Zhang Ni never expected his own father's fury to turn towards him. He had just wanted to come in and be a mediator, why was that so difficult? And could it really be so wrong to try to persuade his parents to stop quarrelling? Now to top it all off, his father was blaming him, accusing him of having no principles, saying that all the books he'd read these days had been for nothing. If his father knew what he'd done, he was sure his father would beat him to death. He truly didn't understand why his parents had to argue. They could live happily, yet they chose to spend their days in endless bickering. Could their lives really be that boring?