After all, she had told Xia Mei she would be back in two or three days, but nearly ten days had passed now, and during that time she could neither receive nor send any messages.
Seeing Xia Ling return after nearly ten days away, Xia Yu spoke up first with concern, asking, "Little Sister, where have you been these past few days? Good thing I covered for you with Mom, and Grandpa has been out busy with other things."
Xia Mei chimed in, "Yeah! Where on earth did you go? You didn't reply to any messages."
"If you hadn't come back soon, we wouldn't have been able to keep hiding it from Mom and the others."
Chapter 26