AMRWFA -Chapter 294 A Show of Ruthlessness

What Second Madam Sima didn’t expect was that Second Master Sima…didn’t have any ambition at all.

No one knew exactly how the Sima family raised their children. Or perhaps Old Master Sima did it deliberately—afraid that his sons would “kill each other”—so after Second Master Sima was born, he simply raised him to be useless.

As a result, Second Master Sima became a completely spoiled playboy. He didn’t care about the family business at all and only knew how to spend money.

And what did he spend it on?

Women!

Where are the most women?

Oh—of course, the entertainment industry.

So Second Master Sima directly invested money to register an entertainment company. Conveniently, the family also needed output in that sector, so it worked out as a two-in-one deal.

Second Madam Sima regretted marrying into the family. She thought she had married an ambitious man and would have a chance to compete for power. But her husband was completely unreliable—he had no interest in power struggles; he only wanted women.

In the end, she had no choice but to fight on her own.

On one hand, she competed viciously with First Madam Sima, seeing who could help the Sima family rise higher. On the other, she kept cleaning up after Second Master Sima’s womanizing—if he played around, she handled the aftermath, and her methods gradually came to resemble First Madam Sima’s.

Ruan Yaoyao: 【……】

【Why are you competing over this?】

【Can’t you compete in something else?】

Second Madam Sima refused. She insisted on competing with First Madam Sima.

You abuse mistresses?

I’ll be even more ruthless.

You train your daughter?

I’ll train mine too—and even stricter.

First Madam Sima’s daughter was still relatively normal mentally, at most influenced by her mother into being somewhat ruthless. But Second Madam Sima’s daughter was different—she wasn’t just ruthless; she was essentially forced into “split personality,” deriving pleasure from torture and killing.

So when Second Madam Sima dealt with rivals who tried to steal her husband, she often handed them over to her daughter.

Ruan Yaoyao: 【I’ve seen parents dragging down their kids, but never this badly!】

【Are you sure you’re raising a daughter, or raising an accomplice?】

Third Madam Sima was different—compared to the others, she was much more normal.

She usually didn’t harm others herself. At most, whenever something happened, she would cry and go to her husband, Third Master Sima, to decide for her.

Third Master Sima actually had ambition and ability, but unfortunately, because he was an illegitimate son, Old Master Sima never considered him as an heir. He was raised mainly to serve his elder brother.

Many of the Sima family’s shady businesses were handled by him.

So compared to Sima Jia’s legitimate eldest son—who appeared respectable and even featured on business magazines—his reputation in the circle was much worse.

Whenever the Sima family needed someone to take the “dark role” in competition, it was always him.

Even Fourth Master Sima had a better public image than him, because Fourth was a legitimate son.

It was almost ironic—Old Master Sima had four marriages in his life, and each wife gave him children. He himself strongly favored legitimate sons over illegitimate ones, yet he still had many illegitimate children outside.

Even Ruan Yaoyao couldn’t understand his thinking.

【You already have so many sons—why keep having more?】

【Oh, because you think outsiders are unreliable, so you want more of your own blood?】

【But aren’t they all raised using money drained from others, growing up in that kind of twisted environment? Of course they’d turn out distorted.】

【Second son runs entertainment, third handles dirty work, fourth pretends to be proper but only messes with household maids for safety, the fifth got someone pregnant while still in school and paid to cover it up, the sixth mixed in the underworld and even took his mother’s surname—but his child still carries the Sima surname…】

After going through them, Ruan Yaoyao realized that almost all the ones worth ranking were sons.

Why were there no daughters?

Were there none?

Oh, there were.

But to save time, legitimate daughters whose mothers were pregnant were aborted early. Illegitimate daughters existed, but they weren’t even qualified to be counted in the ranking system.

Sima Hong was taken back and raised only because she was a “late-in-life daughter”—Old Master Sima was overjoyed at proving he was still capable, so he brought her back.

Ruan Yaoyao originally tried to sort out the Sima family’s situation, but quickly realized it was too complicated and gave up.

She recorded everything she saw in the system interface, dividing it into two parts. One, under Ruan Yaoyao’s name, was openly handed to her son to report; the other, more detailed version, was sent anonymously to the national task force.

Ruan Anzhi: “……”

Mom, you could’ve just given it to me directly!

“Achoo…”

Ruan Yaoyao sneezed and suspected someone was talking badly about her.

【Who is it?】

【Who else could it be? Besides the male lead Xiao Shao, I can’t think of anyone else.】

Ruan Zhihé: ????

Aunt Xu, how do you know it’s him?

Ruan Yaoyao was browsing her phone, looking at news about the Xiao family, and thought silently:

【How is this my fault?】

【His brother committed crimes, his mother covered it up—why wouldn’t they be arrested?】

【What, I helped you take revenge and now you blame me?】

Ruan Zhihé suddenly understood.

Oh!

So Aunt Xu thought Xiao Shao couldn’t privately “retaliate” against the Xiao family anymore, so he was blaming her instead.

It wasn’t really the authorities’ fault for moving fast—the evidence in Aunt Xu’s “voice of thoughts” was just too clear to ignore.

So after organizing everything, they submitted it directly.

Over there, they didn’t want to wait for things to escalate. Once they got the clues, they quickly investigated everything from the past, arresting Xiao Shao’s eldest brother Xiao Hong and his mother.

Shortly after they were taken in, the Xiao family patriarch tried to intervene, but investigators soon uncovered corporate financial fraud and tax evasion, and the entire company was also brought down.

Xiao Shao’s second uncle’s family and aunt’s family were also involved—some were arrested, some were summoned for questioning. The entire situation dragged on for a long time.

Because of this, the Xiao family labeled Xiao Shao as a “curse star.” Before he returned, everything was fine; after he came back, the entire family collapsed—he must have brought disaster upon them.

Xiao Shao: “……”

I haven’t even started my revenge yet—how did you all fall first?

Xiao Shao was later supported financially by the female lead Song Jiao.

At first, he was a bit awkward about it, but he was poor—and right after transferring to an elite school, his family got arrested. Should he go back to his old school?

Having just discovered his “young master” identity and not having enjoyed it for long before it was all taken away, Xiao Shao was unwilling to accept it. So when Song Jiao, the female lead, offered help, he didn’t refuse anymore.

Ruan Yaoyao thought to herself:

【Of course. It’s easy to go from simplicity to luxury, but hard to go from luxury back to simplicity.】

【Once he knew he was originally a young master but lost everything because of his brother, resentment is inevitable.】

【I just wonder how his relationship with Song Jiao will go from here, and whether they can still end up together.】

【Given the Song family… whether they truly love their daughter or not, it’s unlikely they’ll approve.】

【If they love her, they won’t want her marrying the son of a criminal. If they don’t, they’ll want her to marry someone more suitable.】

【Either way, their relationship won’t be easy.】