Anyone Dares Bully you, Call Uncles! novel Chapter 696

"Do you even deserve to be called human, you bunch?" A trembling old man from the crowd couldn't hold back his emotions. Being an elderly person himself, he understood the depths of despair that the deceased old lady must have felt.

Tears streamed down his face as he uttered vulgar words: "Your mother raised all four of you, but not a single one of you can take care of her!"

"You're nothing but beasts, worse than animals! Your mother should have drowned you all in a bucket when she gave birth to you!"

"You're not human, you're society's scum, garbage..."

The old man continued his profanity-laden tirade, but his family quickly pulled him away, trying to shield him from the backlash that was brewing.

However, they couldn't prevent the onslaught of insults from the surrounding people. The old lady's children became the target of verbal abuse.

"Arrest them! Execute them!"

"I can't believe we have such neighbors. Just thinking about it makes me sick."

"Sigh, if only we had known earlier..."

The sentence trailed off, leaving it unfinished.

What was it?

Could it be that the neighbors were truly unaware of Daun's mistreatment of his mother? Some were simply meddling too much, causing Daun's wife to bear the brunt of the humiliation, unable to lift her head high.

Some were afraid to interfere, as they wondered what they could do. Could they take the old woman in and care for her themselves?

Some even contacted the nursing home and had the community intervene, but it all ended in vain. The old lady continued to wander between her three sons' homes, without a place to call her own.

Reality often proves to be more brutal than imagination.

Daun and his siblings kept their heads lowered, unable to find words to defend themselves.

But deep down, they harbored a strong sense of resentment.

None of them believed that they were responsible for their mother's death.

In fact, after watching the video, they were even more convinced that it was the fault of their other siblings.

Daun thought to himself, "If Tom and Shaun had opened the door, could our mother have died on his doorstep? How can they accuse me like this?"

Tom believed he was unjustly implicated, thinking, "He's suffering unfairly. If Daun and Shaun had opened the door, why would I be dragged into this? It wasn't even my turn to take care of our mother this month!"

Shaun seethed with anger, thinking, "This is outrageous! Our mother has been crying outside everyone's door all night, and Daun can just refuse to open the door. What kind of heartless person does that?"

Molly felt deeply aggrieved, thinking, "They always say a daughter who is married off is like water thrown away. I am the epitome of injustice. If I had received a house in the city or even a plot of land in the village, I would never have neglected my mother. As a married woman living in my in-laws' home, I'm also helpless, you know?"

...

The children of the old lady were all arrested.

In the end, they were sentenced for abandonment, a crime that led to their own mother's death.

Daun received a three-year sentence, while Tom and Shaun were sentenced to a year and a half each. Molly was given an eight-month sentence.

The neighbors who learned of the verdict couldn't understand. How could such a serious offense result in such light sentences?

But what left them speechless was the squabble among the daughters-in-law over who would handle the funeral arrangements for the elderly woman...

They found it inauspicious, especially since there was a typhoon and the weather was stormy with rain and strong winds—it seemed like too much trouble.

Lilly, who had already returned to Alfornada, felt a sense of gloominess. Daun and his siblings were despicable, but she hadn't expected their family members to be just as wicked.

"Don't they have children of their own? Aren't they afraid that they'll end up like this when they're old?" Lilly asked.

Bettany, who had long known about the situation, sighed as she patted Lilly's head. "We hope that bad people will meet their downfall, but in reality, the more selfish they are, the better they seem to fare."

It's like a crying baby always gets the milk.

In reality, there are many selfish elderly people who, for instance, dance in public squares without regard for disturbing others, or forcefully occupy basketball or soccer fields, even the roads. They live happily in their little worlds.

As for the insults hurled at them? Sorry, but for them, it means nothing—it doesn't even reach their ears.

Their selfishness extends to their children, who are burdened by their demands and have no choice but to support and care for them... Examples of this abound.

"So that's why there's the saying 'no good deed goes unpunished'?" Lilly asked.

Bettany pondered for a moment before answering, "Indeed, there are many such phenomena. Where there's sunshine, there's also shadow. Where there's darkness, there's light. This society has its fair share of cold realities, but it also has heartwarming acts of love and mutual assistance. It depends on what you choose to see... what kind of person you choose to become."

Lilly nodded.

Although, however...

She couldn't help but feel unhappy.