Pei Shi Yu hadn't said a word during my entire argument with Lin Hai. When I turned to look at her, she was opening her laptop and looking at it intently. Seeing this, I began to order Lin Hai to leave again...

"You can go. I understand what you want to express. More words are useless."

"You need to carefully consider what I said today. Your grandfather hasn't been feeling well recently. Go see him when you have time."

Lin Hai's words reminded me of the slap he gave me last time. The person he wants to see should be Lin Yang. Even if I go, I can't make up for anything.

"The people he wants to see are Lin Yang and you. Whether I go or not isn't important."

"As the only grandson in the family right now, is it appropriate for you to say that?"

"I'm telling the truth. You should know better than I do."

"Fine, then everything I've said is meaningless." Lin Hai finally adopted a posture of wanting to give up.

"You know what you've done. There's no point in saying it out loud. Go back."

This time, he didn't say anything more. He reached out and picked up the briefcase on the table, stared at the property certificate for a moment, then raised his head and said, "This house was bought for you, so take it."

"Sell it. I have my own house, and I don't need it," I immediately refused.

"You accept everything your mother buys for you. Your attitude is aimed at me. Your mother didn't even raise you, so isn't that putting the cart before the horse?"

"It's up to you how you think. It's my attitude whether I accept it or not."

"Fine."

After Lin Hai finished speaking, he left the ward without even greeting Pei Shi Yu. He didn't even take the property certificate. I immediately chased after him, walking quickly. I jogged a few steps and stuffed the property certificate into his coat pocket. Lin Hai immediately stopped and looked at me. Just as I was about to turn around, he said, "The house has always been in your name. Whether you want it or not, it's useless for me to keep it."

At this moment, Lin Hai lacked his usual domineering air. When he said these words, he seemed like a father who was about to grow old. I was dazed for a moment, and I even felt a little sympathy for him because I thought about how he had struggled his whole life and didn't even have an heir.

In that moment of softheartedness, his other face quickly appeared in my mind, as if forcing myself not to be deceived by the illusion before me. After all, everything he had done to me in the past was outrageous.

"You bought the house yourself. I don't need it now. If you find a buyer and need me to sign, give me a call."

Before the words had faded, I immediately turned around and walked back...

"A'Che."

Lin Hai's voice came from behind again. I didn't stop, and waved my hand a few times, signaling him not to say anymore. This conversation, more or less, changed my attitude to a certain extent. At least, I didn't want to see him like that. It also made me realize that the Lin family members were either old, sick, or dead, and I was the only grandson who had grown up outside and was still healthy.

I stopped in front of the ward and paused before opening the door. I turned my head and glanced in the direction Lin Hai had left, but he was no longer in sight. I thought that if I had taken the initiative to ease our relationship from the beginning, instead of only thinking of me as his son after Lin Yang died, I wouldn't have been so unyielding.

Just as I was about to open the door, Pei Shi Yu suddenly twisted the door open from the inside. She was startled when she saw me and asked, "What are you doing standing outside? Did your father leave?"

"He left. Seeing him was unnecessary anyway," I replied, putting on a brave face.

"You need to change your attitude too," Pei Shi Yu said, looking at me.

"I can't change it when I think of everything he did in the past."

"I think what he said today also makes some sense."

"What sense? He was saying it for you to hear. I know him too well."

"Do you want me to analyze it for you?"

It was rare for Pei Shi Yu to care about our affairs. After I went inside, I sat down in a chair and replied, "Okay, then tell me how to analyze the evil smile I saw on his face when I was sentenced in court."

"One thing at a time. And don't just pick out the bad things he did."

"Go ahead, I'm all ears."

"First, let's talk about you leaving home. You were a minor, leaving your guardian and running away on your own. As family, they must have been very anxious and angry. Just like what your father said just now, not living with your parents will definitely cause some grievances, but your father also has his difficulties. Didn't you say that Lin Yang's mother was very domineering? He probably didn't want you to live with them either. You saw the property certificate, which shows that he still fulfilled his obligations as a father."

Pei Shi Yu looked at me after saying this, but I remained silent, thinking that I could argue with Lin Hai, but Pei Shi Yu was acting out of kindness, so I temporarily abandoned my own views.

"Your temper is indeed very stubborn, and you've always looked at your father from your own perspective. Back then, when you ran away to Hangzhou, you should have at least called your grandma to let her know you were safe. You always expected them to understand you. No wonder they thought you had gone to your mother's place. After all, your father and mother were definitely not on good terms."

"The way you put it, I feel like it was all my fault."

"I'm not saying it was your fault. You were just a child at the time, and you couldn't fully understand everything you saw. What you were thinking was how your father wasn't fair to you and Lin Yang, but have you ever considered that Lin Yang had his mother by his side, so his feelings would definitely be different? My view is that your father may have betrayed your mother, but he's not as hateful to you as you think. If you harbor resentment towards your father, the relationship will never be resolved."

"I might be able to slowly accept and understand the things that happened before, but the things he did later were too inhumane."

Pei Shi Yu looked at me, moved her lips, and then stopped speaking, because she knew what happened later. It could be said that the conflict was caused by her. Her engagement with Lin Yang was too coincidental. That kind of misunderstanding couldn't be easily explained, at least not to Lin Hai's family.

If I guessed correctly, the reason why Pei Shi Yu didn't continue was probably because it brought back my appearance at that time, so I immediately stood up and took the initiative to stop the topic...

"You should go to bed and rest for a while."

"It's more tiring to lie down."

Pei Shi Yu replied in a somewhat depressed tone. I think the main reason was because she didn't say everything she wanted to say clearly. After she said that, I also felt quite embarrassed, and this misunderstanding was better left unsaid. The imprisonment was also related to them, but I could understand the Pei family, and I couldn't forgive Lin Hai's attitude towards me. When all of that is mixed together, it becomes the current situation.

I never wanted to see Lin Hai. On closer analysis, it was because the impression they had left on me as a couple was too bad. Conflicts are inevitable between people, but as long as the person's heart is good, there can be a new understanding, just like Pei Shi Yu.