Han Dong-Min usually scolded Han Shao-Jie for playing games on his phone.
So when he felt everyone's sharp gaze on him, Han Shao-Jie immediately thought that his father was unhappy about him playing games again.
So in his panic and fear, Han Shao-Jie bowed his head and quietly said, "Dad, I was wrong."
Han Shao-Jie expected his father to yell angrily at him after that.
But Han Shao-Jie never expected that his father would actually respond in a deep voice, "No, Shao-Jie, you weren't in the wrong. I was in the wrong!”
"You..."
Han Shao-Jie was stunned. Why was his usually strong-willed father suddenly apologizing to him?
Was this some sort of reverse psychology?
Han Shao-Jie became even more frantic and he wailed, "No, Dad, you're not in the wrong, I was in the wrong."
Han Dong-Min replied, "No, son. You weren't wrong at all. Your father here was in the wrong."
"Don't say that, Dad. You weren't wrong at all. I was in the wrong, I was the one who was wasting my time away." Han Shao-Jie was so frightened that he was about to cry soon. He didn't understand what his father was up to. He would rather his father just hit him or scold him instead of trolling him like this!
"Shao-Jie, it's really my fault..."
"No, Dad, it's my fault!"
Everyone around them was confused.
What was wrong with this father and son?
Eventually Han Dong-Min ran out of patience and he slapped his son. "Shut up!"
"I said that it's my fault, so it is!"
Han Shao-Jie shut up after getting slapped, but he felt much better inside after that.
Wasn't this more normal?
That was how his father normally was.
But Han Dong-Min continued, "Shao-Jie, I'm really sorry. I was the one who misunderstood you. I was the blind one who misunderstood your friend, Master Ye."
"You have to help me to look for him and we've got to apologize to Master Ye. Also, I still have to count on Master Ye to get me through this crisis. You're my son, so you must help me to find him."
Han Dong-Min pleaded gently with his son and didn't have any of the fury he had earlier. His voice had calmed down by a lot.
Han Shao-Jie finally figured out what was happening.
So his father was asking him to look for Ye Fan.
"I'm not going to! Who's going to do that just because you say so? I'm just a useless fellow who mixes around with bad company! So what Master Ye do I know?!" Han Shao-Jie retorted in annoyance.
He had gone out of his way to get Ye Fan to help him because he was trying to help his father. But in the end? He got a thrashing, while Ye Fan got chased out despite trying to be helpful.
"I said earlier that Mr Ye is a master but none of you believed me. Now you regret chasing him out? And you suddenly remember me? When you treated my friends that way earlier on, did you ever spare a thought for your son?"
Han Shao-Jie was filled with anger when he thought about what happened earlier.
He didn't dare to talk about it earlier because he was afraid that his father would bash him up.
But now that Han Dong-Min needed a favor from him, he decided to just let out all the anger and frustration in his heart.
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