to be not quite enthusiastic about John, but instead she was inclined to talk with
Daniel.
John became very anxious when he saw this, so he pulled away Daniel, and stood in front of the girl.
He asked, "We''re leaving, could you leave your phone number to me?"
J felt speechless, and she tranted this question to the girl, but the girl shook her head with a no.
In the end, John was crying when they went away.
Daniel then bought him a remote controlled car, which finally stopped his tears.
When they came back to the mansion, J asionally saw a woman dragging a luggage case and
leaving through the back door.
She asked Daniel curiously, "Who''s that?"
While they kept walking into the mansion, there was a sh of anger in Daniel''s eyes. "That''s the
housemaid called Mary, " he answered.
''Mary? Isn''t she the housemaid who didn''t allow me to touch Daniel''s things earlier today?'' wondered
J.
"Is she leaving?"
"Yes."
"Did she ask to leave?" J continued asking Daniel.
"No. I fired her, " he said. He gave her a simple answer when he was passing his coat to the
housemaid standing next to him.
"Why?" J turned around and asked him to give him details.
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"She didn''t respect you, so why should I still keep her?" said Daniel. Park had already reported to
Daniel about what had happened earlier in the daytime.
J then understood the situation.
But she didn''t think it was necessary to fire her, so she said, "I think she was just doing her job and was
afraid that you would get angry, so she said something more to make sure things were alright."
"I''ve asked Park to tell everybody that you''re the chatine here."
''You have the right to choose anything here in the mansion, not to say you''re just using it, '' thought
Daniel.
J dragged him over to her and whispered to his ear, "I''m not yet, and we''re not married. I''m not
legally considered as your wife."
The man smiled, and then said, "If I say that you are, then you are!"
...
J was left speechless. Sasha went up to them, and spoke with great respect, "Young master and
Miss J, little John''s upstairs room has been tidied up and is ready for use."
"OK, ask two people to take turns to look after John. If anything ever happens, inform me at once."
After his cold orders, Daniel then handed John to Sasha and asked her to help John bathe.
"Yes, young master, " said Sasha.
When Daniel and J sat down in the living room, a housemaid brought a bowl of soup, and while
putting it on the table, she said, "Lady J, the bird''s nest soup with lotus seeds is finished. Do you
want to eat it now?"
J curiously looked at Daniel, and he exined, "It''s my mother''s order. My father had bought a
batch of first-rate bird''s nests in Mysia for my mother, and she had made sure to leave some for you
too."
''Oh!'' J felt warm in her heart, and said, "Then I''m drinking it now!"
Daniel watched her finish the bowl of bird-nest soup, and asked, "What do you think about it? Is it
good?"
"It tastes quite good!" she answered. Her mother had also cooked some bird-nest soup for her from
time to time because her tummy always hurt during her period. But she stopped drinking it when it
wasn''t that effective anymore.
Daniel took a tissue out and wiped her mouth, and then he held her hand and walked upstairs.
"Where are father* and mother* now?" asked J.
''They are just like my own father and mother, always roaming about in the world. It''s hard to know of
their present whereabouts. Luckily for us, we now have advancedmunication tools nowadays, and
a phone call or an on-line message can get us instantly connected to each other. If we were living in
ancient times, it would''ve been really hard to contact them, '' thought J.
"Mando Bay." Daniel told her of a ce with which J wasn''t familiar with.
"Where''s Mando Bay located? And why are they staying there?" asked J.
"Uncle Joey''s son is getting an engagement, so they went there to attend to it, " said Daniel. Joey had
settled down in Mando Bay over the past few years, and Daniel had seldom seen him around.
J nodded. When they entered the bedroom, they could hear theughtering from the room
next to theirs. J said, "I want to take a look on John." Then she freed herself of Daniel''s hand.