Midnight has arrived.
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Dagang's Grandpa's authority within the village was evident; when he spoke, everyone naturally wanted to give him face. Besides, the excitement had mostly subsided, and now everyone needed to gather in threes and fives to digest the gossip.
Once there were no more outsiders in the house, Dagang's Grandpa looked at Grandpa Lin with a guilty expression, "I didn't mean to be unhelpful to Baohe, but living in the same village, there are some things I just can't say. Brother, please be understanding."
"Big brother, don't say that. We understand your difficulties," Grandpa Lin sighed, "If it was just a trivial matter, we would also not want to pursue it. But I can see that those two old folks, if we don't scare them good this time, they'll keep stirring up all sorts of trouble in the future.