Getting them off her back

Kim Ji-hun waited till the waiter left before speaking to her again.

"I must say you were really patient with your family. I hope they know how much you have sacrificed for them and are still doing." 

Knowing himself, he just couldn't picture himself in her shoes. Why? Simply because he hated anyone having control of him.

Once he felt he was being shackled and held down, he would strive to escape, and this is one issue he had with his mother.

This is also the reason he refuses to give her and any other person an inch because once he does that, they would take advantage of that opportunity.

Once again, he admired Ji-Soo for overcoming the adversaries she faced from a very young age to this point.

"They don't know anything." Cutting a piece of her smoked salmon, she sent it into her mouth and shifted her gaze to him as she chewed on it.