"You don't have to do anything special. Lana and I both have retirement pensions, so we'll be fine financially. Just coming over to chat with us is enough." Frederick Thorne didn't seem to mind, smiling cheerfully, but Lana Steiner looked dejected, gazing guiltily at her husband.
It was all her fault, she felt, that he was this old and still had no children. She sighed.
"I'll take care of Second Uncle and Second Auntie too! When I grow up, I'll earn lots and lots of money for you to spend!" Tang Xiaonan declared loudly. Her childish words made Lana Steiner laugh out loud. She looked at Tang Xiaonan with affection; she truly adored her little niece. 'If only I had such an adorable daughter of my own,' she thought.
Tang Xiaonan felt a chill run down her spine and shivered violently. She quickly turned her head to look appeasingly at Phoebe Huxley and said sweetly, "I'll earn money for Mommy and Daddy too, and Grandpa and Grandma, and Little Uncle, and Auntie, and my cousin!"
