Every child has a hero dream.
Every parent hopes their child can be brave.
But when a real crisis comes, they hope the child is a bit more cowardly, a bit more timid, so they can stay safe.
This is also why heroes are so great.
Because there are so very few who can become heroes.
And at this moment, Tom is confused and disheartened, his hero dream shattered by a single word from his father.
Perhaps in this life, he will be mediocre, yet safe.
A life without surging crises, as calm as still water, lacks the passion of living.
Tom's father clearly saw the gloom in his son's eyes, but he could only choose to close his own eyes.
No parent wants to utter such words, but at this moment he could only say them, wanting only for the child to recognize reality, to know his own ordinariness, that an ordinary person cannot become a hero.
On the other side, Li Dahe's parents were also holding Li Dahe tightly.
