Chapter 12 Whose Golden Finger Is This?

“Ah… no way? I can even hear my mom’s thoughts.”

“But… it was Mom who saved me. You recognized me, yet you couldn’t do anything while I was right in front of you. Only when Mom appeared was I immediately rescued.”

The couple looked at each other, realizing this was indeed a problem.

So, whose golden finger was this, really?
But how could they test it?

Ruan Yaoyao: “…”

Test my foot! I’m taking my granddaughter home!

You two are way too scary—I need to stay away from you!

But staying away was impossible. Just back from the brink of death, Yu Xiangqiao absolutely didn’t want to be far from her mother-in-law. She immediately packed her things and was ready to go home with her.

Ruan Yaoyao looked disgusted, but Yu Xiangqiao didn’t care. Her mother-in-law liked her daughter, so even getting into the car meant being held. She shamelessly squeezed in and insisted on sitting in the back seat together.

As for Xu Lianghan, he grabbed the driver’s seat, taking responsibility for the car, while the luggage went into another vehicle with two drivers to accompany it—they all left together.

Ruan Yaoyao, as annoyed as she was, couldn’t really kick them out. She could only sulk while holding her granddaughter and mutter in her mind:

【These two must be on the wrong meds, right?】

【If someone’s sick, shouldn’t they stay in the hospital? Why go home?】

【After what just happened, don’t they learn anything?】

Xu Lianghan and Yu Xiangqiao: No, Mom, we did learn our lesson, that’s why we went home!
No matter how safe the hospital is, it’s never as safe as being with you.

Back home, everyone was under one roof, sharing the same space and air. Only then did the couple feel somewhat secure and breathe a sigh of relief.

Xu Lingxuan was still a nursing baby. Even with a nanny at home, she had to stay with her mother, Yu Xiangqiao. So no matter how displeased Ruan Yaoyao was, she could only watch her daughter-in-law carry off her precious granddaughter.

【Ahhh… my precious granddaughter!】

【Aren’t you supposed to care for your adopted daughter? Why not your adopted daughter and go snatch my granddaughter?!】

Yu Xiangqiao: “…”

I don’t have an adopted daughter.

Why do I feel like I’ve missed a lot of steps?

After returning home, Yu Xiangqiao asked Xu Lianghan.

Xu Lianghan awkwardly scratched his nose and ended up explaining what had happened with Cheng Xiangrong and Cao Manhui.

Only then did Yu Xiangqiao realize: not only had someone tried to take over her body, they even swapped her daughter?!

No wonder her mother-in-law disliked the couple so much. If she had her mother-in-law’s skills and ran into this situation, she’d feel just as irritated!

“So… that call, about Qingxue…”

Yu Xiangqiao wasn’t stupid. After so many strange and unpredictable events in one day, that call definitely had something off.

Xu Lianghan said: “Ah… that…”

Yu Xiangqiao: “…”

So she was the “silly cannon-fodder female supporting character” from the novel? Her mother-in-law even said she was “Supporting Character No. N,” without even a proper name, not an important role.

Apparently, the important roles are her man and her daughter—she’s just a background wall?

Xu Lianghan looked at her with a wronged expression: “You just want to be the protagonist?”

He wanted to warn her that being the protagonist wasn’t easy—getting a wife “tricked,” losing a daughter, having the family fortune taken, and even ending with the family broken.

Yu Xiangqiao felt guilty—she herself had been one of the “damaged” ones, thank you very much.

“Cough, cough… wasn’t there supposed to be a test? I’m back, and the others will be home too. We’ll give them a heads-up: no matter what you hear, don’t say anything, stay calm…” Yu Xiangqiao said. “If Mom finds out, I doubt we’d still hear that voice. If she did, she probably wouldn’t dare complain in her head again.”

Who wants their inner monologue overheard? Too embarrassing.

No one knew if only the couple could hear it, or if everyone could.

Xu Lianghan: “Okay, I’ll call the second one and have him come back.”

“Good.”

…

Xu Chengyan wasn’t too happy when he got the call. Why go back home? Was it even his home anymore? With that woman there, it would never be his home.

“Your sister-in-law had a little incident, just got back home. Even if you don’t care about her, at least check on your niece, right?”

“Alright… fine. I’m going back for my sister-in-law and niece. I don’t want to see that woman.”

Xu Lianghan felt a headache coming—awkward with Ruan Yaoyao, and the situation between her and his second brother was even more helpless.

He had no choice but to remind Xu Chengyan: once he’s home, no matter what he sees or hears, however strange, he must stay calm and show no signs of surprise.

Xu Chengyan, confused: “Something happened at home?”

“You’ll see when you get back. Remember your promise.”

Even though Xu Chengyan didn’t like Ruan Yaoyao, his relationship with Xu Lianghan was good, so his attitude toward him was fine.

Since he promised Xu Lianghan, he naturally would keep his word.

If that woman got unlucky, he feared he’d laugh out loud on the spot.

Meanwhile, Ruan Yaoyao was sunbathing at home.

Suddenly, her gaze casually swept over the head of one of the housemaids, and she froze: 【What?! The protagonist from The CEO’s Pampered Wife Runs with the Ball: 365 Days of Loving Her?!】

Ruan Yaoyao was shocked.

Does their household really have hidden talents everywhere, even a protagonist?!

So the world she lives in isn’t just from one book?!

After another glance, the maid looked confused: “Madam?”

“Oh, nothing. I just spaced out for a moment.” Ruan Yaoyao forced a somewhat unnatural smile. “You’re Li Tingting, right?”

“You remember me, Madam?” Li Tingting’s eyes lit up immediately.

With so many servants in the Xu household, she thought the Madam wouldn’t remember everyone. She never expected that she’d be remembered after only a few days.

Hehe! Is this a raise?

“Yes, of course I remember. You just joined our household recently, right? How’s it going, getting used to our home?”

Getting used to it? Absolutely! The Xu family paid so well, Li Tingting had tried many part-time jobs, none as good as this.

While Ruan Yaoyao chatted with Li Tingting, Xu Lianghan got a call from Xu Chengyan saying he’d arrived at the front door, asking where that woman was. He didn’t want to see her.

“Want me to check for you?”

“Sure!”

Xu Lianghan took the phone and went downstairs, bumping into Yu Xiangqiao in the living room.

“My second brother called, asking where Mom is.”

“Mom seems to have gone outside.” Yu Xiangqiao pointed in the direction of the front gate.

Meeting right at the door?

The couple exchanged a glance, grabbed their daughter, and headed out.

Outside, they ran into Ruan Yaoyao chatting with a maid. Nothing unusual, except Ruan Yaoyao was so internally excited that she kept thinking, 【Protagonist… this is the protagonist.】

Protagonist?!

The couple immediately turned to look at the maid in front of Ruan Yaoyao.

Nothing extraordinary about her—her appearance was decent, but anyone who could serve as a maid in the Xu household couldn’t be too unattractive.

It wasn’t that the Xu family were obsessed with looks; the maids were part of the family’s image. They didn’t have to be stunning, but you couldn’t look so bad that you were embarrassing.

Li Tingting was delicate-looking, elegant enough, nothing more.