Ali and Liu Xiaoguai walked into their father's hospital room together.
Before opening the door, they heard their mother's voice scolding their father, loud and harsh.
Liu Xiaoguai pouted in annoyance, "Every day my mom just nags non-stop, there's never any peace."
Ali was more accepting than her sister; after so many years in society, her temperament had smoothed out significantly, and she rarely struggled against pointless resistance.
She took a deep breath and pushed open the door.
The two people in the ward turned to look at the sisters simultaneously. Liu's mother said sharply, "Finally decided to come back. I thought your father would've died before you returned."
"Stop it, it's hard enough for the kids to come back," Liu's father said to Liu's mother, his voice quite low.
All his life, Liu's father lacked confidence in front of Liu's mother.
"You're half-dead, just don't interrupt me! You've been sick for decades, why don't you just die!" Liu's mother said harshly.
