AMRWFA -Chapter 113 The Shis’ Gossip

Shi Yanli moved pretty quickly. After saying she wanted to invite Ruan Yaoyao and Yu Xiangqiao over, she went back to make some preparations and then welcomed them into her home.

“Mrs. Xu, please come in!”

As soon as Ruan Yaoyao stepped through the door, she noticed a row of “labels” glittering before her eyes, each one practically shouting: Click me! Click me!

【Oh wow! This is going to be interesting!】

【Tsk tsk… a whole row of cannon fodder!】

【Li Tingting is ruthless—this is the Shi family’s third branch, and she didn’t leave a single one untouched.】

Even though she already knew this, Shi Yanli couldn’t help raising her eyebrows. She glanced sharply at her parents, second brother, and third brother, silently warning them to behave and stay quiet.

—You all better behave. Anyone dares to speak, don’t blame me for losing my temper!

Shi Yanli’s parents and brothers: “…”

So fierce!

Scary!

“Mrs. Xu, would you like tea or coffee?”

“Tea, please. Coffee makes me sleepy.”

“So you’re allergic to coffee, huh?”

“Allergic? I just get sleepy; I’m not allergic.”

“Being sleepy from coffee counts as an allergy.”

“Really? Isn’t an allergy supposed to make your body itchy or give you pimples?” Ruan Yaoyao was surprised. She had no idea that coffee could make you sleepy if you were allergic.

Shi Yanli shook her head. “No, Mrs. Xu, everyone reacts differently to allergens. I’ll send you a video—you’ll understand.”

Shi Yanli sent it immediately.

When Ruan Yaoyao opened it, she was shocked.

【Wait, I know that drinking milk causing diarrhea is an allergy, but eating chili and getting a runny nose is also an allergy?】

【So all the chili I’ve eaten before… I’ve been allergic all along?!】

【No way… I thought eating chili was just fun. At first, you can’t eat too much, but over time, you can handle more. Eventually, your tolerance increases.】

【So the more spicy I eat, the more I can handle it—is that desensitization?】

【Running nose from chili, throat irritation from sweet melon, itchy mouth from mango… eating certain foods that numb your mouth might also be allergies…】

【A lifetime dedicated to desensitization, the Chinese people…】

【How many allergens do we even have that we don’t know about?】

…

Well, Ruan Yaoyao realized for the first time that Chinese people aren’t inherently non-allergic. It’s just that in daily life, we rarely pay attention to it, which is why most people don’t even know what they’re allergic to.

Makes sense—mild irritations are easy to ignore. You just endure them, or maybe eating more eventually desensitizes you.

While Ruan Yaoyao was watching the video, Shi Yanli immediately added Yu Xiangqiao to the family group chat and tagged everyone, asking: “Did you hear that? Did you catch all the thoughts Mrs. Xu is thinking? Reply +1 if you heard it.”

Shi Father: “+1”

Shi Mother: “+1”

Eldest Brother: “+1”

Second Brother: “+1”

Yu Xiangqiao: “+1”

Shi Yanli: “Good. Now that we’re sure everyone can hear, remember what I said earlier: pretend you didn’t hear anything. Keep your mouths shut. If anyone lets Mrs. Xu know we can hear her thoughts and messes up Mr. Official daddy’s plan, you’ll rot in jail, and I’ll be the first to report you.”

Shi Father / Shi Mother / Eldest Brother / Second Brother: “…Understood.”

What can you do when faced with such an unreasonable daughter/older sister?

Endure it.

After a few more videos, Ruan Yaoyao felt a bit unsatisfied, but since she was in someone else’s home, she didn’t want to keep scrolling endlessly.

So after a short while, she turned off her phone and lifted her head.

Shi Yanli, alert, smiled and said, “Mrs. Xu, I haven’t introduced you yet. This is my father, Shi Guofan, the Shi family’s third branch.”

【Oh, the one with the white moonlight that ruined the whole family!】

【So that’s what he looks like!】

Ruan Yaoyao smiled. “Hello!”

“Hello!” Shi Guofan said, expressionless, but inside, he was panicking.

White moonlight?

I don’t have any white moonlight!

He quickly glanced at his wife, Ma Wenli, eyes filled with guilt.

Ma Wenli glared at him: White moonlight? You’re that old and still shameless!

“This is my mother, Ma Wenli.”

【Poor thing—husband fell for another woman, son and daughter were killed, no wonder she eventually jumped.】

【Sigh… as a woman myself, what could I even do?】

Ruan Yaoyao’s eyes showed sympathy. “So you’re Lili’s mother. No wonder she’s so beautiful—it must have come from you. You look so young, almost like twins. And you even gave her the character ‘Li’ in her name—it seems you had high hopes for her, right?”

“She’s my first child, of course I valued her. When I named her, I intentionally used my own name. Her nickname is ‘Lili,’ I’m called ‘Dali Li.’” Ma Wenli smiled, but her heart felt icy.

My goodness…

It really was a family wiped out. Except her husband, everyone else is gone.

If that happened, she might not have been able to take the blow and jumped herself.

“This is my eldest brother, Shi Chaowen, and second brother, Shi Yuwen.”

Shi Chaowen and Shi Yuwen in unison: “Hello, Mrs. Xu.”

“You two look just like your eldest sister. You could be siblings just by looking at you—both outstanding. You must be close?” Ruan Yaoyao smiled, though in her mind she was rolling her eyes.

【Indeed, so close that when Li Tingting appeared, they forgot even their own surnames and sold out their sister.】

【Shi Yanli must have been furious!】

【Father gets seduced by white moonlight, younger brothers get seduced by Li Tingting—no time even to throw a fit.】

Shi Chaowen and Shi Yuwen felt chills down their spines: What?! Did we really do that?

It’s over!

Big sister will definitely deal with us!

A secret glance at Shi Yanli confirmed it—her eyes were deadly toward them.

After a brief exchange, Shi Yanli proactively brought out the tea and smiled while introducing the snacks, saying these were the family’s favorites, specially learned by the house helpers from outside.

While letting Ruan Yaoyao try them, she chatted about “fun stories,” buying time.

Sure enough, Ruan Yaoyao made polite remarks but focused her attention on the family.

The first “detail” she clicked on was Shi Father, Shi Guofan.

【Tsk tsk tsk… some men remain virtuous all their lives, yet fall for an elderly white moonlight.】

【Men really can’t escape the charm of their first love!】

【The white moonlight may be old, but she has a daughter who looks just like her. Seeing her daughter, he feels as if he’s regained lost youth and can’t help but stare.】

【White moonlight’s own daughter, same age as his daughter, and he still lays hands on her—doesn’t he fear the white moonlight will jump out of the ground and break his knees?】

Ruan Yaoyao thought, If I were this white moonlight, I’d probably want to kill Shi Guofan myself.

I told you to “take care” of my daughter, and this is how you take care of her?

Even taking care on the bed…