"Child, I know you said this for my own good, but do you understand? Your father has already told so many lies, and there's no turning back now. If I turn back now, then every word I've said before will all be recognized as the truest lies. There will be no way to recover from that, do you understand this principle?"
Zhang Zhentian himself is also unwilling to tell lies. How exhausting it is to lie; it's obviously a small matter, but he has to tell so many lies to cover it up. He doesn't even know what the meaning of lies is, hurting himself but causing his family to suffer the most unbearable harm again and again.
Zhang Yichen knows exactly what his father is worried about, but there are some things he still can't say to his father. Some things he can only silently admire deep within himself. He keeps persuading his father to make the most correct decision, yet he has no way to help his father.