To East Asians, the west is this Super Liberal, everybody is lgbtq+, extremely open about sex kind of placeIt's probably cause I'm Asian-American but it's always so weird the way East Asians portray Americans in manga and manhwa. At least here they're not just the stereotypical xenophobic archetype
The lie is not about " whether she want to stay or go abroad", it's about easing her parent's concern.TF Kang Lim?!?!? He just butt his self in other family problems and then after that he suddenly told them to just fuck off??? Idk about other people but if it's me I would just told her to be honest with her parents whether she want to stay or go abroad instead of telling fabricated lies like that (her parents seems like a decent parents too and doesn't look like a dysfunctional family), and if she really want to stay in the country instead of going overseas (even though maybe studying overseas is better) I will just respect their decision of staying rather than telling them to go after she already resolved on staying. He gave her hope then suddenly drop the bomb like nothing.
And also the way Kang Lim basically treat other people like an "NPC" tick me off, he should learn to be like the MC in webtoon "SSS-Class Suicide Hunter" that even though the MC have kind of similar ability like Kang Lim, he's far better in treating other people.
*it's KangoverIt’s over