His father is too pathetic, sure he is a coward, but can't he for once stand up for his son seeing that his future is going to be ruined? He will let the future of his son be ruined just because he is afraid? In my opinion if he truly loved his family, he could have done something. If the mc is still hung up on this guy after all of this I'm dropping, this novel is actually good and well written, but It would be very annoying to keep on reading if that happens.