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This kind of action is the most effective at winning public sympathy.
Tan Lixin was in a dire situation as the elders from both families gathered around. The first to challenge him was Lin Menmen's foster mother, Mrs. Lin, who had treated her even better than her own daughter.
Mrs. Lin rushed over, her hand stretched out, almost pointing directly at Tan Lixin's face, "Tan Lixin, do you realize how much suffering Menmen has endured over the years because of you? She's been both mother and father in your Tan Family, raising Rongrong. If there's no merit in that, at least there's hard labor, isn't there?"
"Not liking her is one thing, but with all the silent suffering she's endured alone over the years, even if you can't treat her with a bit of tenderness, the least you should have is a basic sense of gratitude, shouldn't you?"
"Exactly, Menmen is our precious daughter of the Lin Family." Lin Father also burst out, defending his wife and adopted daughter.
