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"Shouldn't it depend on the situation? Why do we have to do that for a kid who doesn't even show his thanks?"

"That's because he's still clumsy."

"I'm going to wash up first. After making kimbaps all day, I feel a bit under the weather."

Lily's mother passed by them and left them alone as she made her way to the bathroom. She always did this whenever the father-daughter pair began to have a deep conversation.

"Okay, Dear. I'll give you a massage later."

As Lily's father smiled at the back of her mother's head, Lily began to grumble.

"What do you mean 'clumsy'? Ethan only acts like he's better than us. You've seen it, so you know it, too, Dad."

Her father handed her the biggest strawberry and spoke in a low, calm voice.

"Ethan has never received love from his parents, so he doesn't know how to be nice to other people. He only knows how to throw people away. Because his home life wasn't… very good."