"Huh? Your dad's that harsh with you?" Lu Yubai, who had just been loudly promising to stand up for Fan Chiran, began to lose his nerve. "Well... I really can't help with that, but what exactly were you two talking about? Did he have to hit you that hard?"
"Um... mainly, my dad found out I'd been contacting my mom behind his back." Fan Chiran lowered his head, his voice strained. "And then... I said I wanted to major in computer science. My dad was completely against it. He's always wanted me to become a civil servant, or a doctor or lawyer or something."
"My dad... is pretty domineering. He hates it when people defy him, so I wasn't surprised he got angry this time. But I can't compromise on either of those things. Mom is important to me too, and studying computer science has always been my dream. Sigh. Sometimes I really don't know how to deal with him."
Fan Chiran's explanation was brief, but Lu Xiaoxiao understood immediately.
From what she knew of Fan Chiran's family, his parents had divorced when he was very young. He had never even met his mother as a child. He had only really gotten in touch with her in high school, and even that was because his mother had discovered that her daughter, Ye Ziqi, had gotten into the same high school as Fan Chiran. She had reached out to him so he could look after his younger sister at school.
Fan Chiran valued family ties, so he had been overjoyed when his mother contacted him again. As for Ye Ziqi, he treated her like his own little sister. When his father, Fan Song, learned of all this, he was deeply displeased.
In Fan Song's eyes, his ex-wife was a vain, scheming