AMRWFA -Chapter 187 A Skull Lid as a Wine Cup

After saying that, Xu Lianghan immediately regretted it, feeling that he had been too harsh on his second brother.

“Sorry, I wasn’t thinking before I spoke.”

Xu Chengyan waved it off indifferently. “You’re not wrong. If I really jumped off a building, and those two brats, the fourth and fifth brothers, were being controlled by someone else, they definitely wouldn’t bother collecting my body. I’d really be pretty miserable.”

“So we’re laughing at each other’s misfortune here?”

“Isn’t that exactly what it is?”

……

The two of them originally thought they would need to investigate this so-called Ma Aotian for a while before figuring out who he was.

But—

Yu Xiangqiao called them over and told them they already knew who Ma Aotian was.

Xu Lianghan was puzzled. “You found out that fast? That quickly? Did you contact the third brother? Isn’t he still on a mission?”

Yu Xiangqiao pointed at Xu Nannan, who was silently sitting across from them.

As her best friend, Liao Jingna said helplessly, “This Ma Aotian… Nannan has already met him. Before she came back, the two of them even talked on the phone. Ma Aotian said he’d treat Nannan to a meal when she’s free.”

Everyone: ?!

A man who used your brother’s skull cap as a wine cup—how dare you still go eat with him?!

Do you not want to live?!

Oh—

If that happened before she came back, then never mind.

“How did you even meet him?” Yu Xiangqiao asked in confusion. “Before you came back, didn’t you just call me and promise you weren’t planning to date anyone?”

Xu Nannan felt wronged. “I wasn’t planning to date! I just met a new friend and chatted with him a bit more.”

Liao Jingna: “Yes, just a new friend, just chatted a bit more, and already agreed to have dinner together after coming back. Are you planning to introduce him to me next? No thanks, I can’t handle that.”

Thinking of how terrifying that man was, Liao Jingna wanted nothing more than to cut ties with Xu Nannan immediately.

Xu Nannan was on the verge of tears. “I really didn’t know he was that scary. If I had known, I would’ve stayed far away from him.”

Yu Xiangqiao said, “It’s not too late now. Stay away from him in the future. You and the fifth brother… seriously, you two just give whatever you’re asked for—money, people—and even used the third brother’s skull cap as a wine cup. If the third brother finds out, he’ll twist your skull off and use it as a ball.”

“I didn’t do it on purpose,” Xu Nannan said pitifully.

Xu Lianghan added, “Tell us everything you know about this Ma Aotian. We’ll send people to investigate properly.”

Xu Nannan nodded obediently. “Okay.”

She had no choice but to behave obediently now—her entire family was already dragged into this mess.

At least she still had her own mind and wasn’t fully controlled. Even she wanted to dig her brain open to see what exactly had gone wrong inside it.

Liao Jingna, meanwhile, asked Xu Chengyan for advice on how he had escaped the control of that terrifying female lead back then. She and Xu Nannan needed to figure out how to break free from this man.

If it really didn’t work, she was even thinking of having someone monitor Ma Aotian. Wherever he touched, she and Xu Nannan would avoid it completely.

“Don’t worry,” Xu Chengyan said. “As long as Mom is here, there’s basically no problem.”

He briefly explained what had happened back then, and even introduced his good friend Wei Kaihao to them.

Only then did Liao Jingna realize that although Xu Chengyan had been controlled by the female lead, he still retained his own awareness. He knew what he was doing—he was just powerless to resist.

But his good friend Wei Kaihao had it much worse.

Not only did he fall in completely, he almost dragged his brother-in-law down with him too.

He really was…

Liao Jingna thought: Why does this feel so familiar to Xu Nannan?

The only difference was that Xu Nannan had also dragged her into it, while Wei Kaihao only harmed his sister and brother-in-law.

Wait—no.

Wei Kaihao harmed his sister and brother-in-law… so when Liao Jingna was controlled by Ma Aotian, did she also harm her own family?

What did Aunt Xu say back then again?

Only at this moment did everyone realize something—

When Ruan Yaoyao had been flipping through the tags in the living room earlier, she had missed one.

But that couldn’t really be blamed on her.

After seeing the skull cap incident, even they couldn’t stay calm anymore, let alone her.

Liao Jingna hesitated and asked, “Should I go back and let Aunt Xu take another look?”

“Let’s wait,” Yu Xiangqiao comforted her. “Nannan just came back anyway. Stay home and keep her company for a few days. If you keep showing up in front of Mom, she’ll eventually remember.”

Meanwhile, in another room, Ruan Yaoyao had just hung up a private investigator’s call.

For some reason, she felt like she had forgotten something—but after thinking for a long time, she still couldn’t remember.

【Forget it. If I can’t remember, I’ll deal with this first.】

“Where’s paper and pen?”

【I need to sort out the clues properly. I mustn’t miss anything.】

【Ma Aotian… Ma Aotian, let me see exactly what kind of person you are…】

Based on the clues in Xu Nannan’s mind, Ruan Yaoyao thought for a long time—but still didn’t manage to extract much useful information.

In Nannan’s story, she just met a boyfriend and became a housewife.

Although this boyfriend had many female admirers, he was generous with money.

Even after the family later went bankrupt, he still bought her a house and gave her a monthly allowance.

She still maintained the lifestyle she had before bankruptcy.

Ruan Yaoyao: 【…】

【Maintained my ass.】

【Are you sure that’s not just the Xu Group’s own money? You handed over the entire company, and even your second brother’s business got tricked away—how many of you and the fifth brother could that support?】

【Not a single brain cell!】

The more she looked, the angrier she got.

“Heh.”

【A so-called housewife? That’s called a kept woman—a canary in a golden cage.】

【Do you even know where his company is? Do you know how many people are in his family? Have you met his parents? Have you held a wedding? Registered a marriage?】

【You already know he has many women—and they’re everywhere. Female CEOs, directors, assassins, waitresses…】

【Sister pairs.】

【Mothers and daughters.】

【Twins.】

【…】

【He really plays big. Even my dead husband wasn’t this skilled.】

【He should really crawl out of the grave and take a look—this is what you call talent.】

【And the worst part is, he didn’t even ruin his body doing it. He cultivates yin to nourish yang—his body gets better the more he plays, and he gets richer too.】

【Tell me, isn’t he impressive?】

Silently standing outside on security duty, Ruan Zhihe: “……”

Aunt Xu, please say less. If you keep going, I won’t even be able to record/live stream this properly.

Everyone in the group chat: “……”

Liao Jingna: “Now I believe you were controlled. The fact you could endure all this—this is completely unlike your personality.”

Xu Nannan almost cried. “Waaah… you finally believe me. I told you I couldn’t possibly do those things—I must’ve been controlled. We’re so miserable.”

Liao Jingna: “Yeah… kind of miserable.”

Sister pairs, huh. Even unrelated ones count as “sisters.”

The only question is… were the “sisters” she mentioned referring to the two of them?

At dinner time, Ruan Yaoyao finally noticed the tag she had missed—

Liao Jingna: Ma Aotian’s other Nth wife.

【Huh?】

【How did I forget her?】

【I already scraped Nannan’s side completely and still found nothing useful. I wonder if I can find anything from Liao Jingna’s side.】