Mei Mei could remember being caught in the middle of the Chi and Jun family as a child. Both sets of grandparents wanted her to spend time and special holidays with them. It always got more competitive around the Chinese New Year and things always escalated.
Both families had settled the matter by just spending every holiday together, as much as they could. It seemed like an easy solution until bed time would come around and again, the tug of war would begin with both sets of grandparents wanting her to sleep with them.
It should have been easy because she was a twin and Mingzhe was right there. But, from an early age, Mingzhe had declared independence. No sleeping with others, no cheek pinching, no butt slaps, no dragging him away from his homework or research to dance, no matchmaking...he was a 'no' child and transitioned into a 'no' man.
Rose was already a teenager when she joined their family so there was no babying her.