TMLFDN 58

As he passed Xie Siqi, he felt his phone vibrating in his pocket. He pretended as if nothing had happened, finished distributing the gifts, and returned to his office after a while to check his phone.

Upon opening it, he saw the photo sent by Jiang Yuying. Initially, he couldn't quite make out what it was, but he found the scores to be a bit eye-catching. When he zoomed in on the photo and saw Xie Siyun's name filled in on the answer sheet, he realized it was his daughter's exam paper.

He frowned and sent a message: "What's wrong? Did she mess up again?"

Don't ask why he said "again." Firstly, the score wasn't very good, and secondly, whether from the past few months of interaction or from information obtained from novels, Xie Li subconsciously felt that Xie Siyun's academic performance was really poor.

Little did he know that his daughter was also next to Jiang Yuying, and upon seeing this message, Xie Siyun was almost furious. She quickly grabbed her mom's phone, held down the voice button, and sent a message: "Dad, how could you say that about me? I didn't mess up this time! I ranked third in the whole class! Third! The teacher praised me a lot for making so much progress!"

Xie Li originally thought Jiang Yuying would explain the situation to him, but instead, he heard a firecracker-like voice when he opened it, which made him chuckle. To fit Xie Li's image, it was always assumed that he was used to making fewer expressions, but this time, he couldn't help it.

Fortunately, there was no one else in the office, so his image wasn't shattered.

Xie Siyun's progress to third place in the class was quite impressive, he thought, but the score was still a bit eye-catching. If this score could still rank third in the class, it could be imagined how poor the class was.

But Xie Li was very clear that behavior that would undermine others' enthusiasm was unacceptable. He directly made a voice call and then rewarded Xie Siyun: "Siyun, you're so amazing. You've made so much progress this time."

On the other end, Xie Siyun was practically jumping for joy. "Yeah, I did so well this time! Dad, do I get a reward?"

"What reward do you want?"

Xie Siyun hardly hesitated and blurted out, "Mom said you and her went to eat street hotpot without telling me last time! I want to eat too!"

Xie Li never dreamed he would be caught on this matter, and what's more, it was Saturday today. Don't ask why the secretary's office was working on Saturday; it was because the secretary's office had rotated shifts today, and someone had to be there every day because there were always special situations.

Assistant Manager Gao worked tirelessly year-round unless Xie Li gave him time off. A high salary was earned through accumulated time.

Without much thought, Xie Li agreed to Xie Siyun's request. "Okay, we'll go eat street hotpot tonight." Xie Siyun cheered on the phone, and he could even hear her and Jiang Yuying's coquettish voices, with snippets like, "Mom, I told you dad would agree!"

They agreed on the time, and after Xie Li hung up the phone, he turned on his computer. However, Assistant Manager Gao came in with a stack of files.

"Sir, these are the documents that need your confirmation and signature."

Although the position of chairman was indeed very leisurely, some tasks couldn't be avoided, especially after the incident with the Wen family. When the cleanup was still ongoing, Xie Li directly ran off on vacation. There must be some documents piled up that required his approval.

After lurking in this job for a few months, Xie Li could understand some of the documents more or less, especially those related to the Wen family, which he had brought up himself. So these documents were indeed much easier to understand than before.

Assistant Manager Gao stood by and watched as Xie Li reviewed each document one by one. When he began to review the last two less important documents, Assistant Manager Gao timely spoke up.

"Sir, Miss Zhang has been calling frequently lately, asking when you'll be available."

Xie Li didn't even lift his head; he had no impression of this name. "Who's Miss Zhang?"

Assistant Gao hesitated to speak, and after a short silence, he said, "She's the celebrity you started sponsoring half a year ago, Zhang Yan."

The pen in Xie Li's hand dropped directly onto the table. "What?"

Xie Li actually knew this female celebrity, Zhang Yan, but... through a TV drama he recently watched. Xie Li and Jiang Yuying had a hobby of watching melodramatic dramas after watching the news broadcast. Zhang Yan was the female lead of the hit drama they watched before they went on vacation.

It probably hasn't finished airing yet.

After all, it was an extra-long melodramatic TV series, and it wouldn't do justice to the sponsors without airing a hundred episodes or so.

Xie Li's impression of Zhang Yan, the female celebrity, was: she looked okay and her acting was okay, particularly in... crying scenes. In the TV series they watched, each episode was forty minutes long, and the female lead could wail for half of it. Jiang Yuying had even joked with Xie Li that actresses nowadays really worked hard.

Now he just wanted to go back in time and give himself a slap for nodding along back then.