Ella quickly replied, "I'm not worried as long as Daniel is there!"
... Janet didn't know what to say to that. She asked, "Where are you and dad now? Were you worried to leave John with a weak woman for half a month?"
Ella refuted her without mercy, and replied, "How dare you say that you're weak? Haven't you practiced taekwondo before? We will come and pick up John the day after tomorrow."
'The day after tomorrow?' Janet wondered. Janet had stayed in A Country for nearly ten days, but Daniel had planned to stay there for half a month and then go back. She said to her mother, "You don't need to come here. We will come back soon."
"Okay. Be good to Daniel, and don't lose your temper when you are with him, okay?"
Janet hastily replied, "Mom, you know that lately I've become more calmer."
Her calmness was attributed to Daniel only. He was really good to her, and she couldn't find any excuse to be angry with him anymore. She was very happy.
But Ella didn't believe her. She had raised her for over twenty years, and she had a pretty clear idea of her daughter's temper. "Anyway, be good to Daniel. Where is John now?"
When they were back at home, Janet and her brother would occasionally quarrel. Ella thought that they must be getting along well now.
"Oh, and speaking of John... Do you know that I'm more like his mother now than his sister? Did you know that? Now I can make formula milk for him, bathe him, and I can even put his diaper on at night." Janet felt so proud of herself that she could take such good care of her brother.
Ella thought for a while, and now that John had grown up, he wasn't wetting the bed at night anymore. She said to Janet, "You don't have to put diapers on him anymore at night."
John could skip putting the diapers for now, because he was old enough to get rid of them. Ella was thinking of also helping him quit the milk completely after a short period of time.
"Okay."
Guided by Ella's instructions, Janet came to John's room and took his diaper off of him.
When she returned to her room, Daniel happened to be coming out of the study.
He noticed that she wasn't in the room, and he looked at her doubtful, and asked, "Where have you been?"
Janet pointed at John's room, and answered, "My mother asked me to take his diaper off."
Then they entered the bedroom together, and Daniel held her in his arms and carried her to the bed.
"Why are you holding me? I can walk fine by myself." But she didn't take her hands away from holding his neck after Daniel put her down on the bed. Daniel just remained there bowing to her and staring at her steadily, while she was still clinging onto his neck.
Then he lowered his head and kissed her lips. He then answered her, "I just wanted to hold you. There's no particular reason why I did so. I'll go and take a shower now."
"Okay."
Lola saw that Jane and Daniel got along pretty well with each other and felt relieved. She then returned to C Country with Harry.
The following day, Janet took John to Chinatown.
As soon as she got out of the car, the WeChat message app alerted her. It was Ferris.
"Janet, are you busy now?"
Janet had planned to ignore him, but then she thought that it was very impolite to do so. She replied, "Yes. What's the matter?"
"I'm handling some affairs in Green Cold Country now, and I'm short of money. Could you lend me one hundred thousand dollars?"
... Janet kept her silence; she thought he had seriously crossed the line now.
"Sorry, I'm abroad now. You can wait until I come back." She didn't think that she was that close to him to lend him so much money. So she refused him immediately.
She was wondering why did he want to borrow money from her? A big boss like him wouldn't lack one hundred thousand...
"Well, the case is very urgent here. Our client in Green Cold Country is in urgent need for the money, and I really have no choice. You're the only person that I could turn to. Can you help me, Janet? I will pay you back the money as soon as you come back to C Country!"
Janet stared at her phone's display in disgust. How could he be so shameless?
But she didn't want to be bothered again, and it wasn't that much of a sum. She cave in to him, and replied, "Send me your bank account."
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