AMRWFA -Chapter 398 In the Name of Love

After returning home, Xiong Shilan saw the trending topic and quickly registered an account to explain in the comments: 【She’s not my mom!】

She then described what had happened, saying that if Ruan Yaoyao hadn’t acted decisively and “saved” her, she didn’t even know what might have happened in the future.

It was truly terrifying.

A strange man suddenly jumped out and proposed to you, while people around—who didn’t know the truth—started cheering and urging you to “say yes.” If you were thick-skinned, maybe you could handle it, but for someone like her, who was shy, she simply wouldn’t know how to react.

She might even “agree” just to get through the situation.

She called on everyone online: if they encountered public proposals on the street again, please don’t rush to shout “say yes,” because the two people involved might not even know each other.

Some netizens shared their own experiences:

【Even if they do know each other, you shouldn’t just blindly cheer! What if the guy is deliberately using the atmosphere to pressure the girl into agreeing?】

【Exactly! That was me at the time—I was completely stunned. But the one proposing was your boyfriend. Do you accept or not? If you accept, your relationship hasn’t reached that stage yet and you want more time. If you refuse, he’ll definitely break up…】

【Isn’t that better? Instant way to identify a trash guy.】

【Get lost! What do you know? If the timing isn’t right and he proposes anyway, that’s coercion—forced marriage, get it? Some manipulative men love doing this. If they don’t force it, they’re afraid they won’t be able to keep up the act and you’ll leave. Sisters, if you run into this kind of random public proposal, keep your eyes open. If you’re unwilling, just break up.】

【Waaah… so scary! I don’t want a public proposal! Even if I like him, I still wouldn’t want that.】

【Same here.】

【Can’t you just say it quietly?】

【Can you at least give a heads-up first?】

…

Some men were confused and asked: isn’t it always portrayed on TV that a public proposal by the male lead is something very romantic?

Ruan Yaoyao @-replied:

【Not necessarily~ If your relationship has already reached the stage of marriage, and the other person has been waiting for your proposal and is willing to be proposed to in front of others, then yes, it’s romantic. But if the other person is shy, or your relationship hasn’t reached that point, then it’s just social death.】

Not everyone wants to be exposed to the public eye. Some people are naturally shy and just want a relationship shared between two people, needing only the blessings of family and friends.

People are different.

Xiong Shilan’s best friend also came forward online and received many messages from netizens. One of them caught her attention.

“Lanlan, come over quickly.”

“What’s wrong?”

Xiong Shilan leaned over to look. A netizen had sent a private message:

【Is your story real? Is it really that strange? That man who proposed to your friend—does your friend really not know him?】

She also said she had tried to message Xiong Shilan before, but since Xiong Shilan had received too many messages, she probably didn’t see it.

And indeed, Xiong Shilan hadn’t. After she @-mentioned Ruan Yaoyao, everyone knew she was the woman from the trending topic. Tons of people had messaged her.

Some encouraged her, some were gossip-seekers, and some, like Pan Weize, were crazy enough to accuse her of staging the whole thing.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, Xiong Shilan had turned off her private messages.

But after reading this particular message, she felt something was off.

It described a similar situation: a suitor had even been reported to the police, but for some unknown reason, her best friend had suddenly gotten together with that “stalker” and was even preparing to marry him.

“It’s like she’s become a completely different person. She doesn’t reply to my messages or answer my calls. Even when I went to see her in person, she said she didn’t know me,” Zhang Hui said. “How could she not know me? We’ve been best friends since childhood. We have tons of photos together, and all our classmates know we’re inseparable.”

Ruan Yaoyao didn’t speak and quietly waited.

“But for some reason, when I contacted our old classmates, every single one of them said there was no such person as Qiao Hong. They don’t know her and even asked if I got the wrong person. How could I be mistaken? We studied together for so many years—she’s clearly in the graduation photos. Why do they all say they don’t know her?”

The most terrifying part was that not only did her classmates not remember—her teachers didn’t either.

Even Qiao Hong’s parents didn’t remember ever having a daughter.

Zhang Hui was on the verge of losing her mind.

Could it be… that she really remembered wrong?

Was she sick?

Ruan Yaoyao glanced at the label above Zhang Hui’s head, then comforted her, telling her that even if the entire world didn’t believe her, she would. Everything Zhang Hui said was true.

“Really? You really believe me?” Zhang Hui’s eyes instantly reddened as she looked at Ruan Yaoyao with longing.

Ruan Yaoyao nodded. “Of course. From the moment you contacted me, I’ve believed you. Not just me—my bodyguard believes you too. If you don’t believe it, ask her.”

When Ruan Zhihe saw Zhang Hui looking at her, she quickly nodded. “Mm! I believe you.”

Zhang Hui burst into tears.

Ruan Yaoyao knew she had been under immense pressure these past days. The fact that she had held on this long was purely due to her strength.

She had almost—just almost—started to think she was mentally ill and was about to see a psychiatrist.

If not for her memories with Qiao Hong, if not for her unwillingness to give up on such a dear friend, she wouldn’t have suffered so much.

Ruan Yaoyao took out the tissues she had prepared in advance and gently handed them to her.

Zhang Hui cried her heart out.

After calming down, she asked, “Do you know what’s going on?”

“I do. Don’t worry—I’ll solve it. For now, just enjoy a nice cup of coffee and then take me to meet your friend.”

Zhang Hui picked up her coffee and finished it in one go. “Let’s go now!”

Seeing how decisive she was, Ruan Yaoyao couldn’t help but smile.

Of course—after enduring so much, the moment she found someone who could solve the problem, she naturally wanted it resolved as soon as possible.

【Sigh… such a good friendship, just gone like that!】

【If she finds out the truth, she’ll probably be furious to death.】

Ruan Zhihe: ????

What’s going on?

Aunt Xu’s inner thoughts have been going on for so long—why hasn’t she said the key point yet?

As confusion appeared on her face, she didn’t notice Ruan Yaoyao’s gaze lingering on her for a moment.

“Let’s go.”

Soon, they arrived at the workplace of Zhang Hui’s friend, Qiao Hong. Ruan Yaoyao asked Zhang Hui to “invite” her out.

Qiao Hong didn’t want to come out at first, but Zhang Hui threatened her over the phone—if she didn’t come, she would go to her boss and cause trouble, making sure she lost her job.

Qiao Hong frowned. “Why are you here again? If you keep this up, I’ll call the police.”

“Call the police for what? To arrest your boyfriend?” Ruan Yaoyao’s smile froze the moment she saw the label above Qiao Hong’s head.

What she had seen above Zhang Hui was that she was a cannon fodder female character in “In the Name of Love”, who died in a car accident while trying to save her best friend.

Don’t ask why it was a car accident—novels just love using that kind of death.

After seeing it so often, Ruan Yaoyao was no longer surprised by car accidents.

“Who are you?” Only then did Qiao Hong notice that besides Zhang Hui, there were others present.

This wasn’t the first time. She rarely paid attention to people or things around her—her mind was completely occupied by herself and her fiancé. The only thing she was wary of were women who appeared around her fiancé, believing that any woman who approached him was trying to steal him.

No matter the age—whether a 60-year-old woman or an underage girl.

Even a female mosquito wouldn’t be allowed.