Chapter 324: Father's misery, mother's fury

Longshe Shan is peaceful here.

Temporarily peaceful.

As for the Chen Clan side, it's miserable.

Chen Yuan could not enter the room, nor could he see his wife; this continued for several days.

Standing at the doorway, Chen Yuan let out a deep sigh.

"Madam, may I come in? I can explain this matter; give me a chance, okay?"

The humble Chen Yuan, at this moment, has no status or dignity as the head of the household.

Regarding the young couple's matter, Long Ming said nothing, and the door remained closed.

"Madam, it really isn't me... I'm sorry, this matter, I..."

Chen Yuan explained outside, repeating the story from years ago; he didn't know how many times he'd said it, but these days he's been saying the same version without change, while his wife inside remained silent.

He doesn't fear an angry wife; he fears her cold violence—no words, no communication—even if she beat him up, he could accept that.

At this moment, many of Chen Yuan's methods cannot be used; he can't even see his wife's face, and he knows she is truly angry. This incident is truly beyond his expectation—who could have thought that a past storm would lead to such... an outcome? He couldn't have avoided the past events, and now that people have come to his door with children, he cannot drive them away.

No matter how this matter is handled, there will be problems.

After explaining several times, Chen Yuan saw no movement from the door and sighed.

He turned and left.

Inside the main hall.

Chen Chen saw his elder brother return and knew his elder brother had failed again.

No need to look; it's definitely a failure. Such a thing cannot be forgiven—his elder brother didn't just bring back a woman, he brought children too; no one could forgive that.

Their Chen Clan is different from other clans; those of status in other families have many women and many children, but since the sister-in-law entered, their household has changed.

Especially the three brothers, they are all managed by the sister-in-law; with parents absent, the elder sister-in-law acts as mother.

Chen Chen understands the sister-in-law and also understands the elder brother; he pats the elder brother's shoulder.

"Elder brother, if it really doesn't work, let's ask Nephew Chuyang for help."

In this matter, they cannot act as mediators; if they go, the door won't even open—what can they say? How can they communicate?

The elder brother's three sons—let's forget about the eldest son, Chen Chusheng; he's so bad that even not doing bad counts as good. Asking him for help is no different from sending him to his death.

The third brother, Chu Ran, is at the Spirit Sword Sect; by the time she returns, it will already be too late.

Chu Ran may not side with them, and she certainly cannot help the elder brother speak; she might even have the opposite effect.

Nowadays, he can only turn to this nephew, Chen Chuyang; at such a time, Nephew Chuyang is the calmest and also the most... steady, letting him handle this matter puts everyone at ease.

Whether the Chen Clan can return to how it was, whether the elder brother can reconcile, depends on Nephew Chuyang.

This is unavoidable.

"This matter can only be resolved by Nephew Chuyang acting; the entire Chen Clan only he can help you."

"Longshe Shan, you must go."

Chen Yuan lowered his head and remained silent.

Regarding this matter, he simply does not want to trouble his son again.

He wanted to rely on his own ability to solve it, but he never imagined it would be fundamentally impossible.

An angry wife is terrifying; he has no solution at all.

But he truly does not want to lower himself, nor does he want his son to look down on him.

He is a father; whenever he faces difficulty, he goes to his son for help—where does that put his father's dignity?

He is different from the second and third brothers; they are not father and son, so they don't understand this feeling.

"I'll try again."

Chen Yuan rejected Chen Chen's suggestion; he wants to solve it himself.

Chen Chen watched his elder brother's back and shook his head.

"A lifelong strong elder brother, in the end you still have to ask Nephew Chuyang for help—why make yourself unhappy?"

He understands his elder brother's thoughts and also knows his elder brother wants face, but this is not the time for face.

The elder brother also doesn't assess the situation; if the elder brother and sister-in-law continue like this, they will be the ones who suffer.

"Ah."

"When will the Chen Clan recover?"

He was utterly speechless.

One day later.

Third Uncle Chen Shen returned with a reddened face, seeing the sighing second brother.

"Second Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Second Uncle Chen Chen was attracted by the third brother's reddened face; no need to look—this person surely went to seek warmth with Liu Yuer.

With an extra woman, the third brother has changed; he no longer goes out to play.

The whole person has become much steadier, except his flighty behavior remains unchanged.

"It's still not the elder brother, ah."

Chen Shen asked in surprise: "Elder brother, still not settled?"

Chen Chen spread his hands: "If it could be settled, that would be great—I wouldn't have to sigh here. You know the sister-in-law's temperament; this time she really is angry, and the elder brother is indeed out of line."

Even if understandable, a mistake is still a mistake.

The elder brother also doesn't seek help, always using foolish methods, unable to solve the problem.

He can't even find the root of the problem, so of course he can't solve it.

"The elder brother is somewhat useless; he can't even settle this."

Compared to Chuyang's nephew, Chen Shen felt his elder brother was quite put-upon.

He's even more put-upon than him; at least he won't end up like the elder brother.

Even if he later marries Yu'er, he won't be so miserable.

If he doesn't make a mistake, this kind of thing won't happen.

Ah.

Chen Chen let out a sigh; he of course knew his elder brother's helplessness and bitterness—some things aren't that easily resolved.

Between husband and wife, brute force won't work, nor any other means.

If they come to blows, the elder brother isn't necessarily a match for his sister-in-law.

Brute force won't do; only gentle persuasion will work.

The elder brother is honest, doesn't know how to sweet-talk, and is at an impasse here.

Actually, he could go find Chuyang's nephew; with the nephew's help, he could definitely settle things with his sister-in-law.

Or I could go ask Chuyang's nephew to come down the mountain?

Chen Chen narrowed his eyes, staring at the third brother.

This third brother wants to go find his woman.

Going to see Chuyang's nephew is just an excuse; this lad, having tasted the marrow, is deeply sunk in the village of tenderness.

Go on; otherwise, waiting for the elder brother, we don't know when it'll be settled, and in the end it won't be just us two who suffer.

Poor those two brothers, still having to think about the elder brother's happiness.

They have to consider every big and small matter; it's too exhausting.

I don't know who is the elder brother and who is the younger.

All right, second brother, I'll leave the Chen Clan in your care; I'll be back soon.

Chen Chen urged: "Don't stay out too late; come back early."

Got it.

Chen Shen left happily; Chen Chen knew the third brother wouldn't be back quickly—at least not until tomorrow.

Today, it's hard to bear.

This atmosphere surrounds him; he really feels miserable.

Ah, again it's just tormenting me alone; the third brother is too crafty.

This third brother, seeing the situation turning bad, just runs away.

Only the third brother can handle this; only he can ask Chuyang's nephew to come down the mountain—if he goes, he'll surely be exploited down to nothing.