"The ugly freak has turned normal."
"What ugly freak, call it a cosmetic surgery freak."
"Even with surgery, this is the best he can do... he must have been really ugly."
It turned out that everything had developed a path dependency.
Everyone was already accustomed to insulting him.
The same was true at home.
His younger brother, Che Yongxiu, seemed to understand a bit too—it was because the ugly freak was too ugly that he himself existed.
Parents who cannot treat all their children equally are bound to make them feel unhappy.
Although Che Yongxiu was supposed to be the favored one, he feared the disappearance of this favoritism because of it.
When his brother became normal, he began to feel fear, and fear made him angry.
Anger drove him to be increasingly over-the-top with Che Yongyi. Just like in the process of a romantic relationship, some people repeatedly test their partner's love for them due to insecurity.
