Chapter 183: Gossip vs City Evening News (Part 2)

Wang Lijun, who had always allowed his son free rein, completely lost it one morning when, upon going downstairs to buy breakfast, he noticed something off in the neighbors' gaze. They were talking about him behind his back, and though he didn't know what they had said, the silence was so pronounced it's as if you could hear a pin drop. His son had also been growing increasingly morose. He thought perhaps it was out of sympathy for his son's plight, so he forced a tired smile at the neighbors in a gesture of friendliness.

The commute to work was bearable, as he chalked it up to the neighborly well-meaning, even driving a bit faster than usual.