Chapter 783 - 097 Condolences_4
Lin Jiazhong’s sudden roar startled Xiao Yongyan in Lady Liu’s arms, causing the child to burst into tears immediately.
Lady Liu’s face turned pale as she soothed the child in her arms. Lin Yuan narrowed her eyes and glared at Lin Jiazhong. If it weren’t for Lin Jiaxin’s sake, they wouldn’t have bothered coming to the Lin Family Old House. Although they were no longer related by blood, they were still from the same village, so paying their respects was justifiable.
Besides, when Lin Yongle died, they had given condolence money; if Lin Jiazhong really wanted to cut ties, why hadn’t he returned the money at that time? Today, without wearing mourning clothes, they came merely as fellow villagers to offer condolences, but Lin Jiazhong was displeased, which was truly laughable.
"Eldest brother, we, we are here to offer incense for Old Master Lin," Lin Jiaxin’s voice was a bit hoarse from crying, "Even though we have no more relations, at the very least we’re from the same village. Offering incense is not overstepping bounds, right?"
Seeing once his own brother lash out at his family, Lin Jiaxin’s temper also flared up; if not for himself, he couldn’t let his wife and children be subjected to such treatment. He had only wanted to offer incense, nothing more.
"Offer incense?" Lin Jiazhong sneered mockingly, clearly doubtful of Lin Jiaxin’s words: "Do you think I’m a fool? You never visited before, but now that the old man is dead, you show up. Do you think the Lin family is now without a leader and you want to take advantage of that? Hmph! Isn’t your family very wealthy now? How come? Such a wealthy Boss Lin, yet you still fancy our Lin family’s dilapidated houses and those broken pieces of land; should we be touched and grateful for your kindness?"
Lin Yuan frowned. Lin Jiazhong used to be different, now he was talking about property as if he were more of a merchant than she was.
Lin Jiaxiao, on the other hand, rolled his eyes, stepped in front of his eldest brother with a very haughty tone: "Eldest brother, you got it wrong. They’re living in a big house with red bricks now, who would fancy our rundown houses? Besides, even if they really fancied them, we could just sell to them. But, we have to negotiate the price, we can’t simply sell off our father’s legacy without consideration."
The words of Lin Jiaxiao only caused further disdain among those present, leading to murmurs and pointing, utterly contemptuous of the two brothers’ action.