408 Don't touch the head randomly

Especially since the one who struck out at him was his father.

The father-son relationship was not good, but listening to Xie Ci talk about his mother before, including the tone of his mother's dislike for him.

Because he never experienced it from a young age, he especially craved and wanted what others had.

Even the grandfather's kind of liking and affection that came with strings attached, instrumental and utilitarian.

It was really rather tragic.

How could there be such a pitiful senior apprentice-brother?

Tang Jin stood right in front of Xie Ci.

His chubby little face was a bit serious, and he took two more steps forward with his short little legs, setting his sights on his senior apprentice-brother's crown.

Xie Ci's hair was thick, black, and soft; when he hung his head like that, one could see the whirl of hair on the top of his head—fluffy and seemingly quite nice to touch—