thoughts on asian parents telling us stories about others?

what is it with asian parents, and them telling us stories about others like we're supposed to show super big emotions to it.

story related to this question: my mom while she handed me dinner once tells me without any warning or care, casually tells me how her boss (who i'm related to, don't know the relation just know that i'm related somehow) on who was in some place cause of their cancer and tells me all about it and then asks me if i'm sad. (to which i wasn't really because her boss i'm not really that close too or rarely talked too) and then another instance which was last night so casually as i'm in bed on my phone, she tells me on how he wasn't gonna have long to live until tomorrow.