She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

The Chen family children were also confused. This made sense. Getting married secretly without their parents' knowledge was no different from eloping. If they were only notified not to come, they would come no matter what. It would be better to only invite them and only notify other relatives without inviting them, so that there would be fewer people to deal with.

Chen Xiangnan almost got caught up in his own thoughts, but in the end he realized something was wrong: "Battalion Commander Yu, we should invite your parents, but you also need to think of a way to get them to listen. My sister is such a quiet and traditional woman, and she's already been forced to say so much today. You need to come up with a plan."

We understand your meaning now, and we agree with your decision. So, what's next? You fled from Haishi to here because you couldn't resolve things there, so you had to run away. Now you want to marry my Xiang Hong. Have you thought of a plan?

Chen Xiangbei secretly glanced at his second brother. It had to be him. Of all his brothers from the same parents, only he was quick-witted. Chen Xiangbei had been thinking for a long time but couldn't figure out what was strange about this matter. Only after his second brother said this did he understand.

Yes, it's because Yu's brother-in-law couldn't solve his own family problems, which is why he ran away with Yu Qingqing. Now that he's married to his sister, if he still can't come up with a solution, wouldn't he be dragging his sister down with him?

If that's really the case, Chen Xiangbei glanced at Yu Hongzhen subtly, thinking he should just advise his sister to get a divorce. Hey, his sister's arrangement of getting the marriage certificate before the wedding is really bad; if they hadn't gotten the certificate yet, it would be so easy for her to back out.

Caught off guard, Chen Xiangbei turned to the other side. His older brother's family was sitting on a bench, looking around blankly. Chen Xiangbei suddenly felt fortunate that he wasn't the dumbest one in the family.

Before Yu Hongzhen could even express his opinion, his parents became displeased. Yu's father shouted, "What do you take us for? We are your elders, after all. How can you talk to us like that? Do you treat your own father like this?"

Yu's father glared at him, and the Chen family children who were being looked at fell silent. Not only did they speak to Old Chen like that, they had also fought with him before.

Old Chen felt wronged, but he had already been gradually blamed by his children many times and was almost numb to it. Seeing that Yu's father still couldn't accept it, he persuaded him, "Brother Yu, children are different now than before. They don't value filial piety as much as they used to. We have to get used to it."

Old Chen would rather be numb than reflect on himself.

Yu's father shook off Old Chen's hand. "Habit? I raised them all these years, and now I'm being treated like this in my old age. I might as well have thrown them out the moment they were born."

Yu Hongzhen retorted, "That's great! It would have been better to throw her out. Especially Qingqing, she would have been thrown out right after she was born, rather than living like this for so many years. Mom and Dad, let me make this clear: if you want to use me to save face when you go back to Haishi, don't come and live with us here."

"If you insist on living with me, I'll apply for discharge from the military. If you move into the military base, it won't be good for Xiang Hong, nor for the military. With your personalities, you'll inevitably negatively impact them sooner or later. At worst, I'll just marry into the family and become a live-in son-in-law."

Yu's father raised his hand to hit him, but remembering Yu Hongzhen's actions just now, he lowered his hand and cursed, "Don't threaten us with such words. If you retire from the army, won't your wife, who depends on you for her job, also lose her job? Then the whole family will starve and still have to rely on your father-in-law to support us?"

Yang Su immediately distanced herself from the situation, saying, "My husband Chen's meager income isn't enough to support another family."

Chen Xiangbei opened his mouth and cursed, "Kick your whole family of bloodsuckers out. My dad can support whoever he wants."

Old Chen was on Yang Su's side, still holding a grudge about the fight they had caused him before, so naturally he wouldn't help them. "What kind of behavior is it for a married daughter to frequently return to her parents' home? I have a son, I don't need to find someone to marry into my family."

Tang Jiao, who had been constantly reminded by Chen Xiangnan to talk less and eat more, couldn't help but say, "Dad, you don't need to be sarcastic towards me. If there wasn't no place for us in this family, Xiangnan and I wouldn't be staying at my parents' house so often."

Yang Su: "Second son's wife, your room is still there in good condition. Your father and I have never let you suffer any grievances."

Chen Xiangbei shouted, "All you do is give the apples that my dad's factory allocated to your three sons, while my second sister-in-law is pregnant and doesn't even get to see the apple peels. Isn't that being wronged?"

Yu Hongzhen: "Xiang Hong's current job wasn't found by me. She's capable on her own, and her brothers are supportive. It's so much better than our family's."

Yu's mother: "A woman from a small place who has been sent to the countryside, how good can she be? Only someone as shallow as you would like her."

Yu Hongzhen: "So you still want me, this shallow-minded guy, to take care of your children, and you want to come here after you retire and act like a tyrant?"

Yu's mother: "You are my son, so you should support me."

Yu Hongzhen: "You should do what a mother should do for Qingqing before you say this to me."

The Chen family started arguing amongst themselves. Yu's parents were arguing with Yu Hongzhen and Yu Qingqing, and Chen Xianghong was arguing back and forth between the two sides until her cheeks ached from all the shouting.

The food got cold, but they were still arguing noisily.

Meanwhile, people in the state-run restaurant who pretended to eat but actually finished all their food and refused to leave were thoroughly enjoying the spectacle, and even the chefs in the restaurant were listening intently.

They barely ate anything, letting Chen Xiangdong's family take the leftovers. Their argument raged so fiercely that the elders didn't touch their chopsticks, and Chen Xiangdong's family didn't dare to either. Otherwise, the fighting would be focused on their family, with accusations of being unruly, and they'd definitely be attacked from both sides. Chen Xiangdong and his family understood this small matter clearly.

Just as they finished arguing and were getting angry enough to leave, Chen Xiangdong and his group immediately packed up the food on the table.

Seeing their younger siblings arguing and their faces turning red, they even had the leisure to slip them a vegetable wrapped in oil paper, so they could eat a couple of bites if they got hungry from arguing.

They didn't keep it all for themselves, but they wouldn't give it to Old Chen; that old man is too wicked.

As expected, the meeting between the in-laws at noon ended unpleasantly.

Mr. and Mrs. Yu didn't even want to go to dinner with Old Man Xia that night. That madman might start a fight and they might not be able to stop him. If something happened to the child they had worked so hard to conceive, it would be a huge loss.

Anyway, the official wedding is just a few days away, so we'll see each other then. Yu's mother expressed her determination: even if Yu Hongzhen tries to persuade her, she won't go.

But when Yu Hongzhen heard their decision not to go, he breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Chen Xianghong, saying, "We can have a pleasant dinner tonight."

Mr. and Mrs. Yu were naturally unhappy that their son had said in front of their daughter-in-law that they had an unpleasant dinner together. In a fit of anger, Mrs. Yu said, "Let's eat together. It's been a long time since we've seen each other. Besides, it would be too impolite not to come and eat."

Yu Hongzhen said sarcastically, "You guys just don't want me to have an easy time, right? You're trying to prove me wrong. What rules and regulations? You threw away all the rules when we were arguing before."