Let Him Stay!
They quickly arrived home, and from the shoes at the front door, Xue Ning's parents had also arrived back home. Jingwei wanted to linger hesitantly at the doorway to buy time to think of a way to apologise, but Xue Ning pulled him inside.
Her father was sitting on the couch with the TV on, but his eyes were dazed, and he didn't look like he was paying attention to the melodrama playing on the TV at all.
"Hi Dad, what are you watching?" Xue Ning said, and Li Tai Cheng startled, as though not expecting people to return.
"Oh you're back!" Tai Cheng said, and then his eyes caught Jingwei's and an indescribable look crossed his face. Jingwei bowed low again.
"Hi Uncle," he began hesitantly, wondering how he should apologise. How could he say 'sorry that my food made you cry, even though I had no idea how this could have happened?'