"Thank you, Father-in-law and Mother-in-law, for understanding!" Li Xiu said, pleasantly surprised. He hadn't thought it would be so easy to persuade his father-in-law. 'It looks like my wife's breakdown when she got out of the car did the trick,' he thought. 'Of all eight of his children, Father-in-law has always doted on her the most!'
"Dad, are you and Mom really coming back to the Capital City with me?" Zhou Lian asked, her voice a little hoarse. She looked at her father, her eyes welling with tears, her joy laced with a careful hope.
