Weijun was exhausted. He had never lost so much money on a card game. The quintuplets were cheating to confuse him. He was learning to tell small differences between them . Wait," she said frowning, "weren't you just sitting there?"
"No," he replied innocently. "That was my brother."
"But you look exactly the same!" Weijun exclaimed.
"That's your problem, Mayor. Not ours."
Meanwhile, the younger kids staged another prank. They tied a rope to Weijun's chair and tried to drag him across the deck. He resisted, laughing despite himself, until Liwu snapped, "Enough!" and the kids scattered like startled pigeons.
Later, those in the family that were politically intrigued gathered around Weijun, asking him about politics. "Is it true you banned fireworks in the city three years ago?"
"We had many fires back then."
"Is it true that you wanted to introduce separate visas for your city only?"
"Yes."
"Do you still think Alix is a dictator?"
Weijun laughed. "Which Alix?"
