
The two people who had entered middle age were sitting in the living room of their house.
The middle-aged man appeared to display his angry and upset face. While the middle-aged woman seemed to calm her husband.
"How dare he not return home when it was almost midnight, did the child intend to leave the house?! Brash kid!" Ray said, it looks like a stroke of his neck muscles sticking out, indicating if he was really enveloped by a great anger.
"Calm yourself, my husband. Maybe he's having some guidance with his professor or—"
"Don't keep defending him. You've always spoiled her, this is the result, she's a rebellious child to her parents!" Ray said unconsciously he channeled his emotions to his wife.
Ana could only sigh at him, trying to accept all of Ray's outbursts of emotion that were spurting on her.
"I'm home." The voice of a man sounded from the direction of the entrance of the house, it was Yuan, someone Ray and Ana had been waiting for.
His son was not as usual, coming home almost late at night, Yuan had never done this before, unless he asked permission or told his parents first.
Yuan walked into his house, but his steps came to a halt when he saw his father and mother staring at him from the living room.
Yuan had already guessed that the two would not let go of himself just like that. Even if he deliberately went home late, but still could not escape from the two.
His parents were still faithfully waiting for him to come home to listen to the explanation of the problem he was doing.
"Yes." Call Ana with her gentle tone.
Yuan looked at his mother's face, which still looked fresh and beautiful even though she was forty-six years old.
With heavy footsteps, Yuan was forced to walk up to his mother and father.
When he came before his parents. His father suddenly moved closer to Yuan and slapped his son's face hard.
Ana screeched at the actions of her husband, he held Ray's arm for the middle-aged man to calm down.
"What are you doing?!" Ana asks who does not like her husband's actions.
"I'm teaching him a lesson! He must be taught decisively to know how to be kind as a child!" Ray said, his view never separated from his son.
"But that's not how it works! You don't have to use violence to educate her!" Ana said that she still defended her son.
"If it's not like that, he'll become a rebel, embarrass the family!" Ray.
"Sorry." Yuan voiced with his small tone. Head bowed.
"Sound Yuan! Dad doesn't need your apology, and I just want you to focus on your business management class, and leave your boyband! Dad will never agree if you get into the entertainment world! You're the sole heir to the TNP company!" Ray said, this time his tone sounded slightly softened.
Yuan was silent, still with his head bowed.
"Yuan? You agree with what Dad just said?" Ray asked, persuading his son.
"Sorry." Said Yuan again, as if that was the only word he could express.
"Bless your head! And look into dad's eyes!" Ray said, but not getting a response from Yuan, the son still remained silent and lowered his head.
"Yes." Call Ana down, tell Yuan to obey her father.
"I can't dad, I can't just abandon all my dreams! I told you everything in the headroom of the foundation this afternoon, right? I never wanted to be the heir to TNP." Yuan said, with a hint of courage, he raised his face, looked at his father, but never wanted to stare at those dark beads.
"What did you say?! You're our only son! If you don't want to be the heir to the company! You want the company that your great-grandfather has built to fall into the hands of someone else?! Think mature Yuan!" Ray said, his emotions overflowed again.
"Dad and mom can make another child, isn't that easy for you? Why do you have to have an only child? I don't want to be an only child either. I hate myself being born with your hopes on my shoulders. That's a burden to me!" Yuan looked at his father and mother in turn.
"Yuan— you—how can you say that?" Ana was shocked by what her son said, a radiance of sadness was visible from the look in the woman's eyes. Even his feet felt like jelly, he felt weak to hear it. Ana fell on the sofa.
"outrageous." Said Ray who was in front of Yuan. Ana's husband then rushed over to his wife, stroking Ana's back, giving peace to the wife's shaken soul.
"Look at what you did to your mommy! You're so outrageous Yuan!" Ray said again.
Yuan could only keep quiet, he himself did not understand his mother who suddenly looked like such shock.
"You're satisfied now?!" Ray stared furiously at his son.
"What's wrong?! I just don't want to be an only child! I hate that! Why are you only thinking of having one biological child?! If I had a brother, surely my life could be like Kin who doesn't need to care about the family company!" Yuan replied no less upset and emotionless.
"You're really—" Ray wanted to move from Ana's side to approach Yuan and teach the boy a lesson, but Ana's hand held her husband's big hand. Ana shakes her head at Ray.
The middle-aged woman then looked disappointedly at her son, tears seemed to flow down her cheeks, making Yuan's heart feel guilty.
"Yuan, it's not our desire to have one child. Forgive mom, mom can't give your dad any more children, and can't give you brother either. Sorry, it's all mom's fault." Lirih Ana in between her sobs
"Have, don't cry, it's not your fault, calm down." Whisper Ray while hugging his wife. Then, his gaze turned to Yuan who was still in his place.
"You know Yuan? How did your mommy struggle when you were about to be born? He risked his life for your birth. Do you have any idea how much blood and sweat he has shed so you can be born and see this world?! Do you understand all that struggle? For giving birth to you, she must lose her womb! But now, just as easily as you say all those words, you've hurt a mother, Yuan! All your words were as if his struggle was in vain. You were so outrageous as a child who was so dear and pampered!" Said Ray.
Yuan's hand seemed to tremble at what his father had said, a great sense of guilt had stripped him of his anger and resentment. He was so sorry he could not speak.
Long enough silent with that position, Yuan turned around and left the room.
"Yes! Where do you want to go?!" Shouted Ray who just realized that his son came out of the house and started to turn on his car.
"Let it go, he needs time to be alone." Ana held her husband's hand.
"But it's late at night, he can reflect on his mistake in the room alone." Said Ray.
"He's an adult, the boy has his own way of calming himself down. Just trust him." Ana is still trying to convince her husband.
Then came Ray's heavy breathing, he finally relented and unbundled his intention to chase after Yuan.
✍ This story is just fictitious. Sorry if there are similarities in the names of characters, places of events or events that occur.✍