"Thank you!"
The voice sounded familiar. Lin Zixing looked up and was struck by lightning. Who else could the person in front of him be but his younger brother Lin Rui?
Although Lin Rui was still young when he left home, no matter how much he changed over the years, his outline and facial features would still be there. He would not be so blind that he could not even recognize his own brother.
He immediately rushed forward excitedly: "Lin Rui!"
The commander-in-chief who introduced Lin Rui finally looked at Lin Zixing straight in the eye after seeing his excited look. However, although Lin Zixing and Lin Rui were brothers, they did not look alike. Lin Rui looked more like his mother Feng Zhenniang, while Lin Zixing looked like Lin Changxi.
The commander-in-chief was a little unsure about the relationship between the two: "You two, you are..."
Lin Rui cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Commander-in-Chief. He is my long-lost brother."
"Oh my! The flood washed away the Dragon King Temple. Family members no longer recognize each other. Okay, okay, you two can chat slowly. I'll wait for you outside."
After saying that, the commander-in-chief left quickly, leaving only Lin Rui and Lin Zixing and his wife in the courtyard.
Lin Zixing felt mixed emotions as he looked at his now priceless brother, while he was still stuck in this dilapidated courtyard.
Lan Xin hurried into the house and poured Lin Rui a glass of water: "Uncle, have a drink first."
Then he led the two children out and said, "Huangdou Mungdou, this is your uncle, hurry up and call him uncle!"
Huangdou and Ludou grabbed Lanxin's clothes, looked at Lin Rui timidly and called out, "Uncle!"
Lin Rui felt the gift from the uncle and nephew on his body, and took a handful of the golden melon seeds that his lord had rewarded him with yesterday and gave them to the two children.
Lin Zixing and Lan Xin stared in amazement. Lin Zixing stepped forward to stop them, saying, "It's too expensive! Rui Ge'er, this is too expensive!"
Lin Rui glanced at Lan Xin and said politely but distantly, "I want to talk to my brother. Please take the child and step aside for a moment."
Lan Xin nodded and left with the child.
Lin Rui sat on the stone table in the yard and looked at Lin Zixing with a complicated expression: "Brother, you are not dead, why don't you come back to Linjia Village to find us?"
Lin Zixing sighed: "Rui Ge'er, you don't understand."
Lin Rui sneered, "What do you not understand? I don't understand why you would marry again when you already have a wife and children? Abandoning your parents is unfilial, abandoning your wife and children is unfaithful. For someone as unfaithful and unfilial as you, I understand what you did."
Lin Zixing was so humiliated by Lin Rui's rebuke that he dared not speak. He had not returned to Linjia Village because he was truly frightened by the world outside. He had come to the Marquis of Jiangyin to marry and have children, thinking that his parents, wife, and children were no longer alive, or that they would never see each other again in this lifetime.
He would be willing to go to the underworld to make amends in the future, but he couldn't face the cruelty of the troubled times while alive.
He had crawled out of a pile of corpses, and he was unwilling to go back into the pile of corpses.
But Lin Zixing really didn't expect to meet his younger brother Lin Rui at Huangmo Pass. Since Lin Rui was there, then... thinking of this, he stood up and said, "Brother Rui, what about my parents and Su Fen..."
Lin Rui looked at his nervous expression and said, "Yes, they are all alive. Brother, are you happy or disappointed at this moment?"
Lin Zixing's lips trembled. "Of course I'm happy. Dad and Mom are all fine. What about Susu and Zao Zao?"
"My eldest sister, my eldest brother-in-law, and my second sister are all fine. Uncle Changtai, Uncle Changshou, and Grandpa Pingmao's family are all fine. We all escaped from Linjia Village alive and built a second Linjia Village in Huangmoguan."
Lin Zixing nodded repeatedly: "That's good, that's good!"
After a moment, he asked again: "What about your sister-in-law and the others?"
Lin Rui couldn't help but ask back: "Don't I have two sisters-in-law now? Which one are you asking about?"
Lin Zixing knew that Lin Rui was speaking on purpose and smiled bitterly: "I have my reasons, I..."
Lin Rui couldn't help but feel extremely disappointed in him. "What kind of hardship made you want to hide your identity and forget the worldly affairs, marrying and having children here again? If we hadn't escaped and were imprisoned somewhere waiting for you to rescue us, wouldn't that be a luxury?"
"How are you going to give an explanation to my sister-in-law about this?" After all, it was my sister-in-law, a virtuous woman, who stayed alone in the empty room, raised the children and supported her husband's family. Along the way, even if the Lin family could do without Lin Zixing, they could not do without Lu Sufen.
"I..." Lin Zixing wiped his cheek: "I have already let Sufen down, and I can't let Lanxin down again, who gave birth to my children and accompanied me for many years. If she is willing, I will let Lanxin be my equal wife. If she is not willing, I am willing to divorce her, give her money, and help her get by as a brother and sister."
Wait! What kind of scumbag quotes are these? Even Lin Rui was stunned by Lin Zixing's train of thought. He really didn't expect that the first top-notch person he met in this world would be his long-lost elder brother.
He was so angry that he laughed. "What did your sister-in-law do wrong? You left home young, and she raised the children, took care of the elderly, helped me pay off my debts, and for years she didn't even bother to buy me new clothes. She struggled to support me, and in return, her husband divorced her and remarried. She didn't even have a chance to reason with him."
"Brother, look at yourself and see if what you are doing is humane. If you divorce your sister-in-law, what will happen to Lin Mu? How will you let him cope with it?"
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about that for now. You said you'd help her get established outside after the divorce. What kind of help do you offer? You still live in this shabby brick house, how can you have the confidence to say that?"
Lin Zixing felt ashamed after being scolded by Lin Rui, but his silent attitude expressed his determination. In short, his biggest concession was to let Lu Sufen be the legal wife, but the one he married later would be the concubine, and he would let Lan Xin join the family no matter what.
Lin Rui was very disappointed with him and turned away.
"Lord Lin, hey, why is Lord Lin leaving!" Outside the wall was the voice of the commander-in-chief chasing Lin Rui away.
Lan Xin ran in immediately after hearing the noise: "Boss, what happened? Why is my brother-in-law......"
Lan Xin's heart was pounding with excitement. She had thought that finding a loyal and honest man was a blessing in her life, but she didn't expect that her man was not very successful, but had a younger brother who was a high-ranking official.
Even the door lintel of the entire Lin family was pulled up by his younger brother. She had just shown her face at the back door when the neighbors couldn't wait to come up and tell her about Lord Lin's background.
Lord Lin, who is second only to the emperor in Huangmoguan and General Xing's most trusted deputy, is actually his husband's younger brother.
Lan Xin felt like she was dreaming, thinking that it was time to change her family background. She thought that she had a good vision. From now on, her two children could stand up straight and live a normal life with the help of their uncle's fame, and they no longer had to be peasants.
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