The truth was, when someone disliked you, everything you did was wrong.
Take right now, for example.
Tang Hao wanted to help Tang San and his uncle deal with Meng Shenji.
Yet Tang San scorned him for meddling like a dog catching mice...
Tang Hao: "..."
Come on, man, you can't do this to me!
So everything I do is wrong, huh?
All I can do is watch over Ah Yin,
Is guarding Ah Yin my only use?
"Xiao San, this is just a small gesture from your dad."
Tang Hao spoke awkwardly, full of frustration.
With how cautious he looked,
he was practically a pitiful old father, carefully trying to please his son for fear of being scolded.
Tang San did soften a little,
but every pitiful person had something hateful about them.
Old Tang Hao looked so pathetic now, but he had been perfectly carefree back when he fed Tang San rice water.
Playing pitiful was useless.
When Tang San had been that pitiful back then, had Tang Hao ever pitied him?
Now that his uncle had raised him so well that he no longer needed Tang Hao, Tang Hao came sidling back to make his presence felt, putting on a show of caring about him.
Where was he before?!
Wasn't it only seeing that I had ability and value that awakened his fatherly love?
Tang San understood this very clearly.
"Dad."
"I know you care deeply about Xiao San and can't stop worrying about my endeavors."
"But everything is fine on my end."
"What you should be doing most is protecting my mother. She's our family's only vulnerability. Guard her well, and you'll have made a great contribution."
Tang San stressed this again, somewhat impatiently.
It was fortunate that his cultivation was still low.
Otherwise, with Tang