Ruan Yaoyao and Hu Xiaoyan went back and discussed the matter with everyone. In the end, they decided to leave it for now. After all, Mao wouldn’t be in any danger for the time being—as long as she didn’t end up divorcing her husband, things would be fine.
Compared to that, her siblings’ issues were actually easier to deal with. For example, her third sister Ou Xinyi was involved in what could be considered “forced sexual relationships.” At this stage, everything had just begun, and she hadn’t developed such intense feelings with her childhood “little wolf-dog” boyfriend yet.
So a single anonymous “report” phone call from Yu Xiangqiao was enough to send Ou Xinyi straight to the police station.
The rest would be handled by official “education.”
As for her eldest brother’s substitute lover situation…
“They had already signed an agreement and were together. But his little lover didn’t know about the substitute arrangement. I used a bit of strategy and made sure the substitute story reached his lover’s ears.”
Yun Jinxian took a sip of coffee and continued:
“After that, his lover got jealous and wanted to break up. To win her back, he bought her a luxury branded bag. And then they made up again.”
Ruan Yaoyao gave a confused look. “So… from the beginning, that lover was only after his money?”
“Seems like it. It wasn’t as sincere as he thought. One was attracted to looks, the other to money—they actually match pretty well,” Yun Jinxian said honestly. “As long as they don’t go around harming others, it’s fine.”
After all, she actually knew the ex-girlfriend who was the ‘white moonlight’ of that man.
If she hadn’t seen the substitute lover’s photo, she wouldn’t have realized it was her.
When it came to Mao’s fourth sister Ou Xinmeng and her school bully boyfriend, things were even easier to resolve.
School bullies usually do shady things—like bullying and other misconduct.
As long as the authorities paid attention, the education bureau would definitely intervene, and the school would be put under strict monitoring.
Before Ou Xinmeng even properly started anything with her bully boyfriend, he was already taken away.
After finishing this period of work, Hu Xiaoyan went off to handle her own matters. She wasn’t young anymore—time waited for no one, and she needed to arrange her pregnancy plans quickly.
She even went for ovarian stimulation injections.
Ruan Yaoyao accompanied her once, but seeing how painful the injections were, she refused to go again.
“You brought this suffering on yourself. I’m not going—I can’t watch it!”
Hu Xiaoyan burst out laughing. “You’re really kind-hearted. Fine, go back then. Come see me when I’m about to give birth.”
“Then I’ll come after you give birth.”
Only later did Ruan Yaoyao realize—why did she have to wait until after birth? Couldn’t she come after pregnancy?
Was Hu Xiaoyan planning to hide herself away?
Later she learned the truth: Hu Xiaoyan was afraid her husband might do something irreversible, so she disappeared after getting pregnant and never showed up again.
Ruan Yaoyao found out again when Hu Xiaoyan’s husband Ma Gaoyi went to Hu family’s house to cause trouble, “questioning” her about cheating.
Even her three daughters came, accusing their mother of being shameless for trying to start a second relationship at her age and asking what she intended to do with them.
Because Hu Xiaoyan was absent, she avoided the confrontation, leaving only her parents to deal with the chaos, eventually forcing them to call the police.
The matter quickly spread throughout their social circle.
Then Mao personally came to Ruan Yaoyao’s home, asking if it was true—whether Hu Xiaoyan was really pregnant, and whose child it was.
“How can she be so shameless? She divorced her husband and immediately went to have another man’s child. She’s disgracing all women…”
Ruan Yaoyao looked speechless. “You came all the way here just to say this? Have you solved your own husband’s cheating issue?”
“My husband would never cheat! I asked him—he said it’s not true. Someone must be jealous of our happiness and framing him.”
“You only asked once?”
“Yes. What else should I do?”
Ruan Yaoyao was speechless. “Did you investigate? Hire a private detective?”
“My dad and my brother said I was overthinking it. They said I should trust my husband, or he’ll think I don’t trust him and stop loving me…”
Ruan Yaoyao thought coldly:
【Even her own father and brother are gaslighting her. No wonder she’s like this.】
【One is busy chasing women, the other is busy dating—who’s actually paying attention to her? As long as she’s not dead, they don’t care.】
Mao then asked if Ruan Yaoyao knew where Hu Xiaoyan was. When she said she didn’t, Mao didn’t believe her.
“Since you two are so close, how could you not know?”
“Don’t you know you shouldn’t break up a married couple? If you know, you should tell her husband so they can reunite.”
“They’re already divorced,” Ruan Yaoyao said flatly.
“So what if they’re divorced? They can’t remarry?” Mao said dismissively. “Besides, they already have so many children. They should think about the kids.”
“The pregnancy can’t be delayed. If you tell him early, her husband can take her back and even abort the baby so they can fix their marriage.”
“And if she gives birth, her husband really won’t want her anymore.”
Mao spoke earnestly, like she was reasoning for her.
Ruan Yaoyao was almost stunned.
After Mao left, Hu Xiaoyan’s husband and daughters came to her door, claiming Mao told them Ruan Yaoyao knew where Hu Xiaoyan was.
Ruan Yaoyao: “……”
【I have some very strong words I want to say right now.】
【I really want to curse.】
【Are the Ou family people all mentally ill?】
At first, Ma Gaoyi and his four daughters were still polite, even bringing gifts and speaking calmly, asking her to reveal Hu Xiaoyan’s address and saying they would “let bygones be bygones.”
Ruan Yaoyao looked puzzled. “What past issues?”
“You took my wife to nightclubs and got her pregnant with some man’s child,” Ma Gaoyi said darkly.
Ruan Yaoyao was speechless. “What do you mean I took your wife to nightclubs? Wasn’t she the one who took me? My husband has been dead for years and I never even went. Why would I suddenly go after your wife got divorced? And also—you already divorced her, why are you still calling her your wife? That’s a bit much, isn’t it?”
“My wife has never been to such places in all these years. She only went after divorcing me. If it wasn’t you who corrupted her, who else could it be?”
“I know you had a hand in our divorce too. You’re just jealous because your own husband is dead, so you can’t stand seeing others happy—”
“You cheated, your mother killed your daughter, and now you blame others for your divorce? Do you really think your wife couldn’t give you a son is her fault? Even elementary school kids know the child’s gender is determined by the man. If she couldn’t give you a son, maybe it’s your genes that are the problem?”
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