AMRWFA -Chapter 175 Asking for Parenting Advice

Xu Lianghan thought to himself that if he really turned out like his biological mother, Ruan Yaoyao would probably cry.

“I really don’t know what to teach you.”

Hu Xiaoyan didn’t believe her. If Ruan Yaoyao had no strengths, how could her husband’s illegitimate children all be so filial toward her?

Either she didn’t want to say it, or she herself wasn’t even aware of it.

“Fine, if you don’t want to say it, then don’t. I’ll just come a few more times in the future—I’ll figure it out sooner or later.” She then said to Ruan Yaoyao, “I’m planning to have another child.”

“What? You’re having another one?!” Ruan Yaoyao was shocked. “You’re already in your forties! You still want another baby? Can your body handle it?”

Hu Xiaoyan smiled. “When others hear I still want to have a child, they ask me how I can still give birth after getting divorced. Only you are asking whether my body can handle it. Don’t worry, I’ve had a physical exam. The doctor said my body is well-maintained and I can still give birth.”

It was just that they couldn’t guarantee she would definitely get pregnant.

Hu Xiaoyan’s plan was simple: if natural conception didn’t work, she would go for artificial insemination. She didn’t believe she couldn’t have a healthy baby that way.

After the child was born, she would bring it over to Ruan Yaoyao often and let her help take care of it.

Ruan Yaoyao suddenly felt a chill down her spine and thought it was just the air conditioner being too cold.

Hu Xiaoyan’s parents were still alive. Although they were older and semi-retired, her father was very shrewd. He didn’t let his son-in-law Ma Gaoyi take over the family company; instead, he hired a professional manager, saying Ma Gaoyi already had his own business and was too busy.

In reality, it was because Hu Xiaoyan had already given birth to several daughters, and the family felt Ma Gaoyi was unreliable, so they left her a backup plan.

Who would have thought that this decision would actually turn out to be correct?

Now that Hu Xiaoyan and Ma Gaoyi were divorced, she could take half of his assets, while everything in the Hu family remained with her parents. It wasn’t considered marital property, so Ma Gaoyi couldn’t touch it.

The only thing that disappointed Old Master Hu was his daughter’s three “little beasts.” They were clearly born after ten months of her hardship, yet were raised by the Ma family into that kind of behavior. Thinking about it made him furious.

“You… I told you back then not to marry him, but you wouldn’t listen. Look at you now—wasted so many years, gave birth to four children, one died, and the remaining ones aren’t even close to you…”

Old Master Hu felt suffocated.

What was even more suffocating was that he only had one daughter, Hu Xiaoyan, and had no one to pass the family business to.

But his daughter was unreliable, and he also feared that after he and his wife passed away, she would suffer alone.

After all, she was their precious princess whom they had spoiled since childhood.

Hu Xiaoyan calmly drank the red date and white fungus soup her mother made and said, “I was blind back then. How was I supposed to know my taste in men was that bad? If I had known Ma Gaoyi was like this, I would’ve just learned from Ruan Yaoyao and done a business marriage instead—picked a man who at least spends money generously…”

As she said this, she suddenly realized something.

Wasn’t Ruan Yaoyao actually the smartest one? She picked a man who seemed flirtatious, but was actually easy to deal with.

He was old, died early, and left all the wealth to her and the children. Wouldn’t that make life easy in old age?

Those two illegitimate sons were also raised so well—if not for Ruan Yaoyao’s influence, then it must have been her late husband’s doing.

Hu Xiaoyan felt real envy.

Compared to her own “real family,” that kind of man was simply perfect. As expected, nothing hurts more than comparison.

“Achoo…”

Ruan Yaoyao sneezed.

She muttered to herself—definitely Hu Xiaoyan talking about her again.

“She’s really out of her mind. I already told her she’s too old to have more kids, but she won’t listen. She insists on doing it. What is she thinking?”

“What if she ends up lying in the delivery room and never comes out?”

…

Ruan Yaoyao kept muttering, and Yu Xiangqiao tried to comfort her a bit, saying Hu Xiaoyan probably had no choice.

She was divorced, and her three daughters had all gone to her ex-husband. If she didn’t have another child, who would inherit the family fortune? Was she going to give it to those unreliable daughters?

“Exactly. Her three daughters are complete disasters. I have no idea what they’re thinking. They won’t even inherit their own mother’s fortune and instead want to give it to an outsider.”

“Yeah, probably something wrong with their brains.”

“Honestly, it’s all that mother-in-law’s fault,” Ruan Yaoyao said. “She’s very cunning. If she wasn’t, how could she have raised a son like Ma Gaoyi?”

【The key is, even though she had so many granddaughters and was clearly biased toward sons, she still managed not to let Hu Xiaoyan notice.】

【Either Hu Xiaoyan is foolish, or that woman is just too good at hiding it.】

【Personally, I think it’s the latter.】

【Coming here under the guise of retirement, yet still managing to set up a mistress for her son, and even win over three granddaughters to help cover things up… tsk tsk tsk.】

【That brainwashing ability is insane.】

Indeed!

Yu Xiangqiao agreed. If her own mother-in-law had that kind of ability, she would’ve been completely controlled the moment she married into the family.

But clearly, Ruan Yaoyao didn’t.

Otherwise, their family conflicts wouldn’t have only been resolved after the “awakening” and golden finger appeared, when they finally heard her mother-in-law’s inner voice.

And who resolved it? Not Ruan Yaoyao—it was the younger generation.

Hu Zhiyan kept her word and acted quickly. She gathered a thick stack of handsome men’s photos and profiles and went to find Ruan Yaoyao, asking her to help pick the father of her future child.

Ruan Yaoyao was stunned.

“Seriously?!”

【You’re moving way too fast!】

【You just got divorced!】

Hu Xiaoyan ignored her reaction and said, “Of course it’s real. I’m already divorced. If I don’t have a child while I’m still young, I’ll be too old later. Come on, help me pick—who do you think is more handsome?”

Ruan Yaoyao looked at the photos—some were celebrities, others were university students.

“You’re already a forty-something aunt picking men this young?” she said with a complicated expression. After all, she had a son who was still in college.

This made her very uncomfortable.

【It feels like I’m picking my son!】

I wouldn’t mind picking your son, but I’m afraid you wouldn’t agree!

Hu Xiaoyan said seriously, “It’s not like I’m dating them. I’m just borrowing genes. Of course I should choose the best quality ones.”

“Were they willing?”

【Did you use some kind of method?】

Hu Xiaoyan replied, “They need money.”

“So you’re planning to sponsor them or… donate sperm?”

“Depends. If I like them, I might keep them around for a while. If not, it doesn’t matter—I just want a child.”

Ruan Yaoyao thought: 【You’re not just trying to have a child—you’re going wild.】

【Like a bird out of a cage, kind of unhinged.】

【Some of them are younger than your daughters… how can you even…】

Hu Xiaoyan: It’s not my son anyway.

She believed in Ruan Yaoyao’s judgment, which was why she came prepared with everything.

Ruan Yaoyao was unwilling, and Hu Xiaoyan tried persuading her for a long time.

Yu Xiangqiao sat beside them watching, almost dying of laughter.

She sent updates to the group chat:

“They’re at it again!”

“Hahaha… Mom is staring at Aunt Hu and those male college students like she can’t even decide where to start.”

“Blind guess—right now Mom is definitely thinking of the fifth child’s face.”