Stay Out Please!

Chapter 1
Lei and Xiu-mei were sitting in the Chao twins bedroom, Xiu-mei was playing with her dolls and Lei went over to the shelf containing his war exploitation films.

It was during a TT10 meeting with his gang, they were talking about plans and the future.

He got the triangle out from the top, Xiu-mei stopped and looked.

Her father used a triangle as part of a technique telling Xiu-mei when she could enter or stay inside, one ding meant it was okay, two meant he would check before it was okay and three meant she must leave.

Ding....

”One.” She said.

Ding....

”Two....“ She said.

Ding....

”Three dings!” She said.

”You know what that means, Xiu-mei?” Lei asked her.

”I can’t be in here when you’re watching it!” Xiu-mei said.

”That’s right, Maria’s probably playing a game in the living room, why not watch her?” He asked.

Xiu-mei nodded, She got her toys out and before she left the room, Hazel walked in.

”Can I play with Xiu-mei in here?” Hazel asked.

Lei was in the middle of putting the Men Behind the Sun disc in the DVD player.

”No.” Lei said to her.

Xiu-mei walked passed Hazel and went into the living room.

Lexi found her daughter banging on the door, Lei locked the door.

”Let me in!” She cried.

Lexi knocked on the door, She heard something being paused and the door opened.

”My daughter isn’t in here, Your daughter cannot play in my room when I’m watching a graphic horror film, the same rules apply to her.” He said.

”What film are you watching anyway?” Lexi asked him.

”Black Sun: 731, yes, a man who likes gory exploitation films is a responsible father who keeps his daughter in the living room when he’s watching this.” He said.

Before he shut the door, Lexi stopped him.

”Why would you watch such things like that knowing you have a daughter?” Lexi asked.

”You’re acting like I made her watch them, what do you take me for?, Some kind of Chinese nationalist who forces their child to watch gory Chinese exploitation flicks to make them hate the Japanese?” He retorted.

He shut the door and locked it.

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Xiu-mei sat with Longwei and BE!Maria playing JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure on the PS1, it was old but worked well.

”Maria, why do you like JoJo?” She asked.

”My mom was into it, when a little older than you, she used the series to teach me how to read.” She said.

Xiu-mei nodded, accepting the answer, Fumei walked in.

”Mommy!” Xiu-mei said, running up to her and giving her a hug.

Lexi heard Xiu-mei say “Mommy!”, she went to the source of the noise with Hazel and saw a Chinese woman with long hair and wearing a qipao with leggings.

Lexi walked up to Fumei, who looked at her.

”Are you the mom?” She asked.

”Yes, I am.” Fumei replied back.

”Your husband wouldn’t let my daughter in the room and she doesn’t understand, she’s autistic, you see.” Lexi explained to Fumei.

”My husband does the triangle method, it’s where you use a triangle, he hits it once, twice or thrice to tell Xiu-mei if it’s okay for her or not okay for her to be in the room, Please tell her that she cannot be in the room when he’s watching a film like Men Behind the Sun.” Fumei said.

”The rules apply to Xiu-mei the same, Xiu-mei’s not even allowed in Dushuqiang’s basement.” Longwei said to Lexi.

Chapter 2: Nap.
Xiu-mei often took naps in the twin’s room, more specifically, Lei’s bed.

She hugged her GIANTMicrobe Red Blood Cell plush doll as she slept.

Her father remained in the room, he was watching TV and rested backwards, Fumei walked in.

”How is she?” Fumei whispered.

”Out cold, She’ll be up in an hour.” Lei replied back.

Lexi knocked on the door, with Hazel behind her.

Lei opened the door, he paused the film he was watching.

”What do you want?” Lei asked her.

“Can Xiu-mei play now?” Lexi asked Lei.

”No.” Lei said before closing the door.