CHAPTER 973: CHAPTER 656: CLOSENESS (PART 2)

Since Lin Baojiang resigned from his position, Lin Chudong’s character has become tougher than before.

Zheng Sanqiao was taken aback, and after coming to her senses, she started howling even louder, of course, cursing her son as well.

"What’s going on?" Lin Chuchun asked Luo Xiaoqiong with a puzzled look.

Having a good impression of him, Luo Xiaoqiong truthfully recounted the scene to him, and he pursed his lips, turned and glared at Lin Chuqiu: "This is all your doing, now see if your Chunni still wants you!"

Ever since the truth about the fire was revealed, Lin Chuqiu has been dispirited. If it were before, he would definitely have tried to argue back with his brother even being unreasonable, but now, he just hung his head and listened, without any other reaction.

Seeing her youngest son’s demeanor made Yang Aihua feel a bit distressed, so she complained to her elder son: "He’s already feeling bad enough. You’re his brother, can you stop rubbing salt in his wound all the time?"

"If you all didn’t coddle him like this, would he have had the guts to do such a thing?" Lin Chuchun snorted, looking at Luo Xiaoqiong, "Are you planning to stay here?"

"Ah?" With a slight start, Luo Xiaoqiong understood, then looked at Fat Auntie, "Mom, let’s go, let’s not stay here to watch the commotion."

Chuxia and others had already guessed this scene, so when Luo Xiaoqiong and the others returned to give a detailed account, they were not too surprised.

Instead, regarding Lin Chuchun’s arrival, the family expressed a warm welcome.

Although this child is also from the Lin family, he definitely has a different personality from the Lin family in Dalin Village. He’s also stubborn, but he has a strong sense of justice. Chuxia went up and poked him: "Why are you only now coming to see us?"

"Are you planning to join the army this year?" Zhou Mikang unobtrusively pulled his little wife back to him, grabbing her hand from randomly poking and prodding. Luo Xiaoqiong saw all this and secretly stuck her tongue out at Chuxia, mouthing the words "jealous husband."

Chuxia mouthed back: "Exactly."

The exchange of glances between the two couldn’t escape the notice of the group leader, Tongzi, and the consequence was that a certain Chuxia was firmly contained beside the group leader, Tongzi. By the time Chuxia realized where she had gone wrong, it was too late.

After seriously answering Zhou Mikang’s question, Lin Chuchun then earnestly looked at Lin Baohe and Zhao Yulan: "Uncle, Auntie, please don’t bother with our family matters anymore. The more you interfere, the more they go overboard. Taking some hardships will be good for them."

His tone was like an elder talking to children, making everyone in the room burst into laughter. Lin Chuchun also realized the issue with his tone, causing his cheeks to blush unnaturally.

Lin Baohe smiled and nodded: "Alright, Chuchun, we’ll listen to you. However, if you need anything, just tell Uncle and Auntie. As long as we can help, we surely will."

"I want to rely on my own ability to join the army!"

As he spoke, Lin Chuchun’s eyes were incredibly resolute.

Lin Baohe embraced his shoulders admiringly: "You have ambition."

"Brother, have some peanuts." Sitting quietly on the side, Luan Xiaoxiang grabbed a handful of peanuts and handed it to him, "They’re really tasty."

Honestly, Lin Chuchun was very hungry because he felt embarrassed to eat when he saw the buns being taken out at noon. However, considering the grudges between his family and his uncle’s, he really felt too embarrassed to reach out.

"Just eat, look at you being all hesitant..." Luan Xiaoxiang gave him a sideways look, "When I was eating earlier, you swallowed several times, I saw it all."

Chuxia also said: "Go ahead and eat, we don’t treat you as an outsider, and you shouldn’t treat us as outsiders either."

"Okay, then I’ll really eat." Lin Chuchun accepted the peanuts from Luan Xiaoxiang and started wolfing them down. Seeing this, Zhao Yulan hurried to bring over food, "The child is still growing, he shouldn’t starve like this."

Chuchun, you know well how your grandparents treated us and how your parents schemed against us. So, your Uncle and Auntie don’t want to get involved in your family’s matters anymore.

But we’re aware of what kind of nature you have, and we genuinely care about you. When we leave, we’ll put the grain reserves at your Fat Auntie’s place.

Over at your Fat Auntie’s, since Hongqi and Xiaoqiong are not home, there’s some work, you can lend a hand, and by the way, let your Fat Auntie feed you a meal, how about it?"

Lin Chuchun seriously replied: "I’ll lend a hand, but no need for meals. From now on, we won’t expect others to help us, my mom can cook herself, and we’ll be able to eat our fill."

Chuxia sighed: "Chuchun, having backbone is a good thing, but sometimes being overly persistent makes it hard for people to get close to you, you know we are all sincere.

Besides, you’ve exposed your family’s shortcomings in front of them many times, so just be open and interact with us. Your body is still growing, if you lack nutrition, it might affect your development later, and then it would be too late to regret it."

Zhou Mikang quickly echoed his little wife: "Chuchun, your sister is right, no matter the position, a person not knowing how to adapt is not really a good thing."

Following that, Lin Wenbin, Old Lady Zhao, and Old Master Zhao also spoke up.

Seeing Lin Chuchun’s face full of dilemma, Lin Baojuan, who had been silent all along, sighed: "Chuchun, listen to everyone, look at how my aunt’s family handles things, then you’ll understand, won’t you?

Actually, my original thoughts were just like yours, not wanting to take too much advantage, and let others think that my aunt and your uncle’s family are close with ulterior motives.

However, after thinking it over, deliberately avoiding them would only make your uncle and aunt think I’m distancing myself, and over time, the bond might fade.

Think about it, is it better to maintain harmonious interactions for a lifetime, or to lose family due to stubbornness?" (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com for reading.)