In a display of sheer irresponsibility, Lin Laoyao had the audacity to suggest that the victim's daughter show leniency after his own son had assaulted someone, a matter that was now to be dealt with by the law.
This statement by Lin Laoyao was met with stunned silence and shaking heads, leaving even the police officers handling the case dumbfounded.
The officers who were familiar with the case had initially believed that the father of the assailant was a reasonable man, as he had previously remained relatively quiet.
To the bystanders, he seemed to be the only person in the assailant's family who had a clear understanding of right and wrong.
They, being men themselves, had initially sympathized with Lin Laoyao's predicament. His wife and mother were both domineering and unreasonable, and his son, spoiled by such women, had turned into a hooligan. It was bad enough that the boy was not particularly talented, but now he was also in jail.