Nan Dashu could see the hatred Nan Yu held for Li Guihua and her family. Because he saw it, he was deeply convinced that Nan Yu meant it when he threatened to kill them. While it was not a time when people could just kill at will, if you were to secretly finish someone off, dump the body in the mountains for beasts to scavenge, and then steadfastly deny everything, the police would truly have no way to pin it on you. Nan Yu understood this, and so did Nan Dashu.
Seeing the intensity of that hatred in Nan Yu’s eyes, Nan Dashu was genuinely terrified. He was, by nature, a cowardly man. When faced with someone willing to risk their life, fear was the only thing he knew.
"You—you—you... don't talk nonsense! I—I—I... let me tell you, I am your father! You can’t... you can’t..."
Chapter 78