Brotherly love

"Xian, you here? This early morning?" Zhao asked Xian as he opened the door for him. "Come inside," Zhao said. Xian gave a nod and went inside.

They came to the living room. Xian greeted Xiao Long and Zhu Rui, before sitting on the sofa. Zhao got seated beside him while Zhu Rui asked Xian if he would like to coffee but Xian refused her. "I am here for something personal," Xian asserted and looked at Zhao.

"If you are here to talk with me about what your mother said then I think we shall not converse about that," Zhao proclaimed with a stern expression.

"Zhao, my mom and your mother has not a very healthy relationship. Something very unusual happened many years ago between the two which created a rift between them. Mom told me that their family tried to find them but it was in vein as your mother disappeared like she never existed. When mom saw aunt on the television, she without giving any second thought went to meet her.