AMRWFA -Chapter 325 Sacrificing Parents to the Heavens

“Wait—what does this have to do with me? She’s not even my biological daughter!” Leng Shuwen didn’t want to care anymore about whether Ruan Tingting had cheated or not. He just didn’t want to become some random scapegoat.

His wife cheated and had a child—what did that have to do with him?!

Why should he be sacrificed to the heavens for it?

Ruan Shizhong helplessly told him there was no choice—that was simply his “fate” in the future.

Otherwise, why would his third sister go out of her way to “pick up” a child, willing to bear the stigma and accept the label of an illegitimate child?

It was precisely because she was afraid that someone else would “pick up” Xu Anzhi, and that when she grew up, she would come back to deal with them.

“Oh right,” he added, “she has a koi-type fate. Whoever treats her well, whoever she likes, that person’s wishes tend to come true.”

“Maybe you think Ruan Yaoyao picked her up for that reason—but don’t forget, she works for the state. Even if she didn’t pick her up, plenty of others would have. And if someone else had taken her in, then she would’ve completely cut off ties with us. At that point…”

He didn’t finish, but the meaning was obvious.

By “picking up” Xu Anzhi, Ruan Yaoyao, in any case, still maintained some kind of “family connection.”

They could use that connection to slowly ease relations with Xu Anzhi—not to benefit from her luck, but simply to prevent her from turning around and coming after them.

But if Ruan Yaoyao hadn’t picked her up, and someone else had, then things would be different.

Xu Anzhi would have no “family ties” with them at all. If she later learned the truth, the best outcome would be that she ignored them entirely; the worst outcome would be that someone would try to curry favor with her by targeting them.

“Although I don’t like saying this, the truth is that protagonists always have tragic backgrounds. Only then can there be something like ‘sacrificing parents to the heavens.’ With Ruan Tingting’s situation… it’s really not impossible. Otherwise, with your wife’s temperament, this child would never have ended up outside, and she wouldn’t have had such a tragic origin.”

Leng Shuwen: “……”

So he’s just a stepping stone for the female protagonist, destined to be stepped on, huh?

“Don’t think you’re the only one who’s miserable. My older brother is also pretty tragic—he was betrayed by his own son, and he and his wife died at the hands of their son’s girlfriend,” Ruan Shichen added. “I still don’t even dare to face Ruan Yaoyao. I’m afraid she’ll see something in me. Whether you’re a protagonist or a supporting character, the ending is never guaranteed.”

Indeed, the earlier male lead line already had Ruan Tailai, whose parents died. And now Leng Shuwen would become the unlucky one—cheated on by his wife, then killed by his wife’s illegitimate daughter—all for the so-called “sacrifice of parents to the heavens.”

Leng Shuwen wanted to ask: what about the biological father?

Ruan Shizhong said, “No idea. In Ruan Yaoyao’s future vision, there was no mention of the biological father. Probably not an important character. If you want to know, you can ask her to check—maybe she can find a clue from you.”

Leng Shuwen frowned. “Why from me?”

“Because in the original plot, when the grown female protagonist learns the truth, she deliberately makes you find out about it. Then she gets you to ‘take revenge’ on Ruan Tingting. The methods are supposedly extremely cruel—domestic violence, imprisonment, all of it. Even deaths get involved. After you’ve got blood on your hands, she uses you as the sacrifice. Your entire family gets wiped out.”

Originally, the Ruan family was already close to collapse because of Ruan Tailai. With this added, they would all be finished.

Meanwhile, over on Ruan Yaoyao’s side, her many “sons and daughters” were all troublemakers—either protagonists or important supporting characters. Xu Anzhi herself wouldn’t even need to act, yet everything would still spiral into ruin.

Ruan Shizhong said: you don’t have to believe them, but you should at least trust the national authorities.

With Ruan Yaoyao’s temperament, if she didn’t have real abilities, why would she be valued by the state?

So the priority now was handling the “crisis.” Whatever Leng Shuwen wanted to do to Ruan Tingting would come later.

If he was angry, he could scold her or even hit her—but he needed to think rationally and maximize his “benefits.”

After all, Ruan Tingting’s behavior wasn’t only due to being influenced by the plot—he also had a share of responsibility.

Leng Shuwen: “……”

He truly hadn’t expected Ruan Tingting to be so bold, daring to do something like this.

He had always thought she was timid—even when wronged, she would just endure it, shaped into obedience by him. But now…

He was definitely angry, but compared to anger, he remained extremely rational.

What he cared about more was how much benefit he could extract from this situation.

Especially since Xu Anzhi was originally supposed to belong to the Leng family.

So Leng Shuwen immediately spoke: “Can I take her back? If she’s my wife’s child, then she should be my daughter.”

“If you want to acknowledge her, it’s not impossible. But it depends on how you negotiate with the state,” Ruan Shizhong and Ruan Shichen exchanged a glance. “Do you think the state would feel safe handing over someone like a ‘koi’ to you? They’ve probably already investigated you thoroughly.”

“In normal circumstances, as long as you don’t cross the line, they won’t bother you. But Xu Anzhi is different. Her ability makes her extremely important. Even a 1% increase in experimental success rates is huge. Sometimes, all it takes is a bit of luck or inspiration.”

“And if she were involved in matters between nations… I don’t think I need to explain further.”

Such an important person—would they hand her over to someone with questionable moral standing?

Dream on.

Even for Ruan Yaoyao, it was only because she happened to “pick her up” and could see fate lines that she was allowed to keep her.

If Leng Shuwen was greedy for the child, their advice was simple: play your role properly and don’t act unnecessarily.

Just like the Ruan family—be a “uncle,” and remain one for life, nothing more than a caring relative.

As for whether he divorced Ruan Tingting, the Ruan family would not interfere. Even if he did, he could still appear as the child’s father—after all, Xu Anzhi may not share his blood, but she shares blood with his three children.

Same mother. That connection couldn’t be erased.

Leng Shuwen’s decision was unsurprising: he did not divorce Ruan Tingting.

Instead, he returned home and “intimidated” her, struck her with a stick and then offered a sweet carrot, manipulating her into becoming the bridge between the children—binding Xu Anzhi firmly to the Leng family’s ship.

Just as Ruan Shizhong said, Xu Anzhi might not be his biological child, but she was the “younger sister” of his three children. That blood connection could not be cut.

If handled well, it could still be useful in the future.

Ruan Tingting, now “trained” into obedience, took her three children and went to the Xu family—visiting the child with a face full of guilt, ready to “make amends.”