Upon returning home, Chu Xiaoqiao saw her family sitting on the sofa, occasionally glancing at the door. She didn't know how to break the news without upsetting them.
"Mom, my second brother and I came to pick up the children," Chu Xiaoqiao finally gathered the courage to speak to her mother.
"Are your eldest brother and his wife not coming?" Zhao Xuezhi asked her daughter hopefully.
"No, they're not. My elder brother said that they would only see me again if my second brother and I bring the children to them. There was nothing I could do but to come here and pick up the kids. Really, you can ask my second brother if you don't believe me." Chu Xiaoqiao looked at the visibly upset faces of her family as she spoke.
"It's true." Chu Yi nodded solemnly, confirming his sister's words.
