AMRWFA -Chapter 280 Going to Meet a One-Day Ex

Shao Song shot his son a look.

Shao Jicheng didn’t even understand what it meant before She Hui started scolding him. The main point was to ask where he had been—he hadn’t been home for days and seemed to be playing himself crazy. He was already a grown man with no proper job, just fooling around every day.

Shao Song chimed in from the side with a “suggestion”: since he was already this old, why not go intern at the company?

After all, he would inherit it sooner or later, so getting some early experience wouldn’t hurt.

Shao Jicheng shook his head. No way—he had just graduated from university and hadn’t had enough fun yet. As for inheriting the company, he’d think about it after he was done enjoying life outside.

“You brat!”

Shao Jicheng rolled his eyes. “Even if I’m a brat, I’m still yours.”

After the joking and bickering, the family of three sat down to dinner.

Not long after accompanying his wife on a walk, Shao Song was cornered by his son, who quietly pulled him aside, saying he had something to ask.

Shao Song asked what it was.

“Hehe! Nothing much—just that I’ve met your future daughter-in-law, so I wanted to ask you for some advice.”

“You’ve got someone you like? Who is it? What does she look like? Is she pretty?”

“Hehe! I haven’t won her over yet. Dad, tell me first—how did you manage to chase Mom back then? Let me build up some experience~”

“Didn’t you have a girlfriend in college? And you still lack experience?” Shao Song looked suspicious. Was this brat just trying to dig into his and his wife’s past?

“That’s different! Back in college, she was the one chasing me. Now I’m the one chasing someone else, so of course I need to get things straight. Haven’t you always worried no one would take care of the company? Let me tell you—the woman I like is amazing. Her family runs a big company, and she herself is very capable. She’s even served as a judge…”

Wait—a big company and a judge? The woman his son liked sounded quite impressive. Shao Song felt a bit tempted.

After all, he knew exactly what kind of person his son was.

Already in his twenties and still thinking about nothing but having fun. If he could find a career-driven daughter-in-law, Shao Song wouldn’t have to worry about the two of them being unable to support a family when he got old.

So Shao Song “shared” his experience.

Shao Jicheng nodded eagerly, feeling like he had learned a lot.

—

Not long after, Ruan Yaoyao received a series of love letters, along with a “flipbook-style personal growth diary” documenting Shao Jicheng’s life from childhood to now.

【It seems…】

【He might actually be sincere?】

And precisely because of that, Ruan Yaoyao felt even more troubled.

【His dad is Shao Song…】

【Does Shao Song know his son is chasing me? If he does, he’d probably go crazy.】

Ruan Yaoyao recalled how, back then, she had accepted Shao Song’s confession letter and agreed to date him—only to regret it the very next day and unilaterally break up with him.

What had Shao Song said at the time?

Oh right—“Don’t bully a young man when he’s poor. I’ll get my revenge someday!”

【…】

【It’s been so many years. He’s probably forgotten, right?】

【If he really held a grudge, he would’ve come after me long ago. Why wait until now?】

【It can’t be that Shao Jicheng chasing me is something he arranged, just to mess with me, right?】

【Sacrificing his own son just to mess with me? Isn’t that too big a price?】

Ruan Zhihe was stunned by Ruan Yaoyao’s wild imagination.

But after thinking about it carefully… it didn’t seem entirely impossible.

After all, after following Aunt Xu for so long, what outrageous things hadn’t she seen?

There’s no such thing as “too outrageous”—only “even more outrageous.”

—

When Shao Jicheng showed up again with flowers, Ruan Yaoyao, afraid of being seen, quickly pulled him into the car.

“You should stop bringing flowers. Take these back later. Where do you live? I’ll have someone drive you home.”

【And I’ll conveniently meet your dad and tell him to stop messing around. I’ve already seen through his scheme.】

Shao Jicheng glanced down at the red roses in his arms. “Teacher Ruan, do you not like roses? Then what flowers do you like? I’ll bring those next time.”

“I like all flowers—but not ones from you.” Ruan Yaoyao pointed at a gift box nearby. “Everything you gave me before is in there. I haven’t opened any of it. Take it all back later. You’re still young—you should like someone around your age, not someone like me, an old auntie…”

【Pfft, pfft… I’m not an old auntie!】

【I’ve sacrificed too much just to reject this brat!】

While grumbling inwardly, she continued, “There’s a three-year gap between generations. Between us, it’s not a generation gap—it’s a chasm. Do you understand? We’re completely impossible.”

Shao Jicheng replied, “Teacher Ruan, how can you say that? Yes, you’re a bit older than me, but that’s only because I was born later. It’s not your fault. True love can overcome everything—even life and death. We’re only a few years apart. What’s there to be afraid of? Teacher Ruan, you’re not that timid, are you?”

“Do you even know how old I am? Talking so boldly. I could be your mother.”

“Teacher Ruan, even if you want to reject me, there’s no need to put yourself down like that. If you were my mother, how old would you have had to be when you gave birth?”

“My eldest son is 27 this year. What do you think?”

Shao Jicheng was stunned. “E–eldest son? Then how old are you?”

My god!

Her son is already 27—how old does that make her?!

She must be lying!

She looked at most thirty. How could she be that old?!

“Do the math. My eldest son is already 27. When I got married, I had to be at least the legal age of 22. Even if I had him right away, I’d be at least 49 now. What do you think?” Ruan Yaoyao smiled.

【See? Scared you, didn’t I?】

【Heh!】

【I knew it—Shao Song must not have told him the truth.】

【If he had, would this kid have come chasing a woman in her forties?】

【If he wanted to chase someone, he should go after her daughter, Xu Nannan—she’s in her twenties and even two years younger than him. That would make sense.】

Ruan Zhihe secretly observed Shao Jicheng’s expression, quietly enjoying the drama.

There really was such a pitfall father in this world—how tragic!

“You’re lying!” It took Shao Jicheng a while to recover, but his first reaction was denial. “You can’t be that old. Even my mom is only 45, and she looks much older than you. You must be younger than my mom—thirty at most. A woman three years older is like holding a gold brick—I’m only holding three at most. You can’t fool me!”

Ruan Yaoyao rolled her eyes, pulled out her ID card, and pointed at the birthdate.

“See this? Check when I was born and do the math properly. Am I in my forties or not? In a few more years, I’ll be over fifty, okay? You’re the one who got fooled by your dad. I don’t know what’s going on in that brain of his, doing something like this. When I see him later, I’m definitely going to scold him to death…”

Shao Jicheng didn’t hear anything after that.

He just stared at the birthdate on her ID, silently calculating.

“Is this really your ID? Not your sister’s?”

Everyone knew that ID photos could look different from the person in real life, so it wasn’t unusual if it didn’t match perfectly.

He pressed on, “This isn’t real, right? You look so young. Even with the best skincare, you’d only look ten years younger at most. How could it be this much? Did you get plastic surgery?”

Ruan Yaoyao’s expression instantly darkened.

“Who are you calling surgically enhanced? Who? Didn’t you see that the face on the ID looks exactly like me now? I was born with this beauty—I just age slowly, alright? Can you even speak properly?!”