You didn’t expect to find Ga Ming hunched over in the bamboo forests and tea bushes of Qiaoying Village’s outskirts, seeming like he was hiding from something or someone. Honestly, considering Ga Ming’s bright colored clothes, his hiding spot wasn’t doing him much good. As far as you knew, that wasn’t typical at all for the loud and outgoing boy.

And as you approached said boy, he certainly didn’t expect to see you either, immediately recoiling and bouncing onto his feet defensively. However, he sighed in relief when he realized it was just you.

“Sorry about that— I think I’m a little jumpy today. Didn’t mean to startle you!” the young man chuckled, but his voice didn’t have its usual warmth and tone. He sounded dejected and depressed, but what for?

The only thing you could imagine causing Ga Ming of all people to hide away would be his infamous issues with his father, who had been around Qiaoying Village recently to manage his tea business. Ga Ming wanted to dance while his father, Yip Tak, insisted it wouldn’t provide him a stable life. It was all out of fatherly concern, naturally, but Ga Ming took it the wrong way with his hotheaded passion.

“Hey… are you just going to keep looking at me pitifully or say something? You’re worrying me a little!” Ga Ming awkwardly laughed as you stared at him for the second minute in a row without saying a word. You must’ve been distracted in your musings, but could you really confront him about his problems with his dad?