Chapter 3039: Losing the Person but Not the Formation

Ye Chen drove Xiao Changkun back to Tang Chen Yi Pin when Xiao Changkun's phone just received a WeChat from Han Meiqing.

Seeing that they were almost at the doorstep, Xiao Changkun hurriedly said to Ye Chen: "Good son-in-law, pull over to the side for a moment!"

Ye Chen pulled the car to the side and stopped, curiously asking him: "What's wrong?"

Xiao Changkun said: "Your Aunt Han sent me a WeChat."

Saying that, he opened the chat with Han Meiqing in front of Ye Chen.

Ye Chen casually glanced at it, only to see that Han Meiqing's WeChat nickname was actually "AAA July Flower Bird Fish Insect Husband Temple Store," and he asked in surprise: "Dad, why is Aunt Han's WeChat called this name?"

Xiao Changkun carefully explained: "This is the remark I set for her; her avatar happens to be an iris flower, so I gave her a remark of a flower-bird-fish-insect store, mainly because I was afraid Ma Lan would secretly look at my phone."

Xiao Changkun said while looking at the content Han Meiqing sent, and said to Ye Chen: "Your Aunt Han asks if I want to attend her wedding with He Yuanjiang; if I do, she will send me an invitation, inviting our family to attend their wedding. Ye Chen, what do you think I should reply?"

Ye Chen countered: "You don't actually want to go, do you? Then just reply that it's inconvenient and you won't go, and then be generous and wish them a happy marriage."

Xiao Changkun muttered awkwardly: "I don't want to go, but if I just refuse so readily, isn't that inappropriate? Otherwise, Aunt Han might think I'm afraid of Ma Lan and that's why I dare not go."

Ye Chen asked him: "Isn't this just your true thought?"

Xiao Changkun said very seriously: "It's my true thought, alright, but at least I can't let people easily guess it, otherwise where would I put my face in the future?"

Saying that, Xiao Changkun added: "Didn't you see your Aunt Han's wording? She invited our whole family; this must be because she thinks I'm afraid of Ma Lan, so she said it like that."

Ye Chen sighed helplessly: "Dad, listen to my advice: at this moment, don't bother about face or no face; you want to take the slope down the donkey, this is the best opportunity; your best choice is to seize this opportunity right away and settle it in one go; don't play tricks anymore."

Xiao Changkun waved his hand and hummed: "I'm not a donkey, why should I go down just because someone gives me a slope?"

After saying that, he put on a profound look and said to Ye Chen: "Good son-in-law, you don't understand; people say a man needs face; lose the person but not the formation. Although I, Xiao Changkun, didn't seize Han Meiqing, I definitely cannot let them laugh at me behind my back."

Saying that, he typed while saying to Ye Chen: "I'll first generously agree; when she sends me the invitation, I'll accept it first; then, on the day before the wedding, I'll say I have something temporary and can't come."

Ye Chen countered: "Then aren't you afraid Mom will find out about this?"

"What's there to fear?" Xiao Changkun pouted: "Your Aunt Han will never actively contact her, even if the invitation says it invites our whole family, she will definitely send it to me; as long as I don't say anything, who could know?"

Ye Chen shook his head: "Dad, I still advise you to be more careful."

"Nothing." Xiao Changkun said confidently: "I've already replied to her message; it's settled like this."

Ye Chen saw that the deed was done, and could only sigh helplessly: "If you think there's no problem, then it's fine."

Xiao Changkun didn't respond to Ye Chen, but skillfully deleted the entire chat with Han Meiqing, then said to Ye Chen: "Let's go, head home!"

……

On the other side.

Han Meiqing looked at Xiao Changkun's reply and was momentarily confused.

She had thought that if she merely mentioned inviting Xiao Changkun's whole family, he would understand that finding an excuse to say he had no time on the wedding day would be the best way to solve the problem.

But she never expected that Xiao Changkun would ignore her reply and instead respond very straightforwardly: "No problem, our family of four will definitely be on time!"

She couldn't help but feel doubtful, secretly thinking: "What does Changkun mean by this? Is he really going to bring Ma Lan to attend the wedding?"

Thinking this, Han Meiqing couldn't help but furrow her brows.

Seeing Ma Lan, she was ten thousand times unwilling, especially at her own wedding.

He Yuanjiang, who was writing the invitation, saw Han Meiqing's solemn expression and couldn't help but ask: "Meiqing, what's wrong?"

Han Meiqing truthfully said: "Changkun replied to my message, saying he wants to bring the whole family to attend our wedding."

"Is that so?" He Yuanjiang also didn't have Xiao Changkun's strange mental circuit, so he was also puzzled and said: "Logically, since he's so afraid of his wife, he shouldn't even tell her about this, let alone bring her to attend our wedding."

"I don't know either..." Han Meiqing sighed: "He's confused me too; I can't figure out how he's thinking."

He Yuanjiang thought for a while, then said with a smile: "Speaking from the heart, I can tell that Old Xiao still has feelings for you; now that you're suddenly marrying me, he might feel uneasy in his heart; having the whole family come to attend our wedding might also have an element of spite."

Han Meiqing shook her head: "This... I'd better not comment further."

He Yuanjiang laughed: "Actually, Old Xiao doing this can be understood; after all, we'll both be settling in Jin Ling in the future; regarding your matter, he couldn't possibly keep Ma Lan in the dark forever; maybe he wants to take this opportunity to simply pierce this layer of window paper—better short pain than long pain."

Han Meiqing bit her lip, somewhat doubtfully saying: "Based on my past understanding of him, he's absolutely an ostrich personality; if a lion wants to eat him, he buries his head in the sand, even if he knows the lion might bite him, he doesn't care when or what it bites; but if you want him to pull his head out of the sand and face it head-on, that's absolutely impossible."

Saying that, Han Meiqing added: "According to his past behavior, he definitely won't proactively tell Ma Lan that I'm back; Ma Lan finding out later is fine, but if she never finds out, it's equivalent to him gaining an advantage."

He Yuanjiang furrowed his brows: "If that's the case, then his decision really is a bit strange."

After saying that, he asked Han Meiqing: "Want me to call Ye Chen to ask?"

"Forget it." Han Meiqing waved her hand: "After all, Ye Chen is Old Xiao's son-in-law; it's inappropriate for us to speculate about Changkun behind his back; let's just leave it as is, we'll wait and see; on the wedding day, there will also be many guests, so we're not afraid of Ma Lan causing trouble; besides, didn't you invite Ye Chen to be the officiant? With Ye Chen there, I believe Ma Lan will also restrain herself a bit."

Saying that, Han Meiqing added: "If we can defuse this time bomb of Ma Lan in this situation, it wouldn't be a bad thing; I just don't know if Changkun will be cleaned up by Ma Lan behind the scenes; when the wedding ends, remember to remind Ye Chen to go back and pay more attention to him!"

"No problem." He Yuanjiang nodded and agreed, saying: "Then I'll just write the invitation to Old Xiao, writing 'Inviting Mr. Xiao Changkun to attend with his whole family.'"

Han Meiqing nodded: "Okay, just write it like that."

He Yuanjiang asked again: "By the way, after writing it, how should I give it to him?"

Han Meiqing said: "I'll give it to him; he has a lecture on modern and contemporary calligraphy and painting at the senior university tomorrow; I'll bring it to him then."