A busy bee should have known what his daughter needed way back.

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The photo was taken 10 years ago when I was a volenteer English teacher in Jiaoyu Village, which is 30 km away from Bell Tower of Xian, at the foot of a hill in the Qinling mountains, when I had just finished the 40th lesson. The girls made a snow cake unexpectedly to express their gratitude to me. The second one from right in the photo is my darling daughter. Four years later,my daughter,a 15-year-old girl,got a full scholarship to study in Singapore for four years after graduating from a Junior middle school in Xian. I think it's the will of god, rewarding me for my public good behaviors. It took me months to adjust to a new way of life without my pet close at hand. Now she is keeping on with her studies in an European country. Though I knew clearly I should have treated her fairly and equally with respect,having spent dozens of years righting my own mistakes,I was anxious that she should not have wasted opportunities. I was too ambitious for her and complained constantly about how she had spent so much time on those irrelevant things. I thought I was at fault for not warning her and she was stung by my criticism so often. During that time, I had less respect, less regard for her feelings.I was stupid enough to think I was always right. The result is predictable. Nowadays she prefers to talk about her life more to her mum and thinks herself into a dilemma in front of me. She seems completely self-contained now and doesn't want to be imposed values by her daddy any longer. She's old enough to know the difference between right and wrong. I am willing to lend an ear to her and offer what advice I can with her request and struggle to satisfy her demands. Even if my wife often says that I am typical of me to forget,what I have ever resolved,what I have bitterly regretted,etc., I will always been trying my best to be a loyal,patient,kind,distinguished Chinese Daddy from now on.