When Cheng Xi’s father started crying, it shocked everyone else. He had always been the stoic and silent member of the family, always cool, calm, and collected. Cheng Xi had expected her mother to cry, but not her father.

Even Cheng Xi’s mother was a little dazed. She looked at her husband and said, “Gosh, your father actually started crying before me.”

He grumbled back, “You’re going to cry sooner or later!”

And Cheng Xi’s mother did; as she watched the boarding line grow shorter and shorter, she started sniffling. Before long, tears were streaming down her face even as her husband continued to silently cry beside her. Cheng Xi herself was teary-eyed, and Cheng Yang was about to pull out his hair in frustration from watching the three of them cry at each other. “Why do you all have to cry so much? It’s not like she’s never going to come back! What’s...