I'm back in 1990

Chapter 886: Let Nature Take Its Course

Huang Xiaochuan originally wanted to refuse outright, because no one knew better than him what a class reunion was all about. But then he thought that this was, after all, the first high school reunion after graduation in this life. He decided to go and show his face, and see some of his high school teachers. They should all be retired by now, right?

After considering all this, Huang Xiaochuan finally accepted the invitation: "Okay! Then I'll trouble you to send me the time and location information to my phone later. I will definitely attend."

Ren Yangyang, however, hadn't quite grasped the situation yet, because she made the call purely to give it a try. In her subconscious, she didn't think Huang Xiaochuan would agree to participate.

When he heard no sound from the other end of the phone, Huang Xiaochuan felt a little confused, so he fed the phone a few times.

"Feed him/her?"

"Oh, I'm here! I'm here!" Ren Yangyang was pulled back to reality by the voice on the phone.

"You're coming, right? That's great!" Ren Yangyang was very happy that Huang Xiaochuan agreed to attend the class reunion.

Now everyone is no longer young, and they have long since let go of the things that happened when they were young. Thinking about it, it makes sense. They keep trying to matchmake others regardless of whether they are happy or not. Anyone would feel that they are just stirring up trouble.

It has to be Huang Xiaochuan; he had his eye on her long ago and eventually won her heart.

Thinking of this, Ren Yangyang couldn't help but say on the phone, "I saw your wife a few days ago."

"Oh! Really!" Huang Xiaochuan didn't think anything of it.

Qingjiang isn't a big city, so it's normal to run into an acquaintance. Besides, Yu Xiang mentioned that Yu Min is now the principal of Qinggao High School, while Ren Yangyang, from both her past and present lives, has always been a teacher at Qinggao High School. Perhaps it was Ren Yangyang who recognized Yu Xiang when she visited Qinggao High School.

"She's very beautiful!" Ren Yangyang praised sincerely.

Huang Xiaochuan smiled: "Thank you! That's what I think too."

Ren Yangyang was stunned for a moment. Generally speaking, when his wife is praised by others, he would always be humble, but this woman did the opposite, which left him at a loss for how to respond.

However, Ren Yangyang knew it was time to end the call. After all, everything that needed to be said had been said, and the other party had promised to attend the class reunion: "Okay then! I know your time is precious, so I won't bother you anymore. See you at the Spring Festival."

"Okay, goodbye!" Huang Xiaochuan hung up the phone.

During dinner, Huang Xiaochuan brought up the matter with Yu Xiang.

"My high school classmates and I are planning a reunion during the Spring Festival."

Yu Xiang then took a small bowl of soup from the aunt and handed it to the man: "High school reunion? Who contacted you?"

Huang Xiaochuan took the soup bowl and said, "Ren Yangyang, her mother was the dean of students at our school. You know her too, her surname is Gui."

Yu Xiang blurted out, "Gui Yu?"

But she corrected herself: "When I was there, she was the deputy director of the teaching affairs office."

While drinking his soup, Huang Xiaochuan replied, "That's right. After you graduated, she became the director. Her daughter's name is Ren Yangyang, and she was my high school classmate for three years."

"Are you going?" Yu Xiang placed a piece of steamed white fish into her bowl.

"Okay, let's go! I mainly want to see Teacher Zhu and the others." Huang Xiaochuan shoveled a mouthful of rice into his mouth.

"Xiaoduo, where are your hands? Use your hands to hold the bowl while eating." Yu Xiang suddenly scolded the little girl.

"Oh!" Under her mother's intimidation, the little girl quickly and obediently used her left hand to hold the bowl.

"Before or after the Spring Festival?" After settling things with the little girl, Yu Xiang inquired about the timing.

"It should be before the Spring Festival!"

Huang Xiaochuan sensed there was something else behind Yu Xiang's words: "Is there something you need?"

