Pretend-Poor Parents and Their Adopted Son’s Treasure

Pretend-Poor Parents and Their Adopted Son’s Treasure Plot:

Lin Xiaofan, a rural adopted son, grew up with his “poor” parents who picked scrap and farmed, always feeling inferior for being a “burden.” The day before the college entrance exam, his parents suddenly took out a “jade necklace” wrapped in three layers of old cloth, tears in their eyes: “We used to be jewelers; we pretended to be poor to keep you from going astray.” But when Xiaofan had the necklace appraised in the city, it turned out to be a fake worth just a few dozen yuan—and his parents vanished, leaving only a note: “The real treasure isn’t money.” He ran back to the old house and found a savings book with 18 years of tuition savings under the bed, plus his mom’s diary: “I sold my dowry to buy that necklace. I just wanted you to know—you deserve the best in the world…” It turned out their “poverty” was the simplest way two uneducated people had to hide all their love in the mundane, everyday life.