Mom Loves to Brag, So I Let Her Brag to Her Heart's Content

My mom loves to show off more than anything. I made 3 million a year and repeatedly told her to keep it quiet. She readily agreed, then turned around and flooded a social media app with screenshots of my pay slips. That very night, I was blacklisted throughout the industry for violating my confidentiality agreement. Later, I ranked first in both the written and interview stages of the national civil service exam. I begged her over and over not to touch my things. She turned around and livestreamed herself opening my personnel file, using my resume to show off. As a result, my file was declared invalid, and the employer refused to hire me. I broke down sobbing, but Dad and my younger brother accused me of being ungrateful and narrow-minded, and of not knowing how to make the elders happy. The series of setbacks left me despondent. Then Mom used the excuse of...