720 Fathers-In-Law (1/2)
”Nah. I think bro and I are just trying to comfort ourselves,” said Ah-Si. ”You're the strongest person we know, you don't need comforting.”
Xin Zimen rolled his eyes at these two sons of his, ”I knew it!”
Xiao Li looked at his father and said, ”Dad, it's because we can't comfort you. We can only remind you that you have us. As for us, we definitely need you to comfort us because we also only have you.”
Xin Zimen scoffed, ”When it comes to making life decisions, you both even tend to forget that I exist. And after messing up, you both want me to comfort you. I used to think you're not like your mother but I was wrong. You both are exactly like her.”
Both Ah-Si and Xiao Li shared a look before shrugging their shoulders. They looked in the direction of Xiu who was still held in the arms of Xin Zemin and Zhao Huan, and Xiao Li sighed out in disappointment, ”Dad, we can't adopt her anymore.”
Xin Zimen's brows furrowed up and he said, ”Why do we have to? Now, she's already your sister. If you dare let her be bullied again, I'm gonna tear you both apart.”
Both of them flinched at their father's reaction and Ah-Si called out, ”Yo, sis! Why is dad still biased towards you? No, it seems now he is even more biased than before.”
Xiu looked in their direction and giggled saying, ”That's because I'm so cute.”
Everyone burst out laughing at cheekiness and Xin Zimen couldn't help agreeing, ”Indeed. You're the cutest! It's still a mystery to me how such a cutie like you has such an uncute father.”
”Little brother, do you have to drag me into this?” retorted Xin Zemin.
Zimen showed him a smile that wasn't really a smile and replied, ”I wasn't lying and I wasn't talking to you either.”
”But you're talking about me,” reminded Xin Zemin.
”So?” was Zimen's response. ”It's my mouth, I can talk about anything I want.”
”Why are you always in the mood of an argument with me?”
Before they could continue, Xiu chimed in, ”Do you both really hate each other?” Both Zemin and Zimen looked at her inquisitively. ”It seems more like siblings are squabbling over nothing.”
”Of course, I hate him!” Zimen hurriedly put forth his stance.
”Do you think my feelings changed? The more you act like it, the more I hate you,” shot back Xin Zemin and both brothers ended up glaring at each other hatefully.
While Xiu was looking at them with a baffling look, Zhao Huan whispered, ”You can simply ignore them. This will continue. It's very normal. They both really don't hate each other as much as they claim to but none of them is ready to have that discussion.”
”Get used to it, sister! There'll be days when they both be at each other's throats. Just one piece of advice, don't ever choose sides when they are fighting.”
Xiao Li's eyes brightened up, ”Xiu is gonna live with us now?”
”Yes,” replied Zimen.
”And who said that?” questioned Xin Zemin unhappily.