He sighed deeply and said with frustration, “I’ve been preparing for this cultural exchange for a long
time.
I was hoping to make a good impression in Korea and bring some honor to myself.
But as soon as I arrived, the other members of the group stole the spotlight…”
“I’ve been there for over 20 days and I haven’t accomplished anything.
I’ve never lost face like this before.”
Elaine believed most of what he was saying, but she was still angry, “You need to start thinking about
your future.
No wonder your mom, brother, and sister-in-law look down on you.
It’s just a cultural exchange.
If you don’t do well, you don’t do well.
If you lose face, you lose face.
Why don’t you try again next time?”
Jacob was extremely depressed and replied, “You make it sound easy.
Do you know how important this exchange abroad is to me? If I had done well this time, my entire life
could have been rewritten.
But now, someone else gets to rewrite it.
I was just a bloody escort.”
Seeing Jacob’s defeated expression, Elaine became even more angry and scolded him, “I don’t care
how much you lost in Korea.
You’re such a big loser.
You need to clean up this living room for me tonight and make it spotless.
Don’t go to sleep until it’s finished!”
“If I wake up tomorrow and smell any smoke or see even half a cigarette butt, you won’t like the
consequences.”
She angrily fiddled with the joystick of her wheelchair and went upstairs to her room in the elevator.
Claire couldn’t help but complain, “Dad, you’re really taking this too seriously.
You just have a hobby in the Painting and Calligraphy Association.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t do well when you go abroad for exchanges…”
“Why are you making yourself so miserable? And do you know how dangerous it is for you to smoke
and drink so much alcohol at home alone? What if something had happened to you while we weren’t
here? Who would have called an ambulance for you?”
Jacob said dejectedly, “You don’t understand.
I’m very depressed.
If I didn’t smoke or drink, I’d be even more depressed.”
Claire was about to say something else, but Charlie interrupted, “Honey, Mom went upstairs alone.
She has trouble with her legs and feet, so you should go and check on her.
See if she needs anything and help her out.
Dad and I will be fine here.”
Claire snapped out of it and, remembering that her mother had a broken leg and was in a wheelchair,
quickly said, “Right, I’ll go check on her.
You take care of Dad here.”
She then turned to Jacob and said, “Dad, no matter what, you’re not allowed to smoke or drink
anymore.”
Jacob reassured her, “Okay, okay, I understand.
You should go check on Mom quickly.”
Jacob, finally realizing something was wrong, asked, “What happened to your mother? Did she break
her leg again?”
“Yes,” Claire sighed, “When Mom was in New York, she accidentally fell and her old injury flared up
again.”
“Oh,” Jacob sneered, “An old injury flaring up? I think your mother must have offended someone and
got beaten up.
Don’t you understand what’s going on?”
Claire replied sternly, “Dad, don’t talk nonsense.
Mom has been through a lot recently.
I’ll talk to you about it when I have a chance.
I need to go check on her now.”
She quickly went to the elevator and went up to the third floor.
As Claire left, Jacob looked at Charlie with red eyes and an anguished expression, choking up as he
said, “Charlie… My good son-in-law… Dad is brokenhearted… Brokenhearted…”
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