Chapter 2513

Hearing Xiao Changkun's words, Ye Chen couldn't help but ask with some surprise: "How did Professor He end up with Auntie Han? When did this happen?"

Xiao Changkun said indignantly: "It was during our cultural exchange trip to South Korea this time; I don't know how they caught each other's eyes!"

Ye Chen asked him: "Are you sure they are already together? Have they made it official?"

"Yes..." Xiao Changkun's eyes were red and swollen, and he said in extreme pain: "Your Auntie Han talked to me about this. She said Professor He has always had those kinds of intentions toward her, and it hasn't just been for a day or two. Even back when we ran into him while jogging, he had already set his sights on your Auntie Han."

As he spoke, Xiao Changkun added: "That old guy surnamed He has been pestering your Auntie Han relentlessly, and I don't know what got into your Auntie Han, but she actually agreed to him."

Ye Chen gave a dry laugh and said: "Dad, if I may say something you might not like to hear, I actually feel that the two of them are quite a good match."

"A good match?!" Xiao Changkun exploded upon hearing this, and asked angrily: "What kind of match are they? If we're talking about a good match, your Auntie Han and I are the perfect pair created by heaven. Back when we were dating in school, we were truly recognized by all the teachers and students as a talented man and a beautiful woman. If it weren't for Ma Lan, we would have been married long ago, and who knows how many children we would have had."

As he spoke, Xiao Changkun said with great resentment: "I really didn't expect that your Auntie Han could change her affections so quickly. In her eyes, does so many years of affection not compare to that guy surnamed He?"

Hearing him say this, Ye Chen said with a serious and earnest expression: "Dad, what you are saying is very irresponsible."

Xiao Changkun raised his eyebrows, stared, and asked: "How am I being irresponsible? Was I wrong?"

Ye Chen retorted: "You keep saying that you and Auntie Han were a perfect match, but didn't you end up marrying Mom in the end?"

Xiao Changkun said angrily: "That was all because I was framed by Ma Lan. If it weren't for her, how could your Auntie Han have left me?"

Ye Chen shook his head and said calmly: "Let's not bring up those old matters; let's just talk about what has happened since Auntie Han returned. I can tell that when Auntie Han first returned to the country, she indeed still had old feelings for you. The key is that she gave you a chance, but you didn't have the courage to seize it. You weren't willing to seize it yourself, and she couldn't wait for you forever. In this situation, meeting someone more suitable—anyone would definitely choose the latter. After all, if one chooses the former, one doesn't know how long they would have to wait, and it's even possible that they would never get any result in their entire life."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Changkun felt a bit guilty and stammered: "Isn't this because I'm also looking for a suitable opportunity to bring up divorce with your mom? But you know her personality; I definitely have to act secretly and wait for the right moment, I can't just bring it up to her directly!"

Ye Chen gave a hum of laughter and said: "Dad, do you even believe what you're saying?"

Xiao Changkun argued stubbornly: "I... I really do think that way!"

Ye Chen said very directly: "Dad, I know your personality, and I know what you're thinking. You don't dare to bring up divorce to Mom; you just want to wait for a good opportunity to fall from the sky. It would be best if Mom suddenly evaporated from the world, or if she didn't want to live with you anymore and took the initiative to bring up divorce. That way, you could get rid of this marriage logically and without expending a single soldier or weapon, right?"

Xiao Changkun didn't expect Ye Chen to hit the nail on the head regarding his inner thoughts, so he said with an embarrassed expression: "Isn't this because I also want to resolve the problem as peacefully as possible..."

Ye Chen shook his head and said: "I know. When Auntie Han returned to the country, it just so happened that Mom disappeared for a while. It was clear that you really enjoyed that feeling at the time, but you didn't realize that that feeling was only temporary; you cannot treat the temporary as eternal."

As he spoke, Ye Chen added sincerely: "Dad, I know a little bit about Professor He's situation. To be honest, in my view, Auntie Han being with him is the best choice. First of all, they are both single and both widowed. Not only is there no psychological burden of breaking up someone else's family, but there is also no need to worry about the other party rekindling old flames with their ex, or worrying that an ex will come back to cause them trouble."

Having said this, Ye Chen looked at Xiao Changkun and said meaningfully: "With Mom's personality, even if you two were divorced, if she knew that you and Auntie Han had rekindled your old romance, she would definitely not let you off. By then, you two would certainly be harassed endlessly, unless you both left Jin Ling and never returned, and didn't let her know where you went."

Xiao Changkun looked up to the sky and sighed: "Ye Chen... you're right, Ye Chen... I'm just afraid that Ma Lan will haunt us like a ghost! For these twenty-some years, I've dreamed every day of getting rid of her, but this woman is like a devil; it's simply impossible for her to let me go."

Ye Chen said calmly: "This kind of thing requires you to fight for it yourself. If you are afraid from the very beginning, then what is the point of saying anything else?"

As he spoke, Ye Chen added: "I hadn't finished what I was saying just now. Auntie Han and Professor He both returned from the United States and both graduated from top-tier prestigious universities. They are high-level intellectuals in the true sense. Whether in the United States or in China, they both have high social status and belong to the absolute elite class. This point alone makes them very well-matched. By comparison, Dad, other than being Auntie Han's first love, you don't have any advantages compared to Professor He."

Xiao Changkun said gloomily: "Doesn't he just have more education than me? Where else is he better than me?"

