Principled

"You know nothing!" Zhou Jingtao hated Zhou Jingren. He hated that he could act so carelessly around him as if he owned his life. He hated how he could say all the right words to make him mad. Zhou Jingtao hated how he knew almost everything in his life. He hated Zhou Jingren. He hated him as much as he hated his life.

"You like Lanying so much because… he looks just like your dead child, right?" Zhou Jingren taunted. "You want to save her because your conscience can't take it, right?"

"Stop it." Zhou Jingtao's voice broke. He looked out of the car and tried to suppress the tears in his eyes. "I didn't have a choice." His voice came like a whisper. "I didn't have a choice, I was married. It's either him… or my family. I can't… I just can't let my father kick me out of the family. I had nothing back then. I was useless."

Zhou Jingren only smiled in response. He watched as silent tears came running down in Zhou Jingtao's cheeks.