Chapter 45 A Woman’s Heart Is Like a Needle in the Deep Sea

Ru Anzhi: “……”

Mom, you don’t need to keep emphasizing it. You say it so many times a day, my ears are about to go numb!

If you truly didn’t care, you wouldn’t keep nagging. Only by constantly nagging can it show that you really do care, that you truly can’t let go.

Look, earlier you said you wouldn’t mind, and now you’ve gone back to “caring.”

A woman’s heart is like a needle in the deep sea—unpredictable, changing in a heartbeat. Her expression shifts like the June weather: sunny one moment, stormy the next.

At first, Ru Anzhi was a little nervous when he heard it. Now, after hearing it repeatedly, he’s become numb.

For a “childish” mom like his, he’s at a loss.

Even more puzzling, he carefully examined his mom, even finding excuses to run some checks, but couldn’t find anything wrong with her.

So the question is: why can he hear his mom’s thoughts?

Suddenly, Xu Chengyan’s words popped into his mind: “We didn’t lie to you!”

“What benefit would lying to you bring us?”

“Why don’t you believe us?”

Could he really believe something like that?

It’s utterly mind-boggling!

For some reason, Ru Anzhi felt a chill run down his spine.

If his mom’s condition is real, then… how much else in this world is there that he doesn’t know about?

Is his mom’s ability truly a golden finger, rather than a ticking time bomb?

Ru Anzhi almost reported it immediately.

But since he hadn’t found proof yet, he held back and called Xu Chengyan to confirm his mom’s situation.

Xu Chengyan, who had been lounging lazily, immediately sat upright and said, “So, you finally believe it now? You really have talent—going out and still getting into a car accident. Luckily, mom and sister-in-law are fine, otherwise big brother would’ve been after you.”

“Have you figured out the range of mom’s telepathy?” Ru Anzhi remembered that Xu Chengyan had said not everyone could hear it. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have trusted him to take Ruan Yaoyao out.

“Not exactly. For now, we can only confirm that besides us Xu family members, it’s people related to the Xus—like sister-in-law or her family. As for Yun Jinxian, because our relationship is fake, we haven’t dared to involve her yet,” Xu Chengyan said. “But one thing’s certain: usually, only victims can hear the voice, not the perpetrators.”

Ru Anzhi let out a slight sigh of relief. If only victims could hear it, not the perpetrators, then in any situation, both the victims and his mom would be safe.

He asked Xu Chengyan to increase security at home, especially around his mom. Ideally, she should have bodyguards with her at all times.

As for himself, he would temporarily stay off missions, observing whether his mom’s situation was unique or if incidents like this were already happening nationwide. Depending on what he found, he’d decide whether to report it.

“You don’t need to tell us about matters within your responsibility. Just do what needs to be done. Don’t worry about mom—after the accident that day, she handled everything herself…”

Could she not?

Ru Anzhi had already met a cold, deadly female assassin. Who knew what might happen next?

If Ru Anzhi slipped up, or she found out herself and came after them…

Just thinking about it made Ruan Yaoyao unable to sleep or eat properly. Within a few days, she asked Xu Lianghan to contact a security company to strengthen home security, even insisting that each person be assigned two bodyguards.

Xu Lianghan and Xu Chengyan, who knew what was going on, didn’t react much. But Xu Nannan, the fourth sibling abroad, and Xu Hongye, the fifth sibling still in school, nearly exploded.

“Mom, are you crazy?” Xu Hongye shouted into the phone. “I’m a student! Walking in and out with two bodyguards—people will think I’m insane!”

“Insane? I’m thinking about your safety!” Ruan Yaoyao retorted. “Don’t you know a lot of crazy criminals love kidnapping naïve sweet kids like you? One kidnapping and it’s almost guaranteed. If you don’t want to get kidnapped or ransomed, you will take the bodyguards with you, got it?”

“I won’t!”

“If you weren’t my own child, do you think I’d care? Your big brother and second brother have no objections. Why do you make such a fuss?”

Xu Hongye was furious. “Is this something trivial? Big brother and second brother are CEOs. Whether they bring two, eight, or ten bodyguards, people just admire them—they’re CEOs with aura. But I’m a student! A student…Mom, listen! I’m a student. Which student goes to school with bodyguards? If nothing happens, but I bring bodyguards and something goes wrong, what then?”

In anger, he hung up, then called big brother Xu Lianghan to complain, telling him to “control” mom Ruan Yaoyao—she was too idle and doing outrageous things.

“You don’t understand the situation at home. Here’s the deal…” Xu Lianghan sighed. “I’ll have the two bodyguards assigned to your school as security. They won’t be clinging to you like pillars every day. That’ll work, right?”

Xu Hongye tensed. “Did something happen at home?”

“None of your business. Focus on your studies, watch your safety, don’t go out alone, and don’t wander in and out of campus. The rest is up to your second and third brothers and me.”

Hanging up on mom left Xu Hongye angry. Hanging up on big brother left him calm, instead filled with concern for the family.

At that moment, his good friend Ma Aotian came over, patting his shoulder: “What’s up? Isn’t that a call from home? Why the face?”

“Brother Tian, something happened at home!”

Ma Aotian blinked. “Your family went bankrupt?”

No. He had finally connected with a rich second-generation family after a long time, and now his family’s bankrupt?

Seriously?

Xu Hongye was bewildered. “I don’t know. Mom wants to assign me bodyguards. Big brother told me to be careful. When I asked what’s going on, they didn’t tell me. Brother Tian, you know a lot of people. Do you know anyone on my family’s side? Maybe you can quietly find out?”

Ma Aotian didn’t know anyone there. He was just a loser who had rounded up a few small-time thugs. Looking like a street boss, but really, he wasn’t.

He could only fool Xu Hongye, whose eyes were “clear but naïve.”

Of course, Ma Aotian couldn’t say the truth. He feigned hesitation: “Not really a good idea, right? This is your family matter. I’m an outsider… if your family knew, they’d be mad at you. Family shame shouldn’t go public.”

“Brother Tian, please! Help me! I barely know anyone capable. If even you don’t help, I don’t know who I can turn to. Don’t worry, I’ll pay your men properly. Every cent of the reward, I’ll pay.”

The mention of “reward” made Ma Aotian’s eyes light up. Reluctantly, he agreed to help Xu Hongye.

Xu Hongye was ecstatic. He immediately treated Ma Aotian and his men to a nice meal.

Ma Aotian’s men didn’t think Xu Hongye was generous—they saw it as Ma Aotian’s skill. He had found a “fat sheep” to fleece.

And Xu Hongye was indeed well-off: he had pocket money from the Xu family’s accounts and three cards—from his biological mother Ruan Yaoyao, big brother Xu Lianghan, and second brother Xu Chengyan. One inherited a huge fortune from a deceased husband; the other two were company CEOs, all wealthy.

Third brother Ru Anzhi and fourth sister Xu Nannan didn’t give him cards but occasionally sent him money to take care of himself while away from home.