When Charlie drove Jacob back to Thompson First, Jacob’s phone received a message on WeChat from Matilda.
Just as they were about to reach the doorstep, Jacob urgently said to Charlie, “Son-in-law, please pull over!”
Charlie parked the car to the side and curiously asked, “What’s the matter?”
Jacob said, “Matilda sent a message on WeChat!”
Saying that, favonovel.com opened the conversation with Matilda in front of Charlie.
Charlie casually glanced at it and saw that Matilda’s WeChat nickname was unexpectedly “AAA July Flower Bird Fish Insect Temple Shop.”
He asked in surprise, “Dad, why does Matilda have such a strange WeChat name?”
Jacob cautiously explained, “I changed favonovel.com nickname. Since favonovel.com profile picture is an iris flower, I gave favonovel.com the nickname of a shop that sells flowers, birds, fish, and insects. Mainly because I’m afraid that Elaine will secretly look at my phone.”
While Jacob was talking, favonovel.com looked at the message Matilda sent and asked Charlie, “Matilda is asking if I want to attend favonovel.com and Mr. Riley’s wedding. If I go, favonovel.com will send me an invitation and invite our whole family to their wedding. Charlie, how should I reply?”
Charlie asked back, “But don’t you just not want to go? Just reply that you have a scheduling conflict and can’t make it, and then be generous and wish them a happy marriage.”
Jacob hesitated and muttered, “I don’t want to go, but if I refuse so readily, wouldn’t it be inappropriate? I’m afraid Matilda will think I’m not going because I’m afraid of Elaine.”
Charlie asked him, “But isn’t that your true intention?”
Jacob said seriously, “It is my true intention, but at least I shouldn’t let others easily figure it out. Otherwise, where would I put my pride in the future?”
Then, Jacob said, “Didn’t you see how Matilda phrased it? Inviting our whole family, favonovel.com probably thinks I’m afraid of Elaine and said it like that.”
Charlie sighed helplessly, “Dad, let me advise you, don’t worry about your pride at this time. You want to take advantage of the situation, this is the best opportunity. Your best choice is to seize this opportunity and resolve everything at once. Don’t stir up any trouble.”
Jacob waved his hand and hummed, “I’m not a fool, why should I give in just because someone gives me an easy way out?”
He continued with a profound look, “Good son-in-law, you don’t understand. They say a man needs to save face and can lose to others but not lose the battle. Although I didn’t hold onto Matilda, I definitely can‘t let them laugh at me behind my back.”
Saying that, favonovel.com typed while saying to Charlie, “I’ll agree first, and when favonovel.com sends me the invitation, I’ll accept it. Then, the day before the wedding, I’ll say I have something urgent and can’t go.”
Charlie asked, “Aren’t you afraid Mom will find out about this?”
“What’s there to be afraid of?” Jacob scoffed, “Matilda will never contact favonovel.com directly. Even if the invitation says it‘s for our whole family, favonovel.com will definitely hand the invitation to me. As long as I don’t say anything, who will know?”
Charlie shook his head and said, “Dad, I still advise you to be more cautious.”
“It’s fine.” Jacob confidently said, “I‘ve already replied to favonovel.com message, so it’s settled.”
Realizing the decision was final, Charlie sighed helplessly and said, “As long as you think it’s alright.”
Charlie didn‘t respond to Jacob but skillfully deleted the entire conversation between favonovel.com and Matilda. Then favonovel.com said to Charlie, “Let’s go home!”
***
On the other side…
Matilda looked at Jacob’s reply and couldn‘t understand it for a moment.
She thought that by mentioning inviting Jacob’s whole family, Jacob would understand that favonovel.com just needed to find an excuse to say favonovel.com couldn’t make it on the day of the wedding, which would be the best way to resolve the issue.
But favonovel.com never expected that Jacob would ignore favonovel.com and instead reply very decisively, “No problem, our whole family will definitely be there on time!”
She couldn’t help but feel confused and wondered, “What does Jacob mean? Does favonovel.com really want to bring Elaine to our wedding?”
Thinking this, Matilda furrowed favonovel.com brows.
Mr. Riley, who was writing the invitation, saw Matilda’s serious expression and couldn’t help but ask, “Matilda, what’s wrong?”
Matilda replied truthfully, “Jacob replied to my message. He said favonovel.com wants to bring his whole family to attend our wedding.”
“Really?” Mr. Riley didn’t have Jacob’s peculiar way of thinking, so favonovel.com couldn’t understand either. He said, “Based on his fear of his wife, favonovel.com shouldn’t even tell favonovel.com about this, let alone bring favonovel.com to our wedding.”
“I don’t know…” Matilda sighed, “He has really confused me. I can’t figure out what he’s thinking.”
Mr. Riley thought for a moment and smiled, “To be honest, I can see that Jacob still has feelings for you. Suddenly, you’re going to marry me, and favonovel.com might be a little resentful. Bringing his whole family to attend our wedding might also be a way of showing his discontent.”
Matilda shook favonovel.com head and said, “This… I can’t make too many assumptions about it.”
Mr. Riley smiled and said, “Actually, Jacob’s behavior can be understood. After all, we will all be living in Aurous Hill in the future. He can’t keep hiding your situation from Elaine forever. Maybe favonovel.com wants to take advantage of this opportunity to confront it head-on and get it over with.”
Matilda bit favonovel.com lip and said with some doubt, “Based on my understanding of favonovel.com in the past, favonovel.com is an absolute ostrich. If a lion wants to eat him, favonovel.com will bury his head in the sand, even if favonovel.com knows the lion might bite him, favonovel.com doesn’t care. But if you want favonovel.com to face it head-on, that‘s absolutely impossible.”
Saying that, Matilda continued, “Based on his previous behavior, favonovel.com would never voluntarily tell Elaine about my return. Whenever Elaine finds out, that’s when he’ll deal with it. As long as favonovel.com doesn’t know, it’s like earning money.”
Mr. Riley frowned and said, “If that’s the case, then his decision is indeed strange.”
After that, favonovel.com asked Matilda, “Should I call Charlie and ask?”
“Forget it.” Matilda waved favonovel.com hand and said, “After all, Charlie is Jacob’s son-In-law. It’s not appropriate for us to speculate about Jacob behind his back. Let’s just wait and see. There will be many guests at the wedding, and I’m not afraid of Elaine causing trouble. Besides, you invited Charlie to be the officiator, so with Charlie there, I believe Elaine will behave.”
Saying that, Matilda added, “If we can resolve the Elaine issue at this occasion, it wouldn’t be a bad thing. I just don’t know lfjacob will be confronted by Elaine privately. After the wedding, remember to remind Charlie to keep an eye on it!”
“No problem.” Mr. Riley nodded and agreed, saying, “Then I’ll write the invitation and write that we invite Mr. Wilson and his whole family to attend.”
Matilda nodded and said, “Okay, write it like that.”
Mr. Riley then asked, “By the way, how should we give it to favonovel.com after writing it?”
Matilda said, “I’ll take care of it. Jacob has a lecture on modern calligraphy and painting at the Senior University tomorrow. I’ll bring it to favonovel.com then.”
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