Chapter 21 The Pigeon That Took the Magpie’s Nest

She only knew the Yu family had some drama, but she never expected it to be this interesting?!

She glanced at Fang Xinran, then at Yu Xing behind her, and then at Zhong Wenmei, silently complaining in her mind: 【What kind of ultimate idiot is this?!】

【Her own husband’s illegitimate daughter actually calls her godmother and is treated like a biological daughter?!】

Zhong Wenmei froze instantly. Who?!

Who is my husband’s illegitimate daughter?!

Fang Xinran?!

Yu Xing’s pupils widened in shock. That was an accident… just an accident…

He hurriedly shook his head at Zhong Wenmei, trying to explain what had happened, when suddenly Ruan Yaoyao spoke up: 【Oh! So her husband is an idiot too! Clearly not his own child, yet he thought it was his illegitimate daughter, hid it for most of his life, never dared to confess to his wife, and even helped raise someone else’s daughter?!】

【Most importantly, he felt guilty, secretly gave her money to compensate, helped raise her husband and child, and supported a whole family.】

【This is hard to judge!】

For a moment, Ruan Yaoyao didn’t know whether to sympathize with Zhong Wenmei or Yu Xing.

What?!

She’s not my child?!

Yu Xing bit his tongue. How could this be? He had done a paternity test!

The youngest, Yu Heng, looked bewildered, but before he could say anything, his sister Yu Xiangqiao called him over, saying her husband needed him.

Can’t it wait a moment?

Go when you’re told to go, why all the fuss? Yu Xiangqiao’s heart was racing; she didn’t dare let her loud little brother linger here. What if he “scared” their mother-in-law?

Luckily, Yu Heng didn’t know, or he would have definitely asked his sister: Who’s scaring whom here?

Reluctantly glancing at Fang Xinxiu, Yu Heng obediently went with his brother-in-law. No choice—his parents loved his sister more, and he feared his sister would tattle, and they’d dock his allowance.

When Yu Heng was being distracted by Yu Xiangqiao, Fang Xinxiu’s parents arrived. Her mother, Ji Yisi, wore a form-fitting qipao that accentuated her curves, topped with a white knit cardigan—elegant and beautiful, giving no hint that she was nearly 50.

Upon seeing Zhong Wenmei, she half-sadly said, “Xinran, why did you run so fast? Who is really your biological mother? Compared to your godmother, even I seem behind. I raised you for nothing.”

“Mom…” Fang Xinran pouted, reaching for Zhong Wenmei’s arm. “What’s wrong with being close to my godmother? She’s good to me. If I didn’t get along with my godmother, I’d get along with you? Last time, you didn’t buy me that pretty new dress…”

Normally, Zhong Wenmei would have felt awkward “taking” someone else’s daughter, and would reassure her: “Oh, you can’t talk to your mother like that! She loves you very much too. What dress? So pretty, and you can still say that to your mother?”

Then, she would have waved her hand, bought the dress for her goddaughter, and told her not to be mad at her real mom.

But this time, her body stiffened. She couldn’t respond at all, only thinking about pulling her arm back.

【Tsk tsk tsk… this woman’s tactics are impressive. A fake best friend trying to interfere.】

【Oh my god! How many years have they been deceiving the in-laws?!】

【Deceiving the man—she carried his child; deceiving the woman—pretended to be her best friend, trapping both husband and wife. No wonder she got them to raise her husband and child. Impressive.】

Ruan Yaoyao’s gaze landed on Ji Yisi as she continued scrolling in her mind: 【Oh, so she was trying to seduce Yu Xing. When that failed, she staged a drunken scene to make Yu Xing think he had lost control while drunk, and pinned the child on her…】

【Originally thinking she could use the child’s identity to secure status, but she had a daughter she didn’t want, and Yu Xing didn’t want to take responsibility, so she chose the “mistress” role instead—willing to marry someone else while raising Yu Xing’s child.】

Fake marriage?!

Zhong Wenmei’s arm still wasn’t free. She looked at Ji Yisi in disbelief.

She had genuinely considered Ji Yisi a close friend, knew her husband used to work under her husband in security, and even worried that the friend’s business might fail, so she had her husband help out. She let her friend visit often with her daughter.

Unexpectedly, she wasn’t after her, she was after her husband! Oh, she remembered—she had met Ji Yisi through her husband.

“Wenmei? What’s wrong? Why do you look so surprised?” Ji Yisi, unaware, touched her face, thinking maybe her makeup had smudged.

“You still ask me what’s wrong? You bitch—” Zhong Wenmei slapped Ji Yisi across the face.

Ji Yisi had just spent tens of thousands on skincare. She nearly went crazy, screamed, and touched her face to make sure it wasn’t ruined.

“Zhong Wenmei, are you crazy?”

“Me crazy? Would I treat a bitch like you as my best friend if I were crazy? You wanted to steal my husband, didn’t you?” Zhong Wenmei almost wanted to rip her apart. They had known each other for over twenty years, and she had always considered her her best friend!

Yu Xing panicked and rushed forward to stop her: “Wenmei, calm down…”

“Calm down my ass! I’ll beat you to death…” Already angry, seeing Yu Xing intervene made Zhong Wenmei even angrier. She swung at him.

Yu Xing got hit several times on his back.

Ji Yisi was sharp—seeing the scene, she wouldn’t just stand there. She didn’t know how Zhong Wenmei discovered her and Yu Xing’s relationship, but after all those years, wasn’t she waiting for this day?

Her face immediately showed worry and guilt: “Wenmei, what are you doing? Calm down. Whatever you have against me, how can you hit Yu Xing?”

“Yes, I know what happened between Yu Xing and me was wrong, but I swear, I never meant to take your place. I just acted on an inappropriate desire.”

“We’ve lived peacefully all these years, the child is grown, so why cause trouble now?”

Yu Xing was furious, yelling at Ji Yisi: “Don’t stir trouble! I have nothing to do with you!”

Fang Xinran refused to accept it: “Nothing to do with you? She’s my mom, I’m your daughter. How can you deny it? I listened before, I endured with my mom, but now that my godmother knows, we’ll settle this. Whatever needs to be done, we’ll do it!”

【They’re fighting?! Wait, when did the in-laws find out?】

【No wonder there’s been tension recently, the in-laws found out!】

Ruan Yaoyao didn’t expect to witness the live version and quickly held her granddaughter back to avoid being accidentally hit.

【Sneaking around alone is one thing, but live action is much better!】

Nearby, Yu Xiangqiao was trying to calm her third brother Yu Heng: “…”

Wait, why are they fighting?!

Xu Lianghan glanced at her and said: “I’ll go ahead and follow the original plan.”

Yu Xiangqiao: “Okay!”

Yu Heng, gagged and tied by a bodyguard, stretched out his hand like Erkang: No, brother-in-law, save me first… I believe you, I believe you, isn’t that enough?