Ye Chen said earnestly: "Dad, his career is better than yours, isn't it? He is a distinguished professor and vice dean at the Finance Academy. If he were willing to go to Jingcheng, Tsinghua would also rush to invite him over. Moreover, his lifestyle habits are better than yours, and his physique management is also better than yours. He's a fifty-year-old man who looks like he's in his thirties. It just so happens that Auntie Han also likes running, and her physique management is also very on point. The two of them must have endless common topics to talk about. Auntie Han being with him is the best choice. I believe the two of them will definitely be very happy in their later years."

Xiao Changkun was depressed to death and choked up: "Ye Chen, are you here to persuade me or to add to my troubles? The way you say it, it's as if Auntie Han giving up on me is the right thing to do."

Ye Chen nodded and said seriously: "Not only is it right, but it is very right."

Ye Chen knew very well that in matters of the heart, once something becomes a source of pain, one must cut the Gordian knot.

It is just like a small wound appearing on a leg; if this wound repeatedly festers and does not heal, then one must decisively amputate the leg. Otherwise, it will inevitably affect the whole body.

Xiao Changkun's style of doing things, as he himself said, is cowardly to the extreme. Not only is he cowardly toward Ma Lan, but he is also cowardly toward himself. How could he possibly prescribe himself strong medicine to treat his psychological pain?

Therefore, in this kind of matter, only he, the son-in-law, can do it for him.

So, he patted Xiao Changkun on the shoulder and comforted him: "Dad, forget it, admit defeat. Professor He is far better than you in every aspect. Don't look at the fact that you live in a large villa and drive a Cullinan now; if you really compare yourself with your own strength, eight of you wouldn't be able to compare to one Professor He. You should be convinced of your loss that Auntie Han is with him. If you have any unwilling thoughts in your heart, those are all manifestations of overestimating your own capabilities."

"Who says?" Xiao Changkun felt extremely insecure, yet he still braced himself and said: "I think if I hurry up and put in some effort to change now, I won't be any worse than that He Yuanjiang!"

Ye Chen laughed: "You're saying that because you can't beat someone, you're claiming they launched a sneak attack. What's the use of just talking? If this were really on a boxing ring, and you stubbornly held on for a few more rounds, you'd be dead! You tell me, in what aspect of your own conditions are you better than Professor He? You can say just one thing, any point will do! I won't say anything else, but Professor He dares to love and hate; he dares to say it out loud when he loves, and pursues her openly and honestly. This point alone leaves you behind by a hundred thousand miles."

"I..." Xiao Changkun suddenly didn't know how to argue.

He Yuanjiang was indeed far more excellent than him in every aspect. This time, when they went to South Korea for cultural exchange, He Yuanjiang's research project was truly breathtaking to everyone, and his level instantly killed all the participating personnel from both sides.

Moreover, when He Yuanjiang went on stage to give a speech, he switched between Chinese, English, and Korean at will, handling them with ease. That personal charm left a whole bunch of Korean middle-aged women dazed.

During the cultural exchange period, there were at least seven or eight Korean middle-aged women who confessed their love to him, including those beautiful young married women, which made Xiao Changkun extremely envious.

It was precisely because He Yuanjiang was so excellent that Xiao Changkun had always felt somewhat inferior in front of him. But inferiority is inferiority; Xiao Changkun still had one thing to comfort himself with, and that was that He Yuanjiang liked Han Meiqing, but Han Meiqing liked him.

Although he was inferior to him in every way, at least he had won once when it came to Han Meiqing.

However, Xiao Changkun never expected that just as the cultural exchange was coming to an end, the participating members from both China and South Korea held a dance party. Who could have imagined that He Yuanjiang was not only knowledgeable and of excellent character, but could also go on stage, hold a guitar, and sing an English song while playing it himself? His guitar playing was good, and his singing was even better, which made Xiao Changkun jealous to the point of death.

Moreover, in Xiao Changkun's view, that He Yuanjiang was truly asking for it. After singing an English love song, he actually confessed his love to Han Meiqing in public, and even said he hoped to walk through the rest of his life hand-in-hand with Han Meiqing. Finally, he stood on the stage and asked Han Meiqing if she was willing to accept him; if she was willing, she should dance a dance with him.

The result was completely unexpected. Amidst the cheers of the crowd, Han Meiqing actually stood up and walked onto the stage, and then the two of them performed a twist dance that was very popular in the United States in the last century.

Everyone at the scene was conquered by the perfect compatibility of the two, except for Xiao Changkun, who felt completely defeated, and his life suddenly fell to the bottom of the valley.

So from that day on, Xiao Changkun became completely decadent.

Returning to Jin Ling, he locked himself at home for more than a week, using smoking and drinking to numb himself every day, until today.

However, painful as Xiao Changkun was, he could not objectively look at the gap between himself and He Yuanjiang, which is why he had always been indignant, hating He Yuanjiang for taking away his lifelong love, and even more hating Han Meiqing for changing her affections.

But now, hearing Ye Chen's words that pierced his heart with every word, he finally came to his senses and finally realized the gap between himself and He Yuanjiang.

At the thought that his opponent was completely crushing him, Xiao Changkun's sorrow rose from his heart, and he wailed like a child.

Ye Chen was just about to take the opportunity to comfort him a little, when he didn't expect Xiao Churan to suddenly rush out of the elevator and say anxiously: "Husband, something happened! Mom called 110 and started arguing with the police!"