CHAPTER 1: FAMILY ON THE ROCKS

FAMILY ON THE ROCKS?

"What kind of crappy result is this?!" Suho told her son Lay, who scored only 20 marks for his Mathematics mid-year exam. Lay, who is in Grade 6 this year and was taking a major exam at the end of the year, was inhaling air with anger and giving her a death stare.

At that time, her husband, Chanyeol came back from work. Seeing that his wife was as angry as a bull who was performing in a Spain bull performance, he didn't want to interfere in their eye-to-eye battle.

"Why can't you be like your cousin Baekhyun? He tops his cohort every year and brings glory to your Aunt Sehun and Uncle Chen! You are a disgrace to the family!" Suho, who was too agitated to control her speech, shouted at Lay.

Lay, who was deeply hurt by her words, started stomping into his room, locking the door and started bawling like a newborn.

"Lay! Come back here!" Suho yelled.

"Dear, your words were too harsh and too much just now..." Chanyeol, who was the peacemaker of the house, comforted his wife and went to their open kitchen to make some chrysanthemum tea for her.

"Dear, what is our son going to do when he takes his nationals?" Suho said, her tears trickling down her smooth face.

"He will be fine..." Chanyeol comforted her in his most gentle tone.

All of a sudden, they heard a loud bang. It was Lay! Clutching a handbag usually brought out during vacations, he glared at Suho, then grabbed his house keys from his pocket and moved towards the door. That was when Chanyeol held his arm.

"Where are you going in the middle of the night? It's dangerous! What's more, Baekhyun and family live in Myeongdong. It will take 2 hours to get there!" Chanyeol explained.

"I didn't say that I was going to Baekhyun's house! I'm going out to seek for a living." Lay shouted.

"Not in a million years! You're still 12, and you have your nationals coming up, where do you think you are going?" Suho protested.

"At least I know what I want, not like you! Foolishly believing some random uncle would give you ice-cream, in the end, you became a-" Before Lay could finish his sentence, a fresh crisp slap could be heard. Instantly, Lay turned his back and left the house.

"Lay!" Chanyeol exclaimed.

"Why did I have such an unfillial son?" Suho sobbed, bending down and blaming herself.