"Who was that person just now? What did he do?"
"Gao Yang, I'm telling you, your main job right now is to study, not fool around!"
Gao Yang's mother folded her arms across her chest and stared sternly at him.
Gao Yang looked at his mother without saying anything, then turned to leave.
"Where are you going?"
"Gao Yang, you think you're all grown up now? You won't even listen to me anymore?"
"Fine, then! Go on, leave! Your father and I threw away our dignity for you, and this is how you treat me! Boo-hoo..."
Gao Yang watched his mother cover her face and collapse over the table in tears, but there was no panic on his face.
This had happened more times than he could count.
Gao Yang remembered that his mother had never acted this way before. It had only started after he fell into the water. Whenever he said he wanted to visit Zhao Jun's family, she would do this. Every time she cried, Gao Yang would obey, and so this routine had become her surefire weapon against his disobedience.
But this time, Gao Yang didn't want to obey.
"Mom, I'm going to the reservoir."
Bang!
Gao Yang's mother rushed over and grabbed him, her face deathly pale. "Y-you're going to the reservoir? What for? You're not allowed to go!" Gao Yang said nothing. He merely pushed away the hand gripping his arm.
"Mom, I have to go."
"No! You can't!"
Gao Yang's mother wrapped her arms around him and shouted.
But Gao Yang had already made up his mind.
Just as Gao Yang pushed his mother away, the front door opened.
His father, who had rushed home after receiving a phone call, walked in to see his son pushing his wife to the floor.
His