AMRWFA -Chapter 274 Explosive “True Love”

“What do you mean explosive?” Li Haidong was a bit confused when he got the call.

“I don’t even know how to explain it.” Even after a few days, Tan Shengmei still hadn’t fully processed it. She gathered her thoughts and gave a rough account.

Li Haidong: “Holy crap! Those two are actually true love?!”

“Yeah! True love!” Tan Shengmei said. “That woman even knelt down and begged us not to call the police. She said if we did, Lu Qisheng’s whole life would be ruined.”

“Wait—Lu Qisheng is a scammer! He cheated money and feelings from so many women, and she doesn’t mind?!”

“But all the money he scammed was to support her. That’s true love.”

Li Haidong: “……”

……

Yu Xiangqiao hadn’t expected that her mother-in-law would go out for a bit and come back with such explosive gossip. She quickly asked, “Mom, did they end up calling the police?”

“Of course they did. Tan Shengmei lost all her savings in less than half a year—how could she not report it?” Ruan Yaoyao said. “Not just her, several others were scammed out of tens of thousands. The worst case lost over two million…”

That amount might not mean much to families like theirs, but for those women, it was devastating. Of course they wouldn’t let Lu Qisheng off easily.

Xu Nannan happened to be home too and chimed in, “So his girlfriend didn’t break up with him?”

Yu Xiangqiao replied, “Nope. Didn’t Mom just say it? That official girlfriend even knelt in front of the others, begging them not to report him. If Lu Qisheng goes to jail, she’ll probably blame those women for ruining her boyfriend. That kind of love-struck brain just can’t think straight.”

Later, Tan Shengmei and the other victims were indeed harassed by Jiao Dongni. She even said she was willing to “give” Lu Qisheng to them—as long as they were willing to forgive him and let him go.

Tan Shengmei and the others were disgusted. It was as if they would die without that man.

Ruan Yaoyao, quietly taking all the credit, thought: Luckily you met me, or this would’ve been impossible to sort out.

“Teacher Ruan, your flowers!”

For several days in a row, Ruan Yaoyao received bouquets. She was delighted. Even though she didn’t know who was sending them, who wouldn’t be happy receiving flowers while filming a show?

She took photos and posted them on her social media to show off.

The Xu family sons: “……”

Mom, we send you flowers all the time and you’re never this happy!

Jealous!

Xie Xiuming immediately called his secretary and ordered a month’s worth of flower deliveries.

Soon after, Ruan Yaoyao suddenly received several bouquets in one day. Looking at the cards, they were from her sons, daughter, and Xie Xiuming. She couldn’t help but laugh.

She only posted to show off a little—not to make them all start sending flowers!

There were already so many flowers at home that they were running out of space.

She messaged them, telling them to stop being ridiculous—the house was already full—and even attached a photo showing flowers everywhere, almost like a flower shop.

Xu Lianghan, Xu Chengyan, and Ru Anzhi felt a bit embarrassed. They didn’t reply, but they also didn’t dare send more.

Xie Xiuming, however, called her and said, “I only ordered a month’s worth. If you think it’s too much, just bring some to the filming site.”

And by the way, let whoever’s sending you flowers there know—you’re not lacking people who send flowers. Don’t let them think a few bouquets make them special.

Ruan Yaoyao was speechless. “If someone’s already sending me flowers at the show and I bring my own from home, how awkward would that be? People might think I bought them myself.”

Do I lack money to buy flowers?

What I want is the face-saving gesture of someone giving them to me.

“Fine, then I’ll change the delivery address to your filming location,” Xie Xiuming said decisively, adding that as a CEO, he couldn’t just cancel after a few days—it would look bad.

Ruan Yaoyao: “You’ve got too much money and nowhere to spend it. If that’s the case, just give it to me.”

“Sure. Let’s have dinner tonight—I’ll give you a supplementary card. Spend however you like.”

“I’ll pass on the card. Keep it yourself.” She didn’t take him seriously and thought he was joking. “Dinner’s fine though. But do you even have time? Aren’t you a busy CEO?”

“I always have time to eat with you. I’ll send you the time and address later—and arrange a car to pick you up.”

“Just send me the time and place. No need for a car—I have one. I’m not even going out today, no need to make it complicated.”

“I’ll still arrange a car. It’s proper etiquette.”

“We’re already so familiar—do we really need that?”

Of course they did. If he arranged the car, they could spend more time together, couldn’t they? Xie Xiuming wished they could be together a bit longer.

Unfortunately, Ruan Yaoyao didn’t think that way at all. She just assumed he was being polite because she had “saved” him before.

After getting in the car, she noticed Ma Xi wasn’t there and asked in surprise, “Where’s Ma Xi?”

“He’s been busy with classes lately.” (In reality, he had been recruited elsewhere. After his computer skills were discovered, the national team had their eyes on him—no way they’d miss such talent.)

As they talked, Xie Xiuming brought up Bai Zhengqi and asked if he had been bothering her lately. If so, she could consider his previous suggestion.

Ruan Yaoyao shook her head. “No need. He’s probably given up. Haven’t seen him recently.”

Speak of the devil, and he appears. Just as they arrived at the restaurant, they ran into him.

“Yaoyao?”

Bai Zhengqi rushed over. “I’ve been calling you, but your line’s always busy. I can’t reach you. I asked your daughter, and she said you’ve been busy. What have you been so busy with that you can’t even answer a call?”

I think… I blocked him.

Seeing him, Ruan Yaoyao finally remembered.

Of course, she couldn’t say that out loud. She just smiled and asked what he was doing there, suggesting he go ahead if he was busy.

“I’m not busy. Someone invited me to dinner. Since we’ve run into each other, why not eat together?”

Xie Xiuming coughed lightly from the side.

“This is…?” Bai Zhengqi finally noticed that Ruan Yaoyao wasn’t alone. The man beside her looked quite young—some promising young talent, perhaps. Might be worth getting to know.

Xie Xiuming spoke first, “Her boyfriend. Xie Xiuming.”

Bai Zhengqi froze in shock. “Boy… boyfriend?!”

Wait—this kid could practically be her son, and he’s her boyfriend?!

“Yeah. Is that strange?” Xie Xiuming stepped forward, took Ruan Yaoyao’s hand, and smiled. “Sister Yaoyao is so outstanding—gentle and beautiful. Why shouldn’t she have a boyfriend?”

“How old are you?” Bai Zhengqi hesitated.

“What does my age have to do with you? Oh, I get it—you’re jealous she found someone younger, aren’t you?” Xie Xiuming sized him up. “Makes sense. Someone like you—old, dried-up leftovers, an ex from who knows how many years ago—seeing your former girlfriend with someone younger, more handsome, and more capable… of course you’d feel uncomfortable. I understand. But getting back together? Forget it. My Yaoyao doesn’t need you.”

Young… handsome… Bai Zhengqi felt a sharp blow to his pride. This kid even knew that much—no wonder he was so hostile.

Could he be a kept boy that Ruan Yaoyao was supporting?

Sigh…

After all these years, had she really fallen this far?

Bai Zhengqi looked at Ruan Yaoyao with disappointment.

He had thought that after her husband’s death, she had remained devoted and pure… but now…