Gao Guofu and Lin Xuebi arrived when Gao Guoqiang and Zheng Xianghong were out, and Gao Jiazhi and Sun Yuhua had also gone to work. Xia Xiao was playing in the yard with a few children and Weilin when she heard the voices of Gao Guofu and Lin Xuebi outside. She immediately closed and bolted the door and said to the children, "Go back and sleep."
Outside, Gao Guofu and Lin Xuebi kept knocking on the door and calling out, but Xia Xiao ignored them, even hearing Lin Xuebi cursing her.
Xia Xiao simply refused to go outside or open the door. When asked later, she would just say she was sleeping with the children and didn't hear anything. She couldn't be bothered with Gao Guofu and Lin Xuebi.
The two families had severed ties, and Xia Xiao no longer had previous concerns; now she acted as she pleased.
