The nurse felt too embarrassed to accept it. "You really don't need to do this. I've just been doing my job. Besides, Mr. Li pays us a higher salary than the others. I shouldn't accept your gift."
"The salary is what you've earned. This is my personal gift. Although it's not expensive, I hope you don't mind!" Her money has been tight recently. If she had more money, she would've bought more gifts for them.
A lipstick that costs a few hundred can be considered expensive. How could a nurse from an ordinary family refuse?
Finally, Sophia convinced the nurse to take the lipstick she bought.
The nurse felt grateful to Sophia. She kept reassuring Sophia that working away from home was all right. She would definitely take good care of her father.
Before dinner, Sophia returned to the Li Villa
While making dinner, Sophia assisted Wendy to learn to cook in the kitchen. She could definitely cut vegetables, but cooking was difficult to her.
Sophia hasn't been pampered since she was a child. Back when she lived at home, she helped her parents with housework, like washing clothes and preparing vegetables.
While Sophia was cutting the onions in the kitchen, Wendy called Colin, "Will you come back for dinner tonight?"
"No. I have an appointment with a client." Colin was on his way to the hotel.
Wendy felt a bit regretful. "Well, I was going to ask you about dinner. Sophia was the one who helped me cook tonight. But if that's the case, go ahead!"
Colin didn't say anything. When Wendy thought that Colin had hung up the phone, he spoke again, "I will have dinner late."
Wendy understood what he meant and replied happily, "Okay, I'll leave some food for you later."
Going back to the kitchen, Wendy asked Sophia to take some food out. Thinking it was for Jordan, she obediently set aside some food from each dish into a few plates.
At 9 o'clock in the evening, Sophia came out of the bedroom and gave Wendy some hand cream, "Mom, you usually cook. I hope you'll apply some hand cream to your hands after meals."
Wendy was pleased, "Okay. Thank you, my dear Sophia."
Sophia felt a little shy, "Mom, I'm glad you don't mind the price!" Her savings were running out, but she still spent more than a thousand to buy this hand cream for Wendy.
She thought that Wendy used skin care products that cost several thousand, but apparently not.
Wendy waved her off, "I used to live in a poor family. Besides the skin care products that your dad and your grandmother bought for me, I usually spend a few hundred for skin care products, a thousand at most. I would be only glad. How could I mind? "
She had bought skin care products that cost only a few hundred several times. But Jordan threw them away after discovering it...
"Well, that's good!"
They talked for a while, then Sophia returned to the room.
At ten o'clock, Sophia went to bed.
Sophia had just lied down on the bed, when her mobile phone rang. An unknown number was on the screen.
Who would be calling her? Her phone number was only known to a few people close to her. Sophia assumed it was a telemarketer, so she didn't answer the phone.
But the phone kept on ringing. The third time it rang, Sophia answered the phone. "Hello."
"Sophia, it's me!"
Dorothy? Sophia pulled a long face. Why was Dorothy calling her? "What do you want?"
"Do you want to see your brother?" Dorothy asked smugly.
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