@Kynnath i dunno man
maybe there are some reason why he looks mean to her
back then we just see from her and the og novel reader's Pov, what about her father's Pov? he is just a side character and the og novel not even cover his PoV and what he thinks
remember in this kind of settings sometime og Novel reader Pov not always cover the whole story much detail about each of characters
i mean if he is a total asshole, he can do way much worse, instead he still let her simping and give her lavish lifestyle, and he didn't mind about her shitty behaviour tho, i've seen more asshole and bastard family in other stories who did worse than this
there are some parents who looks cold to their children but actually care about them and their future, some of them can't or hard communicate with their kids, and if they did so, mostly caused misunderstanding (like most of asian parents did), they looks like neglecting their kids but actually try everything to protect their kids, it's not like their kids are ignorant, but sometime it hard to be shown
but if you still stick to that, it's ok 😉😉😉😉
everyone has their own judgment 😁😁😁😁