"Cough, cough."
Xiang Yuan clenched his fist and coughed lightly, telling Xiao Yan not to fall asleep.
What bad intentions could an outsider newly arrived in town possibly have? The outsider only wanted his father-in-law to pull himself together quickly and perform some extreme micro-management in high spirits.
Then Xiang Yuan saw Xiao Yan's move.
Xiao Yan rose unhurriedly, his face wearing a spring-breeze smile as he looked at the two ladies. "You two have arrived at just the right time. Xiang Yuan came to pay a visit today, and I was just about to send someone to invite you."
With one sentence, he drew all attention to Xiang Yuan.
Xiang Yuan: (—`—)
No, you're supposed to be the protagonist here!
This move of diverting disaster eastward worked quite well. Cheng Yuling and Chen Qiaofeng immediately shifted their gazes to Xiang Yuan.
Cheng Yuling approached with a gentle expression. Taking advantage of her familiarity with Xiang Yuan, she seized his wrist. "You child, you came without even telling me. I had someone prepare a family banquet. Come, return with Mother."
At her side, Chen Qiaofeng stepped forward smiling. A mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law only found him more pleasing the longer she looked. Pretending not to hear Cheng Yuling, she spoke with a faintly gratified smile. "Lingyan told Mother that she spent the entire day talking with you at the poetry gathering. That girl normally doesn't like to talk, but the moment she mentioned you, she suddenly became endlessly eloquent, quite the chatterbox."
In terms of closeness, Chen Qiaofeng was far less familiar with Xiang Yuan than Cheng Yuling. This was her first time speaking with him, yet her words carried the warm intimacy of an old acquaintance.
Xiang Yuan understood that she was doing this for her daughter. Otherwise,