"I don't even dare tell anyone what my brother-in-law does for a living, for fear they might despise me and kick me out. Yet our dear mother, she parades it around like it's something to be proud of, completely oblivious to how repulsed people are by her," said Wang Dan, who couldn't stand her mother-in-law and would blame her for anything and everything.
"Big sister, what's the real deal with mom saying that Li Hongqi is buying a house?" The details weren't clear back in their hometown, and all she knew was that Li Hongqi had found a partner and wanted to buy a house in the county for marriage. His parents couldn't afford it, so they wanted her to chip in. Later, when they saw she wasn't going to give them money, they even suggested borrowing it, claiming it could count toward their elder care.