บท 1620: Terms

Li Du could understand his parents' stance on the demolition.

He believed his parents opposed the demolition because they genuinely wanted to be with their neighbors and not because they were trying to bargain for better compensation terms.

He empathized with them even more after witnessing that ugly quarrel at the park in the villa. East or west, home was best.

Another thing was that bringing his parents with him to America or Australia was unrealistic since he was rarely home himself. At their age, his parents wanted nothing but to return to their roots to settle and had absolutely no interest in picturesque scenery or riches.

On top of that, his father had accepted his role as representative for another reason — aside from his days in the production team when he was younger, he had never been head of anything and had never had the experience of being a leader.

Now that the neighbors had chosen him to take the lead, he was also riding high.