AMRWFA -Chapter 123 The Female Lead’s “Zoo”

After finally settling the Shi family’s affairs, Ruan Yaoyao received another notification—Li Tingting had picked up yet another animal this time. This one was a turtle.

Ruan Yaoyao: “……”

【At this rate, my house is turning into a zoo!】

Then she glanced at Xie Xiuming, who still hadn’t turned back into human form, and her head started to ache.

She called her third son, Ru Anzhi, back and said, “This can’t go on, can it? Every so often she picks up another animal, over and over again. She won’t rest until she gets herself into some kind of human-animal romance, will she? How about you guys figure out a way to send her abroad? Let her wreak havoc in another country instead of here…”

【If this keeps going, all the domineering CEOs in this country will be ruined by her!】

【If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t even know there were so many ‘tall, rich, and handsome’ men here!】

【If they were all like Shi Wenqin, just spoiled family darlings, that’d be one thing—but if more “talents” like Xie Xiuming appear, won’t companies fall into chaos? If work stalls, who’s going to keep things running?】

【The domestic economy will definitely take a hit!】

No matter how scatterbrained Ruan Yaoyao might be, her past life experience told her clearly: companies aren’t something just anyone can manage—you need capable people. If all the capable ones turn into animals, then who’s going to work?

Just imagining her eldest and second sons turning into animals—her third son being a poor soldier, her fourth an artist, and her fifth still studying—she had no idea where she’d find someone to take over the Xu Group.

There was no way she could do it herself. She’d probably end up hiring a professional manager who would secretly work for a rival and funnel money to them. She might as well just stay a rich housewife and idle her life away.

Hearing her rambling thoughts, Ru Anzhi couldn’t help but laugh.

He told her that the higher-ups were already considering the issue. Even Xie Xiuming, the first to turn into an animal, hadn’t recovered yet. Who knew how long the others would take? For safety, they planned to “lure” Li Tingting abroad first.

The country simply couldn’t withstand her chaos any longer.

“Coincidentally, there’s good news—her mother’s illness might improve. She probably won’t stay much longer and will be heading out soon…”

Even so, in Li Tingting’s luggage—about to be shipped through customs—they discovered a palm-sized chameleon.

Everyone who knew about it: “……”

How many was this now?

“1, 2, 3, 4, 5…”

Standing in her yard, Ruan Yaoyao counted the animals in front of her—from those running on land to those flying in the sky to those swimming in water. Li Tingting truly spared nothing—everything fell victim to her.

Later on, Ru Anzhi stopped letting her interact with the families of those affected. They treated it as if those people had fallen into a coma from a “serious illness.” At first, they thought the situation would resolve quickly—but half a year had passed, and Xie Xiuming was still a dog. That made things difficult.

They didn’t know whether he could ever recover.

If he couldn’t…

Letting others know would only give them hope—only to crush it later, leaving them even more desperate.

The later arrivals asked: “Are you guys also animals that gained intelligence?”

The first three: “……”

“Forget it. Let’s just discuss what to eat tonight.”

Sometimes, ignorance really is a blessing.

The later arrivals: “?”

Ruan Yaoyao handed the newer ones over to Xie Xiuming and stopped worrying about them.

What a joke—if he could manage such a huge company, could he not handle a few people?

Besides, didn’t he have Xiao Ai and Ma Xi helping him?

If even that didn’t work, she’d have to call him useless.

Xie Xiuming: “Aren’t you already thinking that?”

Ruan Yaoyao played dumb: “When did I?”

Xie Xiuming: “Heh.”

Ruan Yaoyao: “You said it yourself, not me.”

Ruan Yaoyao: “So? Are you going to manage them or not?”

Xie Xiuming: “I can—but you have to agree to one condition.”

Ruan Yaoyao: “I don’t have money.”

Xie Xiuming’s dog mouth twitched. He wasn’t short on money—what was she thinking?

He just wanted some “entertainment.”

Since he couldn’t turn back into a human for now, he might as well find some amusement—using others’ misfortune to make himself feel better.

Xie Xiuming: “Staying at home is too boring. You have to take me with you when you go out.”

Ruan Yaoyao: “Walk the dog?”

Xie Xiuming felt a toothache.

Honestly, the fact that her husband hadn’t beaten her to death back then really showed how good-tempered he was. Who talks like that?

Furiously, he typed: “Are you taking me or not? If not, forget it—you handle the remaining “animals” yourself.”

Ruan Yaoyao: “Alright, alright, don’t be mad. I’ll take you, okay?”

Anyway, she wouldn’t go out alone—bringing an extra dog made no difference.

“Achoo—”

Xie Xiuming sneezed. If he knew she truly thought of him as a dog, he’d probably explode from anger.

After getting her promise, Xie Xiuming gathered Xiao Ai and Mai Xi for a meeting. After that, he called the turtle, the chameleon, and the others for another meeting, explaining clearly: since they had “awakened” and been taken in by the authorities, they now had to follow the rules…

—

Ruan Yaoyao had originally planned to visit the Xu family ancestral graves, but didn’t make it—because Xie Zining was about to give birth.

After her belly started showing, to prevent her stepmother and stepsister Xie Ziyi from noticing and sabotaging things, she used the excuse of “going abroad” but actually moved into the Xu family’s sanatorium.

When the time came, she was transferred directly to the obstetrics department of the Xu family hospital.

In Ruan Yaoyao’s view, Xie Father wasn’t as bad as she had imagined. He seemed fairly “normal.”

Compared to Xie Zining’s biological mother, he was indeed much more normal. At worst, he was just a “phoenix man” who rose through marriage—taking over a woman’s family wealth and then marrying his “white moonlight.”

【Wan Yuegui always thought he married her because of her sister—that she was just a substitute, a stand-in mother for Xie Zining. But she didn’t know that he actually liked her from the beginning. Back then, she had someone else in her heart and ignored him, so he settled for her sister, Wan Yuemei, who practically threw herself at him.】

【They were twins and looked identical. To him, there wasn’t much difference.】

Yu Xiangqiao and Xie Xiuming, who were also present: So that’s how it is?!

The one you thought was the “substitute” was actually the true love—and the earlier one was the substitute?

And wait—Xie Father had a previous wife?!

No one in their circle had ever mentioned that.

Ruan Yaoyao herself was stunned—this was the first time she learned that Xie Father had built his rise as a “phoenix man.”

【What a pity for the first wife. Raised with care by her parents, she built up such a large fortune—only to die from difficult childbirth, mother and child both lost, everything ending up in someone else’s hands.】

【Sigh… fate is cruel.】

Ruan Yaoyao even tried to find evidence of wrongdoing—whether Xie Father had deliberately harmed her to seize her wealth.

But after digging through everything, she only found his ambition and scheming—not actual murder.

At most, he wasn’t a good man—but he hadn’t crossed that line.

Even so, Ruan Yaoyao still felt uncomfortable.

【Sigh…】

【This is what it means to be a woman.】

【No matter what, women can’t escape the trial of childbirth. Whether you live or die—it’s all up to fate.】

【No matter how hard you work beforehand, if you don’t survive childbirth, it’s all for nothing. Once you’re dead, what else can you do?】