When Charlie saw that his wife, Claire, had not returned to the room yet even after he had come out of the shower, he put on his pajamas before he went to the living room again.
The family of three were chatting happily in the living room.
Jacob and Elaine, who were a pair of old enemies who had been arguing about getting separated, were surprisingly not dissing each other as they usually did at this time.
When Charlie came down, he asked curiously, "Claire, Dad, Mom, why aren't you guys going back to your rooms to rest?”
Claire hurriedly stood up and ran over to grab hold of Charlie's arm as she smiled and said, "Dad and Mom said that they want to stay up together with you. Your 27th birthday is less than two hours away. Everyone is waiting to say happy birthday to you first!"
Charlie smiled knowingly and said, "Thank you, Wife. Thank you, Dad and Mom."
Elaine immediately said in a flattering manner, "Oh! M y good son-in-law, why are you still being so polite to me? You're treating us like outsiders."
After she was done speaking, Elaine immediately asked again, By the way, my good son-in-law, it will be your birthday tomorrow. So, will your customers also b e coming over to our house to give you some gifts as they did during the New Year?"
Charlie was stunned. In truth, Charlie himself had no idea whether Isaac and the others would be coming over to give him gifts.
However, Charlie felt a little headache as he imagined the scene of people lining up to give him gifts. So, he made up his mind that he would talk to Isaac later. He would ask Isaac to indirectly ask the others about it, and if they had indeed prepared gifts for him, they should not send those gifts to his house.
So, Charlie took out his cell phone and sent a WhatsApp message to Isaac as he said to Elaine, " Mom, the reason why they came to give me gifts during the new year was because I helped them a lot last year. So, they've decided to focus on coming over a t the end of the year to thank me. Therefore, they certainly will not be coming on my birthday. After all, their money does not grow on trees."
As for Jacob, he had also recently made considerable progress in the Calligraphy and Painting Association.
He was already the executive vice-president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association now. Since he was the standard second-in-command, he had some fame and influence in the small circle.
He was very happy and excited as he explained to his family, "Aurous Hill is actively building the image of a famous historical and cultural city recently, and the city has allocated a lot of funds to specifically support the cultural field. It is precisely because of this that the Calligraphy and Painting Association that I am in has recently received a lot of local government subsidies. It will also get better and better in the future."
"The Calligraphy and Painting Association will no longer be a hobby-based non-governmental interest group anymore with the government's subsidies and help. Instead, it will become a semi-public and semiprivate non-governmental public organization!" 4
"Moreover, the government's special subsidy will also be giving all the full-time staff in the Calligraphy and Painting Association a good salary package. In the future, I will also have a fixed salary in the Calligraphy and Painting Association!" 5
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