Wu Haishan gently stroked her hair and sighed helplessly. "Yani, back then, your sister looked down on me. I swore at the time that I would rely on my own hands to give you a good life.
"To give you and our child a beautiful future, give you the best life possible, and make your sister see me in a new light. But only later did I realize that reality was far more cruel than I had imagined."
"These past six months or so, the pressure has been too much, and my temper has gotten worse and worse. Sometimes I've spoken without thinking, but please believe me—I truly didn't mean it."
"Actually, the more things turned out this way, the more I hated myself. I hated my own incompetence. I hated that I couldn't give you the best life and had made you suffer so much with me."
"You say I'm always drinking and always coming home so late. It's actually just because I've been hurting too much inside, and I didn't want to come home and take my anger out on you. I wanted to leave all my troubles outside, but unfortunately, I didn't completely manage it. I still ended up hurting you."
Wu Haishan spoke with such heartfelt emotion that his eyes reddened, and tears dampened their corners.
When he had first arrived, he had indeed been filled with hope and enthusiasm. He believed that with his education and abilities, he would soon carve out a place for himself here, so when his parents and younger siblings wanted to stay with him, he hadn't objected.
When his marriage to Su Ya Ni met resistance and her sister opposed it, his pride had indeed been hurt somewhat. But this hadn't made him lose heart. Instead, it had fueled his