When they saw Sun Shengnan return, her family was more surprised than delighted. Then, seeing that she came back empty-handed, they immediately frowned and changed their attitude towards her. They even knew that she was very tired after sitting on the train for several days, but they didn't even let her rest and started making her work.

She has been busy these days at home and has endless work to do every day.

Her parents didn't miss her much, and her brothers and sisters didn't care whether she suffered in the countryside. They just asked her coldly why she came back and when she would leave.

What made her even more devastated was that she found that she had no place to live at home.

She was no longer allowed to enter her room. Her parents told her to live in the simple living room, saying that she would be leaving in a few days, and not to disturb her younger sister who was preparing for the high school entrance exam.

She never thought that she would become an outsider at home!

Faced with such a family, Sun Shengnan felt somewhat discouraged.

I just couldn't understand why the family members who were so close to me in my memory suddenly became like this.

She had only been at home for a few days when her parents asked her when she was leaving. They also said that the family couldn't help her and were afraid that she would take advantage of them.

So she left on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, although she had originally planned to stay until after the Lantern Festival.

...

...

During the three-day journey back, she had already let it go.

Maybe they really thought she would never be able to go back.

That's why they treat her like this. After all, people in the city don't want to have a poor relative from the countryside.

Lu Xia also felt a little sad after listening to her.

She had indeed deliberately let her go back without taking anything, so that she could see the true face of her family and break up completely.

After all, she still likes Sun Shengnan as a person. She is upright, thoughtful, and kind. It is rare that she has remained true to her original intention after so many years in the countryside.

So I felt a little sad when I heard that she had sent most of the money she had earned and the mountain products she had saved back home, but she herself was still living a tight life.

But she didn't expect that her family was even worse than she thought. After meeting them, they didn't even pretend and hurt her so deeply.

I immediately started to comfort her: "Don't think too much. Sometimes the relationship between parents and children is also a matter of fate. Maybe your fate has ended. Live for yourself in the future."

Sun Shengnan took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, calming down before saying, "I know that I may not be able to accept it at first and will be very sad, but after so many days, I have come to terms with it.

I know why they are like this. They just think that I will never be able to go back and will stay in the countryside for the rest of my life. They think I am useless and look down on me. They are also afraid that I will bring trouble to them.

Even my sister who got married in the fall, the first thing she said when she saw me was not to thank me for the gift I carefully selected for her, but to ask me why I went back home if I couldn’t go back to the city.

At this point, Sun Shengnan laughed at herself again. Thinking about the pair of pillowcases that she had saved up for so long to buy without spending a penny, she felt that all her sincerity had been wasted.

But I still couldn't hold back my tears.

Seeing this, Lu Xia sighed and took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears. "Don't cry, you are fine. It's them who are blind. Since they look down on you so much, you must live a better life in the future, and then go and slap them in the face!"

Hearing her say this, Sun Shengnan couldn't help but burst out laughing, "You really are..."

After a smile, Sun Shengnan slowly regained her composure, "I'm sorry, I've been holding it in for the past few days and I'm a little emotional."

Lu Xia shook her head. "It's okay. It's good to vent. Otherwise, it will be uncomfortable if you hold it in."