Originally, Yu Xiang thought that if her husband went to a classmate reunion before the Spring Festival, he could bring Yu Min and her family of three back with him. But she quickly dismissed the idea. She wasn't Yu Min's mother, and there was no need to take care of her in every way. Anyway, transportation was convenient now, and she could drive herself or take public transportation.

"Oh, nothing, I was just asking."

Huang Xiaochuan was about to pick up a piece of braised pork when Yu Xiang stopped him: "Eat less fatty meat at night. At your age, your metabolism starts to slow down, making you more prone to weight gain."

Well! This is one of the benefits of marrying a doctor. Huang Xiaochuan could only put his chopsticks back and pick up a piece of stir-fried mung bean sprouts halfway through.

After swallowing the food in his mouth, Huang Xiaochuan said to Yu Xiang, "If you don't have anything else to do, why don't you come with me?"

Yu Xiang refused without even thinking: "I'm not going. I just got back and now I have to go again. Besides, why would I join in the fun at your class reunion? And what about these two?" As she spoke, she pointed to her two children who were eating.

That's true, so Huang Xiaochuan didn't bring it up again. He'll go there himself when the time comes!

"How about this then! I'll check the time, and if it's convenient, I'll bring Zhiyuan and his whole family back with me."

"No!" Yu Xiang immediately objected.

Huang Xiaochuan was taken aback.

"They're not children, let them do it themselves!" Yu Xiang realized she had gone a bit too far and tried to smooth things over.

After being married for over a decade and knowing each other for so many years, if Huang Xiaochuan couldn't sense that something was amiss, he would have lived in vain.

However, it wasn't convenient to ask these questions in front of his son and daughter, so he continued eating.

After they finished eating, while the couple went for a walk in the yard to digest their food, Huang Xiaochuan brought up the topic from earlier again.

"You seemed preoccupied after your trip to Qingjiang. What's wrong?"

"Don't worry about it, that's our family business." Yu Xiang didn't want to talk to the man about Yu Min's affairs.

"Look at you, the old saying goes, 'A woman follows her husband wherever he goes,' but now that you've married me, what's this 'your family' or 'our family' thing? Tell me! Maybe I can give you some advice." Huang Xiaochuan tried to coax and trick Yu Xiang into telling him the truth.

Ultimately, her inner resentment prevailed, and Yu Xiang told the man about Yu Min's pride acting up.

Huang Xiaochuan laughed it off after hearing this: "Just for something like that?"

Yu Xiang got angry: "What's wrong? Do you think this is a small matter? It's one thing for her to care about saving face in front of outsiders, I certainly won't hold it against her, but she actually said that to my face, does she really think she's so capable?"

Huang Xiaochuan tried to comfort Yu Xiang: "Look at you, you're getting stuck on this."

Yu Xiang glanced at the man: "You're certainly generous, but you can't be foolishly generous, can you?"

Huang Xiaochuan said truthfully, "You know Yu Min has been like this since she was a child, yet you still insist on arguing with her. I don't mind because I know her personality and temperament. Besides, she really only benefited from it. I didn't do anything for her. Even Zhiyuan and his wife are capable."

Yu Xiang's chest heaved: "From a young age, she believed that my parents favored boys over girls and didn't take her seriously, so she's always been resentful. But in reality, how have my parents ever treated her badly? Since she started working, how much have my parents given her in total? What, does she only feel satisfied if my parents live in her house and act as her maids?"

Huang Xiaochuan felt somewhat helpless about this. The two sisters were actually sisters, and there wasn't much of a conflict between them. It was just that one of them was too proud to admit it, and the other was a bit petty. He was caught in the middle and couldn't say anything. In the end, the two sisters made up and became the culprit who had stirred up trouble between them.

So he made up his mind not to express any more opinions and let the two sisters do whatever they wanted, since they weren't going to fly anyway.

Seeing that the man remained silent, Yu Xiang simply issued an ultimatum: "I'm telling you, you're not allowed to do those thankless tasks anymore, understand?"

"Okay, whatever you say, alright?" Huang Xiaochuan wanted to appease Yu Xiang first, since that's how women are when they get angry, she'll be fine in a few days.