some of you are apologists and it's so grating. you see an old man and suddenly he's a good person that's misunderstood. that certainly can be the case, but just because he's not abusive doesn't mean there's suddenly this miscommunication and I'm not believing that until we get a backstory or whatever.
mind you, haebeom is 36 and has never even seen a glimpse of his dad. life happens but he loved his mother so much and never once went back to the village? yeah, okay.