After all, they knew that getting stubborn people to change was no easy feat.
"Not completely clearheaded, I'd say."
Lin Fan said calmly, "Huang Lingling, Wang Li, do you two truly want Xiaolin to get better?"
"If you really want her to recover, you must do as I say, day after day, with complete sincerity, without deviating in the slightest."
Hearing this,
Huang Lingling and Wang Li exchanged a glance. After a moment's hesitation, they said in unison, "We can do that."
Lin Fan looked satisfied. Although Wang Li and his wife were incredibly harsh on Xiaolin, they did not hate her. On the contrary, they loved her no less than anyone else did.
Their methods of raising their daughter were simply flawed. They wanted Xiaolin to recover more than anyone.
"The first thing you need to do is take the initiative to talk to Xiaolin and help her work through her feelings."
After a moment's thought, Lin Fan said, "Second, you must take the initiative to apologize to Xiaolin and admit that what you did over the past years was wrong."
"Third, you must give Xiaolin enough support to develop her interests and let her do what she likes. I can tell you that what Xiaolin loves most isn't actually studying, but music."
Music?
Huang Lingling looked slightly stunned. Thinking back on what she had done to her daughter, she realized she seemed to have been stopping her daughter from doing what she loved all along. She had even taken some rather extreme measures to prevent her daughter from having contact with anything related to music.
"Last year, Huang Lingling, you smashed both the piano and the guitar at home."
Lin Fan frowned and criticized her outright. "Your daughter bought that guitar with a month's wages from her part-time