They finally came out, crying to death....
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"They’ve left the village?" Second Grandma Lin stared at Lin Chuqiu in disbelief, "You’re saying they set off from the village?"
"Grandpa, hurry up!" Lin Chuqiu ignored Second Grandma Lin and pulled Old Master Lin, who was frowning and lost in thought, off the kang, "They must be waiting at the village entrance, they saw me..."
"Playing mind games with me? Hmph!" Old Master Lin huffed coldly, shaking off Lin Chuqiu’s hand on his arm, "You sit down and stay honest, I don’t believe he won’t come to invite me!"
"Grandpa!" Lin Chuqiu’s face was filled with panic, "What if Second Uncle doesn’t come? Chuxia is marrying a high official, and in the future, we’ll need to bask in her reflected glory, Grandpa!"
Second Grandpa Lin also tried to persuade, "Yeah, big brother, if it doesn’t work out, just swallow your pride for Baohe and his spouse. Last time, you drove them out of the Lin Family in front of the whole village, they are holding a grudge about it. Not for your own sake, do it for your sons and grandsons, soften up a bit."
"No way!" Old Lady Lin gnashed her teeth in anger, "He crawled out of my womb, and you expect me to go and grovel to him? Not unless the sun rises in the west; there has never been a precedent for a father to kowtow to his son in history."
Why did I drive him out of the Lin Family? He’s a seed of the Old Lin Family, but has he ever considered the Old Lin Family a bit? No matter how the Xue family turned out later, at that time, the Xue family was willing to take a daughter of the Lin Family; that was the Lin Family aiming high!
His daughter’s marriage could secure a better future for several of his nephews, but in his heart, all the nephews tied together don’t compare to his one daughter. He treasures his daughter, doesn’t he? Now I want to see if he will swallow his pride for the sake of his treasured daughter."
"What the sister-in-law said is true, if the wedding procession doesn’t include close brothers and sisters-in-law, how can the groom’s side respect us? Laoer’s Home cherishes Chuxia so much, we can’t let Chuxia be slighted in this matter. Let’s just wait and see; if they dare to miss the auspicious time, let them wait. We’ll see who can afford to wait it out!"
"Yeah, dad, mom, what’s going on exactly?"
The few people hiding in the west room also crowded over.
"The wedding procession has left the village." Lin Chuqiu hurriedly reported.
"Left the village?" Lin Baojiang frowned and looked at Old Master Lin, "Dad, what should we do?"
"How could they have left the village? Aren’t they considering Chuxia’s face?" Zheng Sanqiao said, puzzled.
"Impossible, my Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law treat Chuxia as the apple of their eye; how could they not consider her?" Lin Baohai slapped his thigh, "I say, my dear Second Brother, is it so unbearable for you to let your brother and nephews gain a little advantage, and now you have to put on such a pretense? Dad, Mom, shouldn’t we just give them this face?"
Old Master and Old Lady Lin said in unison.
"Exactly, we can’t!" Second Grandma Lin nodded in agreement.
Second Grandpa Lin hesitated for a moment and didn’t make a sound.
"Tsk!" Lin Chuchun snorted through his nostrils, "I say, are you all still dreaming?"
"Chuchun!" Yang Aihua glared at her son, "Grandpa and Grandma are already feeling upset, don’t you start making trouble."
Lin Chuchun spread his hands: "Alright, I won’t add to the chaos, you all continue waiting."
"What do you know?" Old Master Lin looked at Lin Chuchun, "I know you’ve been passing messages to them these past few days; what have they told you?"
"They said nothing." Lin Chuchun shrugged, "I just told Second Uncle and his wife about what you all discussed, and then, really, Second Uncle and his wife didn’t say anything."
However, I could see they were deeply hurt by you all, so, they decided not to let you go and make a fool of yourselves. Oh, I mean, not to let you sully Chuxia’s reputation.
You all got one thing right, Chuxia is the apple of Second Uncle and Auntie’s eye; they would let anyone suffer but not Chuxia. Is it better for everyone to go and diminish Chuxia’s face or is it simply better to have fewer people go and spare her the disgrace? Think about it properly, and don’t indulge in daydreams here!"
"Grandma’s wasted her affection on you!" Old Lady Lin glared at Chuchun, gasping in anger, "When did we ever go begging? Grandpa and Grandma’s struggle was for your sakes, wasn’t it?"
"I need it!" Lin Chuqiu glared at Lin Chuchun, "Are you even a seed of the Lin Family? Whose side are you on?"
"I’m not on anyone’s side, I’m just telling the truth." Lin Chuchun looked at his brother sideways, "You, you’d better put away thoughts of riding on others’ coattails. Relying on others is never as good as relying on yourself, understand?"
Lin Baohai glared at his son: "You two shut up! And looking at Old Master Lin, who was sitting calmly, "Dad, I feel like Chuchun’s analysis is correct. How about I ride a bike to see if Second Brother and Sister-in-law are waiting for us at the village entrance?"