AMRWFA -Chapter 178 The Ou Family’s Tactics Are Different

Mao squatted on the ground, crying pitifully.

Ruan Yaoyao hesitated for a moment, then stepped out from the darkness and handed her a tissue.

“Hubby, you…” Mao thought her husband had come back. But when she looked up, she saw Ruan Yaoyao instead and froze on the spot.

“…Why is it you? Why are you here?”

Ruan Yaoyao looked up at the sky. “Nothing, just out for a walk—and then I heard you crying.”

“I can testify, we really were just out for a walk.”

Only then did Mao realize—it wasn’t just Ruan Yaoyao. There was also Hu Xiaoyan, that annoying woman, and three other people she wasn’t familiar with.

“You’re here too?” Mao looked at Hu Xiaoyan. “Since when did you and Ruan Yaoyao become so close? Weren’t you two on bad terms?”

She suddenly remembered that last time she badmouthed Hu Xiaoyan, Ruan Yaoyao had even defended her. Her anger flared instantly.

“So you two are acting this out on purpose for me?”

Hu Xiaoyan laughed. “Acting for you? Who do you think you are? Who has time to keep watching you? The real question is—you’re the one crying here. Didn’t you just run after your husband? Why are you alone now? Where is he?”

“None of your business!”

Hu Xiaoyan sneered. “Like I want to care. If it weren’t for Yaoyao feeling sorry for you and giving you a tissue, I wouldn’t bother at all.”

Now Mao had stopped crying—but she had turned her anger toward them instead.

Truly biting the hand that feeds her kindness.

“Yaoyao, let’s go.”

Ruan Yaoyao hesitated for a moment, then left with Hu Xiaoyan.

【She’s stopped crying now… she should be fine, right?】

【According to the plot, she only commits suicide after the divorce. They’re not even divorced yet.】

What? She committed suicide?! Hu Xiaoyan was shocked.

Isn’t it just a divorce?

Is it really that serious?

She really wanted to crack open Mao’s head and see what was inside—besides her husband, couldn’t she think about anything else?

She had just been about to criticize Ruan Yaoyao for “acting kind,” but now she couldn’t say anything.

Ruan Yaoyao’s “kindness” and her “kindness” were not the same thing at all.

One was life-saving. The other was just a moment of softness.

The group hadn’t gone far when Ruan Yaoyao noticed another light ahead.

【These days even plot tags are being mass-produced?】

【Oh, it’s Mao’s husband and mother-in-law.】

Another piece of gossip?

Hu Xiaoyan immediately pretended she had spotted something and quickly pulled everyone into hiding behind some flowers.

【Her eyesight is really good!】

【If I hadn’t seen that light, I wouldn’t even have noticed them.】

Hu Xiaoyan lifted her chin slightly, smugly thinking: All thanks to me—don’t thank me!

“Alright, don’t be angry anymore. Didn’t your older brother compensate you for this?” Mao’s mother said patiently.

Ma Mingxu looked unwilling. “So what am I supposed to be now? I feel like I’m just a kept pretty boy for the Ou family, constantly watching their faces.”

“And what else can you do? You don’t have the talent to run a company. When your father’s company was handed to you, you nearly ran it into the ground. If you didn’t marry her, you would’ve been bankrupt long ago. I already asked you back then—do you want freedom or money? You chose this yourself.”

Ma Mingxu fell silent.

His mother patted his shoulder and sighed.

“I know it’s unfair to you, but I had no choice. Your father died early, and you were still young. I couldn’t just hand the company to outsiders. Just endure a bit longer… once that woman dies, everything will be easier for you. If you’re tired, go visit Rujuan…”

【That’s a lot of information…】

【‘Once that woman dies,’ ‘go visit Rujuan’…】

Ruan Yaoyao wasn’t sure anymore.

【Could the plot be lying? Was Mao not actually a normal suicide—but something done by this mother and son?】

【PUA?】

【I know this one too well. Wasn’t Lichang once manipulated like that? And those sisters of Zhihe…】

【So they kept suppressing Mao, even tampering with her food, making her gain weight, then used it as an excuse to constantly insult her…】

So that’s why Mao couldn’t lose weight, even though she was dieting alongside them—while Hu Xiaoyan had succeeded?

Hu Xiaoyan’s expression subtly changed.

Compared to that, the Ou family didn’t seem much better.

At least she was lucky—she was an only child, and her father truly loved her and prepared everything for her. Otherwise…

【Sigh… what a pity.】

Ruan Yaoyao felt frustrated.

【Life really is unfair sometimes. You think evil will be punished, but instead the victim dies, while the perpetrators live comfortably.】

【Oh, that “white moonlight” old lady remained someone’s eternal memory… and her son? He never remarried and even got labeled a “devoted lover.”】

【Ha!】

Ruan Yaoyao was furious.

【Devoted? Him?】

【On the surface he never remarried after Mao’s death, but privately he never stopped keeping mistresses.】

Even worse, people still defended him.

Saying things like: “He lost the woman he loved most, it’s understandable. Men have needs.”

【What the hell?!】

【What the hell?!】

【What the hell?!】

【So that’s how it works?!】

Hu Xiaoyan, who had been angry earlier, now went silent.

…Fine, but if you don’t do it yourself, who can you blame?

Still, Mao dying for someone like that really wasn’t worth it.

After the mother and son left, Hu Xiaoyan asked, “So… are you going to handle this?”

“Handle what? That Mao family woman has no brain. What can we even do?” Ruan Yaoyao snapped, still angry.

She was frustrated most of all because she knew the truth—but couldn’t say it.

She glanced at everyone, feeling stifled.

【Aaaah—they don’t even know what’s really going on!】

【So annoying!】

In reality, the others who could hear her thoughts stayed silent.

Instead, they quickly spoke up.

“Aunt, if you want to interfere, we can help.”

“Yeah, Aunt Xu, it’s just PUA—we can reverse it!”

“With so many of us, we can definitely counter it!”

“We just need to expose her husband’s affairs—she won’t stay calm after that.”

They immediately began planning: who would meet Mao, who would watch the mother-in-law, who would monitor the husband, and who would track the rest of the family.

A full team operation was formed on the spot.