AMRWFA -Chapter 94 Spine-Chilling — Completely Unsettled

【Tsk tsk tsk… another nameless cannon fodder female extra. What a tragic life!】

【Her perfectly good son ended up being won over by an illegitimate child—not only treating him like a real older brother, but even helping count the money after being sold out by him.】

【No matter how much she warned or protected him, it was useless. Not only did her son refuse to listen, he even turned against her because of that illegitimate child, and in the end was killed by him.】

Madam Du was shocked. Just as she was about to speak, Liang Shishi stepped in front of her with a smile and handed her a cup of tea.

“Madam Du, please have some tea!”

Her fingers lightly tapped the teacup, her slender wrist brushing past Madam Du’s eyes, revealing a string of wooden beads tied together with a red cord.

Of course, the beads themselves weren’t the important part.

What mattered was the small tag hanging between them, with four bold characters written on it—

“Confidentiality Agreement.”

Madam Du’s pupils shrank abruptly. She looked at Liang Shishi just in time to see her wink.

Madam Du closed her mouth, took the teacup, and gulped down a large mouthful.

Ahhhh… my son has already been cursed, and I still have to “keep it confidential”?!

What exactly did I sign?!

But things weren’t over yet. Very soon, she realized that Ruan Yaoyao, who was hosting her, was completely two-faced—one way in public, another in private.

On the surface, Ruan Yaoyao was polite and courteous, clearly stating that she had nothing to do with Madam Du’s son. She hadn’t said much either—only that when her son came to ask about Du Huaqing, she simply “told the truth.”

However, her son seemed very angry and unable to accept it.

If Madam Du had come because of that, then there was nothing Ruan Yaoyao could do.

But behind the scenes…

【Your son is just a naive fool!】

【I already said Du Huaqing is a love-brained idiot. He fell for a woman, that woman fell for my son, but my son already has a girlfriend, so he rejected her.】

【Du Huaqing got upset and, to get revenge, picked an easy target—me—and had me kidnapped.】

【And when I told the truth, your son got mad at me and lashed out!】

【Young people these days… I really don’t understand them!】

Then she even “sympathized” with Madam Du, thinking she was pitiful—raising a son not even as good as a piece of char siu.

【I used to think my third son was a problem, but compared to your Du Hongyun, mine is practically worry-free. Sure, he has a lot of troublesome romantic entanglements, but at least he has a brain. Unlike yours—tsk tsk tsk…】

【He’s been used by Du Huaqing to that extent, and still calls him “brother” so affectionately.】

【In the end, he even personally handed you the gu worm he obtained, letting you die before your own son.】

【I wonder how you’d feel in the afterlife, realizing you were killed by your own son while he was still helping your murderer count money.】

【If there were a coffin lid, it’d probably be blown open from anger.】

Still, Ruan Yaoyao couldn’t help admiring Madam Du a little.

Back then, when she married Xu Xiaoxiao, she had chosen carefully. Although she was ultimately deceived into marriage by that scumbag, at least she could bear children.

Within a few years of entering the Xu family, she gave birth to her “third son” Ru Anzhi, followed by Xu Nannan and Xu Hongye.

But Madam Du was different.

Her husband was eighteen years older than her. They tried to conceive for years without success.

At first, both the Du and Xing families believed the problem lay with Madam Du. They constantly forced her to undergo medical examinations, take fertility drugs, and even perform all kinds of bizarre rituals.

When Ruan Yaoyao saw what Madam Du had consumed in her youth, she almost felt sick enough to vomit.

Things like placing lucky charms or adjusting the bedroom’s orientation to the south or northeast were nothing.

But what about lying on a mat and being whipped with vines to “tonify the kidneys and unblock meridians”?

Or placenta dumplings, rat-and-frog soup, swallowing frog eggs alive…

【What the hell!】

【That’s hardcore! Madam Du actually ate all that?!】

Holding her teacup, Madam Du felt her scalp go numb, her whole body turning cold.

How does she know all this?!

Even her husband didn’t know these details—so how could an outsider like Ruan Yaoyao know everything so clearly?!

Madam Du didn’t even know how to respond anymore.

Fortunately, Yu Xiangqiao and Liang Shishi were there, chatting and gossiping enthusiastically, quickly livening up the atmosphere and preventing Ruan Yaoyao from noticing anything unusual.

Ruan Yaoyao was too absorbed in the gossip to care anyway. No matter how random or disconnected their conversation was, she didn’t notice—because she wasn’t even listening.

【Ahhhh… too terrifying! Good thing I got pregnant back then, otherwise…】

Just imagining going through all that herself sent chills down her spine. She felt that both the Du and Xing families were completely insane—willing to do anything just to have a child.

And in the end, it still didn’t work.

Eventually, with no other choice, Madam Du had to take ovulation-stimulating injections and undergo IVF.

Especially since Mr. Du had already fathered an illegitimate son, Du Huaqing, outside. Both the Xing family and Madam Du panicked.

They even illegally prepared several surrogate mothers, planning to extract Du Huaqing’s sperm and try multiple approaches.

Because Mr. Du was extremely traditional—he believed that children born through IVF might have problems, and only natural birth could ensure a child’s health and intelligence.

So all of this was done behind his back.

It was only then that Madam Du and the Xing family finally discovered the truth through medical testing—

The problem wasn’t Madam Du.

It was Mr. Du.

His sperm quality was too poor to easily get a woman pregnant.

Realizing this, Madam Du burst into tears, feeling that the injustice she had suffered could finally be cleared.

Of course, since everything had been done secretly, it couldn’t be revealed to Mr. Du. In the end, the matter was quietly dropped.

However, the Xing family grew suspicious of Du Huaqing’s lineage.

They secretly took his hair and conducted a paternity test with Mr. Du.

The result—

They were indeed father and son.

The Xing family: “…”

This guy’s luck is ridiculously good, isn’t it?!

And that was the real reason why Du Huaqing’s mother later died unexpectedly.

Because if Mr. Du had learned about his own condition and realized that she still managed to conceive under such circumstances, she would undoubtedly have gained his favor.

At that point, she would have threatened Madam Du’s position.

So, to be safe—

She had to “die.”

Ruan Yaoyao: 【…】

【Ruthless.】

Madam Du’s hand trembled slightly as she looked pale-faced at Liang Shishi.

She had finally figured it out—this Liang Shishi was definitely not just her third son’s girlfriend. She was clearly someone planted by higher authorities.

【But Du Huaqing’s mother was also quite unlucky. Although the Xing family had intentions to harm her, before their people even arrived, she got into a car accident and died on the spot.】

Madam Du let out a sigh of relief.

【I wonder how Du Huaqing will react when he learns the truth someday.】

【Probably no reaction at all. He’s a paranoid obsessive—he only believes what he wants to believe. Even if evidence is placed right in front of him, he might not accept it.】

Later, Madam Du and the surrogate mothers all underwent IVF.

In the end, only she and one of the women successfully conceived, giving birth to a son and a daughter.

Madam Du gave birth to a daughter, who was later sent back to the Xing family and named Xing Ruyan.

As for the son, Du Hongyun—although born via surrogacy—was indeed the biological child of both Madam Du and Mr. Du.