Under my vigorous knocking, the elderly couple quickly opened the door.

Seeing that it was me outside the door, their originally unfriendly expressions changed to concern and worry. They asked me, "Xiaolin, what's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Godfather, godmother, I've come to return the kinship gift to you. I can't afford this gold bracelet."

I handed the gold bracelet, still not completely shaken off the sand, to the elderly couple, with a face full of grievance.

"How did the gold bracelet end up like this?"

The old lady lowered her head to look at the gold bracelet that had been hammered to pieces in my hand, a flash of guilt in her eyes, and then pretended to be calm as she asked me.

I didn't fall into the trap of their words, pretending to be angry and sad, and said sadly, "If it hadn't turned out like this, how would I have known that your kinship was so insincere? Let's just forget about the kinship, and in the future, let's just be ordinary neighbors."

Seeing that I was about to leave after speaking, the old lady quickly grabbed my hand to stop me.

"No! Xiaolin, don't be impulsive. We didn't know that there was sand mixed in the gold bracelet. We were also deceived."

I looked visibly shaken, half believing, and asked, "Really?"

"Of course, we liked you a lot the first time we saw you. How much is a pair of gold bracelets? Would we be willing to part with this little money?"

The old lady said excitedly, almost swearing to prove her sincerity.

"Godfather, godmother, I believe you." I said to them with a trusting expression.

But before they could be happy that I had been fooled, I said angrily, "These unscrupulous merchants are really despicable. Bullying you is equivalent to bullying me. Where did you buy these gold bracelets, godfather and godmother? I'll take you to find the merchant and demand an explanation."

My words made their smiles stiffen on their faces before they could fully bloom, looking at me in a panic and indignation.

Of course, in the end, they didn't dare to take me to find the so-called unscrupulous merchants to demand an explanation.

They took on an air of magnanimity and kindness, advising me that it's better to let things go and not get angry over a small amount of money.

To appease me, they took me to a well-known domestic chain jewelry store and let me choose a pair of gold bracelets that I liked as a new kinship gift.