As their business grew larger and larger, household expenses increased as well. The luxury items his wife demanded, his daughter learning piano and cello from childhood before going abroad to study, and his good-for-nothing son—who lacked both academic performance and drive, and whom he couldn't even trust to take over the family business—all weighed heavily on him.
Only his second daughter received little of his care. He always made excuses about being busy and rarely even returned to his hometown to visit her. By the time she returned to Jingcheng, she was already thirteen or fourteen, a young woman, and he could no longer find a way to be close to her the way he was with Huahua.
Thinking of Fang Tong's abnormal behavior over the past few days and the things she said today, Fang Xu felt a dull, aching tightness in his chest.
Chapter 28