When the news that his younger sister almost miscarried reached him, he regretted it deeply, wishing he could bring her back.
Thinking of Lin Xiaole, whom he had recently pretended not to see, his heart ached in many ways.
Initially, their father always said that the four brothers together were not as good as their younger sister. He disagreed at the time, but now it seemed that father was right; they were all good-for-nothings!
Seeing his younger brother like this, Lin Xiaolu also felt terrible, though his sister, close as she was, wasn't as important to him as his own children. He had no achievements to speak of, but he didn't want his children to end up like him. Without that dowry, his son wouldn't have been able to afford schooling; how could he wish his son to come back and be a mere farmer like himself?