AMRWFA -Chapter 285 The Sometimes Troublesome Younger Brother

Later, Gan Fangfang even posted about this incident online, saying that there really are spirits in this world.

Of course, no one believed her.

After Gan Tiezhu learned why Gan Fangfang had broken up, he cursed Jin Bo for being inhuman, saying that it was good his sister had broken up—she would surely meet someone better next time.

As for Gan Dad and Gan Mom’s nagging, he took all of it on himself for his sister.

Gan Fangfang felt very happy. Although her parents had many flaws, she had a very good younger brother.

Well… this “good younger brother” sometimes also “tricked” her—for example, he had no money again and asked her for some, wanting to change to a new phone.

Gan Fangfang: “……”

……

After getting the follow-up from Ru Anzhi and confirming that Gan Fangfang really went to the police, Ruan Yaoyao finally felt relieved.

【Good thing nothing happened!】

【If something really had happened, it would’ve been completely ruined!】

Yu Xiangqiao, Xu Nannan, and the others were sitting around the coffee table gossiping, saying that if they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn’t have believed it.

Seven hundred thousand yuan!

Did that girl never think of depositing the money?

Whether depositing it or even just taking it out to count it, there were plenty of chances to discover it—but the whole thing was just that coincidental. It had been kept in a woven bag the entire time, never once taken out.

Even after she got married later, she never thought of taking it out.

If the parents-in-law hadn’t kept thinking about that money, it might not have been taken out until some major family emergency requiring money happened.

And by then… tsk tsk tsk.

Yu Xiangqiao complained, “If it were that time, it would’ve been even harder to deal with. It might’ve still ended in a broken family.”

As she spoke, Yu Xiangqiao suddenly changed the topic to the neighboring Xiao family, saying that their youngest son, missing for many years, had been found.

Ruan Yaoyao immediately leaned in: “The Xiao family’s youngest son? Wasn’t he missing for many years? How was he found? Was he kidnapped by human traffickers?”

Yu Xiangqiao paused for a moment and said, “Yes, he was kidnapped by traffickers, but it’s a bit different from what we imagine. I heard he was found in… that kind of place.”

“That kind of place?” Ruan Yaoyao was confused. She understood what that meant, but… wasn’t he a son?

Yun Jinxian immediately said, “I know about this. My friend told me. She knows Xiao Yinghe, you know her? The second branch of the Xiao family. She personally heard Xiao Yinghe complain that this cousin’s body was ‘dirty.’ Later, after asking around, they said the Xiao family young master was spotted by someone from his maternal family while out eating. He looked almost exactly like his older brother Xiao Hong, so he was recognized immediately…”

Yu Xiangqiao: “Is it Wu Lean?”

Yun Jinxian: “Yes, that’s him.”

Yu Xiangqiao: “Then that makes sense. He was definitely found from some high-end club or similar place. What good place could Wu Lean go to? He’s famous in their circle as a party animal, always throwing all kinds of parties, mixing with a bunch of handsome men and beautiful women…”

Yu Xiangqiao even suspected that the reason Wu Lean recognized this Xiao young master wasn’t because he looked like his brother, but because he noticed some birthmark on him…

Wu Lean—what kind of person was he? If he saw something like a birthmark with his own eyes, tsk tsk tsk…

Just imagining it made one understand what must have happened.

Still, in a way, it was fortunate that the one who discovered him was unreliable Wu Lean. If it had been someone from the Xiao family’s side, things might have ended there. The Xiao family cared too much about reputation—would they even “recognize” a “young master” who had been in a club?

Forget it. They would probably rather pretend he didn’t exist.

Such a huge “gossip” — how could Ruan Yaoyao miss it?

So when she received an invitation to a banquet, and heard that the Xiao family might appear, she accepted without hesitation.

As soon as she arrived at the banquet, she ran into her long-time rival Hu Xiaoyan.

“You actually came out? Didn’t you say you didn’t like attending these kinds of banquets?”

Ruan Yaoyao blinked: “Shouldn’t I be the one asking you that? Didn’t you just give birth not long ago? Why are you out here? What, your ex-husband and his family didn’t come looking for you?”

Hu Xiaoyan rolled her eyes very ungracefully: “They did. Of course they did. But whether they can find me depends on whether my father allows it.”

Taking a sip of wine, Hu Xiaoyan told her that her husband’s company had gone bankrupt. Her three precious daughters were either busy getting married or getting divorced, each overwhelmed with their own mess and completely unable to care about her.

“At a time like this, wouldn’t they come looking for you more?” Ruan Yaoyao reminded her not to get too smug. The worse their lives got, the more likely they would come looking for their mother.

Hu Xiaoyan didn’t care at all: “Let them come. Whether I respond is another matter. They’re not three-year-old children. I’ve already given them everything I should. If they still can’t live well, that’s on them. We’re all adults—we should take responsibility for our own lives.”

As for her child, she didn’t need to take care of it—her parents were raising it.

The key point was that this child wasn’t only her blood, but also carried her surname. Her parents were overjoyed, feeling like the family finally had a successor.

Now her parents no longer worried about anyone taking the child away. They were even planning to stay healthy and live another twenty or thirty years to raise the child into adulthood, ensuring the Hu family would have an heir.

Ruan Yaoyao looked at her with envy.

【Hu Xiaoyan really was luckier than her. Both had families, but hers was practically nonexistent, while Hu Xiaoyan’s family would always stand behind her no matter what.】

“Don’t envy me. I should be the one envying you. Look at you—your husband may not be great, but he left you a bunch of children and a fortune. You’re much more comfortable than me now.”

“That’s because I survived it. What if I hadn’t?”

“Didn’t I survive too now?”

……

The two chatted and laughed, while others occasionally joined in.

When she met acquaintances, Ruan Yaoyao exchanged a few words with them. Even though she didn’t manage the company, she still received dividends—she couldn’t just take money for nothing.

“Hey, hey—here comes the gossip!”

Hu Xiaoyan nudged her arm, and when she looked up, she saw a glowing figure in the crowd.

Ruan Yaoyao: “……”

【So it turns out the Xiao family’s youngest son is actually the male lead!】

Male lead?

Hu Xiaoyan glanced at her from the corner of her eye and laughed.

Just as expected—wherever Ruan Yaoyao appears, there’s always gossip.

And here it is—the big one!

【Tsk tsk tsk… a “suit-clad beast”!】

【Who would’ve thought this seemingly fragile, sickly beauty-like Xiao young master was actually a “suit-clad beast”?】

At this moment, the Xiao young master was still very young, just barely an adult, with a hint of youthful innocence. Ruan Yaoyao’s impression of him was: beautiful, but fragile. His face was small and delicate, eyes large, nose slightly straight, lips soft and pink—an almost androgynous beauty.

Even if he wore women’s clothing, it probably wouldn’t look out of place.

But now, he wore a white shirt with a gray striped vest over it, a gold ornament hanging from the vest. He was indeed very striking.

If Ruan Yaoyao hadn’t seen his detailed profile page, she might have been fooled.

【Such a deceptive appearance!】

【He looks like a little white rabbit walking into a wolf den—but who knows? That little white rabbit has steel teeth, and will eventually become a suit-wearing beast. Tsk tsk tsk…】

【The Xiao family is in trouble this time!】