After working out the arrangements for her parents' jobs in her head, Tang Tang looked at Su Xiajing. "Mommy, I don't think this is quite right."
Su Xiajing played along and asked, "Can you tell Mommy why?"
"I feel like Godfather and Godmother wouldn't like it."
Tang Tang chose her words carefully, trying to explain in a child's voice. "Godfather and Godmother don't seem to like getting gifts without doing anything. They like earning money through their own work, or they won't be happy."
She counted on her fingers, using her own staged accident as an example. "Godmother clearly saved me before, but she still kept refusing to admit it."
"If we suddenly find them such good jobs, I feel like they'll turn them down too."
Su Xiajing listened patiently, then pretended to give it some serious thought. "Of course we wouldn't invite them straight into new jobs and let them realize we arranged it."
"But you have a point. I'll talk to your daddy and ask him to find something more suitable."
Tang Tang dropped a hint. "It would be best if the jobs were like the ones Godfather and Godmother have now."
"All right, I'll keep that in mind."
Once the arrangements for the new jobs were settled, Su Xiajing chatted with Tang Tang about their daily lives at work and at home, then stayed with her while she went to sleep. Only after Tang Tang had fallen asleep did she return to her own room.
She sent Tang Tang's response to Tang Beichen, then went to take a shower.
When she came out, her phone was ringing again.
Su Xiajing glanced at it and ignored it. She finished her skincare routine and waited until the phone had gone completely quiet before picking it up again and opening