Gao Xianchang's behavior, of how much sincerity and how much performance, a truly smart person would naturally see through it.
His fear was real, and his anger too, but with his current status as the strongest in the External Building Environment within the Gao clan's domain, if he really wanted to kill his own son, who could stop him?
Perhaps only a blind night watchman could do it, but he showed no reaction whatsoever.
Gao Xianchang could only 'helplessly' stop his pursuit under the "desperate intervention" of his clansmen.
His fear, his anger, including his deliberate reference to the night watchman's identity, were nothing more than a show of misery, weakness, and self-protection.
He was willing to put the Jinghai Gao Clan in an extremely humble position, the better to beg the night watchman leader for forgiveness for his son.
