Chapter 144 - 143 Complete Thaw
Shi Yang’s father was a clever man, and he could see Shi Yang’s reluctance at a glance.
He reached out and patted Shi Yang on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "As a man, it’s never too late to start a career after establishing a family. Tonight’s gathering is just to meet up first. After all, more friends mean more opportunities." His underlying meaning was that he didn’t intend to force him to make a decision.
Shi Yang released a breath he had been holding halfway.
After Shi Yang’s father finished what he wanted to say, he turned around to leave, but Shi Yang quickly called him back, "I have something I want to discuss with you."
Shi Yang’s father paused his steps and turned to look at Shi Yang, "What is it?"
There was a bit of shadow in the corridor corner, lit dimly by the distant window light, casting a heavy shadow over Shi Yang’s handsome yet particularly firm profile.
Shi Yang didn’t answer immediately. Initially, he intended to first lay out the predicament Zhao Dazhuang and Liu Xiue were facing and the future he had planned for Meimei’s family before proposing to have Zhao Meimei stay at their place for a year or so.
However, when the words reached his mouth, they suddenly lost their persuasive power, because no matter how difficult Zhao Meimei’s family was living, it had nothing to do with his father. Between friends, there is a division of closeness and distance. In between is a relationship without blood ties or contractual obligation. Such sentiments change in an instant; whether one chooses to give is entirely up to one’s feelings, with no standards to measure and no moral constraints.
His father had no obligation to support Zhao Meimei, even if only for a year or even half a year.
Moreover, he himself had no position to ask his father to do anything because even he was still dependent on his father’s support, desperately trying to prove himself. The only thing he could control was not rushing ahead, impulsively proving his independence, jumping off a cliff.