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The social frenzy sparked by the simplest marriage proposal exceeded everyone's expectations.

Like a warm ocean current, it washed away the gloom that had shrouded the hearts of viewers since the animation began airing.

The negative reviews that were previously given because the plot was too realistic were overwhelmed by a flood of five-star reviews.

Countless viewers left comments apologizing for their previous stubbornness.

[I was wrong, I take back what I said about the plot being boring. Su Laozei, you're teaching us how to love.]

This isn't just animation; it's a life lesson.

The oppressive atmosphere that had been building up for days was swept away at the healing animation company, and it was once again filled with laughter and joy.

Only Shen Qingyue felt an even stronger sense of unease after the brief joy.

She knows Su Bai too well.

This man's greatest skill is concealing the most deadly poison within candy.

The more warmth he provides, the sharper the knife he wields afterward.

Holding the latest report, she walked up to Su Bai and tentatively asked.

"The public's opinion has completely turned around; it should stay this warm and welcoming from now on, right?"

Su Bai looked up from the screen, staring at her face that seemed to be begging her to be treated like a human being, and gave her a meaningful smile.

"certainly."

His answer was crisp and decisive, but it only made Shen Qingyue's heart sink even faster.

......

Amidst blessings from across the internet, the latest episode of the anime arrived as scheduled.

The story naturally progresses to the wedding preparation stage.

A wedding inevitably faces a core issue.

family.

When Nagisa's parents, Akio and Sanae, warmly invited Tomoya's father to their home to discuss the marriage.

Tomoya's face, which had just been softened by happiness, instantly stiffened again.

Father.

That figure, existing only in memory, was one of decadence, alcoholism, and silence.

The man who destroyed his basketball dream and his entire youth.

He instinctively wanted to refuse, but looking into Nagisa's expectant and encouraging eyes, he couldn't bring himself to say no.

In the end, he gritted his teeth and returned to the cage he had escaped countless times, the cage he called home.

The room was as dark and messy as ever.

His father, Naoyuki Okazaki, sat amidst the pile of garbage, watching television with a blank expression.

Tomoya stood at the door, silent for a long time, before finally squeezing out a few words through gritted teeth.

I'm getting married.

The television was still playing.

Naoyuki Okazaki didn't turn around, but only uttered a muffled syllable from his throat.

"oh."

There was no surprise, no blessing, not even the slightest emotional fluctuation.

The corner of Tomoya's heart that had just been filled with happiness was instantly consumed by a surge of anger.

He clenched his fists, turned around, and left.

He didn't want to spend another second with this man.

He wanted to completely break free from this surname and this bloodline, and live a brand new life that belonged to him.

.......

The next day, Tomoya was still in low spirits at the construction site.

His senior, the always cheerful Yoshino Yusuke, noticed that something was wrong with him.

During lunch break, Fangye handed him a can of coffee and sat down next to him.

"Did you have a fight with your family?"

Tomoya gulped down a mouthful of coffee, the bitter liquid sliding down his throat.

"I have no home."

He said coldly.

"He only had an alcoholic father."

Yoshino Yusuke looked at him, his eyes filled not with sympathy, but with a hint of nostalgia.

"I used to be a troublesome brat who gave my parents a lot of headaches."

He leaned against the wall, looked up at the gray sky, and slowly recounted his rebellious past as a rock singer in his youth.

Tomoya listened quietly.

Listen to how this man went from a boy chasing his dreams to a husband who gave up his dreams for his family, but found another kind of happiness in ordinary life.

At the end of the story, Yoshino suddenly changed the subject.

"Speaking of which, I think I've met your father before."

Tomoya was stunned.

"Many years ago."

Yoshino recalled.

"Back then, I was doing odd jobs at different construction sites. I met a man there, and it seemed to be your father."

"He always did the hardest work by himself. He was taciturn, but every time he got paid, he would go to the toy store on the corner and buy a very cheap robot model."

"Once, in an attempt to earn more money, he fell off the scaffolding and broke his leg."

"But after he received the compensation, the first thing he did was to limp to that toy store."

Yoshino's voice was soft, yet it made Tomoya's heart sink.

He thought of those identical, cheap robots in his dusty closet, robots he had long since disdained.

It turns out that it was that man's clumsy love, earned with his broken bones.

At this moment, Tomoya's inner defenses completely collapsed.

He always thought of himself as the abandoned victim.

Only today did he realize that the person he had hated for over a decade had also given his all for him.

Behind that dejected figure was a pitiful man whose spine had been crushed by life after losing his beloved.

......

The airing of this episode once again triggered a social response far exceeding Su Bai's expectations.

The bullet comments and comment sections are no longer just about being moved, but a deeper resonance, tinged with a stinging pain.

I feel like I've never truly understood my father.

I only know that he loves to drink and has a bad temper now, but I forgot that when he was young, he once carried me on his shoulders and took me to see the world.

After watching this episode, I called my dad. We were silent for a long time. He asked me if I had enough money, and I said I did.

After hanging up the phone, I, a grown man, cried like a dog.

We always see them as they are now, but we forget that they were once young, and that they once gave up their own dreams for us.

This wave even spread beyond the animation industry.

Experts and scholars in the fields of sociology and psychology have begun to cite the plot of Clannad and write in-depth articles on the issue of intergenerational communication in modern families.

Parent-child relationship counseling hotlines in major cities across the country saw a historic peak in call volume that week.

Countless young people who had been in a cold war with their parents for years tried for the first time to understand the figure they had once wanted to escape from after watching this episode.

At Tencent Animation headquarters, Wang Hao stared at the densely packed positive social news on the public opinion monitoring report and fell into a long silence.

He couldn't understand how an animation could possess such terrifying, reality-shaking power.

At Healing Animation Company.

Su Bai watched all of this with a calm expression.

After this episode of the anime aired, the system did not give him any Light Orbs as a reward.

Because these discussions and reflections are only the beginning of reconciliation, not the end.

They are important preludes, the final and most crucial inflation of a tragedy that could shake the entire society.

Shen Qingyue excitedly spoke to Su Bai, holding a sociologist's commentary article.

"Su Bai, look! We did it! We're using animation to make this society a better place!"

Su Bai took the article, glanced at it, and then put it aside.

He looked out the window and said softly.

"Not enough."

"If you want people to truly appreciate what they have now, you must first let them experience what it's like to lose everything."