Rebirth: Revenge on Hypocritical Family Members

　　At the dinner table, Karen picked up a drumstick and put it in my bowl for the first time.

　　"Mia, eat more, please. SAT is coming up soon. Wish you all the best."

　　Thomas snorted and said, "She's so stupid. Don't expect too much from her!"

　　Karen glared at him and stroked my hair. "Mia is beautiful. Even if she doesn't study well, she can still live a good life."

　　My mother frowned slightly and said, "It's still good to study in a community college. She can also study further as she like in the future."

　　My grandmother slammed her chopsticks on the table. "Why does she have to keep studying? While she is still young, get her a rich husband. And she should ask for more betrothal gifts to ease the burden on our family."

　　Hearing this, I just wanted to laugh. "It's not a problem for my mother to support me to go to college. Why do I need to relieve your burdens by sacrificing my happiness? On the other hand, you don't have any blood ties with my mother. After all, you have taken advantage of her for so many years. Don't you feel ashamed?"

　　Will's expression changed instantly, "You're being so rude to talk to your elders like that!"

　　Will looked fierce. Every time he got angry, I was so scared that I would hide behind my mother and didn't dare to speak.

　　But at this point, I didn't give in to him. "Oh, really? Who do you think you are? My mother is the bread winner here. How can you call yourself an elder to me when you don't make your own money. Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"

　　Karen immediately sobbed and said, "Mia, you think you're big enough to be so rude to us, huh? I invited you to dinner out of kindness, and wanted you to eat something good. But now you're cursing us!"

　　I smiled at her, "Karen, I'm very grateful that you invited us for dinner. If it's really just a simple meal and nothing else to ask from my mother, I'll remember this kindness for the rest of my life."

　　Karen stopped crying to peep at me and my mother.

　　My grandmother stood up and tried to smooth things over. "Oh, we're family. No more quarrels. Mia, you can go to school as you want. I'm with you."

　　The corners of my mother's mouth curled into a smile. This was the usual trick of this family. It seemed that they really wanted to help us.

　　When we were almost done eating, Will and Karen looked at each other. In the end, Karen stood up and said, "Mary, Thomas has graduated from college. He has found a good job. If he can get in, it will be very beneficial to our family."

　　I put down my chopsticks and said, "Karen, this is why you invited us to dinner, right? How much do you want?"

　　Before Karen could speak, I continued, "Last time, you made some bread and asked eight hundred in return. This time, you cooked us chicken. You need more money, right?"

　　Thomas glared at me and poked the rice in his bowl hard.

　　Karen smiled awkwardly and said, "Uh, yes, we need five thousand for Thomas' deposit."

　　3.

　　The meal ended on bad terms. I pulled my mother to leave. My grandmother was so angry that she scolded me for being ungrateful.

　　"Mom, this is all your hard-earned money. Do you really expect him to repay you in the future?"

　　My mother was making shoes. Her eyes were getting worse and worse, and she couldn't even see the things in her hands clearly under the light.

　　"We're a family. I don't need him to repay me."

　　I sighed helplessly, "Mom, you think we're a family. Have you ever got anything from them?"

　　After a long silence, she said in a low voice, "Your father is gone. We have to take care of his family for him."