She knew perfectly well that finding another office job would be difficult, let alone working her way up to an HR manager position. She was frustrated that this village had no more shops to offer her!
But he was still her younger brother. Shen Lin had been fired for going to look for him, and she had done so willingly. But that didn't mean she had no resentment.
Just as Shen Lin was feeling a little resentful, she heard her parents targeting Old Na like that. She finally couldn't take it anymore and erupted.
When Shen's father saw his daughter daring to talk back to him, he said furiously, "You've grown wings, have you? We can't criticize you anymore? If you won't look for him, then we'll go ourselves."
As he spoke, he stood up and headed for the door. After taking a few steps, he called to Shen's mother, "Why are you still sitting there? Waiting for them to get sick of us?"
Seeing how unreasonable her parents were, Shen Lin's eyes reddened with anger. But they were still her parents, and she couldn't just let them leave, so she hurried over to hold them back.
But she wouldn't apologize. She didn't think she had anything to apologize for, so all she could do was keep urging them not to go.
Shen's parents had been planning to use the threat of leaving to force Shen Lin to give in, just as they had pressured her to back down in the past.
Of course, although Shen's parents favored Shen Lei a little, they weren't especially biased toward sons. They had simply grown used to being domineering and couldn't stand their children challenging them.
And the reason they liked Shen Lei a little more was simply that he had always been