The question startled him into thinking he had inherited his father's expression. His father's unhappiness came from the struggling with poverty and having too high hopes for his children.
他才驚覺自己「遺傳」了爸爸的眼神，而他父親的不快樂，是來自貧困的現實生活折磨，以及對兒女的期望過深所致。