This was Lin's father, who had received a Japanese education and dreamt of pursuing advanced studies in Japan. Yet when Lin's grandfather returned to Taiwan, he forbade his son to read Japanese books. Lin's father deeply resented this, feeling that his bright future was being snuffed out by his own father.
受日本教育長大的父親，原本已經打算到日本留學，祖父回來後嚴加反對兒子再念日本書，父親認定一生美好的未來葬送在祖父手上。