The couple that never quarreled before was now arguing loudly at the foot of his bed.
He didn't remember what they were arguing about; maybe it was because he had just awakened and his mind was still hazy, or maybe it was the shock of seeing his parents fighting for the first time... He only remembered his father's angry, furrowed brow and his mother crying with tear-stained cheeks.
His father told him she didn't want them anymore; she wanted to marry another man.
He cried and begged her not to leave... She only cried and said sorry, eventually pulling her hand free from his grasp.
From then on, Mu Tianye was particularly annoyed by women crying, even disgusted with all women...
After he was discharged, his father, who had always loved books and tea, turned into a drunkard. Through his father's scant words, he learned that his mother left them because of money.
