Capítulo 123: Brewing A Bitter Cup

"Truthfully Novice Su, I think you're beyond flowery words at the moment," Wu Ling said frankly. "I can tell that you've carried a heavy burden all by yourself for a long time. You feel like you've bottled up a good many hurts, both large and small."

"You're like an overstuffed sack of rice and today has turned a small tear into a great flood of lost grains," Wu Ling said, sharing his perspective of the other man's emotional state to see if Su Jixin would deny it. When the other man didn't, he continued. 

"You can't take out your feelings on your wife without harming your marriage, you can't take out your feelings on your daughter who you value more than yourself, so you're taking it all out on me because I'm convenient. I'm sure you'd be happy if I yelled back at you," Wu Ling said with a shake of his head. "But I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you."