Reborn in the 70s: Pampered by Regiment Commander-Chapter 571 - 391 Admission

Before dawn had arrived.

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Old Lady Lin’s wailing cries, both shrill and sharp, made passersby stop out of curiosity. Before long, quite a crowd had gathered around the outskirts of the graveyard.

At that moment, Zhao Yulan and Lin Baohe understood what Old Man Lin and Old Lady Lin were up to. They were using this method to unveil the truth to everyone, and it was clear they intended to redirect public opinion and pressure onto them.

If they were still the old Zhao Yulan and Lin Baohe, the old couple’s tactics likely wouldn’t have worked. But now, as they were seen as the envy of the villagers, the way people looked at them had naturally changed.

And sure enough, some in the crowd began to speak up for Old Man Lin and Old Lady Lin, acknowledging that raising and providing a wife for Lin Baohe despite having three children of their own was indeed not an easy feat.

Even if that couple had left behind some possessions, what use could it have been? In such hard times, an extra mouth to feed was a burden for any family.

"Baohe, Yulan, help your parents up, they’ve had it tough too, at such an old age. Ah!"

"Yeah, at their age, coming here to kneel and weep, what if they injure themselves? You really would be letting down all their care for you."

"Baohe, don’t blame them. Fingers aren’t all the same length, are they? It’s impossible to treat four kids exactly the same."

"Who could feel as close to someone else’s child as to their own? There’s blood connecting them, after all."

"That’s right. If they had abandoned you back then, wouldn’t you have died long ago? Think more of the good, and there will be no grudges."

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As the direction of public opinion tilted towards them, Old Man Lin and Old Lady Lin, with their heads hung low, couldn’t hide the smug satisfaction in their eyes.

They knew this would work. Casting a sly glance at Lin Baohe and Zhao Yulan, who stood dumbfounded to one side, the old couple ramped up their performance.

When Luo Gangshun and Fat Auntie received the news and ran over, the graveyard was surrounded by a dense crowd, three layers deep inside and out.

Wedging through the crowd, they saw Old Man Lin and Old Lady Lin crying, wailing, and kowtowing in front of the small mound of earth, while Lin Baohe and Zhao Yulan appeared utterly baffled.

Indeed, such shamelessness would befuddle anyone who was not in the know.

If they hadn’t been aware of the entire backstory, they might have even thought that Lin Baohe and Zhao Yulan had grown cold-hearted, forgetting the kindness they received now that their own lives had improved.

Regardless of how the Lin family’s old couple had treated them, it couldn’t be denied that they indeed raised Lin Baohe.

A critical factor in all this was that Lin Baohe’s birth parents’ assets could not be disclosed; as long as that remained a secret, nearly everyone would misunderstand.

If the truth came out, Lin Baohe and Zhao Yulan wouldn’t be able to stay in Dalin Village anymore. Of course, Chuxia’s grandmother from Xiaolin Village wouldn’t be able to stay either.

It wasn’t out of fear of others coveting the assets that they dared not speak, but rather, if the truth were revealed, the assets would have to be surrendered. Given Lin Baohe’s nature, would he ever agree to part with the only legacy left by his birth parents?

Old Man Lin and Old Lady Lin dared to make a scene precisely because they had seen through Lin Baohe’s stubbornness and understood Zhao Yulan’s compliance!

And now, it seemed they could do nothing to clear things up for Lin Baohe and Zhao Yulan. The situation had reached a deadlock, and the only thing they could do was to stand by Lin Baohe and Zhao Yulan’s side.

Yang Aihua also stood outside the crowd. This scene caused her previous decision to waver once again. She admitted she was a selfish mother; for the sake of her children, she could only choose the side that favored her.

"Quit your crocodile tears here!" Lin Baohe suddenly yelled, startling Old Man Lin and Old Lady Lin, prompting them to stop their wailing in unison.

"After all that’s been said, I just want to ask you one thing, my parents’ grave, all these years, why didn’t you come to add even a handful of soil?

They died trying to save your son, whether he was saved or not, you can’t deny the fact that they died for you!

What’s this about fearing I’d grow distant from you? If you really cared, you could’ve come surreptitiously to add a shovel of dirt, right? But did you? "

"How do you know we never added soil?" Old Master Lin asserted, looking at him, "Every year on their death anniversaries, your mother and I would come to burn some paper for them, to tend the graves."

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