allonlinenovel Chapter 383 is not the end.
Chapter 383 is not the end.
Lin Xiaotang smiled and said, "Grandpa, you're getting old. Getting angry isn't good for your health. Please calm down. Anyway, you and Dad broke off our relationship a few years ago. Now Dad is the one who upholds the Lin family's reputation. You've always been upright, so you certainly wouldn't covet the Lin family's assets, right?"
When Mr. Shen heard his granddaughter soften her tone and tell him to calm down, he straightened his chest and raised his head a little higher. But after he read the second half of her words, his expression suddenly changed.
He immediately flew into a rage and said, "You brat, what are you saying? When have I ever coveted your Lin family's property? Your father is my son. Even if we sever ties, it doesn't erase the fact that he has my blood in his veins. I raised him with great difficulty, so what's wrong with him giving me a few coins to spend?"
“Grandpa, you’re right. My father is your son, so it’s only right that he gives you some money to spend. But as a son-in-law, you have no right to control the Lin family’s assets. As for how much my father wants to give you, that’s entirely up to him.” She turned to her father and frantically winked at him. “Father, don’t you agree?”
Lin Qingchuan immediately cooperated with his daughter, forcing a smile on his face and saying, "Xiao Tang is right, Dad will definitely honor your grandfather with all his heart."
He said to Mr. Shen, “Father, it’s not easy for you and your second and third brothers, Xiao Chuan, to come to the county in such a hurry. I’ll have my shop assistant go to the county to buy you some food and supplies. Take them with you when you go back. I’ll give you some money later.”
Mr. Shen's eyes flickered slightly, thinking to himself that his eldest brother should have been more perceptive long ago. His previous dullness was annoying to look at, but now he was somewhat pleasing to the eye.
He needs food and supplies, and he also wants money, but he wants more than that!
He snorted coldly and said, "Eldest brother, it's not that your father is criticizing you, but you've opened such a big restaurant, how can you be so stingy? You've hired so many waiters but you won't even give your younger brothers a job. How come you treat outsiders a thousand times better than your own brothers?"
Why not assign some work to the younger brothers? Doesn't everyone know the answer to that?
The second and third brothers are cunning and lazy, and Xiao Chuan is lazy and bullies others all day long. He also has a foul mouth. They work at Juxian Restaurant to pay off their debts, so they naturally work honestly and dare not cause any trouble. If they came to Qianzhen Restaurant, wouldn't they be making a ruckus and tearing off the roof every day?
He said, “Father, we have already separated the family and are living our own lives behind closed doors. It is right for you to give me money to support me, but I will not support them. If they are diligent and capable, they can pay off the debt in a few years and come to work in the county. The county is prosperous and bustling, and there are many places to recruit workers. If they are down-to-earth and hardworking, they can make a name for themselves anywhere.”
The faces of the second and third brothers and Shen Xiaochuan all turned green, their eyes filled with resentment and their teeth clenched.
"Brother, how could you be so heartless towards your brothers!"
"I never thought that once you've made it big, you'd turn your back on your brothers. Have you lost all your conscience?"
"They changed their surname, isn't that just a way of cutting ties with us and severing all ties..."
The three brothers joined together to criticize and ridicule their eldest brother in order to vent their dissatisfaction.
Lin Qingchuan's eyes swept over his three younger brothers one by one. He mocked himself in his heart: Look, these are all his half-brothers. They kicked him when he was down and when he was suffering. When they divided the family property and built houses, not one of them was willing to help. Now that they have become successful, they accuse him of being heartless and ungrateful.
He said coldly, "Listen up, you three. My surname is Lin. It's not because I changed it, but because it was originally my surname. It was my father who changed it. If my father had been loyal and kept his promise, he wouldn't have remarried your mother, and you wouldn't exist."
When we divided the family property, I didn't take anything from your Shen family. I also left all the land and houses of my Lin family to you. This is how I repay the greatest debt of gratitude. I don't owe your Shen family anything, especially not you and your children.
Don't try to blackmail me with talk of brotherhood. I have no responsibility or obligation to support you. I'll take this to court even if it goes to court!
"you you you……"
Lin Xiaochuan wanted to argue, but found he couldn't find anything to say in rebuttal.
Even though the second and third brothers were not convinced, they had to admit that their eldest brother was right.
After all, their father was a son-in-law who married into the family, and their eldest brother was of the Lin family bloodline and should have the surname Lin. However, they were the sons of their father's second wife and had no connection with the Lin family. Their relationship with their father was different from that of brothers in ordinary second wives' families.
Seeing that he couldn't get more from the eldest son, Mr. Shen immediately set his sights on the fourth son.