With Lin Jiaxin intervening, the severance of the relationship was firmly decided. The village elder tried to dissuade them but to no avail. He sighed, had his son fetch paper and brush, and wrote the letter to document the severance of ties. Members of the Lin family and Lin Jiaxin signed their names and pressed their fingerprints on it. Since the families had already separated, no further discussion on property or land was necessary. From this day forward, the two families would live and die without any dealings with each other. Even if Lin Jianling and his wife were to pass away, Lin Jiaxin would not have to pay a single cent, leaving the funeral arrangements solely to the brothers Lin Jiazhong and Lin Jiaxiao.