Chapter 1307: Chapter 1307: Making Things Difficult

Luo Ziling approached Luo Liansheng and whispered, “Grandpa, we’ve prepared some gifts for the neighbors, shall we distribute them now?”

It seemed like Luo Liansheng had just remembered that Luo Ziling had come with him and immediately pulled him over, proudly introducing him to the neighbors, “This is my grandson, Ziling. He came with me to visit. He grew up outside of here and has never been back before.”

“Hello everyone,” Luo Ziling said shyly to the neighbors who looked over, “My name is Luo Ziling. I’m very happy to meet you all!”

His greeting was also given in the Yuezhou dialect, and he spoke it very fluently.

“Wow, Elder Brother Liansheng, your grandson is so handsome, just like a movie star,” Lou Yunsheng glanced at Luo Ziling, then at Ouyang Feifei and Yang Qingyin standing behind him, “The one at the back must be his girlfriend, she looks like a fairy.”

Because Lou Yunsheng spoke in Yuezhou dialect, neither Yang Qingyin nor Ouyang Feifei understood what he said.

Luckily they didn’t understand, or it would have been a bit awkward.

Lou Yunsheng’s words successfully drew all the neighbors’ attention to Luo Ziling and Ouyang Feifei and Yang Qingyin behind him.

Seeing how handsome Luo Ziling was, and how beautiful Ouyang Feifei, Yang Qingyin, Wang Qing, and Ye Xiaoli were, some people’s eyes went wide.

People gathered around, getting chummy with Luo Ziling while praising Luo Liansheng for having such a handsome grandson, claiming it was good karma from a past life.

“It’s been twenty years since I came back. Today, I came to see everyone and brought some gifts. Please don’t disdain them,” Luo Liansheng said, instructing Luo Ziling, “Ling’er, distribute the gifts to these grandpas and grandmas, uncles, and aunts here, one for each family.”

Luo Ziling immediately agreed, with Ouyang Feifei and Yang Qingyin stepping forward to help.

Wang Qing, Ye Xiaoli, Yang Xiaodong, and Wang Zhenjun stayed close with tense expressions but did not step forward to help.

Under Luo Liansheng’s arrangement, Luo Ziling, Yang Qingyin, and Ouyang Feifei handed out the gifts to the neighbors.

Since several gifts were for an entire family, each family took only one.

Upon seeing that the gifts were heavy gold necklaces, their smiles were too big to contain.

Seeing how happy the villagers were, and growing even closer to Luo Liansheng, Yang Qingyin couldn’t help but admire Ouyang Feifei’s meticulous thought.

The villagers, whose thoughts were not as sophisticated as city folks, even in the rapidly developing southern regions liked the simple gesture.

Gold, a symbol of valuable jewelry, represented a heavy sentiment, and receiving such a gift surely brought immense joy.

If they had chosen gifts with more refined taste, the effect might not have been the same.

After the gifts were distributed, Luo Liansheng smiled and said to everyone, “Come on, let’s go back home first and have a look. If none of the elder and younger brothers are busy, let’s have some fun together. I think my two brothers would be pleased to host us with a cup of tea.”

“Let’s go, let’s go,” Lou Yunsheng was the most enthusiastic, leading the way towards the archway.

Luo Liansheng called Luo Ziling, Yang Qingyin, and Ouyang Feifei to enter the old mansion, and they immediately followed suit.

So, a group of eight people, accompanied by other bodyguards, walked towards Luo Family Old Mansion with a crowd of villagers surrounding them.

“Strange, today Luo Liankai and Luo Lianguan are not opening the front gate,” Lou Yunsheng was a bit surprised as they entered the alley and saw that the front gate of the Luo Family Old Mansion was tightly closed, but he soon realized, “Liansheng, you probably didn’t inform them, right? I’ll go and let them know immediately to open the front gate. You are returning home in glory and should enter through the main gate.”

Saying this, he immediately called a few neighbors who were on good terms to go and knock on the gate.

“Grandpa, let’s wait here for a bit,” Luo Ziling held onto Luo Liansheng.

Luo Liansheng hesitated for a moment, but eventually stopped walking.

However, the smile on his face had already faded, and he even sighed softly.

Unexpectedly to Luo Liansheng, the front gate was indeed opened by the group of villagers.

With the creaking sounds, the gate slowly opened, and the villagers who had just gone to knock appeared at the door; they joyfully ran out and surrounded Luo Liansheng, leading him towards the front gate.

However, inside the gate, there was no one to greet them; not a single person from the Luo Family could be seen.

Luo Liansheng inquired and found out that it was the villagers who took it upon themselves to open the gate, as his two brothers and their wives, who live here, refused to open it. It was the neighbors who decided to open the gate on their own initiative.

Sometimes, people are just so pragmatic; you give them generous gifts, and they give you direct returns.

If it weren’t for the gifts Ouyang Feifei had prepared for these villagers when they just got off the vehicle, they probably wouldn’t have done this.

As expected, Luo Liankai and his wife, as well as Luo Lianguan and his wife, greeted them with anger among the crowd of villagers.

Just as Luo Liansheng and the group entered the front gate, the two couples came forward. Luo Liankai shouted at Luo Liansheng furiously, “What do you take us for? Having neighbors help you open the front gate. Do you have the right to enter through it?”

Luo Lianguan also clamored, “You haven’t been back for over twenty years, and the moment you return, you put on airs. Think you’re so grand?”

Luo Liansheng’s eyelids twitched twice, but his expression became calmer. He took a couple of steps forward and said calmly, “Liankai, Lianguan, it’s been decades since we’ve seen each other, and you both have aged. There’s no need for such temper at this age. Anyway, I am still a member of the Luo Family, and I own a third of this old mansion.”

“In the past few years, when we were redistributing the family property, we contacted you and even published a notice in the newspaper asking you to come back quickly to divide the property, but you didn’t return,” Luo Liankai turned his back, arrogantly looking at Luo Liansheng, “So, we assumed you were gone already and redistributed your share of the property. Thus, under the circumstances that you have voluntarily given up ownership of the old mansion, you have no standing here anymore. Leave, you are not welcome here. We have already told you this over the phone; you no longer belong here.”

Luo Liansheng’s face changed with anger upon hearing Luo Liankai’s words, and his lips trembled slightly.

Seeing his grandfather so angry, Luo Ziling became enraged. He stepped forward to face Luo Liankai and coldly retorted, “Neither from a legal nor from a familial perspective, it is too much for you to act this way. I think that the reputation of the Luo Family has been completely ruined by you.”

“Who are you?” Luo Liankai could not believe that a young man dared to accuse him, and his face immediately showed anger.

Luo Liansheng spoke up: “This is my grandson, Ziling. Ling’er, you’ve met your two grandfathers and grandmothers!”

“Second Grandpa, Third Grandpa, Second Grandma, Third Grandma,” Luo Ziling performed the junior’s greeting, then straightened up and said: “Honestly, the way you conduct yourselves no longer deserves respect. For a bit of petty gain, you disregard familial bonds; you are unworthy of being elders of the Luo Family.”

Luo Ziling said this in Mandarin, thus everyone could understand it.

Naturally, his words shocked everyone.