"Lin Jingliang, you were the one who acted unjustly first, so don't blame me for being unjust as your cousin!"

Lin Chao snorted and continued loudly, "My sister was hospitalized to give birth a while ago. My brother-in-law had to take care of her at the hospital and couldn't continue his potato and corn business, so he had to ask me for help."

“But Lin Jingliang secretly encouraged me to tamper with the money and even made me threaten my brother-in-law to give me half of the money he earned.”

"In order to force me to compromise, Lin Jingliang used his status as my cousin to pressure me and threatened me with my family, wanting me to pay off his gambling debt of two thousand yuan after I got the money."

"After I rejected him, he became enraged and even planned to unite his family members against me."

"Fortunately, the family members are all quite rational and did not collude with him."

"Later, he had no choice but to swallow his anger and asked me to plead with my brother-in-law to give him a job."

“After my brother-in-law refused, he held a grudge and was always thinking about how to get revenge on us!”

"He deliberately caused trouble here today, it must be because of this."

“This is a family scandal, and I didn’t want to air it in public, but he deliberately caused trouble here today, so I have no choice but to tell the truth.”

"Please, everyone, be the judge. Should I continue to tolerate a scoundrel like Lin Jingliang?"

His words instantly aroused the indignation of countless people around him.

"Lin Jingliang, so this is the kind of person you are!"

"You've done such a despicable thing, and you still want to stir up trouble here? Have you lost your conscience?"

"Everyone treats you like one of their own, but you take advantage of their kindness. You're worse than an animal!"

"If Lin Chao wasn't lying, Lin Jingliang is really too insidious. We should stay away from him in the future, or we won't even know how he tricked us."

"Anyone who makes friends with such a shameless and unscrupulous person is bound to be in big trouble."

Not to mention those who had been watching coldly before, even those who thought Wang Qian had gone too far earlier, after learning the inside story, all sided with Wang Qian and Lin Chao.

For a time, Lin Jingliang became a pariah, and everyone loathed him.

The Lin family was no exception.

"You wouldn't believe it until you hear it, Lin Jingliang is a disgrace to our Lin family."

"His actions have utterly disgraced the Lin family."

"It seems we'll have to hold another family meeting when we get back to discuss how to deal with this person who has brought shame to the family."

Seeing everyone's reactions, Lin Jingliang's face turned ashen.

"Lin Chao, you're talking nonsense. I've never done such a thing."

Not wanting to admit defeat, Lin Jingliang said with a fierce but weak tone, "It's true that I owe gambling debts, and it's also true that I want to borrow money from you, but if you want to take money from your brother-in-law's business, that's your own business and has nothing to do with me."

"Justice resides in the hearts of the people; everyone knows what kind of person I am!"

Lin Chao said calmly, "Whether I'm lying or not, I'm sure everyone knows the truth in their hearts. I won't explain further. If Lin Jingliang still wants to cause trouble here, I can only say that whether he acknowledges himself as his cousin or not is up to him!"

"Xiao Chao, I agree with what you did!"

An elder from the Lin family stepped forward and said loudly, "Although you are a bit young, you haven't wronged anyone. You don't need to give him face at all. Just do what you have to do. Your uncle supports you!"

"I support you too!"

"Me too!"

"If Lin Jingliang dares to use his status as your cousin or his family to pressure you, we will not agree!"

In an instant, all the elders of the Lin family present unanimously supported Lin Chao.

"Uncle, Third Uncle, don't listen to Lin Chao's nonsense, I'm innocent!"

Lin Jingliang was extremely anxious, but apart from endless sophistry, he couldn't find a concrete excuse to refute him.

The more he acts this way, the less people believe him.

After all, the elders of the Lin family had watched him and Lin Chao grow up since they were young, so how could they not know whose words were more truthful?

"Lin Jingliang, you should leave!"

Wang Qian said at the opportune moment, "You are not welcome in my home. If you continue to cause trouble here, I will have no choice but to call the police!"

"you……"

Lin Jingliang gritted his teeth in hatred.

He never imagined that everything he had carefully planned would be completely reversed by a few words from Lin Chao and Wang Qian, exposing his shameful deeds and making him a laughingstock in front of so many relatives and friends.

He couldn't even imagine how everyone would look at him after what happened today.

"Jingliang, stop making a fool of yourself here!"

Lin Jingliang's father stepped forward, looking at him with exasperation, and said, "I've always taught you to love your younger siblings and to be a responsible and dependable older brother. And what have you done?"

"Dad, I didn't. Xiao Chao is talking nonsense. He's slandering me."

Lin Jingliang still wanted to die and refused to admit it.

With so many people watching, his reputation would be ruined if he admitted it.

"Enough!"

Lin Jingliang's father angrily shouted, "Get home right now, or Xiao Qian will call the police to arrest you, or I'll break your legs."

"Dad, I..."

"Aren't you going to get lost?"

Under the indignant pressure of the crowd, Lin Jingliang, no matter how unwilling he was, had no choice but to swallow his anger and bear it.

"Lin Chao, Wang Qian, you just wait and see!"

Before leaving, he didn't forget to leave a harsh message: "Just because you have a few stinking coins, you think you can look down on me? One day, I'll make you regret it!"

He knew that even if he acted like a rogue and stayed, he would only continue to make a fool of himself.

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