AMRWFA -Chapter 313 Adoption of Xu Anzhi

The two of them quickly finalized Xu Anzhi’s future education plan. In the past, boys and girls in the Xu family were educated separately. This was the first time they decided to teach boys and girls together, so neither of them had experience. They could only hope everything would go smoothly.

Ruan Yaoyao didn’t rush to look for her younger sister. What made her very happy was that her sons and daughters had no objections at all to her sudden idea of “adopting” a child. They all expressed support and even prepared welcome gifts for Xu Anzhi.

Except for Xu Lingxuan, who was still drinking milk, the other three grandchildren all prepared small gifts.

Even Yu Xiangqiao’s maternal family sent over gifts as well.

From then on, Anzhi was called Xu Anzhi.

Three-year-old Xu Anzhi didn’t understand much. She only knew that she had been “lost,” and that the “beautiful auntie” who picked her up was her mother. She had many family members—an eldest brother, second brother, third brother, fourth sister, fifth brother…

Oh, and there were also three nephews older than her, and one niece younger than her.

Sitting in the kindergarten classroom, Xu Anzhi looked at her little nephew, who was one year older than her, and sighed like a little adult: “Haah…”

What kind of experience is it to have a nephew older than yourself?

And she didn’t just have one—she had three. How troubling.

She wasn’t the only one troubled. Xu Tianying, who was only one year older than her, was also sighing: “Haah…”

Grandma is so amazing. At such an old age, she still gave birth to a little aunt.

What kind of experience is it to be in the same class as your little aunt?

At such a young age, he had already experienced the feeling of social death.

Meanwhile, Xu Tiangong and Xu Tiancai, who were already in elementary school, were quite relieved as they patted their chests:

Luckily, the little aunt is still young. Otherwise, she might have ended up in elementary school with us.

If their classmates found out they had a little aunt even younger than themselves, they would definitely be laughed at.

However, what they didn’t know yet was that age keeps increasing—meaning that before they even graduated elementary school, their “little aunt” might also enter primary school.

No matter what, they would eventually “run into” each other.

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Children have their troubles, and adults have theirs.

For example, Xie Xiuming was now facing a problem—

What?! Ruan Yaoyao might have an illegitimate daughter?!

“Who did you hear that from?” he immediately asked, looking at Ma Xi, wondering how this kid—who usually hugged a computer all day—had time to gossip about this.

Ma Xi, who had been raised plump and fair by him, blinked innocently: “Shi Wenqin said it.”

Xie Xiuming took a deep breath: “And how did he say it?”

“He said the whole circle is already talking about it. They say Aunt Xu isn’t short of children, so why would she suddenly adopt one? That child must either be her son’s, or hers.”

“Even if it might be her son’s, how can you say it’s her illegitimate daughter?”

“I didn’t say it.” Ma Xi shrugged. “They said it. They said the child is already three years old, so it can’t be the fifth son’s. The fourth daughter was seen three years ago and didn’t show any sign of pregnancy either. The third son was only recently brought back from outside and is said to be in the military, so that’s unlikely too. If there were an illegitimate child, he would’ve been expelled, so that only leaves the eldest and second son.”

“But if the eldest or second son had an illegitimate child, even if Aunt Xu didn’t care about reputation, she wouldn’t cover it up. It’s not like their family hasn’t acknowledged illegitimate children before—they could just openly recognize them.”

“Aunt Xu also said outside that the child is her own and looks very much like her…”

At this point, Ma Xi carefully observed Xie Xiuming’s expression.

“They’ve seen her. The little girl really does look like her. She’s only in her forties, so it’s not impossible. If you calculate the timing, her husband had already passed away by then, so that child must be her illegitimate daughter—no doubt about it.”

“……”

“Are you a little happy?” Ma Xi cautiously tried to persuade him. “It feels like Aunt Xu isn’t as ‘clean’ as you thought. She actually does have her own private side… just that she keeps it hidden…”

As he spoke, he silently sighed in his heart.

He felt Aunt Xu really had hidden it too well.

Everyone thought she didn’t like keeping pretty boys, and had been single since her husband passed away. Who would’ve thought she even had an illegitimate daughter?

Sigh…

Someone is going to be heartbroken.

Xie Xiuming glared at him.

He was definitely not happy—but he didn’t believe Ruan Yaoyao was that kind of person.

If she really had been pregnant, she would have raised the child openly. She wouldn’t have secretly given birth and only brought the child back when she was already this old.

Did she even care about reputation?

No. She cared more about money.

More about enjoyment.

She was a complete “pampered girl,” someone who wouldn’t tolerate even a bit of hardship.

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Xie Xiuming directly brought a generous gift and went to the Xu family that very day.

When he arrived, Xu Anzhi had already come back from kindergarten and was playing building blocks in the living room with Xu Tianying.

On the nearby mat, little Xu Lingxuan lay there, sucking on a pacifier, chubby and content.

As for the slightly older Xu Tiangong and Xu Tiancai, they were not around—they had been taken by the home tutor to the outdoor sports field to play badminton.

Although busy, Xie Xiuming always tried to find time to visit. Ruan Yaoyao was used to it, so she wasn’t surprised at all by his unannounced arrival. She even had someone serve him tea and asked whether he wanted to stay for dinner.

Xie Xiuming looked at the little girl playing over there and noticed that her eyebrows really did resemble Ruan Yaoyao’s. To someone unaware, she really could be mistaken as her biological child.

“So this is that child? She really does look like you.”

Following his gaze, Ruan Yaoyao smiled at Xu Anzhi: “You came to see her? She looks like me, right? Everyone who sees her says she looks like us.”

【Hehe!】

【Of course she looks like me!】

【I even look like my younger sister. Isn’t it normal for her to look like me?】

He knew it. This matter really wasn’t that simple. Xie Xiuming’s eyes flickered slightly as he said calmly: “I heard about it, so of course I had to come take a look. No matter what, she’s my niece now. As her uncle, I should at least show some concern. Sis, you’ve really hidden this well. I never heard you mention you had a child like this before.”

【I just found out too!】

【But what can I do? I only just met her.】

Ruan Yaoyao smiled: “Hehe, well, she’s still young. A fortune teller said it’s not suitable to reveal her identity too early. Families like ours tend to be a bit superstitious. Sometimes, it’s better to believe it than not. You know what I mean.”

【It’s precisely because I’ve experienced things before that I believe it more.】

【I don’t believe I can’t fool you.】

She’s really cute—always trying to fool him.

Xie Xiuming couldn’t help but smile: “Sis is right. Sometimes it’s better to believe it than not. Especially since I’ve experienced things like that before—it deserves even more respect.”

Ruan Yaoyao felt secretly pleased:

【See?】

【No matter how smart someone is, they still can’t escape my grasp!】

“Sis, I quite like this little girl. Do you mind if she has one more godfather?”

Xie Xiuming almost laughed out loud, curling his fist lightly against his lips to hide it.

Sis, you’re right—I really can’t escape your grasp.

You’re amazing.

The only question is… when will you finally be willing to “take” me in?