Thread by @cerbykerby

I don't think there's enough discussion about mianmian's husband.

like can u imagine. being mianmian's husband. and then one day these two men show up and give ur daughter money. and when u ask ur wife she just says, "Oh that was just Hanguang-Jun and the Yiling Patriarch."

poor guy goes through all the stages of grief in 5 seconds. then he carefully says, "I heard he has been… redeemed?"

mianmian stares at him. "And what do you think?"

her husband thinks about it. "I mean, he gave our daughter money, so he can't be ALL bad."

she smacks him.

one day mianmian comes home and says, "By the way, Hanguang-Jun and his companion are coming for supper."

her husband utterly loses his mind. "HANGUANG-JUN? AND THE YILING PATRIARCH? IN OUR HOUSE? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME SOONER?"

and mianmian is like, "dude just boil a cabbage."

"MIANMIAN I CAN'T FEED HANGUANG-JUN BOILED CABBAGE."

"You can absolutely feed Hanguang-Jun boiled cabbage."

"OH HEAVENS I NEED TO RESEARCH GUSU DISHES."

"I know one."

"TELL ME."

"Boil a cabbage."

mianmian's teasing aside, he manages to whip up a respectable array of gusu and yunmeng cuisine. wwx is DELIGHTED to see so many spicy dishes and happily tucks in, complimenting the cooking in between mouthfuls. lwj glares at mianmian's husband.

mm's husband:

during the dinner, mianmian's husband anxiously toasts lwj and wwx. "Thank you for saving my wife from the Wens," he says to wwx. "You have my deepest gratitude."

it takes wwx a long time to catch on. "Ohh," he grins at mianmian. "You told him about us?"

she hits him. hard.

mm's husband watches helplessly as his wife assaults their guest. he's just thankful that wwx isn't hitting her back; he would do a great many things for his wife, but fighting the yiling patriarch is a bit much.

lwj looks almost serene as mm perfoms a wwe-style suplex on wwx.

mm's husband is at a loss. should he intervene? or just sit back and let it happen? their daughter is cheering her mom on, and mm's husband has to shush her before she offends lwj.

at least everyone looks more relaxed when the two of them return to the table, which is a relief.

after they bid lwj and wwx goodnight, mm's husband frowns. "I don't think I made a good impression on them," he confesses.

mm cocks her head. "Why do you say that?"

"Hanguang-Jun looked displeased." mm's husband's shoulders slump. "I don't think he liked the food."

"Oh, nah," she waves her hand. "He was just jealous that Wei Wuxian liked your food."

mm's husband's mind freezes. restarts. fails. freezes again. restarts. "But we're married," he protests.

"Yup."

"And they're married."

"Mmhm."

"And we have a child."

"We do."

"So, why?"

mm shrugs. "Because his husband gave you positive attention. Hanguang-Jun is easily jealous."

too easily. mm's husband shivers. he reminds himself to never interact with wwx again, ever.

"You redeemed yourself by thanking Wei Wuxian though," mm grins. "Hanguang-Jun likes that."

of course that's not the only time wangxian visit. mm's husband accompanies them on a night-hunt together. he straight-up faints the first time he sees wwx raise a fierce corpse.

he wakes up after lwj transfers a short burst of spiritual energy to him, which is MORTIFYING.

otherwise, he lives a pretty normal life. yeah, sometimes his wife goes night-hunting. sometimes he bumps into the yiling patriarch in the markets. and one time, hanguang-jun showed up at his house unannounced because mm's daughter talisman-called him with a cultivation question.

yup. definitely a normal, simple, peaceful life. he wouldn't trade it for the world.

-- THE END --

I FOUND THE SCREENSHOTS OF MIANMIAN AND HER HUBBY FROM CQL.

This man is just WAITING for the cue from his wife to pick up their child and sprint for dear life while she slices the threat to ribbons.

this is the face of a man who is quite content being ordinary and might cry if you expect anything cultivation-related out of him.