AMRWFA -Chapter 160 The Whole Family Gets Swept Up

Xu Nannan immediately sent a meme of herself turning into a “melon-eating onlooker,” begging for gossip.

Yu Xiangqiao obviously couldn’t tell the truth, so she simply said that she had gone out for coffee with Ruan Yaoyao today and just happened to run into the missing old master of the Ou family.

To be precise, they ran into the old man’s white moonlight.

Yu Xiangqiao: “Got it now?”

Yu Xiangqiao: “The reason that old master went missing is because he was afraid his son and daughter wouldn’t agree to him being with his white moonlight, so he ran away from home.”

Xu Nannan: “?????”

Xu Nannan: “And this somehow got connected to me? My mom’s imagination is really something.”

Yu Xiangqiao: “That’s not the point. The point is, the second son of that family got together with the white moonlight’s granddaughter, and the third daughter got together with her nephew. You could say, aside from the eldest son’s family, the rest were all swept up in one go…”

Yu Xiangqiao: “Your mom saw how the third daughter was completely infatuated with a freeloading painter, and that’s what made her think of you.”

Yu Xiangqiao: “Not just you—she mentally went through our whole family. But your eldest brother already has me, and your second and third brothers already have future wives lined up. That only leaves you and the fifth.”

Yu Xiangqiao: “So… you get it?”

Xu Nannan sent a shocked emoji, impressed: “This white moonlight is seriously amazing. Is she planning to take over their whole family or what?”

Yu Xiangqiao: “Exactly what we thought. So tell me, isn’t your mom right to worry about you?”

She then cautiously probed—if Xu Nannan had any interest in any guy, she must send a photo home for them to check. With three older brothers, how could they not figure out what kind of guy he was?

If he genuinely liked her, that would be fine. But if he had ulterior motives, she’d better stay far away.

Yu Xiangqiao: “Better safe than sorry. Your dad wasn’t exactly faithful back in the day—these things are hard to predict.”

Xu Nannan found this very reasonable and suddenly felt that the handsome mixed-race guy she had met wasn’t so appealing anymore. What was a handsome guy compared to her own wallet?

She didn’t mind keeping a pretty boy, but she was afraid of being drained by one.

After all, she herself was pretty useless—her art exhibitions were funded by her parents. Sure, she was said to have gained international recognition, but how much of that was real, only she knew.

Those paintings sold for tens of thousands? Please—her brothers and sisters-in-law were the ones buying them!

Sob, sob…

I’m just a weakling. I’d better stay a mascot and let others support me.

Having successfully placed a “tightening headband spell” on Xu Nannan, Yu Xiangqiao quietly withdrew her fingers, hiding her achievements.

It wasn’t just Ruan Yaoyao who was worried—even Yu Xiangqiao feared something like this could happen to her own family.

When it happens to others, it’s gossip. When it happens to your own family, it’s a tragedy.

As for what happened next—there was no need to say much. The old master of the Ou family completely fell out with his eldest son. And the eldest son wasn’t one to be trifled with—due to internal strife, the Ou Group shrank by a third.

Even so, the eldest son took half the family assets and left the Ou Group to start his own business.

Meanwhile, the second son, Ou Xiangbin, merged his startup back into the Ou Group.

But having never worked in a large corporation before, Ou Xiangbin couldn’t handle things as skillfully as his elder brother Ou Shidong. Growing pains were inevitable.

It didn’t take long for Dai Qinglan’s family to realize that the Ou Group under Ou Xiangbin’s control wasn’t as wealthy as they had imagined. On top of that, her ex-husband, her son, and her daughter-in-law all wanted to use connections to enter the company—taking money without doing any work.

And so…

At some point, the Ou Group turned into a true “family business,” filled with a group of so-called “privileged class” members who only knew how to point fingers and had no real skills. The company quickly went downhill.

Seeing this, Dai Qinglan panicked. How could that be acceptable?

She hurriedly tried to intervene.

But she didn’t understand anything herself—what could she possibly fix? It was better when she didn’t interfere; the more she meddled, the worse things got.

Within a few years, the company that the old master had built from scratch was completely ruined.

Ruan Yaoyao wore an expression like an old man staring at his phone on the subway. She looked left and right, reread it several times, still unable to believe it.

【Wait… the company just collapsed like that?】

【Could it be that Dai Qinglan is some kind of jinx to the old master? Back when he was with her, his business failed. After switching wives, he prospered.】

【Now his wife is gone, he got back together with her, and she’s wrecked his company again?!】

It wasn’t just Ruan Yaoyao—even Yu Xiangqiao stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

If that were true, wouldn’t Dai Qinglan practically be a walking disaster?

Then could it be that her ex-husband never prospered because she held him back?

If so, the Ou family really had terrible luck crossing paths with her.

After sitting in the café all afternoon and finishing all the gossip, Ruan Yaoyao called for the bill. Not long after, Dai Qinglan approached them with a smile, asking how they found the coffee. Their café was newly opened, and they hoped to get customer feedback.

Ruan Yaoyao said, “It’s alright. I don’t have any strong preferences when it comes to coffee.”

Yu Xiangqiao added, “I’m still breastfeeding, so I only had a sip.”

Dai Qinglan’s expression almost cracked.

One doesn’t like coffee, the other is breastfeeding—then why come to a café to drink coffee?

And sit there the whole afternoon? Were they just here to freeload on the air conditioning?

They didn’t even look poor—who would’ve thought they’d be so stingy?

Dai Qinglan completely forgot that her coffee wasn’t cheap. Just those two cups could pay for several days of air conditioning.

After leaving the shop, Yu Xiangqiao whispered, “Mom, did you see that? Her expression changed just now.”

“I saw. Just like her face—doesn’t look like someone who can make money. Just wait, this shop won’t last long,” Ruan Yaoyao said, a little annoyed. So what if she didn’t like coffee?

Does that mean she can’t come sit in a café?

She likes the atmosphere—what’s wrong with that?

Yu Xiangqiao nodded. “Yeah, doesn’t look like someone who can run a business. Probably just opened it for fun. Wonder if the money came from her savings or someone else’s…”

“Who knows.”

Ruan Yaoyao thought to herself, 【Isn’t that obvious? If she had the money, she’d have opened it long ago—why wait until now?】

【It must be the old master of the Ou family who paid for it.】

【The white moonlight has a dream—to open a café and watch the clouds drift by. The old master hears that and thinks, how artistic! Of course he has to make it happen.】

【She pretends to refuse, saying it’s too troublesome at their age, but her eyes are full of anticipation.】

【How could he resist? Without a second word, he pulls out his gold card and tells her to pick a location.】

【So bold and generous—what woman wouldn’t love that?】

【If I had such a generous white moonlight, I’d fall for her too!】

Yu Xiangqiao looked up at the sky.

No, Mom—sure, my husband’s father might be a bit of a scumbag, but he’s pretty generous to you too!

Don’t you always say he spends freely?

If it weren’t for that, you would’ve divorced him long ago.

At that moment, Ruan Yaoyao had no idea—some flags should never be set.

Because once they are, the consequences can be terrifying.

And who knows… whether she would regret it when that time came.